Li Hu was born in 1950 into a family of artists in Shanghai, China. After graduating from Shanghai University – Fine Arts College in 1986, he was appointed professor and taught painting there for four years. In 1993, he received his MFA at the University of South Dakota. He then became an assistant Professor, Associated Professor and Full Professor since starting at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh in 1994. There, he was awarded the Endowed Professorship in 2006 and is now an Emeritus Professor of art.

Since 1994, Hu has had more than forty solo exhibitions and over a hundred juried group competition shows at art museums and universities throughout the United States and the world. His work has been collected by several museums and art institutions and a hundred private collectors.  His biography and work has been included in more than twenty books, including “Who’s Who in the World” and “Who’s Who in America,” published in the United States, and “One Hundred Outstanding Artists,” “The Dictionary of World Famous Figure,” “The Dictionary of the Achievements of World Chinese Artists,” published in Hong Kong and China. 

Selected Solo Shows

  • 2015 University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, WI, USA

  • 2014 Ningbo Art Museum - Ningbo, China; North American Art & Culture Association museum - Zanesville, OH, USA

     

  • 2010 Viterbo University - La Crosse, WI, USA

  • 2006 Spartanburg County Museum of Art - Spartanburg, SC, USA; Fitton Center for Creative Arts - Hamilton, OH, USA; Steinhilber Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, WI, USA

     

  • 2005 Bergstrom-Mahler Museum - Neenah, WI, USA; Chicago Public Library, Chinatown Branch - Chicago, IL, USA

  • 2004 Tusculum College - Greeneville, TN, USA; Rosewood Arts Centre - Kettering, OH, USA

     

  • 2002 North Central College - Naperville, IL, USA

  • 2001 Ripon College - Ripon, WI, USA; Kishwaukee College - Malta, IL, USA; Oregon Southern State University - Ashland, OR, USA; Hopper House Art Center - Nyack, NY, USA

     

  • 1999 University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI, USA; Morehead State University -Morehead, KY, USA; Reno City Hall Gallery, Sterra Arts Foundation - Reno, NV, USA; The Art Institute & Gallery - Salisbury, MD, USA; The Arts Center in Orange - Orange, VA, USA.

  • 1998 Coker College - Hartsville, SC, USA; Linfield State College - McMinnville, OR, USA; Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO, USA

     

  • 1997 Chadron State College - Chadron, NE, USA; Kansas City Artists Coalition - Kansas City, MO, USA

     

  • 1996 Montana State University - Billings, MT, USA; Corvallis Arts Center - Corvallis, OR, USA

     

  • 1994 Fred Wells 18th Feature Show, Wesleyan University - Lincoln, NE, USA; Iowa State University - Ames, IA, USA. 

     

Selected Group Shows

  • 2001 10th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Taipei Fine Art Museum - Taipei, Taiwan ROC

  • 2002 The 57th Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, Four Arts Plaza - Palm Beach, Florida

  • 1998 Contemporary Asian Artists in America, Smithtown Township Arts Council - St. James, New York

  • 1996 Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition - Philadelphia, USA

  • 1988 Chinese Art Collection Traveling Show - Tokyo, Osaka, and Kobe, Japan

Selected Awards

  • 1995 Juror's Award, Co-Winner Berkeley Art Center Association 11th Annual Juried National Exhibition, CA
  • Best of show Award, 8th Annual Northern National Art Competition, WI
  • Best of Two-Dimensional Work, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, WI
  • Fred Wells 18th Feature Show Award and Juror Merit Award, Wesleyan University, CT

画家简介

胡溧1950年出生于上海艺术世家，祖籍浙江宁波镇海。1986年毕业于上海大学美术学院油画专业，留校任教4年。1990赴美留学，获美国南达科他大学助教奖学金，93年毕业，获美术硕士。 从1994 年至今在美国威斯康辛大学先后任助教，副教授，正教授。 现在是美国威斯康辛大学终身教授, 获该校基金教授奖。

他在美国的高等院校和博物馆等艺术机构举办过四十多个个人展览,参加的国际与全美国联展有近百个。

其中个展有：

  • 1994年 内布拉斯加州Wesleyan大学；衣阿华州立大学
  • 1996年 蒙大拿州立大学；俄勒冈州 Corvallis艺术中心
  • 1997年 内布拉斯加州 Chadron州立学院；密苏里州堪萨斯城艺术家联盟
  • 1998年 南卡罗来纳州 Coker学院；科罗拉多州立大学
  • 1999年 肯塔基州Morehead州立大学；内华达州 Sterra 艺术基金会；马里兰州Salisbury艺术学院；威斯康辛大学，Madison；维吉尼亚州Orange艺术中心
  • 2000年 加州 Siskiyou 学院
  • 2001年 威斯康辛州Ripon学院；俄勒冈南州立大学；纽约Hopper House艺术中心；
  • 2002年 伊利诺斯州North Central学院；
  • 2004年 田纳西洲Tusculum学院；威斯康辛大学；
  • 2005年 威斯康辛州 Bergotrom-mahler博物馆；
  • 2006年 俄亥俄州Fitton创新艺术中心；南卡罗来纳州 Spartanburg艺术博物馆；
  • 2010年 威斯康辛州Viterbo大学。

他入选国际与全美国艺术竟赛展近百个:

  • 其中有美国费城世界当代艺术展
  • 台北美术馆第十届版画中素描双年展
  • 美国加州Berkeley艺术中心全美艺术展
  • 美国弗罗里达 Palm Beach当代美国油画展
  • 美国纽约St. James艺术联盟当代美国亚裔艺术家展以及中国绘画藏品在日本东京，大阪巡迴展等。

并获十余次奖,

  • 有美国加州Berkeley 艺术中心全美艺术展金奖
  • 美国威斯康辛州第八届北美艺术竞赛最佳作品奖
  • 美国威斯康辛州Beloit学院第三十八届艺术展最佳2-D作品奖
  • 美国尼布拉斯州Wesleyan大学第十八届十二个州美术竞赛展获个展奖及品评委奖。

作品曾被美国衣荷华Sioux City艺术中心；威斯康辛州Ripon学院；南达科他大学;日本大阪艺术学院；日本姬路市煤气公司等以及上百个人收藏。个人业绩被载入美国世界名人录，全美名人录，及香港出版的百人杰出艺术家等十余本书册中。