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Zhao Kailin studied at the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts from 1988 to 1989. In 1990 his work was selected to participate in a joint exhibition in Singapore. The following year, Zhao was invited to a study trip to Scandinavia, during which a solo- exhibition was staged in Stockholm. In 1992, his work was included in the Art Exhibition of the 20th Anniversary of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations. Meanwhile, he continued his study trip and travelled throughout Europe. He held another One-man show in Sweden and continued to paint whilst travelling. His work Girl in Studio was exhibited in the 1995 China Art Expo, and sold at Christie's the same year. Zhao Kailin's works have been exhibited and published frequently throughout Asia and they can be found in private collections and galleries in Hong Kong, Germany, Sweden and England.