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Education Ph.D. Art History and Visual Culture - University of Exeter, United Kingdom M.Phil. Art History and Visual Culture - University of Exeter, United Kingdom M.F.A. Classical Figurative Sculpture - Academy of Art University, San Francisco, United States B.A. California Lutheran University, United States Research and Practice Interests Cross-Cultural Art Surrealism Imaginative Realism Conferences 2022 Lecturer: Chinese Artists and their Works at SCIART, Chinese Art Historian Lecture Series at Channel Islands Art Center, California. 2021 Attendee: The Forum of Across The Divide Virtual Artist Talk (四), The Association of Chinese Artists in American Academia. Date: 20 November 2021. https://acrossdivide.org/2021/12/12/the-forum-across-the-divide-virtual-artist-talk-series/ 2021 Attendee: The Forum of Across the Divide International Art and Design Education Virtual Conference 2021: With Deep Roots, Foliage Thrives, 9/30/2021. The Association of Chinese Artists in American Academia. Date: 30 September 2021. https://acrossdivide.org/2021/09/16/with-deep-roots-foliage-thrives-the-forum-of-across-the divide-international-art-and-design-education-virtual-conference-2021/ 2021 Attendee: The Forum of Across The Divide Virtual Artist Talk (二), The Association of Chinese Artists in American Academia, Date: 30 June 2021 https://acrossdivide.org/2021/12/12/the-forum-across-the-divide-virtual-artist-talk-series/ 2019 Presenter: Idealism, Realism and Imagination in the Art of Xu Beihong, presented at The Representational Art Conference 2019, Ventura, California. 2018 Presenter: Chinese Face and Western Body: Xu Beihong’s artistic inspiration by Michelangelo, presented at The Representational Art Conference 2018, Leeuwarden, Netherlands. 2017 Presenter: Chinese Face and Western Body, presented at The Representational Art Conference 2017, Miami, Florida. 2017 Presenter: The Representation of Male Gesture, presented at The Arts in Society Conference 2017, at Pantheon Sorbonne University, Paris, France. 2016 Presenter: Beauty Across Cultures, presented at The Arts in Society Conference 2016, at University of California, Los Angeles, California. 2015 Presenter: The Ideal Man in Chinese art and Western Art, presented at The Representational Art Conference 2015, Ventura, California. 2014 Presenter: The Aesthetics of the Idealized Male Figure in 21st Century Representational Art, presented at The Representational Art Conference 2014, Ventura, California. Articles 2022 "Mian Situ’s Unconventional Historical Paintings," Mutual Art Magazine (April 6, 2022) 2022 “Xu Weixin’s New Vision of Chinese Realistic Painting,” in Mutual Art Magazine (February 16, 2022) 2022 “Echoes of Nature: Works by Contemporary Chinese Artists,” in Channel Islands Art Center Website (2022) 2021 “Xu Beihong: China’s First Trans-National Artist,” in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine (August 2021), pp. 111-115. 2021 “Slave and Lion: A Painting That Changed the Course of Chinese Art History,” in Mutual Art Art Magazine (May 21, 2021) 2017 “Beauty Across Cultures: Male Beauty in Chinese and Western Representational Art,” in As It Is - The Proceedings of The Representational Art Conference (2015), CLU 2017, pp. 60-69. 2014 “The Aesthetics of the Idealized Male Figure in 21st Century Representational Art,” in Kitsch and Beauty – The Proceedings of The Representational Art Conference (2014), CLU 2014, pp 103-116. Curatorial Experience 2022 Curator of a cross-cultural international art exhibition titled: Echoes of Nature: Works by Contemporary Chinese Artists, at the Channel Islands Studio Art Center Gallery, California. 2022 Curator of international art residency titled: Echoes of Nature: Works by Contemporary Chinese Artists, at the Channel Islands Studio Art Center Gallery, California. 2022 Organizer of art historian symposium at the Channel Islands Studio Art Center Gallery California. 2022 Organizer of the performances on traditional Chinese instruments by internationally recognized musicians at the Channel Islands Studio Art Center Gallery California. 2015 Curator of a cross-cultural international art exhibition titled: Chinese Figurative Realism in the 21st Century, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, California Lutheran University. Date: 22 January – 9 April 2015 2015 Curator of international art residency titled: Chinese Figurative Realism in the 21st Century, Kwan Fong Gallery, California Lutheran University. Date: 22 January – 9 April 2015 Reviews 2022 Old Traditions New Approaches - Echoes of Nature: Works by Contemporary Chinese Artists, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, June 10, 2022. P.113. 2022 Works by Contemporary Chinese Artists, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, June 10th, 2022 2022 Michael Pearce, Free of Convention, American Art Collector, June 2022. PP. 36-41. 