The Rendezvous Gallery


Wei Li Zhu
Born: Shanghai, China

EDUCATION
1990-1991	Post-Graduate Diploma (Merit) in Painting. Grays School of Art, Aberdeen.
1980-1984	BA (Hons), Painting, Shanghai University

EXHIBITIONS
King’s Road Gallery, London 2007; Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London 2007; Star Portraits, County Hall Gallery, London 2005; Star Portraits, BBC TV, 2004; Star portraits, New Art Gallery, Walsall, 2004; Solo Exhibition, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, 2004; Reunion, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen 2002; Solo Exhibition, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, 2001; The Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh, 1998; Solo Exhibition, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, 1997; Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, The Edinburgh Gallery, 1997-2001; Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, 1995-2006; Aberdeen Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery, 1993-2005; Morrison Portrait Competition, RSA, Edinburgh, 1993-1999; Solo Exhibition, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen,1993; Solo Exhibition, National Museum, Singapore, 1991; Art and Media Exhibition, National Museum, Singapore, 1989; International Art Interchange-Asia Art Exhibition, Taiwan, 1989; International Artists Exhibition (Korea, Japan, Singapore), Tokyo, 1989.

AWARDS
U.O.B. Painting of the Year, 1988; British Council (Singapore) Scholarship; Aberdeen Artists (Commended); BBC Star Portraits.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
BBC Television; British Council, Singapore; Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen; UOB Bank Group, Singapore; Standard Chartered Bank, London.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
In France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Singapore, UK, USA.

SELECTED COMMISSIONED PORTRAITS
Mrs. Wong Kang Seng (wife of Foreign Secretary, Singapore); Mr. Ho Kah Leong (Minister of State for Culture, Singapore); Mr. Kuek Hong Peng (Chairman, Hong Leong Holdings Ltd., Singapore); Mr. Alan Webster (Head of British Council, Singapore); Mr. T. Ehret (CEO, Coflexip-Stena, France); Mr. F. Clark (Director, Scofish International Ltd., Aberdeen); Mr. D. Reid (Deputy Director, Tesco); Mr. D. Spawforth (Headmaster, Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh); Mr. D. Craig, O.B.E. (Chairman, George Craig Group Ltd., Aberdeen); Fiona Kennedy (Singer and TV Presenter); Willie Millar (former Aberdeen FC and Scotland football Captain) and family; Mr. Brian Lockhart (Headmaster, Robert Gordon College, Aberdeen; Charlie Dimmock (TV Gardener and Presenter, for BBC TV); Mr. G. Johnston (Johnston Carmichael, Aberdeen); Mr. P. Machray (Johnston Carmichael, Aberdeen).



'Charlie Dimmock'	'Lt. Gen. Sir John MacMillan'	'Granville Johnston'
oil on canvas	oil on canvas	oil on canvas
36" x 30"	24" x 20"	40" x 33"
(BBC Star Portrait Programme)	(Portrait commission by Gordon Highland Museum)	(Portrait commission by Johnston Carmichael, Aberdeen)




'Bobby'	'Lovatt Sisters'	'Young China'
oil on canvas	oil on canvas	oil on canvas
22" x 18"	30" x 30"	39"x39"
(Private commission)	(Private commission)	(International Bank commission)

'Rachel'

oil on canvas

36" x 30"

(Private commission)

The significance of portraiture is not simply to record the likeness, or even to express the character of a particular person. It is that; but more. A good portrait has also to be a good painting, embodying the indefinable something that makes us aware of the presence of Art.

Originally from China, Wei Li Zhu, a figurative and still life artist, has a Batchelor of Arts Degree from Shanghai Art University and a Post-Graduate Diploma from Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen. Wei Li worked for three years at the Shanghai Television Centre before moving to Singapore to take up a post as a full-time lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. She now resides permanently in Aberdeen, married to a Scottish artist and works as a painter and portrait artist.

Since her initial association with The Rendezvous Gallery in 1994, Wei Li has painted over 75 commissioned portraits of children and adults from Singapore, Holland, France, Ireland, England, The United States of America and Scotland.

Wei Li Zhu commissioned portrait sizes 2010:

(Price on application)

20" x 16"
24" x 20"
30" x 25"
36" x 36"
40" x 30"
50" x 40"
60" x 40"

All prices for commissioned portraits quoted and agreed upon between the artist and the sitter do NOT include travel expenses or framing. Please contact the Rendezvous Gallery for prices.

LINKS

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