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About Artist -- Haiyan

Haiyan entered The Luxun Academy of Fine Art at the age of 16; she was the youngest student in history to enroll in the prestigious fine art college. In 1984, she graduated and became the youngest professional painter in the Province Institute of the Fine Arts of Heilongjiang, China. Since then, Haiyan continued to attract worldwide attention as an outstanding artist in her Sole Exhibition of Portraits for the United Nation's Fourth World Conference on Women held in China Art Gallery, Beijing 1995.

Her artistic activities in China have been reported by more than 165 news agencies including CNN Cable TV in the United States, China Central TV, Chinese press in Australia, England, Europe Times, and World Women Daily, etc. Having published numerous artworks in more than sixty major newspapers and magazines in different countries of the world, Haiyan has also been internationally known as one of the few initiators of the Grand Exhibition of Modern Arts, China's first exhibition of modern arts, in China Art Gallery, Beijing 1989.

Haiyan came to the United States in September of 1995, where she quickly established her reputation among thousands of local artists. Her “Portraits of the Legendary” became deeply rooted into American pop culture. Haiyan’s artwork has won over the hearts of many from all over the country. Not only has she been covered by local TV stations in New York and Massachusetts, Haiyan’s artwork has also appeared in local newspapers and magazines numerous times.