Ruijun Hu is an artist born in 1960. He attended Northwest Normal University Arts College, China and after graduating in 1987, stayed on to work as an arts teacher for three years. In 1991 he moved to London and studied at the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, 2000.
Between 2008 and 2010 he worked as one of the main artists on the Armada Painting Project, a series of six large scale paintings for the House of Lords. The paintings were exhibited in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords where it was unveiled by Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. The works are now permanently displayed in the Prince's Chamber, House of Lords.
In 2014, he held two solo exhibitions in Macao Army Club and Gu Yuan Arts Museum, invited by Macao Foundation and Gu Yuan Arts Museum Zhuhai, China. His oil painting’s "Little Scene of Macao " and "Grey Stone series" were collected by Macau Foundation and by Gu Yuan Arts Museum respectively.
In addition to painting, Ruijun has taught and demonstrated Chinese calligraphy in several schools across the country and public places including London County Hall and the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank. He is also a talented Chinese Bamboo Flautist, performing both solo and as part of the London Chinese Orchestra and the Grand Union Orchestra throughout UK and Europe. He has also recorded flute music for multiple films and TV series. He is one of the co-founders of the Oriental Art Troupe of the UK and now the vice president of the British Chinese Artists Association.