Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

The Academy consists of School of Traditional Chinese Painting, School of Fine Arts, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, School of Industrial Design, School of Visual Communication and Media Design, School of Art Education, School of Arts and Humanities, College of Continuing Education, and Section of Political Science. The bachelor degree education includes 11 disciplines and 38 directions, such as painting, sculpture, fine arts, art design, industrial design, architecture, photography, animation, fashion design & engineering, museology, and the like. The Master degree studies boasts three degree programs (Fine Arts Studies, Design Studies, and Art Studies), and one professional Master degree program. Fine Arts Studies belongs to the province’s core disciplines, and Art & Design Studies is one of the Academy’s core disciplines and a candidate for the province’s core disciplines. Art & Design, Painting, Industrial Design and Sculpture belong to the special State-level disciplines promulgated by the Ministry of Education, and the Fine Arts Studies and four others are special province-level disciplines. Watercolor Painting, Sculpture Making, Oil Painting, Design Basics, and Advertisement Creation belong to the Province’s special courses. The school has been presiding over Guangdong Colleges and Universities’ Special Commission for the Education of Fine Arts and Design, and Guangdong Colleges and Universities’ Special Commission for the Teaching of Industrial Design. Also, it is the Province’s art training base and the Province’s fine arts and design center. Moreover, it is center for the research of the visual design & integration for the 16th Asian Games. Last but not least, it is a center for the research and development of the province’s creative industries. The Academy, which consists of Changgang Campus and University Town Campus, occupies an area of 564mu and the floor space totals 362,500 square meters. The library houses an abundance of art books, journals, replicas, rubbings of ancient bronze and stone carvings, and rare thread-bound Chinese books. It boasts a collection of more than 400,000 books, 157,000 electronic books, and 15 databases. The school has three galleries with the displaying running line totaling 2,000 meters and an sculpture exhibition lot of 1,015 square meters. The library treasures up more than 10,000 pieces of rare works of art dating back to the Tang Dynasty, and includes some modern works. The Academy boasts a host of renowned masters in the history of contemporary Chinese art: Hu Yichuan, Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai, Wang Zhaomin, Gao Yongjian, Chen Shaofeng, Pan He, Yang Zhiguang, Chi Ke, Guo Shaogang, Chen Jinzhang, Liang Mingcheng, Yin Dingbang, Wang Shouzhi, Zhang Zhi’an, Li Ming, Zhao Jian, Fang Chuxiong, Guo Runwen, and the like. Now the school has 54 professors and 116 associate professors. Among the staff members, some are entitled to a special allowance from the State Council, and some work as chief or deputy chief of the art committee of the Chinese Artists’ Association, and some are members of the Chinese Fine Arts and Design Council.