Wan Fung Art Gallery proudly presents to you the “Gunter Grossholz & Wan Yuxi Oil Painting Exhibition” starting from 7 to 16 May. The opening ceremony will start at 5pm, 7 May. Gunter and Yuxi will also be present in the opening ceremony. We cordially invite you to join us and have fun in the garden of dream created by Gunter and Yuxi.

Do you already find your destined another half from the crowd? Gunter and Yuxi is one of the lucky couple, who could find each other even live apart, share their love of art even with so different in their cultural background; they are still being together, co-creating their artistic world and have won lots of awards.

Gunter was born in Germany, who brought up in love with the masterpieces of European classic masters. Yuxi, who grew up in Beijing and started learning traditional Chinese painting since her early age. It is rare that they do not cling to their own artistic path, but co-creating the artworks instead. Their works combined the Chinese and Western beauty, classic and modern, abstractionism and realism, which bring you to their artistic journey.

 

 

Wan Fung Art Gallery cordially invites you to the opening reception for Gunter Grossholz & Wan Yuxi Oil Painting Exhibition at 5pm, Satuday, 7 May, 2011

Exhibition Period :  7 – 16.05.2011

Exhibition Venue :  Wan Fung Art Gallery

                                        G/F, Cityplaza III, Taikoo Shing, Island East, Hong Kong (MTR Taikoo Exit E1)

Opening Hours      :  Monday – Saturday  10:00 – 19:00

                                        Sunday & Public Holidays 13:00 – 18:00

Enquiry                     :  (852) 2736 9623

Website                   :  www.wanfung.com.cn

 

 

 

 

 

Gunter Grossholz was born in Boeblingen, Germany in 1971.

From an early age he was a passionate painter and drawer, inspired by life filtered through imagination and reflection.

He learned to play three instruments, was fascinated by sculpturing and writing. He left these for one passion.

Through lot of experimental work as well as through the study of traditional techniques of oil painting, learning and insurgency, search and enthusiasm he found his personal way of expression and style.

He studied at Weissenhof Akademie, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and after master degrees at Merz Akademie Stuttgart and Film Akademie Baden-Wuerttemberg he started working as arts professor and held several workshops helping students to set their hidden talents free.

Because of his overcoming talents in drawing he gained some international prizes.

Exhibitions at Stuttgart and Berlin showed his work.

Yuxi Wan was born from an artist family in Beijing in 1971.

From early childhood on she was educated in arts, drawing and painting as well as in the traditions and history of Chinese art.

After studying at Beijing Film Academy and working as a film director for some years, she went to Germany.

At the Film Academy Baden Wuerttemberg she studied four years and explored at the same time her roots in painting. She added her experience of film art and developed her own reflective style of creation.

At Germany she took part in art exhibitions at Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Berlin. The colours and light of her eastern origin, which she uses in a sensitive way, are of European taste.

In 2003 Yuxi Wan and Gunter Grossholz started working together as Wandamuto.

They dig in the history, culture and tradition of both, exploring the commons and the differences. Opinions of east-west culture melting and consume beauty they share and discuss.

Their paintings are superficially smooth and not acing but their content is positive culture criticism as it fits a sophisticated, international living room.

 

Biography of Gunter Grossholz

1990-1994                Merz Akademy/Diplom Design

1994                           Solo Exhibition "Primates"

1996-2002                Study at Filmacademy Baden-Wuerttemberg/Diploma

1999                           Solo Exhibition at Frommann Kaserne at Ludwigsburg

2002                           Trailer for ITF Stuttgart

2002                           Several exhibitions of oil paintings at Stuttgart

2003-2009                Founding of Studio WANDAMUTO with Yuxi Wan

2004-2007                Journeys to china. Lectures at Beijing, Shenshen, Changchun

2005-2006                work at "Umwelt ist meine Zukunft"

2006                           Design/Illustration Lectures at Lazi Akademy Esslingen

2006                           Exhibiton "Black and White" at Hellers and Heehn Galery Stuttgart.

2007                           Professor for Design/Illustration at Filmacademy Baden-Wuerttemberg

 

Prizes for grafic and animated works

2002                           Animago Award

2003                           Honorable mention ITF Stuttgart

2003                           Siggraph Electronic Theatre

2004                           Animago Award

2006                           UN Prize

 

Biography of Yuxi Wan

1974-1976                Joins the "Children of Beijing painting" group.

1990-1994                Visits Bejiing Film Academy

1995-1999                Supervising Director at CCTV

2000                           Solo exhibition at Karlsruhe. Journey through europe.

2000-2005                Starts to study at Filmacademy-Baden Wuerttemberg.

2003-2009                Founding of Studio WANDAMUTO GbR with G.Grossholz

2004-2007                Journeys to china. Lectures at Beijing, Shenshen, Changchun

2006                           Exhibiton "Black and White" at Hellers and Heehn Galery Stuttgart.

 

Prizes for graphic and animated works

1976                           Prize for childrens art.

1993                           DeYang prize

2005                           Baden-Wuerttemberg academy prize

2005                           Prize of the "Oberbuergermeister" Koblenz

2006                           UN Prize