The artist lives in Xi'an, the ancient capital of China. He creates his horses in his imagination, natural, simple and austere. Powerful line, somber background, we can feel vitality and high speed of his horses which gallop from remote ancient to today. Time went by quickly, but during so long time, only one thing left, we can find the answer in Jin's litho.

Jin was born in Shanxi in 1956, and now he is professor of Department of Graphic Arts of Academy of Fine Arts in Xi'an, member of Association of Chinese Artists and member of Association of Chinese Graphic Artists. Jin graduated in 1976 in Shanxi Academy of Fine Arts, and got the master's degree in 1984, in 1992, he went to Oster University in U.K. for attend in a advanced studies. His artworks were exhibit in China, Taiwan, Holland and U.K., and in 2001, he won the prize "Bridge" at the second Chinese-Japanese Fine Prints Exhibition.

Solo Exposition:

1993.1 Exposition "Jin Boping's artworks" in Artists Club Gallery of Belfast in England

1995.5 Exposition "Jin Baoping in Holland" in Art College of Amsterdam in Holland

1995.10 Exposition "Jin Baoping's prints" in Chinese Embassy in London, England

Group Exposition:

1985 The sixth National Art Exposition, Beijing

1987 Chinese Contemporary Print Exposition, Hong Kong

1990 The seventh National Art Exposition, Beijing

Print Circuit Exposition of Chinese Fine Art Academy in England

1991 Print Exposition of 12 Youths from Mainland, Taiwan

1992 Chinese Book Illustration Exposition in Cuba

1993 Chinese Fine Art Academy Print Exposition, England, Canada

1994 Xi'an Fine Art Academy Print Exposition, Japan

1995 The Eighth National Art Exposition, Beijing

1998 Chinese Contemporary Print Exposition, New Jersey, U.S.A

1999 Chinese Contemporary Outstanding Print Exposition, Qing Dao

The Ninth National Art Exposition, Beijing

2000 100 Years of Chinese Prints, Chong Qing

2001 the prize "Bridge" at the second Chinese-Japanese Fine Prints Exhibition

2002 International Exchange Print Exposition of China and Japan, Xi'an, Nan Jing and Tokyo

2002 Chinese Contemporary Print Exposition of 6 Artists, Winnipeg, Ottawa of Cananda

Awards:

Outstanding artwork in Youth Exposition of Shanxi province

Second prize of Shanxi Art Exposition

Premier prize of Youth Exposition of Shanxi province

Outstanding artwork in Shanxi Print Exposition

Premier prize of Shanxi Print Exposition

1994 Premier prize of Shanxi Art Exposition

Outstanding artwork in Eighth National Art Exposition

Golden prize of Shanxi Print Exposition

Lu Xun prize for Chinese prints

2001 Outstanding artwork in Seventh National Exposition of Etching, Litho and Silkscreen

Explore prize of National Print Exposition

Collections:

Art Museum of Jiang Su province

Shen Zhou Print Museum of Si Chuang province

Art Museum of Qing Dao City

Art College of Amsterdam in Holland

Artist Club Gallery of Oster in England

Oster University, England

Chinese Embassy in England and Holland

Muban Foundation, U.K.

Grand British Museum

AMAAKO Petroleum Company