Yuqi Wang
b 1958
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"What draws me, as an artist, to put brush to canvas is at once both public and private. The world I reveal is a blend of both the ‘Occident’ and the ‘Orient’, my passion for both Classic European portraiture, and the Pre-Raphaelite movement is gently kissed by my Chinese heritage. |
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Oil Sketch Portrait of us (David & Patricia Dabbert) March, 2015 by Yuqi Wang |
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Renee Wang shows her artistic talent |
Résumé
Yuqi Wang was trained in China and the US and is now based in New York. Among others, he is a member of The American Society of Portrait Artists, The Portrait Society of America and The Oil Painter Association of China and has exhibited extensively across China and America.
His work hangs in public collections in China and the collection of the Japanese Royal Family.
The influence of Rossetti and Burne-Jones is unmistakable, and in the tradition of the Pre-Raphaelites Yuqi manages to create work which is as sensitive as it is powerful.
Central Academy of Fine Arts
Best Portfolio – American Society of Portrait Artists, MOMA, NY
Award of the Third Exhibition for Illustration of China
Silver Award – International Youth Year, Beijing
Metal Award – Sixth National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China
Henry Louis Gates Jr., National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University, Camridge, Massachusetts
China National Gallery
China International Exhibition Agency
Private collection of the Royal Family of Japan
Mrs Fiona Willmot-Sitwell
1999 – Tao Gallery, Cape-cod, MA
1998 – Ringling School of Fine Art, Florida
1997 – International Artexpo, Florida
1995 – New Continental Gallery, China
1994 – Shenzhen Museum, China
1994 – Selected Oil Painting Exhibition of China, Hong Kong
1993 – China Daily Gallery
1992 – Second International Exhibit of Fine Arts
1992 – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations
1991 – The Great Wall Festival of Art, China
1991 – Beijing Music Hall Gallery, China
1990 – Modern Art of China, Turkey
His work hangs in public collections in China and the collection of the Japanese Royal Family.
The influence of Rossetti and Burne-Jones is unmistakable, and in the tradition of the Pre-Raphaelites Yuqi manages to create work which is as sensitive as it is powerful.
Education
Tiianjin Academy of Fine ArtsCentral Academy of Fine Arts
Awards
Grand Prize – Portrait Society of America Inc, Washington DCBest Portfolio – American Society of Portrait Artists, MOMA, NY
Award of the Third Exhibition for Illustration of China
Silver Award – International Youth Year, Beijing
Metal Award – Sixth National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China
Selected Commissions
Peter J. Gomes, Harvard University, Camridge, MassachusettsHenry Louis Gates Jr., National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University, Camridge, Massachusetts
China National Gallery
China International Exhibition Agency
Private collection of the Royal Family of Japan
Mrs Fiona Willmot-Sitwell
Group Exhibitions
2001 – The Royal Society of Portraiture, The Mall Galleries, London1999 – Tao Gallery, Cape-cod, MA
1998 – Ringling School of Fine Art, Florida
1997 – International Artexpo, Florida
1995 – New Continental Gallery, China
1994 – Shenzhen Museum, China
1994 – Selected Oil Painting Exhibition of China, Hong Kong
1993 – China Daily Gallery
1992 – Second International Exhibit of Fine Arts
1992 – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations
1991 – The Great Wall Festival of Art, China
1991 – Beijing Music Hall Gallery, China
1990 – Modern Art of China, Turkey