2022 Alex Wilson, Art Smart, Ventura County Reporter, May 25th, 2022 2022 Michael Pearce, A Kind of Heaven, Oceanside Museum of Art, May 2022 2022 Michael Pearce, A Kind of Heaven, American Art Collector, May 2022. P. 43. 2019 Peter Trippi, Advancing the Cause of Figurative Art FACE TO FACE, Fine Art Connoisseur, October 15, 2019 2017 Review: Figurative Art Convention and Expo (FACE) & Representational Art Conference (TRAC), Juxtapoz Magazine, December 14th 2017 2016 105th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, California Art Club, April, 2016 2015 Sherry Ross, The Power of the Representation Art Conference of 2015, Art Renewal Center, 2015 2015 Vicki Stavig, One on One, Art of the West, March/April 2015. P. 14. 2015 Review: CLU art exhibit features Chinese-born artists, Acorn, January 8, 2015 2015 Lance Orozco, New South Coast Art Exhibition Looks At Visions of American West Through Chinese Artists Eyes, KCLU Radio interview, February 5, 2015 2015 Alicia Doyle, CLU Art Exhibit Ties in with Chinese New Year, Ventura County Star Newspaper interview, Jan 31, 2015 2014 Jeffrey Carlson, Women by Women Display in California, Fine Art Connoisseur, February 13, 2014 2014 7 Chinese artists featured in exhibit, The Fillmore Gazette website, December 23rd 2014 2014 Tour of art exhibit offered in Italian, The Fillmore Gazette website, October 27th2014 2014 Exhibit features alumni art, Acorn website, October 16th2014 2014 Graduates span 5 decades and work in various media, The Fillmore Gazette website, September 29th 2014 2014 On Exhibit, Ventura County Reporter Website, February 20th 2014 2013 Drawings pay tribute to spirit of So Cal, Acorn, October 3rd 2013 2013 Drawings capturing SoCal in CLU exhibit, The Fillmore Gazette website, September 23rd, 2013 2013 Stephanie Sumell, Aihua Zhou’s ‘Twin Image’ and artwork ‘Handsome Young Man with a Beard’, Acorn, March 14, 2013 2013 Steve Doherty The Man Show in California, Outdoor Painter Magazine website, March, 2013 2013 Stephanie Sumell, Aihua Zhou’s ‘Twin Image’ and artwork ‘Handsome Young Man with a Beard’, Acorn newspaper, March 14th 2013 2013 Stephanie Sumell, Artists ‘man up’ for exhibit, Acorn Website, March 14th 2013 2011 Simi resident showcased in CLU ART exhibit, Acorn website, April 15th 2011 Academic Services 2019 Member, Advisory Committee of The Representational Art Conference, California Lutheran University 2018 Member, Advisory Committee of The Representational Art Conference, California Lutheran University 2017 Member, Advisory Committee of The Representational Art Conference, California Lutheran University 2015 Member, Advisory Committee of The Representational Art Conference, California Lutheran University 2014 Member, Advisory Committee of The Representational Art Conference, California Lutheran University 2012 Member, Advisory Committee of The Representational Art Conference, California Lutheran University Exhibitions 2022 With Roots Deep, Foliage Thrives, Foster – Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Florida A&M University, FL 2022 Echoes of Nature: Works by Contemporary Chinese Artists, The Gallery of Channel Islands Studio Art Center, Camarillo, CA 2022 A Kind of Heaven, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA 2020 Women by Women: Depictions and Interpretations by Greater Los Angeles Women. So LA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA 2019 TRAC2019 Invitation Exhibit at The Representational Art Conference 2019, Camarillo, CA 2016 The Silk Road, The Pictorial Language, Chinese Art Museum of America, Los Angeles, CA 2016 California Art Club’s 105th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA 2015 Transmission, William Rolland Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA 2015 Facets: A Journey through Representational Art, Gallery V, Camarillo, CA 2015 TRAC2015 Invitational Exhibit at The Representational Art Conference 2015, Ventura, CA 2015 Chinese Figurative Realism in the 21st Century, William Rolland Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA 2014 Coming Home, William Rolland Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA 2014 TRAC2014 Invitation Exhibit at The Representational Art Conference 2014, Camarillo, CA. 2014 Women by Women, Kwan Fong Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA 2014 Southland Draw, Kwan Fong Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA 2013 American Women Artists, Juried Competition, Online 2013 The Man Show, Kwan Fong Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA 2013 Artist in Community, Atrium Gallery, Camarillo, CA 2012 21ST National Art Exhibition, CoCOA Gallery, Fort Collins, CO 2012 Featured Artist Exhibition, Gallery 1317, Camarillo, CA Memberships Artist Member at California Art Club, California, USA Member of the Association of Chinese Artists in American Academia |