Han Shuli was born in 1948 in Beijing, China. In 1973, he left for Tibet to practise art and to lead a study group on religion and folk art. In 1980, he was accepted into the Central Institute of Fine Arts. Considered one of the top 100 artists at the end of twentieth century, he was conferred the title of National First Grade Artist in 1988. He is Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region Federation of Literature and Art Circles, and of the Tibetan Artists Association; President of the Tibetan Painting and Calligraphy College; and a member of the China Art and Literature Union.

2007  
One World – Colours of the United Nations Family: Exhibition by Chinese Artists (National Art Museum of China, Beijing) 
2006  
4th Chinese and Japanese Exchange Exhibition (Japan)
2005  
Exhibition of New Tibetan Art (Yisulang Art Gallery, Singapore)
China and France Art Week Exhibition (Paris, France)  
2004  
The Colourful Chain from the Snowland – An Exhibition of Contemporary Tibetan Art (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen)
Han Shuli – Inspired by Tibet (Yisulang Art Gallery, Singapore)
2003  
Exhibition of New Freehand Chinese Ink-Paintings by Invited Artists (Yanhuang Art Museum, Beijing and Yisulang Art Gallery, Singapore)
2002  
Travelling Exhibition of Tibetan Culture (Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil)
1999  Paintings by Han Shuli and Bamazaxi (Paris, France)
1998 Excellent Works of Contemporary Tibetan Art (Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia)
1996  Exhibition of Tibetan Paintings (Kathmandu, Nepal)
1995  Maple Leaf Ward Exhibition by Gold Medal Award Winners (Toronto, Canada)