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{{short description|Chinese artist from Beijing|bot=PearBOT 5}}
'''Feng Shu''' is a Chinese artist from Beijing who produces detailed skull and insect sculptures made from intricate hand-painted ceramic and steel.
== Life and work ==
Shu was born in [[Beijing]], [[China]] in 1981. He studied sculpture at the prestigious [[Central Academy of Fine Arts]] for both his Bachelor of Fine Arts (2005) and Masters of Fine Arts (2009).
An artist in the 1980s generation of Chinese artists, his detailed painted ceramic and steel skulls and insects<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fabienfryns.com/publication/index/9/ |title="Post Period Insects" Publication |access-date=2014-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924005359/http://www.fabienfryns.com/publication/index/9/ |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/27023 | first=Huina | last=ZHANG | date=2007 | title=Feng Shu | access-date=2014-07-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601204940/http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/27023 | archive-date=2016-06-01 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.artlinkart.com/en/space/exh_tp/a06hs/0f8eAzs Artlinkart Show Listing]</ref> have been released in the “Beautiful Bugs Series.” In an interview, Shu stated his inspiration comes from growing up as an only child because of the [[one-child policy]] in China, "so it was a little lonely and boring. As a child, I was always outside looking for insects to play with."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://julianaloh.com/site/2009/07/f2-gallery-and-feng-shu-presents-beautiful-bugs-series/ | work=julianaloh.com/ | first=Juliana | last=Loh | date=2009-07-01 | title=F2 Gallery and Feng Shu Presents "Beautiful Bugs Series"}}</ref>
His works have been shown worldwide at F2 Gallery ([[Fabien Fryns]] Fine Art),<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/blog/reviews/my-home-f2-gallery-owner-fabien-fryns-on-his-home-office-and-art-space/ | work=City Weekend Beijing | first=Mikala | last=Freasbeck | date=2011-02-22 | title=F2 Gallery Owner Fabien Fryns Invites Us Over for a Look}}</ref> The Opposite House Beijing,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://lumdimsum.com/2010/07/19/opposite-house-feng-shus-art-exhibition/ | work=Lum Dim Sum| first=Kristen | last=Lum | date=2010-07-19 | title=Opposite House: Feng Shu's Art Exhibition}}</ref> and CIGE.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cige-bj.com/book_en/book_en_2008/08CK.html |title=CIGE Beijing Exhibition |access-date=2014-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808182300/http://www.cige-bj.com/book_en/book_en_2008/08CK.html |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They have been sold at international auctions and are in major collections.<ref>[http://www.artnet.com/artists/feng-shu/ Artnet Listings and Auction Results]</ref>
In 2010 Feng Shu completed an installation at the Tai Wai MTR Station in Hong Kong.<ref>[http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_post_period.html Post Period Insect at Tai Wai MTR Station in Hong Kong]</ref> His work was shown at Art14 in London in 2014.<ref>[http://www.randian-online.com/np_market/art14-london-preview-chinese-galleries-en-ready/ Art14 London Preview with Feng Shu]</ref>
He lives and works in Beijing.
== See also ==
* [[Central Academy of Fine Arts]]
* [[Fabien Fryns|Fabien Fryns Fine Art]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150822050603/http://www.fabienfryns.com/artist/9/ Feng Shu's artwork on Fabien Fryns Fine Art]
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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Artists from Beijing]]
[[Category:Central Academy of Fine Arts alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese sculptors]]