Visiting Artists 2016

Visiting artists will be invited to participate in exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, and workshops. Such programs highlighting Chinese art and culture may lead to reciprocal agreement with other universities and venues that promote not only individual artists but future intellectual and artistic exchanges as well.

12/05/2016

A Drop in the Ocean: Celebration of Chinese Art Master Liu Haisu's 120th Anniversary

Shanghai William Chinese Art Foundation Distinguished Visiting Artist Series

Mr. Chen, Ms. Liu and Ms. Zhang are invited to participate the Commemorative activities, symposium and presentation at the UN, Sina Vision and China Art Institute in New York City this week. We are fortunate to have these notable proponents of Chinese art visit William Paterson University to present A Drop in the Ocean: A Celebration of Chinese Art Master Liu Haisu's 120th Anniversary and answer questions from our community and the media.

Lyusheng Chen
Lyusheng Chen

President of the Chinese Han Art Association of China and previous vice director of the China National Museum.

Chan Liu
Chan Liu

Researcher and consultant at the Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai, and daughter of Master Liu Haisu.

Lvsheng Chen
Anna Zhang

Director of Oil Lamp Art Museum, previous director of the Liu Haisu Art Museum in Changzhou, China.

04/13/2016

Wuli Zhang, Professor and Dean from Nanjing Sanjiang University of China

Shanghai William Chinese Art Foundation Distinguished Visiting Artist Series

Wuli Zhang, was invited to conduct an artist residency, a Life drawing Demonstration and an Artist Talk for CCART on April 13, 2016.

Wuli Zhang
Wuli Zhang

Wuli Zhang, Dean of College of Art at Sanjiang University, Nanjing, China; Professor of Art at College of Art of Nanjing Normal University; Vice Chair of Jiangsu Artists Association. Graduated with a major in painting in 1980 from Nanjing Art Institute. Visiting artist to the Vladimir National Normal University, Russia in 2001. Graduated with a degree of Master of Art in Painting in 2004 from Nanjing Art Institute. Professor Zhang served as Vice Chair of the Jiangsu Painting Art Committee; Vice Secretary General of Jiangsu Painting Association; and Associate Dean of College of Art at Nanjing Normal University.

04/12/2016

Jianming Zhao, Professor from Nanjing Sanjiang University of China

Shanghai William Chinese Art Foundation Distinguished Visiting Artist Series

Jianming Zhao, was invited to conduct an artist residency, a Chinese Ink Painting Demonstration and an Artist Talk for CCART on April 12, 2016.

Jianming Zhao
Jianming Zhao

Chinese Painter, well known for his Chinese traditional paintings of flowers in the freehand brushwork style. He is honored with the title of Class-A National Painter. Graduated with a major in Chinese painting in 1980 from Nanjing Art Institute. He is currently an endowed professor of College of Art at Sanjiang University; an endowed painter of Nantong Academy of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy; Artistic Director of Jiangsu Aitall Cultural Industry Co., Ltd.

04/04/2016

Figuring the System: The Digital Compositions of Jiawei Gong

Shanghai William Chinese Art Foundation Distinguished Visiting Artist Series

Jiawei Gong, was invited to conduct an artist residency, an exhibition, and an Artist Talk for CCART on April 4, 2016.

Jiawei Gong
Jiawei Gong

Digital media artist and an art professor of Texas Tech University. In the past 20 years, Gong has practiced in both applied and fine art disciplines. His exhibition record to date includes over 70 group and solo exhibitions regionally, nationally and internationally in the U.S., Europe, and China. He has won a number of awards at the international film festivals and art competitions.

02/07/2016 β€” 02/25/2016

Down to Earth: Ancient Towns and Villages of China β€” A Photography Exhibition by Kemin Dong

Shanghai William Chinese Art Foundation Distinguished Visiting Artist Series

Kemin Dong was invited as a visiting artist by CCART from February 7 - 25, 2016 for an exhibition and an artist Talk at William Paterson University.

Kemin Dong
Kemin Dong

Director of Chinese Ancient Town Institute in Xian, China. His photographs have been selected by national exhibitions and received numerous excellence and golden awards. He was awarded excellence in photography by Chinese National Academy of Arts, by China Art Photography Society, and by Chinese Photographers, the top Chinese photography magazine.

02/04/2016

Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Demonstration: by Peichen Xu and Mengjie Ma

Shanghai William Chinese Art Foundation Distinguished Visiting Artist Series

Peichen Xu and Mengjie Ma was invited as a visiting artist by CCART on February 4, 2016 for Chinese painting and Chinese Calligraphy demonstration at William Paterson University.

Peichen Xu
Peichen Xu

Professor of School of Fine Arts of Nanjing Normal University, China. He serves as Vice President of Jiangsu Society of Chinese Painting and President of Jiangsu Research Institute for Bird-and-Flower Paintings.

Mengjie Ma
Mengjie Ma

An outstanding calligrapher and poet, currently serves as Deputy Director of Chinese Couplet Calligraphy Association, Deputy Secretary General of Yanhuang Art Foundation and Research Fellow of Tianjin Chinese Art Research Institute.