Jia Haoyi (1938-2022), also named Laojia is a Chinese Asian Modern & Contemporary artist born in Zunhua County, Hebei Province. He spent his childhood in poverty and working in the fields. He was influenced by his mother's love for painting and graduated from the Beijing Academy of Art in 1961 and remained to work at the academy. In 1978, he became a professional painter at the Beijing Fine Art Academy. In the 1960s and 70s, Jia Haoyi devoted most of his time to painting picture stories. During the same period, however, he started in-depth studies of the big masterpieces of classical Chinese painting, and at the same time studied the Western classical, impressionist and modern schools of painting. His works have participated in several national exhibitions of fine arts, group exhibitions and international shows. In 1988, he held a solo show in the National Art Museum of China.​ He believes that: Art is from the heart and a gift from heaven. 

The highest auction record is 322,994 USD for 6 Works: Landscape, sold at Poly International Auction Co. in 2015.