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Victor Wang (painter)
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'''Victor Wang''' (born in [[Qiqihar]], 1956) is a Chinese American realist painter and [[Professor (highest academic rank)|Professor of Arts]] at [[Fontbonne University]]. He is best known for his profusely colored, thickly texturized, monumental portraits of expressive western women invariably accompanied by sunflower plant motifs representing memories from his rural upbringing. College educated as an artist, Wang left China to come to the US in 1987 after enduring years of hard agricultural labor in faraway lands where he was forcibly confined by [[Red Guards|Maoist`s Cultural Revolution]]. Long based in [[Greater St. Louis|St Louis, MO]], his art has been exhibited for over two decades in many cities in the US and beyond, being welcomed by reviewers in specialized art media.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref name="aa1992"></ref><ref name="aa2007"></ref><ref name="scan2011"></ref>
== Education and Career ==
Wang completed high school in Qiqihar, excelling in visual creativity. He was sent by the government to the northernmost region of Manchuria to cultivate cornfields for two and a half years, after which he was admitted to the [[Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts]] (Shenyang, Liaoning province) where he graduated in 1983. Four years later, he won a scholarship as a visiting scholar at the School of Art and Design, [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]], followed by a similar position at [[Washington University in St. Louis]], while undertaking an MFA degree at Fontbonne University (1990). At Fontbonne he received the Professional Achievement Award in 2011,<ref></ref> advancing his academic career to full professorship.
Wang´s artwork has been featured in various art magazines including American Art Collector (cover and article December 2005; article in June 2008), <ref></ref><ref></ref> Poets and Artists (Feb 2011),<ref></ref> and [[American Artist]] (1992 and 2007).<ref name="aa1992" /><ref name="aa2007" /> A press commentary about Wang`s oeuvre reads: "His timeless female figures coax, taunt, and intrigue, while a dense narrative of joy and pain unfolds in his brilliantly layered narrative works".<ref></ref> On 2009, Victor Wang published his book "Memoir of Sunflower"<ref></ref> A second book by him was published in Chinese by the [[National Museum of History|National Museum of History (Taiwan)]] under the title "Three Major Traditional Techniques of Oil Painting".<ref></ref>
Exhibitions of Wang`s art in recent years include shows at Evan Lurie Gallery (Carmel, IN - 2011),<ref name="scan2011" /> [[Blackburn College (Illinois)]](2013,<ref></ref> Odon Wagner Gallery (Toronto - 2013),<ref></ref> Atrium Gallery (St Louis - 2014),<ref></ref> Gallery Victor Armendariz (Chicago, 2017)<ref></ref> the Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art (Taiwan - 2017),<ref></ref> Tachi Gallery (NYC),<ref></ref> The Millstone Gallery (St Louis, MO - 2018),<ref></ref> Cinema Gallery (Urbana, IL - 2016),<ref></ref> Mackey Gallery (Houston),<ref></ref> and [[Arcadia Contemporary|Arcadia Fine Arts]] (Soho, NYC) where Wang´s artwork is permanently exhibited.<ref></ref>
[[Help:Category|Categories]]:
* [[:Category:1915 births|1956 births]]
* [[:Category:Living people|Living people]]
* [[:Category:Artists from Seattle|Artists from St Louis]]
* [[Category:Fontbonne University alumni]]
* [[:Category:American artists of Chinese descent|American artists of Chinese descent]]
==References==
== Education and Career ==
Wang completed high school in Qiqihar, excelling in visual creativity. He was sent by the government to the northernmost region of Manchuria to cultivate cornfields for two and a half years, after which he was admitted to the [[Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts]] (Shenyang, Liaoning province) where he graduated in 1983. Four years later, he won a scholarship as a visiting scholar at the School of Art and Design, [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]], followed by a similar position at [[Washington University in St. Louis]], while undertaking an MFA degree at Fontbonne University (1990). At Fontbonne he received the Professional Achievement Award in 2011,<ref></ref> advancing his academic career to full professorship.
Wang´s artwork has been featured in various art magazines including American Art Collector (cover and article December 2005; article in June 2008), <ref></ref><ref></ref> Poets and Artists (Feb 2011),<ref></ref> and [[American Artist]] (1992 and 2007).<ref name="aa1992" /><ref name="aa2007" /> A press commentary about Wang`s oeuvre reads: "His timeless female figures coax, taunt, and intrigue, while a dense narrative of joy and pain unfolds in his brilliantly layered narrative works".<ref></ref> On 2009, Victor Wang published his book "Memoir of Sunflower"<ref></ref> A second book by him was published in Chinese by the [[National Museum of History|National Museum of History (Taiwan)]] under the title "Three Major Traditional Techniques of Oil Painting".<ref></ref>
Exhibitions of Wang`s art in recent years include shows at Evan Lurie Gallery (Carmel, IN - 2011),<ref name="scan2011" /> [[Blackburn College (Illinois)]](2013,<ref></ref> Odon Wagner Gallery (Toronto - 2013),<ref></ref> Atrium Gallery (St Louis - 2014),<ref></ref> Gallery Victor Armendariz (Chicago, 2017)<ref></ref> the Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art (Taiwan - 2017),<ref></ref> Tachi Gallery (NYC),<ref></ref> The Millstone Gallery (St Louis, MO - 2018),<ref></ref> Cinema Gallery (Urbana, IL - 2016),<ref></ref> Mackey Gallery (Houston),<ref></ref> and [[Arcadia Contemporary|Arcadia Fine Arts]] (Soho, NYC) where Wang´s artwork is permanently exhibited.<ref></ref>
[[Help:Category|Categories]]:
* [[:Category:1915 births|1956 births]]
* [[:Category:Living people|Living people]]
* [[:Category:Artists from Seattle|Artists from St Louis]]
* [[Category:Fontbonne University alumni]]
* [[:Category:American artists of Chinese descent|American artists of Chinese descent]]
==References==
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