Deng Wushu
China, 1968
Artist's works
Artist Profile
Bamboo
Introduction and Experience
Deng Wushu’s practice begins with a deep reverence for classical Eastern culture. Drawing on familiar symbols—antique porcelain, the Forbidden City, lotus, and bamboo—he reconfigures these motifs into composed and contemplative visual arrangements.
Deliberately setting aside conventional rules, Deng adopts an approach of intentional simplicity. With a focus that is both quiet and deeply attentive, he engages each detail with the sincerity of a child first learning to walk. The cultural resonance of the lotus and bamboo becomes a vehicle for his inward, meditative sensibility. Working primarily in oil, he explores a richer painterly language, seeking to balance traditional frameworks with new possibilities for contemporary expression.
Trained at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute under masters such as Luo Zhongli and Ma Yiping, Deng returned to his creative roots after a period in business, establishing his Beijing studio in 2007. His work remains firmly grounded in Eastern thought, articulating a subtle, inward dialogue between cultural heritage and the vitality of the present.
Exhibitions and Awards
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Magnificent Spiritual Landscape —Enmous Contemporary Art Museum, Sichuan, China
2011
Mysterious Oriental —Rainbow Gallery, New York, USA
2009
Through the Eyes of a Child —Veneris Art Center, Beijing, China
Landscapes —Zhou Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
Deng Wushu: Landscapes —Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
1990
Exhibition Hall of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
Group Exhibitions
2011
Contemporary Art Collection Exhibition —Alessandria, Italy
CHINA: Art contemporain —Town Hall of the 5th Arrondissement, Paris, France
Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Art Exhibition —Contemporary Art Museum, Venezuela
2010
Fantasy & Happiness —Linda Gallery, Indonesia
East-West : First Chinese Art Exhibition in San Diego—San Diego, California, USA
2009
2010 Contemporary Art Exhibition —Fifth Element Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
Cross-Strait Oil Painting Elite Invitation Exhibition —National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2008
Melvin Gallery—Florida Southern College, Florida, USA
Aggregation Under the Five Rings —Beijing, China
The Wind is Rising —Beijing, China
2001
Western China Ethnic Customs Painting Exhibition—China
1998
Sichuan Oil Painting Exhibition—Sichuan, China
1996
Sichuan Oil Painting Exhibition—Sichuan, China
1994
Yunnan Invitation Exhibition of Sichuan Painters—Yunnan, China
1990
Four Artists Exhibition—Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
Art Fairs
2011
New York Art Expo—New York, USA
2010
Art Basel Miami Beach—Miami, USA
SH Contemporary (Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair)—Shanghai, China
Art Beijing 2011: Classic Art Fair (Taihe Art Gallery)—Beijing, China
2008
Art Basel Miami Beach—Miami, USA
Collections
Private Collections
Works are held in private collections in Taiwan, China and the USA.