After receiving the “American Culture Award” and the “LABA Third Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Royal Society RSSG, internationally renowned artist Huang Jiannan has won another heavyweight award! Recently, at the “97th Oscar Observation Awards Gala” held at the Universal Studios Hilton Hotel, Huang Jiannan won the “Lifetime Achievement Award for the LABA ICON AWARDS at the 97th Oscar Observation Gala” (LABA ICON AWARDS) ”.
Notable guests at the ceremony included Marla Maples (President Trump's second wife), America's leading television host, actor-philanthropist, and LABA Senior Advisor and Judge; Carlos Amezcua, 22-time Emmy Award winner, America's leading television anchor, and LABA Co-Chair and Judge; Paul Ottoson, three-time Oscar winner, and LABA Co-Chair and Paul Ottoson, three-time Academy Award winner, LABA Co-Chair and Judge; Harrison Engle, DGA Judge, IDA Founding President and acclaimed director; Todd Williamson, Chairman of the Hollywood Arts Council, LABA Co-Chair and Press Secretary; and Sharon Amezcua, the Godmother of Wall Street Finance and LABA Founding Co-Chair.
In addition, internationally renowned music and television producer Douglas Ivanovich, LABA Board Member and Jury Member; Rosana Largo Rodriguez, Director of the National Children's Museum of Science, Technology and the Arts and European President of the LABA Board of Directors; Grammy Award-winning judge and LABA Board Member and Jury Member Karen Han, President of LA CHAINE, Laurent Khaiat, President of LA CHAINE, LABA Board of Directors and Jury Member, Joey Zhou, renowned Hollywood international TV host, senior member and jury member of LAPC and IDA, and Founding Chairman of LABA International Arts Festival, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Jiahao, renowned international investors and economic advisors to LABA, and Lingyun Xiang, the winner of the 3rd LABA Icon Award, also participated in this event.
Marla Maples (Trump's second wife and Tiffany Trump's mother) has a painting by Huang Jiannan in her collection.
The winners of the “LABA ICON AWARDS” at the 97th Annual Luxury Gala were: LABA 2025 Visionary Entrepreneur Wai Man YIP, LABA 2025 Visionary Entrepreneur Gene Yuxin Chen, LABA 2025 Excellence in Business Art Award Zehra Sun, LABA 2025 Most Visionary Visual Artist Chun Liu, LABA 2025 Most Visionary Entrepreneur Peter Wu, LABA 2025 Most Visionary Entrepreneur Freda Ou, LABA 2025 Most Visionary Design Artist Wenkang Hsueh, LABA 2025 Most Visionary Visual Artist Chen Tian.
According to the organizers, Mr. Huang Jiannan is one of the world's leading artists, specializing in Western oil painting and Chinese ink painting. He was ranked third on the 2020 and 2023 Hurun China Art List and 19th on the 2020 Hurun Art List, and was appointed Honorary Member of the California Chapter of the Royal Society of St. George (RSSG) in 2021, and was awarded the RSSG “Master of the Arts” Award in 2022 and the Top Ten Gold Medal at the LABA- MIMV International Art Festival. In 2022, he received the Royal Society's RSSG “Master of the Arts” Award and the LABA International Festival's Top Ten Gold Medal, making him one of the most influential and valuable artists in the world of LABA-MIMV.
As Huang Jiannan was unable to travel to Los Angeles to receive the award due to his business commitments in Beijing, his Lifetime Achievement Award was received by DGA judge, IDA Founding President, acclaimed director and LABA Co-Chair Harrison Engle.
That night, Carlos Amezcua, a 22-time Emmy Award winner and well-known American TV anchor, Dustin Quick, a Hollywood supermodel actor, singer and host, and Joey Zhou, an internationally renowned bilingual TV host and the founding chairman of the LABA International Arts Festival, hosted the LABA awards ceremony. Marla Maples, a well-known American TV host, movie star philanthropist and LABA senior advisor and judge, personally came on stage to present the awards to the winners. Paul Ottoson, a three-time Oscar winner and LABA Co-Chairman and judge, also took the stage to congratulate the honoree, Mr. Huang Jiannan.
The event culminated in an “Oscar Watching Ceremony” with the participation of a delegation from the LABA International Festival Organizing Committee, specially invited by the Luxury Gala Organizing Committee.
