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Artist Statement
I believe people possess a need to satisfy their emotions. The eye can evoke a multitude of feelings to calm these needs. In fact, we can say that our feelings and aspirations often start by inadvertently viewing something because of this, are source from nature and elegant scenes from daily life.
It is my greatest pleasure to admire the ever-changing beauty of nature and to observe the movement and expression of the human figure. It is these gifts which spark my motivation and stimulate aesthetic thoughts.
I believe that all the images, colors, dots and lines as well as surfaces and brushstrokes in a painting should follow the painting's theme. People are inspired by changing scenes in their lives. And each scene prompts a different theme. The value of an artwork depends on its mood, its beautiful images and mind nourishing unity.
If people can feel the beauty and peace in nature along with the cultural harmony in my paintings, and if I can console some impetuous minds, then this is the type of painting I wish to draw.
Biography
Ning Zhao is a visual artist, a member of the Society of Canadian Artists, the Color and Form Society, the Mississauga Art Gallery, Visual Arts Mississauga and Oil Painters of America. He has worked and taught in the Art Research Institute, Hubei Art College and Nanjing Art College of China.
In recent years, Ning Zhao has been working to use traditional Chinese aesthetic understanding to create North American landscape paintings and figurative oil paintings. He has received numerous awards, and his work is treasured by art enthusiast in not only Canada and China, but Australia, Japan, and North America, as well.
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Born:
ChinaEducation:
1973-1979 Research Institute of Arts and handicrafts, Nanjing, China1979-1983 Arts Department of Southern Yantze University, Wuxi, China
Work:
1973-1979 Art worker and student, Research Institute of Arts and Handicrafts, Nanjing, China1983-1985 Instructor, Hubei College of Art and Design, Wuhan, China
1985-1999 Arts Designer, Packaging Import & Export Company of China, Nanjing, China
1995-1999 Instructor, Nanjing College of Art, Nanjing, China
1999-present. Professional Artist, Creation and teaching from own art studio, Mississauga, Canada
Media:
Oil, Colour Ink, GouacheCollections:
Memorial Hall of Premier Zhou Enlai, Nanjing, China (1998)Private Collection--China, Japan, America, Australia, and Canada
Professional Associations:
Member of Society of Canadian Artists, Colour and Form Society, Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Oil Painters of America.Awards
2009 FINE ART 1st AWARD --- Visual Art Mississauga Member’s Valentine Show & Sale2008 HONORABLE MENTION AWARD --- The Art Interview 12th International Online Artist Competition
2007 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 3rd --- SCA 50t h Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary Alberta, Canada
2006 HONORABLE MENTION AWARD --- SCA, Elected Member's Smallworks Exhibition, Parry Sound Gallery, Canada
2006 LANDSCAPE 1st PLACE AWARD --- CFS, Bienial Exhibition, Paper Mill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 MAJOR AWARD, 1st Place (Bulova Watch Company Canada Award) --- CFS, The 53th Annual Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Enter Art Gallery, Canada,
2004 HONORABLE MENTION AWARD --- Delta Meadowvale Art Exhibition, Mississauga, Canada,
2003 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD --- OAC, The 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Oakville Municipal Building, Canada,
2000—2006
AWARDED FINE ART 3rd PRIZE
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, 3 times
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD, 2 times
--- VAM, The 23th 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery Of Mississauga, Canada
Juried And Group Exhibitions:
2011 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, The Woodstock Art Galler, ON Canada2011 VAM,The 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga,Canada
2010 SCA, The 42th National Open Juried Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010 CFS, Bienial Exhibition, Paper Mill Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2009 SCA, The 41th National Open Juried Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 18th National Juried Exhibition of Traditional oils, Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM USA
2009 Visual Art Mississauga Member’s Valentine Show & Sale FINE ART 1st AWARD
