Biography:

Shi Hui (b. 1955, Shanghai) is an artist and professor in the Sculpture Department at the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou.

Shi received a B.A. from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art) in 1982. From 1982 to 1984, she taught at Shanghai Light Industry College, and from 1984 to 1993, at her alma mater, where she had the opportunity from 1986 to 1989 to study with Maryn Varbanov at the Institute Art Tapestry Varbanov (IATV).

In the late 1980s, Shi’s work was displayed in numerous exhibitions including the ‘Contemporary China Tapestry Exhibition’ (Shanghai, 1987), the ‘Chinese Modern Art’ exhibition (Gifu, Japan, 1988), the 13th Lausanne International Biennale of Tapestry (Lausanne, Switzerland, 1987), the ‘Chinese Modern Tapestry Exhibition’ (Hong Kong, 1988) and the ‘Special Exhibition of Chinese Tapestry’ (Lakeside Gallery, Chicago, USA, 1989).

Shi continues to work as an artist and exhibits widely.