Su Jiuling (b. 1988, Dalian, Liaoning, China) hails from a multi-generational family of painters whose ancestors created murals for temples and Taoist shrines. Immersed in traditional art from childhood, this Capricorn artist with an INFJ personality embodies quiet introspection and meticulous focus, steadfastly pursuing his artistic path for decades.

In 2007, he enrolled in the Fine Arts Department of Liaoning Normal University. The following year, he embarked on international studies at the Repin Institute of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia, receiving rigorous academic training. From 2010 to 2015, he continued his education at the San Francisco Art Institute’s oil painting department, where multicultural exposure catalyzed the development of his unique visual language. Seven years of training across Russia and America forged works combining technical precision with conceptual freedom.

Since 2012, Su has centered his practice on the "Plaything" motif, evolving it through seven distinct series. These doll-like figures serve as vessels for childhood memories and metaphors for adult emotional landscapes. Masterful in mixed media yet specializing in hand-painted oils, his works conjure psychological spaces between dream and reality through warm palettes and theatrical compositions.

Currently serving as Deputy Secretary-General of the Art Committee (Southeast Asia Chapter) at the Western Returned Scholars Association, Su actively promotes cross-cultural artistic dialogue. His practice transcends personal narrative, weaving Eastern spirituality with Western conceptualism into a tapestry of cultural exchange.

In March 2025, he was invited to join the Asian Art Association Singapore (Traditional Painting).

I admire pure painters—Cézanne, Vermeer, Freud, Bacon. Yet I draw inspiration widely: Picasso, da Vinci, Richter, Manet, Rembrandt, Repin, even masters from other fields—Kurosawa, Godard, Kubrick, Yamamoto, Moriyama, Mi Fu, Su Dongpo, Michael Jackson, Jordan. Beyond artworks, I’m fascinated by artists themselves—their philosophies, attitudes, their very being. A true artist should themselves be a work of art; creations emerge from the creator.

Throughout my career, I’ve never chased styles, movements, or trends. Style emerges naturally; era-specificity needs no pursuit. Movements are for art historians, trends mere fast food for the immature. Time judges fairly. Across eras and borders, work quality remains the sole criterion.

I absorb artistic nutrients like a sponge, metabolizing them into personal language. I resist categorization—that’s for posthumous labels. Observation, love, sincerity: these are art’s essential elements. The rest? Distractions.

My current *Chess King’s Divine Realm* series explores relationships without subjective narration. Overusing adjectives narrows meaning, like writers forcing interpretations. While artists obsess over "self-expression," how much of that "self" holds real substance? I observe life like a dog, then tell the mirror: "Another dog." I present neutral visions—viewers will interpret through their own lenses anyway.

Storytellers aren’t true painters. I don’t narrate—I dissect objective realities: adjusting chroma, negotiating color relationships. My technique remains elementary: monochromatic sketches, base colors, gradual refinement. Jordan understood—his supreme skill was fundamentals. That’s why he’s basketball’s deity.

Rejecting markets and shortcuts, I paint stroke by stroke. Every pigment, brushwork, line receives full attention. Let the accumulation reveal its form. Ultimately, I care not for comparisons or legacies. If some good paintings emerge, that’s fortune enough.

**Exhibitions**
**2025**
- *Hans Christian Andersen International Art Exhibition* (Silver Award, Denmark)
- *Epoch: Contemporary Art Exhibition* (Russia, Beijing)
- *3rd Early Winter International Art & Design Exhibition* (Online)

**2024**
- *Viewscape* Contemporary Art Group Exhibition (Ningxia)
- *2024 Returnee Artists Exhibition* by Western Returned Scholars Association (Beijing)

**2023**
- *Art Code* (Excellence Award, Hong Kong)
- *861 Art Union* (Hong Kong)
- *University Youth Art Fair* (Wuhan)
- *Emotional Colors: Self-Exploration Art Exhibition* (Silver Award, Visual Category, Beijing)
- *Ideas III: Chengdu Biennale Parallel Exhibition* (Chengdu)
- *Blossom & Harvest* Group Exhibition (Shenzhen)
- *Mars Trend Art Festival* (Wuhan International Convention & Exhibition Center, Wuhan)

**2022**
- *8th Asian Youth Artists Exhibition* (National Gallery Singapore, Singapore)
- *2nd Slow City Mountain Flower Art Festival* (First International Slow City, Nanjing)
- *Epoch: Contemporary Art Exhibition* (Moscow Artists Foundation, China Art Annual, Goya Art, Moscow/China)

**2021**
- *2022 Trendy Players: Avant-Garde Art Season* (WHY Art Space, Chengdu)
- *Back to Home Court* Group Exhibition (Dewu, Shanghai)
- *Line* Solo Exhibition (WK Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing)
- *I Am the Trend* Group Exhibition (Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing)

