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Jiawei Shen
Biography
Jiawei Shen (b. 1948), artist, was born in China in 1948 and began to gain recognition as a painter during the Cultural Revolution.
13 portraits in the collection
Look Whales
Jiawei Shen
Image
Jiawei Shen, 2004
R. Ian Lloyd
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of R. Ian Lloyd 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, ball point pen on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003
Preparatory study of Tom Hughes, 2003
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, brown chalk and pastel on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003
Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003
Jiawei Shen, 2011
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016
Shen Jiawei
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Shen Jiawei was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist.
Jiawei Shen, 2006
Greg Weight
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Portrait of Susan Wakil AO, 2019
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Isaac Wakil AO 2019
L. Gordon Darling AC CMG, 2006
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by the Mundango Charitable Trust and Claudia Hyles 2006
Gordon Darling
by Jiawei Shen
Portrait story
Gordon Darling talks about how Jiawei Shen came to paint his portrait.
Lan Wang, Xini, Jiawei Shen and Billy, 2010
Greg Weight
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2012
Princess Mary
Portrait story
Artist Jiawei Shen describes the symbolism in his portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
Study for commissioned portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (profile head study), 2005
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Mary Isabel Murphy 2005
Portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, 2005
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Mary Isabel Murphy 2005