Ji Hong is born in Hangzhou, a city about 150 kilometers south of Shanghai. As a girl of 9 years old Ji Hong amazed her parents, family and neighbors by making her first sketch of an portrait artwork, which she still keep in a map for inspiration. From that day on her fascination for the fine art increased rapidly. At the age of 15 year old Ji Hong applied for the Red Star Art School. And after only one year in 1982 she did her entrance exam and was accepted for the Art High School of the National Academy of China. In that period of her artist education Ji...more