Wei Jia

signed and titled in Chinese, dated 1999-2003 and numbered 28/30(14/20,30/30,9/24,18/24,4/10,EA,4/10,12/15,17/20,10/15,13/15,14/20,30/30,28/30,21/26,E.A,21/80,12/15,17/20,18/20,12/20), framed

Private Collection, China

China, Nanning, Guangxi Arts Institute, The 5th National Art College Annual Prints Exhibition, 2000, Annual Award for Prints
China, Wuhan, The 7^th National Etching, Lithography and Silkscreen Prints Exhibition, 2001, Gold Prize, and Liao Hsiu-p'ing Prints Foundation Award
China, Hefei, Anhui International Exhibition and Conference Center, The 16^th National Prints Exhibition, 2002, Outstanding Award
China, Beijing, Yan-Huang Art Museum, The First Beijing International Prints Biennial, 2003, Gold Prize
China, Chongqing, Chongqing Art Museum, The 7^th National Etching, Lithography and Silkscreen Prints Exhibition, 2003, Gold Prize, and Liao Hsiu-p'ing Prints Foundation Award
India, 6th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print-Art, 2004, Honorable Mention Award

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After graduating from the lithography workshop in the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Art in 1999, Wei Jia won countless awards with his lithographic works. Although he would later settle on oil painting as his primary medium, lithography was the origin of his art. His skills as a printmaker won him renown and accolades almost immediately: "His images have a hint of Surrealism and lingering poetic flavor. Rendered in cold tonalities and with a distant sense of space, his supra-experiential dream-like scenarios where metaphorical human actions are frozen naturally remind the viewer of the metaphysical master Giorgio de Chirico and the Surrealist giant René Magritte."[1]

[1] Tang Yonggang, Reconstructing Dreams and Reality—An Analysis of Wei Jia's Lithographic Works, Zhongguo yishu, issue 4, 2004