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Professional Positions
1999 -
Assistant Professor, Department of Art, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1998-99
Associate Professor, Department of Art, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1994-98
Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1989-94
Assistant Professor, Art Department, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
1981-83
Instructor, The Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Education/Professional Training
1989
Master of Fine Art, printmaking, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
1986
Master of Fine Art, painting & drawing, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
1981
Bachelor of Fine Art, painting & drawing, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1986-87
Studied at the New York Studio School, New York, NY
1986
Studied in La Napoule Art Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
1985
Studied in La Napoule Art Program, La Napoule, France
Exhibitions
2002
Solo Exhibition, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica, CA
2002
Paintings shown in New California Artists, Circle Elephant Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Painting shown in Artists to Artists, an exhibition of works from the Space Program of The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation at Ace Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Painting shown in Figure This II, University Art Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Paintings shown in Asian American Experience, Channel Island Studio Art Center, California State University, Channel Island, CA
2002
Solo Exhibition, College Art Gallery, Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
2002
Works shown in An Experience Shared, Braithwaite Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
2001
Painting shown in Representing LA: Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2001
Paintings shown in the LA International, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Painting shown in Representing LA: Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2001
Solo Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2001
Paintings & drawings shown in a two person exhibition, Biola University Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA
2001
Solo Exhibition, The Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
2000
Painting shown in Representing LA: Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art, The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2000
Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery, the College of Sequoias, Visalia, CA
2000
Painting shown in 44th International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2000
Painting shown in 2000 All Media Juried Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
2000
Painting shown in All California Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2000
Painting shown in Self Portrait Exhibition, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA
1999
Drawings shown in Drawing Exhibition, Andrews Gallery, the College of Williams and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1999
Drawing shown in The 12th National Exhibition, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
1999
Painting shown in Figure, Face & Form, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
1999
Paintings shown in Realism ¹99, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
1999
Solo Exhibition, Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
1998
Solo Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
1998
Paintings shown in Art and Social Justice, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
1998
One Person Exhibition, Mallin Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
1998
Painting shown in National Art Exhibition Œ98, the Visual Arts Center, Charlotte County Art Guild, Punta Gorda, FL
1997
One Person Exhibition, Worthington Arts Council Gallery, Worthington, OH
1997
Painting shown in the Tenth Northern National Art Competition, the LRC Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
1997
Painting shown in The 31st National Exhibition and Competition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
1997
Paintings shown in Relationship, a two person exhibition, the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
1997
Works shown in Figure Painting, a two-person exhibition, the Barn Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
1997
Painting shown in The 12th Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
1996
One Person Exhibition, the University Art Gallery, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
1996
Painting shown in Professional Art Exhibition, Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL
1996
Painting shown in The 19th National Exhibition, the Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1996
Painting shown in Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1996
One Person Exhibition, Perkinson Gallery, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
1995
One Person Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
1995
Paintings shown in Alumni Art Exhibition, the College Art Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
1995
Paintings shown in Illinois Art Faculties, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1995
Painting shown in National Exhibition, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
1995
Works exhibited in Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition, Medici Center for Visual Arts & Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1994-98
Works shown in Faculty Art Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1994
Painting shown in National Competition, First Street Gallery, SOHO, New York, NY
1994
Works exhibited in Asian/American Art Exhibitions and the Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibition Program, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
1994
Paintings shown in Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1994
Print shown in Stockton National Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
1994
Painting shown in National Competition, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV
1994
One Person Exhibition, Graff Art Center, Dixie College, St. George, UT
1993
Painting shown in National Competition, First Street Gallery, SOHO, New York, NY
1993
Works shown in Asian American Artists with Utah Connection, organized by Utah Arts Council, Glendinning Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1993
One Person Exhibition of Prints, Braithwaite Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
1993
One Person Exhibition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT
1993
Painting shown in Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1993
Painting shown in Realism'93/National Competitive Exhibition, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV
1992
Painting shown in Utah'92/Painting and Sculpture, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
1992
Painting shown in National Competition, First Street Gallery, SOHO, New York, NY
1992
Painting shown in The Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Prince Galleries, Chicago, IL
1992
Paintings shown in Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1991
Print shown in Works on Paper, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
1991
Paintings shown in Statewide Exhibition, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT
1991
Works shown at Linda McAdoo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991
Paintings shown in Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1990-94
Works shown in Faculty Art Exhibition, Braithwaite Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
1990
Painting shown in Salon 1990, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1989
Paintings shown in First Street Selects, First Street Gallery, SOHO, New York, NY
1981
Works shown in exhibitions, Beijing, China
Grants and Scholarships
1999
Receiving Scholarly & Creative Activities Award, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1999
Receiving Faculty Career Enhancement Grant, California State University - Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
1998
Receiving Faculty Research Grant, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1996
Receiving Faculty Research Grant, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1996
Receiving a grant from Illinois Art Council for the solo exhibition at Perkinson Gallery, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
1995
Receiving Faculty Research Grant, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1994
Receiving a Grant for the summer research from the Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
1994
Receiving the Studio Space Grant from the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1986
Fellowship, the Charles H. Revson Foundation, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1986
Scholarship, the La Napoule Art Foundation, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
1985
Scholarship, the La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule, France
Awards & Honors
2000
The John McKee Memorial Award, 44th International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2000
The Circle Award, 2000 All Media Juried Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
1999
Award, Figure, Face & Form, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
1998
Award, Art and Social Justice at Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
1997
Donor Award, the Tenth Northern Art Competition, the LRC Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
1997
Award, The 31st National Exhibition and Competition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
1996
Award for Painting, Professional Art Exhibition, Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL
1996
Joseph Hartley Memorial Award, The 19th National Exhibition, the Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1996
Faculty Excellence Award in research, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1995
First Place and Purchase Prize Award, the Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition, Medici Art Center & Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1994
Award, Spring Salon, the Springville Art Committee, Springville, UT
1993
Awards, Spring Salon, the Springville Art Committee, Springville, UT
1992
Palette & Chisel Academy Award, the Oil Painters of America National Competition, Chicago, IL
1992
Award, Spring Salon, the Springville Art Committee, Springville, UT
Lectures and Workshops
2002
Lecture, Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
2001
Workshop and lecture, the Department of Art, Minnesota State University, Moorehead, MN
2001
Figure Painting workshop, Seattle Academy of Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
2001
Lecture and drawing demonstration, Art Department, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
2001
Lecture and painting demonstration, Art Department, Community College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV
2000
Figure Drawing workshop, Seattle Academy of Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
2000
Lecture, College Art Gallery, the College of Sequoias, Visalia, CA
1999
Lecture, Department of Art, Murray State University, Murray, KY
1998
Lecture, Department of Art, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
1996
Lecture, Art Department, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
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