Jianwu Tan
China
Tan Jianwu was born in Hunan, China, in 1971, and graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Hunan Normal University, a professional painter and currently lives in Beijing. He is a member of the American Portrait Painting Association, a member of the Chinese Artists Committee of the Ministry of Culture, a member of the Beijing Oil Painting Society, and the president of the New Representation Oil Painting Salon. His work advocates a neoclassical style and focuses on portraits. In 2017, he won the first place in the custom portrait category of the 13th American Portrait Association.
Personal publications include: "Realistic Portraits - Anatomy of the Mysteries of Oil Paintings" and "New Figurative Oil Painting Salon 2016 Collection".
His work is published on the cover of American Portrait Magazine, the cover of Popular Painting and Calligraphy, the cover of "Baobao Art", "Spain 2018 Contemporary Art Yearbook", "International Artists", "Art", "Art Newspaper", "Chinese National Art", "Chinese Young Artists" and other professional art publications at home and abroad, as well as the "Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Masters" commemorative postal book, stamps, and telephone recharge cards issued by China Post.
谭建武，1971年出生于中国湖南，毕业于湖南师范大学美术系，职业画家，现居北京。美国肖像画协会署名会员，文化部中国艺术家委员会理事，北京油画学会会员，新具象油画沙龙会长。作品崇尚新古典主义风格，主攻肖像画领域，2017年荣获第十三届美国肖像画协会会员大奖赛订制肖像类别第一名。
个人出版有：《写实人像－剖析油画的奥秘》，《新具象油画沙龙2016作品集》
作品发表于《美国肖像杂志》封面，《大众书画》封面，《搏宝艺术》封面，《西班牙2018当代艺术年鉴》《国际艺术家》《美术》《美术报》《中国国家艺术》《中国青年艺术家》等国内外专业艺术刊物，以及中国邮政发行的《中国当代油画名家》纪念邮册，邮票，电话充值卡。
* This statement has been provided directly by the artist in association to their 14th International ARC Salon entries. This content has not been edited for typos or grammatical errors and has not been vetted for accuracy.
