Education:
1979 –1988 MFA studied with Professor Wu bi Duan, Major: Printmaking/intaglio. China Central Academy of Fine Art.
BFA Studied with Professor Guang Jun. Major: Printmaking/silk screen. China Central Academy of Fine Art.
Fine Arts School Affiliated to China Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Current: Artist and Creative Art director of Eastern Arts Connection, Inc. CT USA
Art Organizations:
Member of The Society of American Graphic Artists. www.sagaprints.com
Member of the Boston Printmakers. http://www.bostonprintmakers.org
Member of Printmaking Network of New England. http://www.printmakersnetwork.org
Awards:
Asian Design Excellence international award. Paper World, Germany. ”Lotus and Crane”, “Strawberry Red”“Spring joy”
Best Graphic Award. The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT USA. “Native Land”
Best at Show Award, Annual Art Exhibition, Beth Ei Temple, W. Hartford, CT USA. “Lu-Guo Lake”
Elaine Avis Mathias Memorial Award, The 44th Exhibition, Guilford. CT USA . “Dusk”
Honorable Mention, "Choice's 90" Juried Art Exhibitions, Guilford. CT USA “Window I”
Awarded at “Advancing Chinese Youth Artist exhibition” for international Youth at The Fine Art Museum. Beijing. “Search”
Solo Show:
Gallery of China Central Fine Art Academy, Beijing, China
The Sun King Gallery, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
Bologna Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY USA
DeBouver Fine Arts, Chicage, IL USA
Pump House Gallery, Hartford. CT USA
Petrini Gallery, Avon. CT USA
The Art and Frame shop, West Hartford, CT USA
The Town and County Club, Hartford, CT USA
Variations Gallery, Riverton, CT USA
Selected Group Art Shows:
“On Paper under Glass” Contemporary prints from Permanent collection of the Slater Museum. Norwich CT
“Here There” Art Show at the Print shop of Printmaking Center & Olive Branch Press. Ithaca College, Ithaca NY
“Visions/Revisions” 25th Anniversary, PNSNE. at Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT Traveling to CT Historical Society Museum. Hartford. CT
“Print Selections” at Valentine H. Zahn community gallery at MIDHOSP. Westbrook. CT
“InkLing” at gallery of CNMC, Washington. DC
“Travel +” at Briston Art Museum, Bristol, RI
“Proof Positive” at The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT.
Printmakers Network of Southern New England show at Dehn Gallery/MCC. Manchester, CT
Micro/Macro, Newport Museum of Art, RI
“InkLing” at Albertus Magnus College/Yale-New Haven Children Hospital, New Haven. CT
“Inked” at Spirol Gallery, Quinebaug Vallery Community College. CT
“Under Pressure” Samuel Chen Gallery, CCSU. New Britain, CT
“Progressive Print” Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Suffield, CT
“The Print: Process & Content” Choate Rosemary Hall, Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford. CT
“Intimate Prints”, Converse gallery, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT traveling to Wickford Art Association, RI and Small Walls gallery, Hartford. CT
University of Rhode Island, Corridor Gallery, Kingston. RI PNSNE member show.
The North East Art Expo, Boston, Massachusetts
30th Annual Barnum Festival Juried Art Exhibition. The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport,CT
The Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
“Four contemporary Artists from the People’s Republic of China” at The John Slad Ely House, New Haven, CT
The Pump House Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
Bologna Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY
DeBouver Fine Arts, Chicage, IL
“China Biennial Printmaking Show” at Museum of Fine Art. Beijing. China. “Lu Guo Lake” Silk Screen
“Advancing Chinese Youth Artist exhibition” for international Youth at The Fine Art Museum. Beijing. China. “Search” Woodcut
Publication:
“Here There Poetics of Place” published by The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY
“Travel, B” Three Brook, Limited Edition of Original Prints and Poetry, published with PNSNE
“Artists of Chinese Origin in North America Directory “1st Edition. The international Institute for the Arts and Point Gallery
Limited Edition Portfolios:
“Intimate Prints”. Edition of 30 boxed sets of original prints by 24 artists. PNSNE
“Collective Independence”, Edition of 25 boxed sets of original prints by 22 artists. PNSNE
“The Intimate Print”, Edition of 25 boxed sets of original prints by 25 artists. PNSNE
“Micro” Edition of 26 boxed sets of original prints by 21 artists. PNSNE
“Score/2012” Edition of 28 box sets of original prints by 24 artists. It marks the group’s 20th anniversary. PNSNE
“Print3” Edition of 26 box set of original prints by 26 artists. PNSNE
Public Collections:
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich. CT USA
Newport Art Museum. Newport. RI USA
Wheaton College, Norton. MA USA
Fairfield University, Artists’ Book Collection. CT USA
Thomas J. Dodd Center, Artists’ Book Collection, University of Connecticut. CT USA
Printmaking department of China Central Academy of Fine Art. Beijing. China
Fine Arts School Affiliated to China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Beijing. China
Private Collections:
Various private collections in the United States, China, Canada, Australia, England, Germany, Sweden...
Teaching:
Taught painting and printmaking in variety of settings:1990-now Giving art courses and art lectures at Rhond island school of design, RI, Hammond Museum NY, Worcester Museum of Art, MA, University of Hartford, CT and Manchester community college, CT.
Newspaper Reviews:
Artist from China blooms in adopted hometown, by Michael Greenwood, The Hartford Courant, Nov. 18, 1996
East Meets West, by Maxine Oldeman, The New Haven Advocate, January 27, 1991.
New Works from China at John Slad Ely House, by Bernard Hanson, The Middletown press. January 24, 1991
Woman's Artistic Roots Remain Firmly Planted in her Native China, by Dave Drury. The Hartford Courant, April 5, 1990.
Selected Artworks from “Advancing Chinese Youth Artist exhibition” at The Fine Art Museum by Jing Shang Yi, China “Guang Ming Daily News” on May, 20, 1985. Artwork published “Search” Woodcut.