Junjie Hou is a painter from Ya'an, Sichuan. He lives and works between the Blue Roof Art District in Chengdu and Mingshan in Ya'an, and teaches at Sichuan Vocational College of Art. Hou studied oil painting at Southwest Minzu University and graduated in 2008.
His paintings use Western oils, but what he explores is the Eastern spirit of mountains, mist, water, and the quiet space between them. Hou does not want to simply mix two traditions, he wants to find a way of painting that is rooted in tradition yet moves towards the contemporary.
His solo exhibitions Cloud Wandering, Mountain Wind, and Like Water, have been shown in Chengdu, Chongqing, and Taiwan. His work is in the collections of the Sichuan Art Museum, Ya'an Museum, Wenxuan Art Museum, and Changjiang Contemporary Art Museum, among others.
