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Spreadtrus__The Legend and Prospect of Dafen

2026-01-28 17:48By ARTDAFEN

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The Legend and Prospect of Dafen
ART OPENS THE FUTURE-DAFEN'S LEGEND AND PROSPECTS

Exhibition time 丨 DURATION
2024.11.8 - 2025.2.16

Exhibition Venue 丨VENUE
There is a permanent exhibition hall on the first floor of Dafen Art Museum
PERMANENT EXHIBITION HALL,FIRST FLOOR,DAFEN ART MUSEUM

Organizer | SPONSOR
Cultural Development Center of Dafen Oil Painting Village, Longgang District
DAFEN OIL PAINTING VILLAGE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER,LONGGANG DISTRICT

Organizer 丨ORGANIZER
Dafen Alliance Culture Communication Co., Ltd
DAFEN ALLIANCE CULTURA COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.



preface

From a Hakka village that has been farming for generations to the first village of Chinese oil painting, Dafen Oil Painting Village has realized the transformation from "Made in Dafen" to "Dafen Creation".It has become one of the first batch of national cultural industry demonstration bases in China and the first in Shenzhen, and has become a leading demonstration sample for the high-quality development of Shenzhen's cultural industry and cultural undertakings in the world.

Dafen Oil Painting Village has gone through 35 years of development,and in the new era,it will better promote the sustainable and high-quality development of Dafen's art industry and industry, and look forward to the development direction of the digital Dafen industry.

Through rich historical documents, precious creative manuscripts, vivid video materials and representative oil paintings, this exhibition reviews the development process of Dafen Oil Painting Village in the past 35 years, and shows its remarkable achievements in artistic innovation, cultural inheritance and industrial development, which is not only a tribute to the past years, but also an expectation for future development.

Thirty-five years is the accumulation of time, but also the bloom of dreams. The story of Dafen Oil Painting Village is a story about persistence and innovation, and a perfect integration of art and life. Here, every painting is a mark of time, and every effort has created today's brilliance.Let us always maintain the enthusiasm for exploration,continue to keep watch and move forward,and work together to create a more brilliant tomorrow for Dafen Oil Painting Village!



Entrance to the exhibition

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Step into a time tunnel
Journey through the glorious history of Dafen Oil Painting Village for 35 years
Feel a journey full of art and history
Key milestones and major events will be displayed in the tunnel
Immerse yourself in the history and evolution of Dafen Oil Painting Village




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Dafen is a natural village in Buji Town,with an area of 0.77 square kilometers and only more than 300 indigenous residents,mainly living by growing rice,with a per capita annual income of less than 300 yuan.With the arrival of the special cultural industry of oil painting,as well as the continuous expansion of market demand and the improvement of the popularity of Dafen Village,more and more painters,painters and art dealers have gathered here to produce and sell oil paintings in large quantities,and the oil painting industry in Dafen Village has gradually formed its initial prototype.


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Hong Kong art dealer Huang Jiang settled in Dafen Village

In August 1989,Huang Jiang,a Hong Kong art dealer,brought 26 painters to Dafen Village,Buji Town,Shenzhen,to rent a house and set up an oil painting workshop.With the help of low rent and labor costs at that time,oil paintings were copied and reproduced,purchased and sold,thus bringing this special cultural industry into Dafen Village.



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Dafen Oil Painting Village was the first comprehensive environmental improvement and transformation

In the first half of 1998,the governments of Longgang District and Buji invested 10 million yuan to start a large-scale road environment renovation in Dafen Oil Painting Village.



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The first street of oil painting in Dafen Oil Painting Village was completed

In March 1999,the first oil painting street of Dafen Oil Painting Village was completed and put into use,becoming the first street market in Dafen where galleries gathered,which led to the formation of Dafen industrial agglomeration.At that time,there were more than 50 oil painting stores in Dafen Oil Painting Village.



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From 2004 to 2012,Dafen Oil Painting Village ushered in a critical period of brand germination and formation with the help of policies.In 2004,Dafen Oil Painting Village was crowned with the honorary title of"National Cultural Industry Demonstration Unit"and became a sub-venue of the first Shenzhen Cultural Expo,marking a significant increase in its popularity in the country and even the world.The government has invested in improving the environment in the village,building infrastructure such as the Dafen Art Museum and public rental housing,providing good creative and living conditions for artists.Dafen Oil Painting Village began to transform from simple commercial oil painting production to original art,introducing art professionals and promoting the development of original art.By 2012,Dafen Oil Painting Village had formed a characteristic culture,characteristic industry and characteristic economy,and became the largest oil painting production and trading base in the country,as well as an important oil painting trading and distribution center in the world.


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Dafen Oil Painting Village Art Industry Association was established

In November 2004,under the joint promotion of the government and the leading enterprises in the Dafen Oil Painting Village,the Dafen Art Industry Association of Longgang District,Shenzhen was officially established,with Huang Jiang as the first president.



