Born in Chongqing city, China, Mao Xuhui graduat- ed in 1982 from the Yunnan Arts University, Art De- partment, majoring in oil painting, where he stayed teaching after graduation; and he is now a member of the Yunnan Oil Painting Association, and Vice- Chairman of the Yunnan Oil Painting Society. Since the opening up of China's reformation, modern and contemporary Western art has taken root in China, and Mao Xuhui is one of the artists that has most as- similated and manifested Western art to its utmost, which makes him unique among his fellow artists.