Wei Li Zhu                                               CV

Born            Shanghai, China

Education

1990-91       Postgraduate Diploma (Merit) in Painting, Grays School of  Art, Aberdeen

1980-84       BA (Hons), Painting, Shanghai Normal University

Exhibitions

95-2009       Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London

93-2014       Aberdeen Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery

2013            Solo Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2010            Solo Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2007            King’s Road IntroductionGallery, London

                   Solo Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2005            Star Portraits, County Hall Gallery, London

2004            Star Portraits, BBC TV

                   Star portraits, New Art Gallery, Walsall

                   Solo Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2002            Reunion, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2001            Solo Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

97-2001       Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, The Edinburgh Gallery    

93-1999       Morrison Portrait Competition, RSA, Edinburgh

1998            The Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh

1997            Solo Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

1993            Solo Exhibition, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

1991            Solo Exhibition, National Museum, Singapore

1989            Art and Media Exhibition, National Museum, Singapore

                   International Art Interchange - Asia Art Exhibition, Taiwan

                   International Artists Exhibition (Korea, Japan, Singapore), Tokyo

Awards

UOB 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; Robert Gordon College, Aberdeen; Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh; UOB Bank Group, Singapore; Standard Chartered Bank, London; Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen; Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society.

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); Sir David Reid (Deputy Director, Tesco); Mr. D. Spawforth (Headmaster, Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh); Mr. Andrew Hunter (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 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); Lt. Gen. Sir John MacMillan KCB, CBE (Gordon Highlanders); Prof. Alex Adam (Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society).

Publications

Banking on People, ed. Matthew Sturgis / Standard Chartered (London: Tempest Radford).