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Shi Jun Art

Chinese, b. 1958

Shi Jun, born in 1958 by Dongting Lake in Hunan, grew up under strict artistic training. In 1998 he left his position as deputy director of the Hunan Xiang Embroidery Research Institute to devote himself fully to gongbi bird-and-flower painting and to observing the natural world.

More than twenty years ago he began an ambitious collaboration with Yu-Ling Hsieh of Taiwan’s Liang Yi Culture, creating a new art form known as Hua Embroidery. This process starts with painting directly on pure silk cloth, a surface that is beautiful yet difficult because colors easily bleed. After the painting is complete, teams of embroiderers build layers of ultra-fine silk threads dyed with natural mineral pigments. For their first series, two hundred master embroiderers were chosen from more than eight hundred and worked in three daily shifts using natural light. Over five years they produced more than forty large works featuring animals.

Unlike traditional embroidered paintings that often try to recreate a historical painting, Hua Embroidery is a true dialogue between painting and needlework. Brushwork and silk combine so that color, light, and even the sense of moving air seem alive. Shi Jun’s art has received major honors in China and abroad, including First Prize at the National Gongbi Painting Exhibition and the Silver Medal at the 11th National Art Exhibition, where his work was collected by the National Art Museum of China. Through Hua Embroidery he has opened new ground for contemporary gongbi painting and for the ancient craft of Chinese silk embroidery.

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Rainforest Symbol, Chinese Silk Embroidery Painting
By Shi Jun
Located in Taichung, TW
Shi Jun spent many years deep in the tropical rainforests of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. To stay close to nature, he even bought a house in the area and went into the forest at dawn each ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Shi Jun Art

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Silk

Raccoons, Chinese Silk Embroidery Painting
By Shi Jun
Located in Taichung, TW
Raccoons is one of the first forty animal-themed works Shi Jun created in collaboration with Taiwan’s Liang Yi Culture, and it perfectly showcases the artistry of “Hua Embroidery,” h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Shi Jun Art

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Silk, Oil

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Shi Jun art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Shi Jun art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Shi Jun in fabric, silk, oil paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the Photorealist style. Not every interior allows for large Shi Jun art, so small editions measuring 50 inches across are available. Shi Jun art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65,170 and tops out at $114,713, while the average work can sell for $89,942.

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