Paintings About the Artist Born in 1958 in Beijing, Jiang Shuo studied sculpture at the Central Academy of Arts and Design, which is now under Tsinghua University. As the first female sculptor in China, Jiang Shuo completed her master degree in 1985 and started her career in teaching sculpture at the Central Academy until 1989. With her husband Wu Shaoxiang, they migrated to Austria and worked at their joint studio there. Her works have been widely exhibited around the world, especially in Europe. Her latest works present the Red Guard Series of small delicate sculptures cast in the ancient lost wax technique. Each sculpture is an original and not an edition, from her expression; she bears witness to the irony of her generation's situation within Chinese society, straddling the extremes of revolution economic development. The Red Guards work follows in her folk art style but with the injection of a political theme to grab people's attention. The almost faceless guards with their wide-open mouths recall the period of turmoil in China when the spouting of slogans and mindless indoctrination was the path to survival. The sarcasm continues for the materilization that these red guards criticized during the Revolution, have now become their goals, to be pursued today. Portrayed with modern and material icons such as cola cans, french fries, mobile phones, the guards have now engaged in trade and could hardly withstand the indubitable influence of popular culture. While examining that cultural juxtaposition faced by her generation, she has challenged herself as a sculptress to work with variations of scale and technique in order to enable her practice and fulfill her vision.

1978-1982 Studied sculpture at the Central Academy of Arts & Design (which is now named the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University), Beijing, China

1982-1985 Pursued postgraduate studies (as first women in China) under Professor Zheng Ke at the Central Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing, China

2007

Image and Concepts, Jiang Shuo and Wu Shaoxiang exhibition at Songzhuang Museum, Beijing, China

Shanghai Art Fair 2007, Shanghai, China

Jiang Shuo: Monument of Time, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong

ARTSingapore 2007, The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, Singapore

Art Beijing 2007, Beijing, China

China International Gallery Exposition 2007, Beijing, China

2006

Chase! Selected Sculpture Exhibition by Jiang Shuo & Wu Shao Xiang, Linda Gallery, Jakarta and Singapore

China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE) 2006, Beijing World Trade Centre

2005

Individual exhibition, Red Guards Today, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong

2004

Individual exhibition, Red Guards, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong

2003

Group exhibition, organized by Plum Blossoms Gallery at The International Asian Art Fair, New York City, New York, USA

2002

Group exhibition, First International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Austria, Hüttenberg Exhibition Center, Austria

2001

Individual exhibition, Sculpting, AAI Gallery, Vienna, Austria Joint exhibition with Wu Shaoxiang, Schloss Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg, Austria

2000

Group exhibition, Hundred Years of Chinese Art, China Guardian Auctions, Beijing, China

1999

Group exhibition, Salzburg Art Fair, Salzburg, Austria

Joint exhibition with Wu Shaoxiang, Gallery Dida, Graz, Austria

1998

Group exhibition, the International Contemporary Art Fair, Palace Degli Affari, Florence, Italy

Individual exhibition, City Hall, St. Veit, Austria

1997

Individual exhibition, Central Gallery, Graz, Austria

1996

Joint exhibition with Wu Shaoxiang, Gallery Dida, Graz, Austria

1995

Group exhibition, Gallery Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

1994

Group exhibition by the Austrian Art Association, City Gallery,Klagenfurt Austria

1993

The Spirit of Times, Gallery Hinteregger, St. Pölten, Austria

Individual exhibition, Europe House, Klagenfurt, Austria

1992

Joint exhibition with Wu Shaoxiang, Culture House, Klagenfurt, Austria

Joint exhibition with Wu Shaoxiang, Gallery Nemenz, Judenberg, Austria

1991

Joint exhibition with Wu Shaoxiang, Gallery Akzent K, Stuttgart, Germany

Joint exhibition with Wu Shaoxiang, Raiffeisen Bank, Klagenfurt, Austria

1990

International Art Exhibition, Stadtgarten Gallery, Norden, Germany

Group Exhibition, the International Art Centre, Velden, Austria

1988

China National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

1987

Today's Fine Arts in China, Toronto Exhibition Hall, Canada

1986

Photo Exhibition of Prize-Winning Sculptures, China National Museum of fine Arts, Beijing, China

1985

Individual exhibition, Central Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing, China

1984

First National Urban Sculpture Exhibition, China National Museum of fine Arts, Beijing, China

1982

The Central Academy of Arts & Design Exhibition, China National Museum of fine Arts, Beijing, China

Selected Commissions and Collections

2006

Lion Rider, Art Museum Hong Kong

2005

Red Guards, Art Museum Hong Kong

2004

Red Guards- Going Forward! Making Money!, Langham Place Hotel, Hong Kong

2000

Christ, St. Margareten City, Austria

1996

Ancient Vase, Hong Kong New World Development, Hong Kong

Enjoyable Life, County Attendant Centre, Moosburg, Austria

1995

Sculpture for Kärtner Landesversicherung, Austria

1993

Designed trophies for Evolution Club, Ferlach, Austria

1992

Hand (Fountain), Köck Villa, Velden, Austria

1991

Designed trophies for Advertising Award

1991

Antenne Austria, Austria

1989

Designed trophies for The Chinese Film Festival, Beijing, China

Fisherman, Mi Yun Power Supply Bureau, Beijing, China

1988

Designed trophies for the Ten Best Enterprises of China

1987

Summer, regarded as one of the best sculptures in China

Spirit of the Drunken City, 10 meters high, Qioatou Square, Luzhou, china

1984

Designed trophies for the best film of Culture Ministry of China

Summer, Binghe Garden, Beijing China

The Sea of Knowledge, The Central University of finance and Economics, Beijing, China

1983

Designed trophies for the best film of Culture Ministry of China

1982

Designed trophies for the best film of Culture Ministry of China

Major Publications

2006

Chase! Selected Sculpture Collection by Jiang Shuo and Wu Shao Xiang

2005

Red Guards Today, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong

2004

Red Guards, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong

2000

Jiang Shuo Sculpture, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Austria

1991

Selected Works by Jiang Shuo, Bauer Publishing House, Austria

1989

Sculpture, People's Liberation Army Publishing House, Beijing, China

1987

Sculpting Skill, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, China