Ai Xuan(1947- ) Born in Zhejiang Province. Graduated from the middle school affiliated to CentralAcademy of Fine Arts in 1967, Ai Xuan is now a professional painter at Beijing Painting Institute and a member of China Artists’ Association. “A Man of Great Will” won the second prize of the Second National Exhibition of Young Artists in 1981. He participated in the Sixth National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1984, the Second Exhibition of Asian Art in Japan and the Eighteenth International Festival of Fine Arts in France in 1986. He was a visiting scholar at the Oklahoma University in the US in 1987 where he held his solo show. His works have been auctioned by the Sotheby’s for the Restoration of the Great Wall and Venice in 1988. He also took part in the Monte-Carlo International Competition of Art in France in 1990.Works are in collections of domestic and overseas collectors.