**2020**
- *8+1 Unison: Dalian Contemporary Art Archive* (Dalian City Art Museum, Dalian)
- *Hi21 Emerging Art Market* (Kuntai Jiarui Cultural Center, Beijing)
- *2020 Reclaiming Power: Contemporary Art Exhibition* (Tech Innovation City, Beijing)

**2019**
- *Art Light International Art Fair* (Invited Artist, Life Lake Manor, Beijing)
- *Garbage Exhibition* Group Exhibition (IP Ruiyi Art Museum, Xiumei Building, Beijing)
- *Colorful China Miniature Oil Paintings European Tour* (Europe)
- *Light It Up Blue Global Charity Run* (Autism Awareness, Water Cube, Beijing)
- *Life Lake Art Center Salon Exhibition* (Life Lake Art Museum, Beijing)
- *Sino-Japanese Art & Cultural Exchange Exhibition* (Fukuoka, Japan)

**2018**
- *New Era Exhibition* (Dalian No.15 Middle School Art Museum, Dalian)

**2017**
- *5th Hanfu Culture Week* (Invited Guest, Jiashan, Zhejiang)
- *Asian Youth Artists Exhibition* (Water Cube, Beijing)
- *Boundless International Art Exhibition* (UN Headquarters, New York, USA)
- *Hey, Society* Solo Exhibition (Songyang Art, 798 Art Zone, Beijing)

**2016**
- *Asian Youth Art Exhibition* (Bird’s Nest, Beijing)
- *Asian Youth Artists Tour Exhibition* (Milan, Italy)
- Featured alongside Fang Lijun, Liu Xiaodong, Xu Bing, Xia Xiaowan, Shi Chong in *Annual Chinese Contemporary Art Archive* (Beijing, China)
- *Asian Youth Art Exhibition* (Milan, Italy)

**2015**
- *Han and Shawn* Duo Exhibition (Atelier Gallery, San Francisco, USA)
- *Stroke* Group Exhibition (Lation Arts Gallery, San Francisco, USA)
- *Dark Illusion* Solo Exhibition (Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, USA)
- *2015 AAU Spring Show* (San Francisco, USA) – Administrator Award

**2014**
- Oceana Art Gallery Group Exhibition (San Francisco, USA)
- AAU Spring Show (San Francisco, USA)

**2013**
- San Francisco Winter Exhibition (San Francisco, USA)
- Beijing 798 Art Festival (Maison Gallery, Beijing, China)
- *2nd Chinese Young Oil Painters Exhibition* (National Essence Center, Beijing, China)
- *Asian Contemporary Art Exhibition* (Hong Kong Marriott Hotel, Hong Kong)
- *Art Beijing 2013* (Beijing, China)
- San Francisco *Spring Show* (San Francisco, USA)

**2012**
- San Francisco *Winter Show* (San Francisco, USA)
- San Francisco *Spring Show* (San Francisco, USA)

**2011**
- *2nd Academy Watercolor Art Exhibition* (China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China)
- *Art Renaissance Exhibition* (Beijing Huantie Times Art Museum, Beijing, China)

**2008**
- *Me and My Campus* Outstanding Work Award (Liaoning Normal University Art Museum, Dalian, China)

**Collections**
- *Journey Through Mountain Streams* – Collected by renowned singer Tan Jing
- *Black Rose and White Rose, Poem Beneath Nelly’s Painting, Birdman, A Pear Blossom Overwhelms the Begonia, Fading Youth* – Collected by Liu Zhou, music director of *The Rap of China*
- *Wild Abandon, Red Spider Lily* – Collected by acclaimed actor and filmmaker Max Mok
- *Sacred Mountain, Extreme Evil, PM2.?* – Collected by renowned director Zhao Chenyang
- *Blue Ice Unseen by Crimson Eyes* – Collected by Dalian No.15 Middle School Art Museum
- *Who Took My Black Cake?, Requiem* – Collected by Songyang Art Museum
- *Abandoned Kimono Girl* – Collected by Li Yugang’s agent
- Works including *Goodbye, World; Youth Behind the Mosaic; NO.2; Heaven on Earth; If Life Were Our First Meeting; Enchantress* – Collected by private collectors and galleries worldwide

**Publications**
- *The 2nd Academy Watercolor Art Exhibition*
- *The 2nd Chinese Young Oil Painters Exhibition*
- *2015 Chinese Contemporary Art Archive*
- *Asian Youth Artists Nomination Exhibition*
- *Doll Sky Magazine*
- *ZAO Magazine*
- *Dalian Contemporary Art Archive*
- *4th University Youth Art Fair (Wuhan)*