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- Marin County
- Art medium or relation 藝術體裁或联系：
- Painting/繪畫
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- Yueying Zhong Biography
Yueying Zhong, former Associate professor of Art at Luxun Academy Fine Arts in China is an artist and critic with much achievements. He has published more then 70 academy papers in various art periodicals in China, Taiwan and South Korea. He is the author of four books: The Comparative Chronicles of Major Events in China and Western Art History, Charm & style. Breakthrough in Art Creativity and The Creativity of Original Art. He left China in 1995 and thereafter began his career as a professional artist in the United States.
In 1979, at the age of nineteen, Zhong first published his paintings on a local newspaper. In the following year he was further commissioned by the editor to a set of paintings for the same newspaper. At the same time, facing competition among 10,000 applicants for 65 spots, Zhong was admitted into the Chinese Brush Painting Department of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in northern China. He graduated in 1984 with a bachelor degree of Fine Arts. He became a faculty member at the same college. Zhong studied at Beijing University from 1985-1986, where he majored in Chinese Aesthetics and Art History. In 1991, he received his Master of Fine art from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. While being an Assistant professor at Luxun Academy of fine Arts, Zhong also worked as the editor of Fine arts, one of the most prestigious art journals in China. Three years later he was promoted to the associate professor, which usually takes five years. He was also the guest editor for other prestigious art magazines/journals in China, including Garden of fine art, Contemporary Academy Art, and Grand View of Fine Art in China.
Zhong’s paintings were widely exhibited and published in art journals and newspapers in China and USA. In 1990, one of his essays won the first Wu Zuoren International Fine Arts Exchange Foundation award, which later published as the book, titled as Charm and Style by Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House in 1997. In 1994, his painting Water Village won the special oversea grand prize at the Asian international Ink and Brush painting exhibition held in Tokyo, Japan. He was also named as a Missouri outstanding Artist by Art Saint Louis and won many awards in US.
In 1999 He had a Solo Exhibition, “The New Contemporary Chinese Paintings” at Williamwood University. The following year in 2000 he had a solo show “The Four Seasons” in Stephen College. In 2001, Zhong was selected to have a solo Exhibition at Missouri State Museum---Elizabeth Rozier Gallery. In 2002, he had a solo exhibition at University of Missouri, and in 2003, Zhong was invited to have a solo exhibition at Saint Louis University Museum of Art. In 2007 he had a solo exhibition at Dominican University. In 2007, he had a solo exhibition at the Art Museum of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, and Zhongbai Art Museum in China. He also had several others solo and group exhibitions in Saint Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, and Columbia, Missouri. His paintings have also appeared in featured articles in the US and China media. Now he is a guest professor of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, lives and has a studio in Corte Madera of Marin County, California.
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Contemporary Art, Community & Public Space: Present Tense Panel Discussion Part 1
With the great success of the Center’s biennial exhibition, Present Tense 2009: Chinese Character, in collaboration with Kearny Street Workshop, we would like to engage the community in a casual, lively, and fun panel discussion regarding the relationship between contemporary art, community building, and public space as a venue for the arts. Among other topics, we will discuss the impact on artists, the community audience, and how exhibitions like Present Tense can bring new and provocative energy into the public scene.
Present Tense Biennial 2009 is funded Grants for the Arts, Tower International, United Commercial Bank, Zellerbach and San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Present Tense Biennial 2009 would like to thank the following organizations for collaborative support:
Community Educational Services, Asian American Women Artists Association, Asia Society, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Asian Law Caucus,Chinese for Affirmative Action, Chinatown YMCA, Chinatown Community Development Center, and Community Youth Center.
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Thank you for responding! I just sent you an email with some additional questions. I look forward to potentially working with you!
Best regards,
Wendy Norwood
My name is Wendy Norwood and I'm the Marketing Manager for the Hilton San Francisco Financial District hotel, where the Chinese Culture Center is located. We are putting together an exhibition and we'd like to potentially hang some of your work, specifically the pieces titled "Fleeting Time", "Search of Life" and "Revival". Please let me know if you are interested in participating.
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Wendy Norwood
(415) 765-7833
wnorwood@sanfranciscohiltonhotel.com