Chen Danqing

Chen Danqing (born 11 August 1953 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese-American artist, writer, and art critic. He started as a self-taught painter and later obtain a master degree from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. He gained nation wide recognition during the 1980s for his realist paintings of the Tibetans. He moved to the US in 1982 and spent 18 years there as a professional painter. He returned to China in 2000 and lectured at Tsinghua University before resigning in 2004. He published several essay collections and hosted documentary series Local Perspective introducing art to the general public.