Born in 1955 in Guangzhou, China, Huang He received a bachelor degree of fine art from the Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1982. He went to Australia for further study in 1988 and was widely involved in oil painting. His pieces such as “Meditation” earned him the special prize of the National Sculpture Exhibition in Australia. In 2000, he returned to his homeland where he was appointed a visiting professor at the Institute of Visual Art at Fudan University, Shanghai and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He was involved in creating and planning a wide collection of public sculptures and exhibitions. His sculpture work “The 78th” was selected to the National Arts Exhibition and became the permanent collection of Guangdong Museum of Art.

Majoring in sculpture making, sketching is Huang’s sources of inspiration. He enjoys sketching on streets or in public transportation in order to maintain his acute sensitivity to daily life. Sketching also induces his passion for painting. Huang’s paintings bear the characteristics of his sculpture works; the powerful strokes represent self-confidence, strength and passion. Huang’s bold and unrestrained drawing technique is well received.

Huang has the valuable noble quality of an artist, wholehearted persistence and indulgence in pursuit of arts. Even at middle ages, Huang still has such admirably poetic, passionate and pure ideals.

“Sketching China” includes pieces of Huang He’s oil paintings in recent years. Most of these works are on-site sketching with focus on countryside, metropolitan, flora and still objects and portrait, etc. As an adventurer of the life journey, Huang expresses his unique experiences in every day life with strokes and sculpture knife. The exhibition will also display some pieces of Huang’s sculpture work, enabling visitors to appreciate both his paintings and sculptures.

黃河1955年生於廣州，1978-1982就讀於廣州美術學院雕塑系，獲學士學位；1982-1988任廣州美術學院雕塑系講師。1988年赴澳洲留學深造，並拓展油畫創作；他的雕塑作品《靜思》獲全澳洲雕塑大展特等獎。2000年回國受聘于上海復旦大學視覺學院客座教授，廣州美術學院客座教授，期間並參與各種大型城市雕塑策劃和創作，雕塑作品《78届》入選全國美展並被廣東美術館永久收藏。

雕塑系出身的黃河，鍾情寫生。寫生是他雕塑靈感的來源，為保持着對事物敏銳的感覺，他享往街頭寫生或在公共交通工具上速寫；寫生造就了他對繪畫的激情。黃河的油畫，有著他雕塑的特色，具有塊面感和力量感；大刀濶斧的畫工，洋溢著無比的自信和激情，充滿活力，教人振奮佩服。

黃河擁有作為藝術家最寶貴的情操，堅持着純真的藝術追求，為藝術沉迷和忘我。在觸動他感覺的對象面前，他激情澎湃，廢寢忘食，工作狀態近乎痴迷。難得的是，人到中年，依然擁有如此詩意、如此熾熱、如此瀟灑的理想；黃河擁有讓人羨慕的執著和激情。

「寫生中國」是黃河近幾年的油畫寫生作品。這些作品多為即景寫生，題材包括山鄉小鎮、繁華都會、花卉靜物、人物等。在這些作品中，黃河以行者的目光，探索並記錄人生旅途的風景及事物；以筆及刀，表現了他對於平凡景物中領會到的不平凡。展覽亦同時展出黃河的一些雕塑作品，讓觀衆能欣賞到雕塑家手下油畫創作的風采。