彭斯

Peng Si was born in 1980 in Hengyang, Hunan. In 1993 he joined the Shandong Yanhuang Calligraphy and Painting Association. In 1994 he participated in the National Youth Calligraphy and Painting Competition and received an Excellence Award. In 1997 he took part in the Hengyang Painting Competition and won second prize. In 2000 he enrolled in the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, studying in the department’s Second Studio. While at the academy, his works *Red Male Nude* and *Pink Female Nude* were selected for the 2002–2003 CAFA Annual Achievement Exhibition and won second prize; his photograph *A Gust of Wind* was selected for the CAFA Photography Exhibition and received an Excellence Award; his mixed-media work *Untitled I* participated in the 2002 Nokia Asia-Pacific Painting Competition and won an Excellence Award; and his copperplate work *Untitled II* was selected for the National Annual Exhibition of Printmaking Education in Higher Institutions. In 2002, works including *Untitled III*, *A Floating Cloud…*, *Old Sa*, and the *Anonymous Series* were shown in the CAFA group exhibition “We Classmates”, and the oil painting *David Kebai* was selected for the Third China Oil Painting Exhibition. In 2003, *Dialogue* was selected for the Tenth National Art Exhibition. In 2004, the *My Style My Show* series won the CAFA Plastic Arts Bronze Award in the “Academy Light” programme and a third prize in the CAFA Outstanding Graduation Works Exhibition, and was included in the “Orientation” joint exhibition of outstanding graduation works from CAFA and the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University; among the series, *My Style My Show No. 7* was collected by the CAFA Art Museum, and *My Style My Show No. 3* and *No. 6* were sent to Columbia University in the United States for a Sino-US art academic exchange exhibition. In 2005, his works appeared in “Contemporary Vision” – CAFA Outstanding Works Exhibition and the collection exhibition of Beijing Century Hanmo Gallery. In 2006, he took part in a new oil painting artists’ group exhibition, “Singing Praises of Our Beautiful Life” – Emerging Artists Exhibition, and “Spirit and Character” – Chinese Realistic Oil Painting Research Exhibition. In 2007, he participated in “Art China” – National Art Exhibition and “Triumph” – Chinese Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, and in the same year held “Wind – Peng Si Oil Painting Works Exhibition” at the Poly Art Museum, Beijing. In 2008, he presented “Wind – Peng Si Oil Painting Exhibition” at the Poly Art Museum. In 2010, he held “Different Worlds, Same Stream – Peng Si Oil Painting Art Exhibition” at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Archaeology and Art at Peking University, and also presented a Peng Si oil painting art exhibition at the Daecheon Art Museum in South Korea. In 2014, he held “Scenery in Harmony – Peng Si Art Exhibition” at the Art Museum of the Beijing Fine Art Academy. His publications include *Man Yue Wan – 42 Days of Mountain Dwelling Life* (co-author, 2007), *Wind Style* (2008), *Walking Alone with a Book* (2009), *Different Worlds, Same Stream* (2010), *Art Ambassador of Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange: Peng Si* (2013), and *Scenery in Harmony* (2014).