Wang Huiqin facts for kids

Wang Huiqin (born October 21, 1955) is a talented artist from China who also lives in Slovenia. She is a painter, a calligrapher (someone who creates beautiful writing), a book illustrator, and an author.

About Wang Huiqin

Wang Huiqin was born in Nantong, China, in 1955. She studied fine arts at the Nanjing Faculty of Education. In 1983, Wang moved to Slovenia. There, she focused on graphic arts and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. She now lives and works in Ljubljana.

Her main work involves visual art and writing. She also teaches calligraphy and Chinese art at the University of Ljubljana. In 2000, she became a senior assistant professor for drawing and calligraphy.

Her Art and Impact

Wang Huiqin brings a special mix of Asian and European cultures to Slovenia. She combines ideas from Western and Eastern painting styles. She also shares her personal experiences as someone living in a new country. In 2005, Slovenian Times named her the cultural personality of the year.

She has shown her art in many countries, including Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Austria, and Germany. She has also had many exhibitions in Slovenia and China.

Books and Illustrations

Wang Huiqin has illustrated and written many children's books for publishers in Slovenia. These books often tell tales and stories from the Far East.

In 2008, she started a big project about Ferdinand Avguštin Hallerstein. This project included many events, art shows, and an illustrated book.

Her husband is Mitja Saje, who studies Chinese culture and language.

Illustrated Books

Here are some of the books Wang Huiqin has illustrated or written:

• Jack London: Klic divjine (The Call of the Wild, 1986)
• Brokatna podoba, Pravljice kitajskih manjšin (Brocade Image, Tales of Chinese Ethnic Minorities, 1991). She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations in this book.
• Alenka Auersperger: Kitajski zapiski (Chinese Notes, 1994)
• Pripovedke s strehe sveta, Tibetanske pripovedke (Tales from the Roof of the World, Tibetan Tales, 1995)
• Najlepša pahljača, Japonske pravljice (The Most Beautiful Fan, Japanese Fairy Tales, 1996)
• Franci Koncilija: Zasledovani spomini (Pursued Memories, 1998)
• Kaligrafija kot umetnost (Calligraphy As an Art, 2010)
• Huiqin Wang: Ferdinand Avguštin Hallerstein: Slovenec v Prepovedanem mestu (Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein: Slovenian in the Forbidden City, 2014). This book won the Kristina Brenk Award in 2014 and the Golden Pear Award in 2015.
• Huiqin Wang: Giuseppe Castiglione: slikar v Prepovedanem mestu (Giuseppe Castiglione: painter in the Forbidden City, 2015)
• Huiqin Wang: Jaz, Marco Polo (Me Marco Polo, 2018)

Art Exhibitions

Wang Huiqin has shown her art in many places. Some of her individual exhibitions include:

• Šivec House Art Gallery, Radovljica, Slovenia (1984)
• Jiangsu Province Art Gallery, Nanjing, China (1992)
• The Clash of East and West, The ZDSLU Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (1993)
• The XXOY Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (1995)
• We are Ephemeral – Sonhos Efemeros (with Živko Marušič), Palacio Foz Lisbon, Portugal (1999)
• Beyond Dreams (with Tomaž Lunder), Nanjing Shenhua Art Centre, China (2004)
• Impalpable Beings, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2006)
• Transfer Beyond Time, Shanghai Archives, China (2008)
• Transfer Beyond Time, Slovenian Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2008)
• Science Meets Art -Hallerstein, Ge Yi Gallery, Nantong, China (2009)
• Intertwined path, Municipal Gallery Ljubljana, Slovenia (2010)
• Everything is possible, The White Box Gallery, Beijing 798, China (2011)
• Hallerstein, Slovenian in Forbidden City, Slovenian Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2014)
• Hallerstein and Silk Road, UNO, Vienna, Austria (2017)

Awards and Honors

Wang Huiqin has received several important awards for her work:

• Levstik Award (1993)
• Hinko Smrekar Distinction (1993)
• Guest Star – Slovenia Times (2005)
• Kristina Brenk Award (2014)
• The Golden Pear Award (2015)