Jiawei Shen (born 1948) is a celebrated Chinese-Australian realist painter and history artist who emigrated to Australia in 1989. Having first gained prominence in China during the Cultural Revolution with iconic works like Standing Guard for Our Great Motherland, Shen rebuilt his career from sketching portraits on the pavement at Sydney's Darling Harbour to becoming one of Australia's most distinguished portraitists. He is a multiple Archibald Prize finalist and has been commissioned to paint prominent figures including Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, John Howard, and Pope Francis. Based in Bundeena, New South Wales, his powerful realist works bridge profound personal, political, and historical narratives spanning two distinct cultures