PIFO Gallery will present Jin Tian: [Exhibition Title - Optional] , the artist’s first solo exhibition at PIFO Gallery, from July 5 to August 10. The show will feature over twenty works created by the artist in recent years.
"Jin Tian’s paintings possess a distinctly Western flair and modern sensibility, yet are fundamentally Chinese at their core. His art embodies the ‘spirit of lyrical abstraction’ (xieyi jingshen) intrinsic to Chinese painting—where spiritual likeness prevails over physical resemblance."
— Tao Yongbai
About the Artist
Jin Tian, born in Nanjing in 1960. Graduated from Nanjing University of the Arts in 1987. Currently serving as Advisor to the Jiangsu Artists Association and Adjunct Professor at Nanjing University of the Arts. Formerly served as Vice Chairman of the Jiangsu Artists Association and concurrently Director of its Oil Painting Art Committee, Director of the Jiangsu Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute, and Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Art Museum. He is also Council Member of the China Oil Painting Society, Member of the China Artists Association, and holds the title of National First-Class Artist.
In Jin Tian’s paintings, the looseness in composition, comfort in colors, fluidity of calligraphic lines, and spatial extension all emerge through dialogue and contrast, within which he discovers the most comfortable state of being uniquely his own. His works are held in the collections of major art institutions including the National Art Museum of China, Shanghai Art Museum, Guangdong Museum of Art, Jiangsu Art Museum, Dadun Art Museum, as well as other significant art organizations and private collectors.