Meet the Artists
| Dr. Kunlun Zhang | Xiaoping Chen | Dr. Xiqiang Dong | Kathleen Gillis |
| Yuan Li | Weixing Wang |
Dr. Kunlun Zhang
Kunlun Zhang is one of contemporary China’s most accomplished sculptors. He is a graduate of the Sculpture Department of the Art Institute of China, and specializes in oil painting and Chinese painting alongside sculpture. He has served as Director of the Sculpture Institute of the Shandong Art Institute, as well as Director of its Sculpture Research Institute. Zhang is the recipient of many awards, and has participated in many exhibits in China and around the world. He or his works appear in Who’s Who in the World, The Encyclopedia of Outstanding Chinese, and Collected Works of the World’s Sculpture, among other publications. In 2001, Zhang was a prisoner of conscience in China.
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Xiaoping Chen
Xiaoping Chen is an accomplished painter who was born in China and has lived in Canada for several years. She studied watercolor and ceramics at the University of Mariana in 1997, and had her work featured in several private exhibits; her work has been chosen for reproduction in a variety of media, including in art calendars, as book illustrations, and book covers, among others. Chen was the recipient of many awards in China. In 1998, she was named an “Outstanding Artist” by the governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She was formerly Art Director of the Community Arts Council in Richmond, British Columbia, of Canada.
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Dr. Xiqiang Dong
Xiqiang Dong is an accomplished painter who holds degrees from the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China. He was formerly Professor and resident artist at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts as well as an artist at China’s Central Institute of Fine Art. Dong is the recipient of numerous awards. In 1993 his work was displayed at China’s prestigious National Arts Gallery, at which it won highest honors.
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Kathleen Gillis
Kathleen Gillis is an artist and art teacher with an Honors B.A. from the University of Ottawa. She has participated in numerous shows in public galleries, arts centers, commercial galleries, and alternative spaces in Canada and abroad. She has received grants and awards at the regional, provincial and national levels. Her works are part of collections found in the Canada Council Art Bank, the City of Ottawa, Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa. Her solo exhibits have been primarily installations, land art, and large-scale paintings.
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Yuan Li
Yuan Li began the study of art at age nine under a professor of oil painting from the Shandong Academy of Art. He has participated in many solo and group exhibits in China, Japan, and Italy, receiving numerous awards and prizes. In 1996 Li was listed in The Comprehensive Almanac of Accomplishments by International Chinese Artists. Since 1993 he has lived and painted in Tokyo, Japan.
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Weixing Wang
Weixing Wang is a graduate of the San Francisco Academy of Art. She has shown her work in many solo and group exhibitions in China and the U.S. Most recently, in 2002, Wang held a solo exhibition at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, titled “Searching in the Maze.”