Xiaolan Huangpu is a Chinese

People's Republic of China

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 ink painter

Chinese painting

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Xiaolan Huangpu studied at Jilin School of Art in Chángchūn

Changchun

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 from 1977 to 1980, and afterwards mural painting (specialization: wall painting) at the Academy of Arts and Design of the Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University

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, Beijing

Beijing

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. After he finished his studies in 1984, he lectured at Shandong

Shandong

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 College of Arts and Design in Jinan

Jinan

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 until 1989. From 1990 to 1994 he participated in Wolfgang Hutter

Wolfgang Hutter

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's master class

Master class

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 of oil painting

Oil painting

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 at University of Applied Arts Vienna

University of Applied Arts Vienna

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. Since 1998 he has been professor of plastic arts at Liaoning Normal University

Liaoning Normal University

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 in Dalian

Dalian

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. He lives and teaches in Austria and China.