HUA TUNAN

CHINA

BIOGRAPHY

Young Chinese artist Cheng Yingjie, better known as Hua Tunan, knows how to surprise. He skilfully manages to combine centuries-old traditional Chinese painting and bold western street art.

“Art is a huge part of my life. It’s part of my daily routine. I think of it as food – I can’t live without it,” says the artist. Vibrant colours, working on a large scale while paying extreme attention to detail and splattered ink as the main art medium all combine to make Hua’s style unmistakably recognisable and unique.

Born in 1991 in the city of Foshan, Guangdong Province, Hua became interested in arts at the age of four, thanks largely to his father who taught him how to draw and paint. It was also Hua’s father who introduced the boy to the traditional Chinese ink art. Later, when Hua studied in Singapore, he developed passion for street art and graffiti. Upon his return to China, Hua established his own art studio where he started experimenting with painting techniques and styles trying to bring together East and West.

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EDUCATION

2010
∙ Raffles Design Institute, Singapore