This is partial list of contemporary Chinese artists. This list is unlikely to be static.

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Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei (, ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly c ...

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Bingyi Bingyi (Chinese: 冰逸), is a Chinese artist, curator, scholar, architectural designer, cultural critic and activist. Education Bingyi received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1998, her M. A. from Yale University in 2001 and a Doctor ...

(born 1975), painter

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* Chevalier li (born 1961) Painter, Installation. Chinese born French Artist * Cai Jin (born 1965), painter *

Cang Xin Cang Xin (born 1967) is an artist based in Beijing working in performance art and photography. Biography Cang Xin was born in Heilongjiang Province, China. Style Cang Xin approaches his work as a means to promote harmonious communication with ...

Cao Fei Cao Fei ( zh, 曹斐; born 1978) is a Chinese multimedia artist born in Guangzhou. Her work, which includes video, performance, and digital media, examines the daily life of Chinese citizens born after the Cultural Revolution. Her work explores Chi ...

(born 1978), multimedia artist * Cao Yu (artist) (born 1988), visual artist *

Cao Hui Cao Hui (, born 7 September 1991) is a Chinese female recurve archer and part of the national team and Liaoning team. She won the bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Archery Championships in the women's team event. She represented China at the ...

Chang Ch'ung-ho Chang Ch'ung-ho or Zhang Chonghe (; May 17, 1914 – June 17, 2015), also known by her married name Ch'ung-ho Chang Frankel, was a Chinese-American poet, calligrapher, educator and Kunqu opera singer. She is hailed as "the last talented woman of t ...

or Zhang Chonghe (1914–2015), Chinese-American poet, painter, calligrapher *

Chen Guang Chen Guang (; born 3 February 1995 in Jilin) is a Chinese male short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an ov ...

* Chen Ke *

Chen Man Chen Man (; born 1980) is a Chinese visual artist. Her medium includes photography, graphic design, cinematography, and digital art. She also produces covers for fashion magazines and collaborates with major brands worldwide. Biography Born ...

* Chen, Movana (1975–present), paper knitting artist * Chen Peiqiu (born 1922), the best-selling woman painter alive * Chen Qiang * Chen Shaoxiong * Chen Shuxia * Chow Chung-cheng (1908–1996), finger painter, writer * Chow Chun Fai

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* Ding Yi

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* Fu Yu

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Gao Minglu Gao Minglu (born 29 October 1949) is a scholar in Chinese contemporary art. He is the Chair of the Department of Art History, Professor for Distinguished Service, and Chair of Art and is an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also ...

Guan Zilan Guan Zilan (; January 1903 – 30 June 1986), also known as Violet Kwan, was a Chinese avant-garde painter. She was one of the first artists to introduce Fauvism to China, and was known for applying Western painting style to Chinese traditional s ...

or Violet Kwan (1903–1986), avant-garde painter

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* Han Yajuan (born 1980), contemporary artist *

He Xiangning He Xiangning (; 27 June 1878 – 1 September 1972) was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, politician, painter, and poet. Together with her husband Liao Zhongkai, she was one of the earliest members of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary movement Tongm ...

(1878–

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

), feminist, politician, painter, poet* Hai Bo *

He Yunchang He Yunchang (born 1967), also known as A Chang, is a Chinese performance artist. Life and career He Yunchang was born in Kunming, southwest China, in 1967. He graduated from the Yunnan Art Institute in 1991 with a degree in oil painting an ...

* Huang Yan

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Inri In the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the King of the Jews, both at the beginning of his life and at the end. In the Koine Greek of the New Testament, e.g., in John 19:3, this is written as '' Basileus ton Ioudaion'' (). Both uses of t ...

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* Aowen Jin (active since 2010), Chinese-born British artist

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* Kan Xuan (born 1972), visual artist

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* Li Chevalier (born 1961) Painting; Installation Chinese born French artist ( 诗蓝 in Chinese) * Li Shuang (born 1957), contemporary artist * Liao Jingwen (1923–2015), calligrapher and curator of the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum * Li Di *

Li He Li He ( – ) was a Chinese poet of the mid-Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Changji, and he is also known as Guicai and Shigui. He was prevented from taking the imperial examination due to a naming taboo. He died very young, and was note ...

Liu Xiaodong Liu Xiaodong (; born 1963 in Liaoning, China) is a contemporary Chinese artist. Education Liu was born in 1963 in the small industrial village of Jincheng, a pulp and paper-producing center on the outskirts of Jinzhou in Liaoning province. A ...

* Liu Ye

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Miao Xiaochun Miao Xiaochun (, born 1964, in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China) is an artist and photographer based in Beijing. Life Miao Xiaochun was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. In 1986 he received his bachelor's degree and graduated from Nanjing University. In 1989 M ...

* Michael Lin * Mok Hing Ling

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* Peng Wei (born 1974), contemporary artist

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* Qiu Deshu

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* Sakimichan (born 1991) digital painter * Sun Duoci (1912–1975), painter * Shen Shaomin * Shi Jinsong

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Fan Tchunpi Fan Tchunpi or Fang Junbi (; 1898–1986), was a Chinese artist known for her brush-and-ink paintings in the traditional '' guóhuà'' style. Trained in Western painting techniques while living in France, her work is known for its combination of E ...

(1898–1986), painter and ceramicist

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* Evan Siu Ping Wu (active since 2012), painter * Wang Jianwei * Wang Qingsong

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* Xiao Lu (born 1962), installation and video artist *

Xin Fengxia Xin Fengxia (; 1927 – 12 April 1998) was a Chinese pingju opera performer, known as the "Queen of Pingju". She was also a film actress, writer, and painter. She starred in the highly popular films ''Liu Qiao'er'' (1956) and ''Flowers as Matc ...

(1927–1998),

pingju Pingju or Ping opera () is a form of Chinese opera from northern China. History Pingju originated in Tangshan, Hebei, near the city of Tianjin.. Among all China's regional operas, it was the most famous in the Republican period for its passiona ...

actress, painter, writer * Xiang Jing

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* Yijun Liao *

Ying Miao Miao Ying (; born 1985) is a contemporary artist and writer who is based in New York City and Shanghai, best known for her research based projects addressing her Stockholm Syndrome relationship with the Chinese internet such as The Blind Spot (2 ...

(born 1985), internet artist * Yan Cong * Yan Xiaojing (active 2007–present) * Yim Maukun

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Zimei Zimei, (; born 16 January 1971), is a Chinese artist, musician, and image consultant. She has won many awards and is involved in many artistic activities. Rich content in her art work includes traditional stories, landscapes, animals, folk architec ...

(active since 1999), multidisciplinary artist, musician * Zhang Feng *

Zhang Xiaogang Zhang Xiaogang (; born in 1958) is a contemporary Chinese symbolist and surrealist painter. Paintings in his ''Bloodline'' series are predominantly monochromatic, stylized portraits of Chinese people, usually with large, dark-pupiled eyes, po ...

* Zhang Xiaotao * Zhong Wei{{cite web, url=http://en.artintern.net/index.php/artist/main/html/93, title=Zhong Wei - Artists - Artintern.net, website=en.artintern.net, access-date=2017-10-02 * Zhou Chengzhou (born 1982), filmmaker and photographer * Zhou Jin Hua

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Chinese contemporary artists Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

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