SHAN SHUI
Art Magazine

Shanshui Magazine aims to give voice to contemporary Chinese and non‑Chinese scholars and artists. Its purpose is to build a cultural bridge between two great traditions, fostering rich, meaningful dialogue around Chinese painting and its resonance within the contemporary world.

Through essays, interviews, artistic projects and visual interventions, Shanshui Magazine presents modern and contemporary artists, theories of Chinese ink painting, and viewpoints rooted in environmental and ecological aesthetics. Our goal is to make these ideas accessible to a broad readership — from dedicated scholars to independent thinkers interested in the intersections of art, nature and philosophy.

The magazine flourishes on contributions from artists, writers, curators and researchers across the globe. Each issue assembles diverse voices whose reflections examine the dynamic interplay between tradition and contemporaneity, East and West, humanity and nature. As an interdisciplinary publication, we embrace perspectives spanning academic and artistic practices. We welcome submissions including critical essays, scholarly research papers, creative fiction, poetic works, interviews, artistic projects, photographic works, and visual artworks that resonate with our thematic scope, including inquiries into cultural dialogue, ecological thought and decolonization. Contributions are accepted in Chinese and English.
 

We hold that artistic expression can be transformative for human life: it helps us transcend unconsciously imposed limits stemming from Western cultural frameworks around notions of reality, existence, and our place in the world. Every cultural system offers its own responses to these fundamental questions, yet each answer is distinct. Art stands as one of the most profound mediums through which these divergent visions may encounter and resonate with one another.

Shanshui Magazine is fully open‑access and available for free download. We believe knowledge ought to be shared openly: it belongs to everyone, and is for everyone.

Issue 01

September 2020
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Issue 02

January 2021
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Issue 03

May 2021
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Issue 04

September 2021
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Issue 05

January 2022
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Issue 06

May 2022
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Issue 07

September 2022
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Issue 08

January 2023
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Issue 09

May 2023
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Issue 10

September 2023
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Issue 11

January 2024
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Special Issue 1

May 2024
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Issue 12

September 2024
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Issue 13

January 2025
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Special Issue 2

PROCEEDINGS OF SHANSHUI PROJECTS 1st International
Symposium, 18-19 october 2024
The Poetics of Silence
The Mountain in Art and Literature
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Issue 14

September 2025
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Issue 15

January 2026
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Issue 16

Coming soon
We are working on it

Editorial Advisory Board

The Shanshui Magazine editorial and advisory board is composed of artists, scholars, and curators who share a deep commitment to fostering cultural dialogue between China and the world.
Their combined expertise supports the magazine’s mission to rethink the role of landscape, ecology, and aesthetics in the contemporary artistic context.

Members:

  • Giacomo Bruni – Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, China

  • Zuha Rasheed – Founder and Editor, Artist and curator
  • Angelo Capasso – Art critic and curator, Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, Italy

  • Marco Meccarelli – Scholar and researcher in comparative art and visual theory, Università di Catania, Italy

  • Chen Jinzhang 陈金章– Senior Advisor; Painter of the Lingnan School, Deputy Director of the Lingnan School Memorial Hall, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
  • Thorsten Schirmer – Artist, co-founder and board member of the Akademie für west-östlichen Dialog der Kulturen, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China

  • Lu Yizhong 陆一中 – Art Historian, China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, China
  • Jiang Shuzhuo 蒋述卓 – Theory of Art and Literature, Jinan University, Guagzhou, Shantou University, China
  • Hu Jiang  胡江 – Artist, contemporary Chinese mountain and water painting, Jinan University, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
  • Liang Jiyong 梁基永 – Scholar, collector, calligrapher, painter, art appraiser, qin player and historian, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Wang Dongsong 王冬松 – is an Associate Professor and Vice Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts at Huaqiao University, specializing in Chinese and Eastern art history, with over 50 academic papers (including 10+ in CSSCI journals), monographs on Tang Dynasty painting color and Song Dynasty painting’s rational spirit, and expertise in cross-cultural art dissemination.

Together, the board works to ensure that Shanshui Magazine remains an open platform for dialogue — where traditional wisdom, artistic practice, and contemporary thought meet to explore new forms of cultural and aesthetic sustainability.

Download the full Ethical Code of Shanshui Magazine here.

Download the Instructions for Authors here.

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