Guo Jianlian
Guo Jianlian, born in Putian, Fujian in 1977, was admitted to the Department of Oil Painting at the China Academy of Art (CAA) in 1996. He earned his BA in 2000 and his MA in 2003, and started working as an instructor at CAA. In 2004, he was enrolled in the CAA PhD program in painting theory and practice and obtained his PhD in 2008. He currently serves as the Deputy Dean of the School of Painting Art, a professor at the Department of Oil Painting, and a master's advisor at CAA. He is also a