Shen Jiawei (born 1948) is a Chinese-Australian painter. He is a winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize.

Shen Jiawei (also known as Jiawei Shen) was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist. Some of the paintings he made gained national renown, and are now recognised internationally as icons of the times.

Jiawei Shen is not unknown. He is regarded as the elder statesman of Chinese artists in Australia, known for being a pioneer of oil painting in China, a legendary propaganda artist, and as the first truly successful Chinese portraitist in Australia.

The full-length portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark by artist Jiawei Shen, has become a destination piece for visitors.

Jun 3, 2024 · The news of troops shooting protesters soon reached Australia, where Ms Wang's husband, Shen Jiawei, became furious and desperate. He was a portrait painter at Darling Harbour in Sydney, hoping to ...

Nov 28, 2024 · In June 1989, when student demonstrations in Beijing resulted in the Tiananmen Square massacre, Jiawei Shen was in Australia. As all affected Chinese citizens were granted asylum by then Prime...

In "Standing Guard for Our Great Motherland", Shen Jiawei stood in the middle of tower which is high above the border between China and the Soviet Union to create the painting. The border warriors on duty stood up like sculptures with rigidity.

SHEN Jiawei was born in Shanghai in 1948. His oil painting “Standing Guard for Our Great Motherland”, created in 1974, had a nationwide impact and became one of the iconic works of art during the Cultural Revolution.

Shen Jiawei (b.1948, Shanghai) was trained at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing (1982-1984) and was a member of the National Artists Association of China since 1982. Largely self-taught, Shen Jiawei began to gain recognition as a propaganda artist …

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