 His artwork gained the attention of curators and critics and his reputation grew.In 2006, one of Australia’s leading portrait artists, Chinese Australian Shen Jiawei, included a portrait of Guo Jian entitled ‘Guo Jian and Elly’1998, in a group exhibition at the Australian Portrait Gallery in Canberra.Guo Jian returned China in 2005 to explore production techniques options for developing his sculpture ‘One World One Dream’ (aka “Dirty Mind”).