About The Artist

Huang Simao has been working as a full time artist since graduating from Jiangxi Normal University in 1991. His artwork is bought by both domestic and international collectors and investors. Huang Simao is represented by Asan Gallery in South Korea, Sihang Cangku in Beijing and Taiwan and Asart in London. He frequently exhibits at galleries close to where he resides in Songzhuang, 798 and Caochangdi, the three most prominent locations for contemporary art in Beijing. His most recent series of work the ‘Edge of Reason’ is admired for its technical skill and thought provoking imagery. Artist’s Statement Growing up as a child in Jingdezhen, the ceramic production centre of China, I was daily surrounded with beauty. The designs on the ceramic items I saw all over the place attracted me to painting. With the qualifying grades I was able to enter a middle school and high school that specialised in art majors. It was there that I began the journey to where I am today. My most recent works ‘Edge of Reason’ represent the feelings that have slowly developed over time along with this new emerging Chinese society. This new society has developed a group of people that have lost sight of reason. In a numb craze they chase after illusions that cannot bring real satisfaction. They are on the edge of losing everything and yet seem blind to the dangers at their feet. One wrong step and they will fall to their death, their ruin. Maybe it is the newness of everything that has brought about a loss of reason. In 2006 and 2007 thousands of people entered the stock market for the very first time in their lives. Even beggars bought stocks. People put every cent they owned in the stock market and a year later lost everything. They numbly sought pleasure and because they lacked knowledge lost it all. This is only one example of many things I see happening all over China. People balanced on the edge of reason.