Born in 1957 in Changchun, Jilin Province, China, Qi Hai-Ping graduated from the Guangxi Academy of Art in 1981, and completed his graduate program in 1991 in the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is now Deputy Professor at Tianjin Art Acad- emy. His works have been exhibited in ¨East + West - Contemporary Art of China〃 (2002); ¨Century Demeanour-Exhibition of Chinaˇs Contemporary Art Masters〃 (2002, Beijing); ¨2nd Beijing Inter- national Art Biennale〃 (2006, Beijing); ¨Lines - Chinese Abstracts〃 (2007, Shanghai); and he has participated in solo exhibitions in 2001 (Washing- ton); and in 2003 (Germany). He was also awarded the bronze medal in the 9th and 10th ¨National Fine Art Exhibition〃 and a prize for the ¨3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition〃.