Artist Victor Wang
Grounding [filesize 56K]
|
The Harvest [filesize 49K]
|
Sunflowers [filesize 56K]
|
The Sunflower Crown [filesize 55K]
|
Open Fields [filesize 32K]
|
The Horizon [filesize 72K]
|
Red Flags [filesize 66K]
|
Memory Floats [filesize 54K]
|
Shadow Crossing [filesize 56K]
|
Reaching [filesize 57K]
|
Red Gate [filesize 29K]
|
EDUCATION | |||
| 1988-1990 | Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO, MFA in studio art | ||
| 1988-1990 | Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Visiting Scholar (painting), School of Fine Arts | ||
| 1887-1988 | University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, IL, Visiting Scholar (painting), School of Art and Design | ||
| 1979-1983 | Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, BFA in oil painting | ||
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |||
| 2003-present | Professor in Painting, Drawing and Design, Department of Fine Arts, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1990-2003 | Associate Professor in Painting, Drawing and Design, Department of Fine Arts, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1990-1991 | Adjunct Instructor in Drawing, Department of Fine Arts, Webster University, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1990-1991 | Adjunct Instructor in Drawing, Department of Art, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1983-1987 | Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing, Department of Oil Painting, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Liaoning, China | ||
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |||
| 2007 | "Memoir of Sunflower," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 2004 | "Dream of Sunflower," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 2003 | "Dream of Sunflowers," Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL | ||
| 2002 | Mackey Gallery, Houston, TX | ||
| 1999 | Luna de 527 Gallery, Houston, TX | ||
| 1997 | Elan Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | ||
| 1996 | Addison’s on the Square, St. Louis, MO Elan Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | ||
| 1995 | Pompeii Gallery, Webster Groves, MO | ||
| 1994 | East Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan Missouri Athletic Club Gallery, St. Louis, MO Theater Gallery of Meramec Community College, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1992 | Towata Gallery, Alton, IL Gallery of Thomas Theological Seminary, Denver, CO | ||
| 1991 | Garret Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1988 | Art Studio Gallery, Urbana, IL | ||
| 1987 | Art Gallery of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Liaoning, China | ||
GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |||
| 2004 | "Chinese Artists in Academia," St. Louis, MO Forest Park Community College and Chesterfield Arts Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada "Art Miami 2004," Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL "Works on Paper," Maryville University, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 2003 | "The Exhibition," Arcadia Gallery, Soho, New York, NY "Invitational Two Artists Show," Art Gallery Dept. of Art, University Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 2002 | "Home Grown," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO "Honor Awards 2002," Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 2001 | "Art St. Louis XVII The Exhibition," Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 2000 | "50th Mid-States Art Exhibition," Evansville Museum of Art and
Science, Evansville, IN "St. Louis Area Artists’ Invitational Show, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville Granite City, IL | ||
| 1999 | "Faces of Art St. Louis," McElwain Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO "Art St. Louis XIV Exhibition," Art St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1998 | "Two Person Show," Meramec Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1997 | "Group Show," Luna de 527 Gallery, Houston, TX "Invitational Art Exhibit," St. Charles Community College, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1996 | "Art St. Louis XII Exhibition," Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO "Figurative Paintings in St. Louis Today," Fontbonne College Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1995 | "Artists Choose Artists," Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO "Gender Gaze," Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1993 | "Two Person Show," Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO "American Painting and Bronze," Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1992 | "Art Competition, National Oil Painters’ Society, Osage Beach, MO | ||
| 1991 | "50th Annual National Juried competitive Exhibition," Souix City,
IA "Art Wyoming 91," Casper, WY "Group Show," Towata Gallery, Alton, IL "Art Competition," National Oil Painters’ Society, Osage Beach, MO "25th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition," Corpus Christi, TX "7th Annual Garret Gallery National Juried Exhibition," St. Louis, MO "Portrait Competition 1991," St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1990 | "Realism Today," Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN "Portrait Competition 1990," St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1987 | "Canada-China Exchange Exhibition, Toronto, Canada | ||
| 1986 | "Exhibition of Selected Professors’ Works from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts and Central Academy of Fine Arts at Beijing, National Museum of Fine Arts, China | ||
| 1984 | "Exhibition of Selected Professors’ Works from Lu Xun Academy
of Fine Arts, Nagasaki Museum of Art, Nagasaki, Japan "6th National Juried Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Liaoning Museum of Art and Science, Shenyang, China | ||
| 1983 | "3rd Liaoning State Juried Competition of Oil Painting, Liaoning Museum of Art and Science, Shenyang, China | ||
AWARDS | |||
| 2001 | "An Award in Excellence," Art St. Louis XVII The Exhibition, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 2000 | "Bob and Sara Davies Merit Award," 50th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN | ||
| 1999 | "Award of Excellence Prize," Forte Cup 20th Century Asian Pacific Art competition, Asian Pacific Art Institute of America, Forte International Inc., Ellicott City, MD | ||
| 1991 | "Second Prize in Drawing," 25th Annual National Drawing and
Small Sculpture Exhibition, Corpus Christi, TX "First Prize," Portrait Competition 1991, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO "First Place in Oil Painting," 7th Annual Garret Gallery National Juried Exhibition, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1990 | "First Prize," Portrait Competition 1990, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO | ||
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |||
| 2007 | Zimmerman, Edith. “Buttery Texture, Luscious Color, and Layers of History,” American Artist, September 2007. . | ||
| 2002 | Jost, Paul E., "’Home Grown, Atrium Gallery," Art St. Louis,
Vol. 15. Daniel, Jeff. "’Home Grown’ Exhibit Displays Varied Roots," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 7, 2002. | ||
| 2000 | Wang, Victor. Three Major Traditional Techniques of Oil Painting. National Museum of History, Taiwan, Dec. | ||
| 1997 | Fauntleroy, Gussie. "Victor Wang: the Repercussions of Change,"
The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 1997. Ferring Shepley, Carol. "Victor Wang Reality and Dream are the Same," Art St. Louis Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 4, Winter | ||
| 1996 | Boccia, Edward. "Victor Wang Pursues a Meaningful Reality,"
Journal of Art, Issue 2, 1996, China. McCloud, Kathleen. "Wang Mixes Western Methods with Eastern Ideas," The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 24, 1996. Goldman, Betsy S. "Eastern Ideas, Western Methods," Oil Highlights Figures, January 1996. | ||
| 1995 | Boccia, Edward. "Victor Wang’s New Work," Artists, Issue 1, 1995, Taiwan. | ||
| 1992 | Harris, Paul A. "Gallery Shows Work of Chinese Painter,"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 4, 1992. Goldman, Betsy S. "Eastern Ideas, Western Methods," American Artist, May 1992. | ||
| 1991 | Harris, Paul A. "Victor Wang’s Paintings are Studies in Contrasts," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 31, 1991. | ||