WANG YI DONG

Wang Yidong 

 

1955

Born in the Yimeng Mountain area of Shandong Province, China

1982

Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing and has been teaching there ever since

Known for his portrait studies, in particular, people of his native regions

Regarded as one of the representatives of Chinese Oil Portraits in the modern era

1984

Participated in the 16th International Art Fair, France

Participated in the Sixth Asian Art Fair, Japan

1986

Participated in the Seventh Asian Fair, India

1987

Took part in the Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, New York

Participated in the International Art Fair, New York

1988

Donated a painting to a charity auction organized at Sotheby’s on behalf of the International Committee for the Safeguarding of Venice and the Great Wall

1990

Joined a Group Exhibition, organized by the Modern Art Museum, Dallas, Texas

Paintings are shown at the International Art Fair in Chicago, U.S.A.

1992

Participated in the group exhibition, Oil Paintings from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing

Participated in a group exhibition, Oil Paintings from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing

1993

His painting Bridal Chamber exhibited in Tresor D’Art, World Trade Center, Singapore

His paintings Yi River and Late Spring exhibited at the Taipei Art Fair organized in the Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan

1994

Paintings exhibited at Art Asia 94, Hong Kong

1995

He participated in Vision of China-Contemporary Painting by Chinese Masters, Bangkok, Thailand

Exhibited at the Taipei Art Fair, Taiwan

1996

Third Solo show organized by Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong

Participated in the Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, from Realism to Post-Modernism, held in Galerie Theoremes, Brussels, Belgium

Participated in the Inaugural Exhibition II at the Rado Gallery, Switzerland

1997

Participated in the exhibition, Images of Women IV, at the Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong

Participated in the 10th Anniversary Chinese Oil Painting, Macau

 

 

Award

In 1984, he won the Golden Prize of the Sixth National Art Exhibition organized in the National Gallery, Beijing

Collection

His painting The Old Village is in the collection of China National Art Gallery