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Impressions of Light and Shadow: An Exhibition of Watercolors by Zhinan Jiang

Artist Biography

PHOTO 1963 Born in Chengde, Hebei province, China

1981 Graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts of Hebei

1988 Graduated from the Central Academy of Arts & Design and appointed as a teacher until the present.

1991 The painting “Sea” was exhibited at the Watercolor Paintings Exhibition of Beijing

1992 The painting “Kangling Stone Tablet” was exhibited in Taiwan at the First Exhibition of Works by Renowned Mainland Watercolor Painters

1993 The painting “Baiyangdian Lake” was exhibited in Hong Kong at the Exhibition of Works of Beijing
Watercolor Society

1994 An Exhibition of Watercolor Paintings by Zhinan Jiang was held by Boya Gallery in Shenzhen
The Painting “Early Spring” was exhibited in Korea at the Exhibition of Selected Watercolor Paintings by One Hundred Chinese Painters
The painting “Family in Taihang Mountain” was exhibited at the Exhibition of Modern Chinese Watercolor Paintings
The painting “Stories of the Past” was exhibited at the Invitational Exhibition of Modern Watercolor Paintings
Won the special-class prize awarded by the Three Gorges Art Academy for the painting “Untitled”
The painting “Rocks” was exhibited in Tokyo at the Associated Exhibition of Paintings of the Central Academy of Arts & Design

1995 Won the Academic Prize at the First Exhibition of Watercolor Paintings of Chinese Young Painters for the painting “Sunday”

1996 Won the silver prize at the Third National Exhibition of Watercolor and Gouache Paintings for the painting “The Dialogue between Light and Shadow”
Held “The Exhibition of Watercolor Paintings by Zhinan Jiang” in the Xuebai Gallery of Beijing
Chosen to design “The Special Stamp of City Scenery” issued jointly by China and Singapore
The painting “Cane Chair” was exhibited at the First National Exhibition of Watercolor Paintings
Studied in Paris and held an exhibition there
Held an exhibition of paintings at Fontainebleau, France

1997 The painting “The Cat in Shadow” was exhibited at the Joint Exhibition of Paintings by Chinese and Korean Painters
The painting “Days of Brilliant Sunshine” was shown at the Exhibition of Chinese Art
Held “Travel in Europe: Exhibition of Watercolor
Paintings by Zhinan Jiang”Invited to be a member of the evaluation committee of the National Exhibition of Watercolor Paintings of Young Chinese Painters
Two paintings were included in the Watercolor Volume of “The Complete Collection of Chinese Art”

1998 The painting “Wife and Cat” was exhibited at the Second National Exhibition of Watercolor ArtHeld exhibitions of paintings in San Francisco and Syracuse, USA
Paintings exhibited in Shenzhen at the Invitational Exhibition of Young Chinese Watercolor Painters

1999 Held “Impressions of Light and Shadow: An Exhibition of Watercolors by Zhinan Jiang” at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library