BAO PEI

Bao Pei was born in Anhui Province in 1960, graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1984, moved to New York in 1987, and returned to China in 2003, where she now lives and works in Beijing.

Bao Pei's artistic style is the precipitation of her life experience. After ten years of experience in oil painting, one day, a piece of textured handmade paper, a small bottle of Tempera toner, and the scent of woodblock ink awakened memories that seemed to have been long forgotten – woodcut printmaking. Based on the experience of woodcutting in the Printmaking Department of the Central University of Fine Arts (CUFAM), when I started to chisel on wood again with a knife instead of a brush, the creation was no longer restricted to the traditional experience of woodcutting; it was a combination of chiselling, hand-painting, and the use of inks and Tempera colours to repeatedly cover and destroy the work until it was in its best state. After combining the qualities of printmaking and oil painting, the artist has reconstructed a new language, and after nearly ten years of constant deduction and experimentation between styles and materials, he has formed his current works of mixed-material paintings and light installations on paper.

The artist's creative process is to record her emotions in words and put them into the action of painting, and ultimately bet on the multi-layered organisation and layout. Her images are states of emotional outbursts, extremely multi-layered and complex cycles, released in restraint to arrive at boundless and highly expressive forms, retracted and stopped.

Bao Pei’s works are held in the permanent collections of the National Art Museum of China, the Museum of Women and Children in Beijing, and the National Museum in Sweden. Her works are also represented in private art institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom, the Future Land Art Center in Beijing, as well as in the collections of prominent private collectors across China, Germany, Singapore, and Taiwan area.

The One and Only part 2

BAO PEI

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The lake from that winter

Radiance After Rainfall

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The Inner Flow, Traces of Time Settling on Handmade Paper — The Art and Reflections of Bao Pei

2025.10.09
INTERVIEW

BAO PEI: Where the Butterfly Has Been

Beijing
2025.09.27 - 11.15

EXHIBITIONS

2025: Moordn Art fair, Guangzghou
West Bund Art fair, Shanghai
A Ramble Through SHANGXIA: In Full Bloom solo exhibition，Shanghai
Art Taipei Art fair, TaiPei
Where the Butterfly Has Been solo exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Beijing
Luminous Flux Group exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Beijing
LIFE AS CINEMA solo exhibition, LAN Gallery
Boundless Forms and Colors Group exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Beijing
Timeless Masterpieces Contemporary Chinese Art Through the Ages, Group exhibition, NEW ART MUSEUM, Singapore
2023: "Return to Paradise" solo exhibition, Blue Bank Gallery, Shenzhen, China
"Art 021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair", Solo art project, LAN Gallery, Shanghai
Solo Exhibition "Aurora Blossom", Aman, Shanghai, China
Solo Exhibition "Aurora Blossom", White Box Art Centre, Beijing, China
"Beijing Contemporary Art Fair", Beijing, China
"Beauty in Greatness Through Details", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2022: ‘Spring Is Coming’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, White Box Gallery, Beijing, China
2021: ‘Charm Of Science And Technology’, Group Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Beijing Contemporary, Beijing, China
‘White In White’, Group exhibition, Artron Art Centre, Shenzhen, China
‘In The Name Of Flowers’, Group exhibition, T Contemporary Art Centre, Changsha, China
‘Black And White’, Art AMOY Museum, Xiamen, China
‘The Story Of Time’, Group exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts and Zuyi Gallery, Zunyi, China
2020: West Bund Expo, Shanghai, China
‘Breathing Light’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, Zhuzhong Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2019: This Is The Future’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, Cheng Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2018: Beauty Is In Your Mind’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, Artron Art Centre, Shenzhen, China
‘Beauty Is In Your Mind’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, L·AN Gallery, Shenzhen, China
‘Intersection: International Art & Culture’, 25th Anniversary Group Exhibition of Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing, China
‘Boundry Of Freedom - Chinese Contemporary Towards Europe‘, Group Exhibition, Casa dei Carraresi, Italy
2018: ‘Beauty Is In Your Mind’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, Artron Art Centre, Shenzhen, China
‘Beauty Is In Your Mind’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, L·AN Gallery, Shenzhen, China
‘Intersection: International Art & Culture’, 25th Anniversary Group Exhibition of Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing, China
‘Boundry Of Freedom - Chinese Contemporary Towards Europe‘, Group Exhibition, Casa dei Carraresi, Italy
2017: ‘How Many Times Could Man See The Star By Looking Up On The Sky’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, Taihe Art Space, Beijing
2016: ‘Wall With Blossoms And Dust’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, Culture Centre of U.S Embassy in China, Beijing
2015: ‘Spirit Of Craftsmanship’, Mixed media on Xuan paper solo exhibition, Feefans Gallery, Beijing, China
2014: ‘Summer Solstice’, Mixed media on Xuan paper and oil on canvas solo exhibition, Nan Shu Fang, Beijing, China
‘Perfume Without Flower’, Mixed media on Xuan paper and oil on canvas solo exhibition, Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
‘Snow And Dust’, Mixed media on Xuan paper and oil on canvas solo exhibition, Manai Caodi, Beijing, China
2013: ‘The Second Exhibition Of Works By Women Artists’, Group exhibition, The Museum of Women and Children, Beijing, China
Artists’ group exhibition, Shandong Art Museum, Jinan, China
2012: ‘Bright Summit’, Three-person group exhibition, Yaming Art Gallery, Anhui, China
‘Lost Paradise’, Oil on canvas solo exhibition, Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011: ‘Father And Daughter’, Father and Daughter oil on canvas joint exhibition, Art Museum of China Profiles, Xiamen, China
2010: ‘So Close, So Far’, Oil on canvas solo exhibition, Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China
Awarded ‘Cartier Outstanding Female Artist’ Title
2009: ‘International Art Exchange Exhibition’, Group exhibition, Huan Tie Times Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2008: ‘The Central Academy Of Fine Arts 95th Anniversary Exhibition Of Outstanding Former Students’ Works’, Group exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
2004: ‘Earth’, Oil on canvas solo exhibition, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore

COLLECTIONS

Breath, Collected by the National Art Museum of China.
Without Home Sorrow, Collected by the National Art Museum of China.
Somewhere In Life, Collected by the Chinese Museum of Women and Children
Burgeon, Collected by private art gallery in the UK
Hutong, Collected by Sweden National Museum
Living Aside River, Collected by Siemens Headquarter Germany
Woodcut work "Seaside Fisherwoman" Collected of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Serveral artworks have been collected by the Beijing Future Land Centre, Sweden National Museum, and a few private art museum from Germany, Singapore and Taiwan region.

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