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The first China(Shenzhen)International Cultural Industry Expo Dafen Oil Painting Village Branch

In November 2004,the first China(Shenzhen)International Cultural Industry Expo Dafen Oil Painting Village branch series of activities opened.The"Thousand People Oil Painting Creation Scene"held by Dafen Oil Painting Village was included in the Guinness Book of World Records



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The management office of Dafen Oil Painting Village was established

In March 2005,the Longgang District Government established the Dafen Oil Painting City Construction Office,which was renamed the Dafen Oil Painting Village Management Office on April 14 of the same year.



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Dafen Oil Painting Village Public Rental Housing

In June 2006,the construction project of public rental housing in Dafen Oil Painting Village was officially launched,and a groundbreaking ceremony was held on August 15.It was completed and put into use in May 2007 with a total of 268 housing units.



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Dafen Art Museum

In May 2007,Dafen Art Museum was completed and put into use,which is currently the first supporting art museum in the art industry park in China.



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"Dafen Lisa"was unveiled in the Shenzhen exhibition area of the best practice area of the World Expo

In May 2010,Dafen Oil Painting Village participated in the Shanghai World Expo on behalf of Shenzhen as a case of"Urban Best Practice Area",and the"Dafen Lisa"art installation composed of 999 pictures painted by 507 artists was brilliantly unveiled at the Shanghai World Expo.



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Ye Jiang/"The House of the Well-off"

200cm×170cm/Oil on canvas/2001

Collection of Dafen Art Museum




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Vasil Sumalau/The Wedding

127cm×180cm/Oil on canvas/2015

Collection of Dafen Art Museum




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Gavril George/Microstructure 1

100cm×120cm/Oil on canvas/2019

Collection of Dafen Art Museum




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From 2013 to 2024,Dafen Oil Painting Village has experienced an important period of brand building and exploration.During this period,Dafen Oil Painting Village transformed from an industrial model dominated by commercial oil paintings to an original art center with continuous high-end exhibitions and a gathering of art talents.Dafen Oil Painting Village has been awarded the"Shenzhen Characteristic Cultural Block"and has successfully held a number of high-end original exhibitions,such as the Shenzhen Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale and the National(Dafen)Young and Middle-aged Oil Painting Exhibition.In addition,Dafen Oil Painting Village also actively explores new forms other than oil painting creation and sales,such as art experience,which promotes the development of cultural tourism and injects new vitality into the local economy.The brand establishment and exploration of Dafen Oil Painting Village not only promotes the development of the art industry,but also provides a new development model and ideas for the cultural industry in Shenzhen and even China.



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The First National Oil Painting Exhibition for Young and Middle-aged People

Since 2012,the"First National Young and Middle-aged Oil Painting Exhibition"sponsored by the China Artists Association has settled in Dafen Art Museum.



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Dafen Oil Painting Village signed a friendly exchange agreement with the French town of Barbizon

In July 2016,Charlie Pettisoni,Deputy Mayor of Barbizon City,received the delegation on behalf of the Barbizon Municipal Government,and signed the"Dafen-Barbizon Art Friendship Agreement"with the representatives of Dafen Oil Painting Village at the city hall.



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2017 China(Dafen)International Art and Industry Development Forum

In May 2017,co-sponsored by the Chinese Artists Association,the Guangdong Artists Association,the Propaganda Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China,the Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles,the Longgang District Party Committee and the District Government,the exchange was held at Dafen Art Museum around the theme of"Times and Art".



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The first Shenzhen Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale

In November 2018,the first Shenzhen Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale was grandly opened at the Red Cube Public Art Museum in Longgang District.



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Top 10 characteristic cultural blocks in Shenzhen

In February 2021,Dafen Oil Painting Village was successfully awarded the first batch of Shenzhen characteristic cultural blocks.



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Dafen in the world,start anew-Dafen Art Museum has been reopened,lighting up the city's art beacon

On February 15th, the opening ceremony of Dafen Art Museum and the academic forum on the high-quality development of Dafen art industry were held.



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Twenty years of Dafen Wenbo

The 20th anniversary of the Dafen Oil Painting Village Branch of China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Expo and Trade Fair is a memorable milestone. Since the first Cultural Expo was held in 2004, Dafen Oil Painting Village, as the only one to serve as an important sub-venue for 20 consecutive sessions, has injected a strong impetus into the vigorous quality of China's cultural industry with its unique cultural industry development model,rich and colorful cultural activities,complete infrastructure and inclusive and open seating.



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Liu Xiqiang/Entering a New Era
190cm×135cm/Oil on canvas/2018

Collection of Dafen Art Museum




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Jia Wanxiong/"No. 1 Nostalgia Painting"

180cm×180cm/Oil on canvas/2013

Collection of Dafen Art Museum



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Fei Jifeng/"Golden Wedding"
160cm×110cm/Oil on canvas/2017
Collection of Dafen Art Museum



图片Nguyen Minh Sun/Golden Dream/170cm×170cm

Oil on canvas/2021

Collection of Dafen Art Museum



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Catherine Ranke/Water(H₂O)

170cm×210cm/Oil on canvas/2018

Collection of Dafen Art Museum



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Rubanov Alex/Symbiosis

150cm×200cm/Oil on canvas/2019

Collection of Dafen Art Museum



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JoséLuis Aberru Rodriguez/Iron Cavalry

100cm×120cm/Oil on canvas/2019

Collection of Dafen Art Museum




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