2008 The 30th Annual Burlington Art Auction, Burlington Art Center, Canada, invited through open call
2007 Audubon Artists 65th Annual Exhibit, Historic Salmagundi Art Club, New York, USA
2007 SCA, 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Leighton Art Center, Calgary Alberta, Canada, Award of Excellence 3rd
2007 The 28th Annual Burlington Art Auction, Burlington Art Center, Canada
2006 SCA, The 39th National Open Juried Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006 SCA, Elected Member's Smallworks Exhibition, Parry Sound Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Honorable Mention Award
2006 CFS, Bienial Exhibition, Paper Mill Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Landscape Award
2006 SCA, Spring Elected Members Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Canada
2006 OPA,The 15 th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oil, Dana Gallery, Missoula America
2005 CFS, The 53th Annual Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Enter Art Gallery, Canada, M ajor Award, 1st Place (Bulova Watch Company Canada Award)
2005 SCA, The 38th National Open Juried Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 PHC, The 32th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Canada
2004 VAM, The 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada
2004 CFS, The 52th Annual Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Enter Art Gallery, Canada
2004 Delta Meadowvale Art Exhibition, Mississauga, Canada, Honorable mention Award
2004 CFS, Juried Exhibition, The Paper Mill Gallery, Canada
2004 OAC, The 05th Annual Juried Exhibition, Oakville Municipal Building, Canada
2004 Delta hotel Semi Annual juried Art Exhibition, Juror, Canada
2003 VAM, The 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada, People’s Choice Award
2003 CAFS, The 51th Annual Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Enter Art Gallery, Canada
2003 OAC, The 04th Annual Juried Exhibition, Oakville Municipal Building, Canada, People’s Choice Award
2002 VAM, The 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada, Honorable mention Award and People’s Choice Award
2002 Arts Etobicoke Juried Art Show, Etobicoke Civic Center Art Gallery, Canada
2002 Art Exhibition Fundraiser, Delta hotel and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Canada
2001 VAM, The 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada, Awarded Fine Art 3rd Prize
2001 PHC, The 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Canada
2000 VAM, The 23th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada, Honorable Mention Award and People’s Choice Award
Solo Person Shows:
2011 Creighton'7th Annual ALAsian Culture Week Creighton University, Omaha , NE USA2010 “Asian Beauty Trespassing Boarders” Oil Paintings Exhibition, Asian World Center , Lied Education
Center for the Arts Department of Fine and Performing Arts Creighton University, Omaha , NE USA
2010 “White Snow Red Maple” Oil Paintings Exhibition, Hong Kong Visual Arts Cents, Hong Kong
2005 Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
2004 Springbank Visual Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada
2003 Springbank Visual Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada
2003 International Buddhist Progress Society of Toronto, Canada
2001 Springbank Visual Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada
Published:
2011 "International Contemporary Artists" art book, volume III.I.C.A. Publishing New York, USA2010 November 5, The Mississauga News, Canada
2007 October 12 –18 The Mississauga News, Canada
2007 October 6-7 The Mississauga News, Canada
2006 January 14, Fairchild Television, Canada
2005 December 28, The Mississauga News, Canada
2005 July 27, The Mississauga News, Canada
2005 March 25, North America Weekly Times, Canada
2004 February 19, Sing Tao Daily, Canada
2004 February 18, World Daily, Canada
2003 Spring/Summer, BrushUp, Canada
2003 Enero 17-23, El Mundo Latino News
2003 February 12, The Mississauga News, Canada
2003 February Week, The Mississauga News, Canada
2003 February, MingPao News, Canada
2003 January 18, World Daily, Canada
2002 Oil work "Queen Street", collected in the <Mississauga: The First 10,000 years>, edited by Frank Dietermine, p ublished by Mississauga Heritage Foundation, Canada
2001 December 05, The Mississauga News, Canada
2001 December 04, Sing Tao Daily, Canada
2000 December 25, The Mississauga News, Canada
1995 <Works of Ning Zhao>, published by the Archize Establishment of JiangSu Artistic materials, China