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My path through life has been adventurous, exciting, and dream-like. Coming from China and looking for a better opportunity has been a fully challenging and great experience. For me, what I imagined of America and what actually was truly created a great gap, thus forming a battle between physical settlement and mental anxiety. In my recent works, I have tried to ambivalently display this kind of emotional drama with the mixture of exhilarating, confusing, and exasperating tensions.I grew up with sunflower fields surrounding my house in northern China. In my childhood years, I recalled playing under the bright, yellow sunflowers with my brothers everyday. Sunflowers, always following the sun's movements, were used during the Cultural Revolution as a political allegory to the way people should act towards Mao, who represented the sun. Gradually, the people of China realized that this symbol of the follower was really masking a deception. Therefore, to transcend my complex feelings, I use sunflowers as a metaphor to connote my background and emotional stage. My desire is to visualize the human sensitivity of the lost and found emotions upon my life experiences. Although I often gain great pleasure from the process of painting, it is most important to unfold expressively those sentiments within myself. -Victor Wang- |
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Education 1988-1990 MFA (art studio) Department of Fine Arts, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO 1988-1990 Visiting Scholar, (painting) School of Fine Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1987-1988 Visiting Scholar, (painting) School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979-1983 BFA (oil painting) Department of Oil Painting, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, Selected Solo Exhibitions 2004 Dec. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2003 May. Cinema Gallery,Urbana, 2002 Oct. Mackey Gallery,Houston, TX 1999 Apr. Luna de 527 Gallery, Houston, TX 1997 May Elan Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1996 Dec. Addison's on the Square, St. Louis, MO 1996 May Elan Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1995 Oct. Pompeii Gallery, Webster Groves, MO 1994 Dec. East Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan 1994 Jul. Missouri Athletic Club Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1994 May Theater Gallery of Meramec Community College, St. Louis, MO 1992 May Towato Gallery, Alton, IL 1992 Jun. Gallery of Thomas Theological Seminary, Denver, CO 1991 Aug. Garret Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1988 May Art Studio Gallery, Urbana, IL 1987 Sep. Art Gallery of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Liaoning, China Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 Art Miami 2005, Miami, FL 2004 Toronto International Art Fair 2004, Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Canada 2004 Art Miami 2004, Miami, FL 2003 Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Home Grown, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2002 Honor Awards 2002, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 2001 50th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN 2000 Arousal, The Gallery on Washington St, St. Louis, MO. 2000 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 1999 Art St. Louis XIV Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 1998 Two Persons Show, Meramec Art Gallery. St. Louis, MO 1997 Group Show, Luna de 527 Gallery, Houston, TX 1997 Invitational Art Exhibit, St. Charles Community College, St. Louis, MO 1996 Art St. Louis XII Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 1996 Figurative Paintings in St. Louis Today, Fontbonne University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO 1995 Artists Choose Artists, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 1995 Gender Gaze, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 1993 Two Persons Show, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO 1995 American in 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, Sioux City, IA 1991 Art Wyoming 91, Casper, WY 1991 Group Show, Towato Gallery, Alton. IL 1991 Art Competition, National Oil Painters' Society, Osage Beach, MO 1991 25th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Corpus Christi, TX 1991 7th Annual Garret Gallery National Juried Exhibition, St. Louis, MO 1991 Portrait Competition 1991, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO 1990 Realism Today, Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN 1990 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 1985 Exhibition of Selected Professors' Works from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Nagasaki Museum of Art, Nagasaki, Japan 1985 Six Artists Exhibition, Art Gallery of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China 1984 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 & Science, Shenyang, China Awards and Prizes 2001 Dec. An Award of Excellence, Art St. Louis XVII, Art St. Louis, St. Louis MO 2000 Dec. Bob and Sara Davies Merit Award, 50th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN 1999 Sep. Award of Excellence Prize, Forte Cup 20th Century Asian Pacific Art Competition, Asian Pacific Art Institute of America, Forte International Inc., Ellicott City, MD 1998 Dec. Governor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching 1998, Office of the Governor, Jefferson MO 1991 Apr. Second Prize in Drawing, 25th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Corpus Christi, TX 1991 Jan. First Prize, Portrait Competition 1991, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO 1991 Apr. First Place in Oil Painting, 7th Annual Garret Gallery National Juried Exhibition, St. Louis, MO 1990 Jan. First Prize, Portrait Competition 1990, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO Biography Victor Wang, Book; "Three Major Traditional Techniques of Oil Painting" National Museum of History, Taiwan, December 2000 * Victor Wang, Article; "Barry Schactman's Structural Drawing," Journal of Art, Issue 4,1998, China * Victor Wang, Article; "Edward Boccia's Art," Journal of Art, Issue 2, 1997, China * Victor Wang, Article; "The Stage of Life - my artist statement," and 6 Paintings; Journal of Art, Issue 2, 1996, China * Victor Wang, Painting; "Day-Dream," Unitas A Literary Monthly, Issue 1, 1995, Taiwan * Victor Wang, Painting; "Red Apple," Contemporary Artists' Works in China, Liaoning Publishers, May, 1989, China * Victor Wang, Article; "American Mural Movement in 1930s-40s," Journal of Art, Issue 1, 1989, China * Victor Wang, Painting; "A Girl," Art Works selected from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Liaoning Publishers, 1988, China * Victor Wang, Paintings; "Warm Wind," and "Dreaming," Nude Paintings Selected Professors' Works form the Art Institutes in China, Lingnan Art Publishing House, August, 1989, China * Victor Wang, Painting; "A Girl with Red Dress," Selected Oil Paintings form the Professors' Works of Art Institute in China, Hunan Publishers, February, 1987, China * Victor Wang, Article; "We should Not Just Hunt for the 'New'," and Painting; "A Girl," Journal of Art, Issue 3, 1986 * Victor Wang Drawing; "Nude," Nude Paintings and Drawings Selected from Art Institute in China, Liaoning Publishers, 1986, China * Victor Wang, Painting; "Waiting," Liaoning Magazine, Issue 6, 1986, China * Victor Wang, Article; "A Few Words About My Painting," and Painting; "Stitching Gunny Bags," National Fine Arts, September Issue, 1984, China |
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