Hollywood's internationally renowned bilingual television host, LABA International Arts Festival Founding Chairman Joey Zhou (Zhou Zheng) is the only Asian celebrity invited by the 10-year-old “Oscar Watching Luxury Gala Organizing Committee”, due to his popularity in Hollywood and international status, the organizing committee therefore Due to his popularity and international status in Hollywood, the organizing committee presented him with the “Best MC Award”.
This event was a gathering of luminaries, sparkling with star-studded brilliance, featuring the renowned actor Daniel Baldwin alongside a host of celebrated artists from Hollywood. The ceremony culminated in a splendid finale, marked by dance and song performances, a fashion show, and an atmosphere filled with laughter and joy, bringing the awards ceremony to a successful and memorable close.
Art Master Huang Jiannan
Huang Jiannan (1952-), No. Miaojian, a native of Heyuan, Guangdong Province, is a renowned calligrapher, painter, collector, and former part-time researcher at the Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University, specializing in oil painting and Chinese painting. As a recipient of the Gold Medal of the Global Alliance for the Common Good and the Knight of the Royal Order of Sark in Constantine, Italy, he is the first Asian artist to be awarded an honorary membership by the Royal Society of the United Kingdom (RSSG) in its 128 years of history, and the only artist to be awarded the Royal Society's “Master of the Arts Award” for Asian artists, as well as the title of “Master of the Arts” bestowed by the Royal Household of Indonesia. His Royal Highness was conferred the title of “Count” by the Indonesian Royal Family. In 2024, he was honored with the Lifetime Honorary Membership Award of the Salon des Indépendants in France, and was the first Chinese artist in the 140-year history of the Salon des Indépendants to receive such an award.
On March 3, 2025, Huang Jiannan was honored with the 97th Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award in Art (Golden Statue Award) at Hollywood, becoming the first Chinese artist to receive this prestigious accolade. He is also a member of the French National Artists Committee, an art advisor for the World Alliance of Low-Carbon Cities, an honorary citizen with the Gold Medal of the City of Gien in France, and a senior advisor for "Beverly Arts" in the United States. Huang Jiannan is recognized as the first and currently the only blue-chip artist by the "Los Angeles Beverly LABA Art Festival," and the sole Asian artist to be elected as the rotating chairman of the 2nd Beverly LABA International Art Festival in the United States.
Huang Jiannan was honored as a National Advanced Individual in Learning from Lei Feng in 2020, and was consecutively named one of the Top Ten Most Influential Figures in National Public Welfare and Charity for both 2019 and 2020. He serves as a council member of the China Traditional Culture Promotion Association, a council member of the Central State Organs Artists Association for Fine Arts, and a council member of the Central State Organs Artists Association for Calligraphy. Additionally, he is recognized as a "Cultural Exchange Ambassador for China International Cultural Exchange" by the China International Cultural Exchange Center.
Since 2015, Huang Jiannan has consistently ranked within the top ten on the Hurun Art List. In 2019, he achieved the fourth position, and in 2020, he rose to the third position, making him the only artist to have both traditional Chinese painting and oil painting ranked in the top ten simultaneously. On the authoritative European and American art website, Artprice, he is ranked 21st among the top 500 global contemporary artists. Additionally, he secured the 19th position in the inaugural "2020 Hurun Global Art List." On September 29, 2022, Huang Jiannan was honored with the first place in the MIMV Global Top 10 at the Beverly International Art Festival.
In his early years, Huang Jiannan embarked on a nine-year journey, walking over 38,000 kilometers across the vast landscapes of China. He traversed the country from north to south, ventured deep into deserts, and immersed himself in the lives of towns and villages to seek inspiration and accumulate a wealth of creative material and extensive painting experience. Over the past three decades, he has traveled to numerous countries and held solo exhibitions in dozens of nations. Frequently residing in Europe, Huang has participated in four exhibitions at the Louvre, where he was awarded gold, silver, and innovation prizes. He has also exhibited at the Grand Palais in France for over a decade, receiving several prestigious awards during this period.
James, a globally influential art critic from the United States, offered this assessment of Huang Jiannan: "Thanks to his rich experiences and accumulated knowledge, Huang Jiannan has mastered both Eastern and Western artistic traditions. He seamlessly blends the artistic conception and techniques of traditional Chinese painting with the light and shadow and color of Western oil painting, creating a unique and comprehensive personal painting system and a new artistic framework."
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Company name: Huang Jiannan Studio
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Address: No.9 Green Jinxiu Ecological Park, Sanganqu Road, Gaoliying Town, Shunyi District, Beijing, China
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