CHINLAN
SONIA CHIANG
Artist
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Chin-Lan Chiang is a contemporary Taiwan abstract painter. After she graduated
from National Taiwan Normal University,
she
taught in junior high schools. And she continued to study abroad and got her
master degree in Academy of Art University in San Francisco
with
excellent grades. Until now, she has six solo shows and dozens of group shows.
In 2006, a photo of her and her unfinished painting is printed
on
the famous American magazine, ARTnews. This year, a popular Taiwan TV news also
reported her solo show in Taoyuan. Her work looks unique
and
has graceful colors. Many art-lovers in Taiwan and America already collected
some of her great pieces.
Her
recent work offers the viewers an intensified sense of space, light, power,
and movement. She tries to convey massive energy to her audience
and
hope they appreciate the beauty of abstract art in the spiritual minds. Besides,
she thinks less is more in this modern society. Simple images can
explain
more meanings than complicated ones. Therefore, her paintings always look simple.
Deeply influenced by Chinese philosophy, she believes that
negative
space is as important as positive one. Negative and positive spaces need to
be well-balanced and involve each other. So you can find
interesting
interactions between them in her paintings.
Moreover,
you also will find that she shows a strong interest in natural movement in her
work. Being a thoughtful woman, she is easily inspired or
influenced
by the environment around her. Trying to explore psychological relationships
with outside world, she develops her own approaches to
express
the movements of nature, the universe, and human beings. Since her childhood,
she has been fascinated by numerous moving things
and
phenomena, such as moving stars, falling leaves, and magnificent waves. Therefore,
she really enjoys expressing the feeling of movement
which
already offers her endless energy in her life. Now, letĄŻs be sincere and open-minded
and enjoy her unique abstract paintings!
Summarized
profile of the arist
Education
Academy
of Art University, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2006
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M.F.A. Department of Fine Arts / Painting
National
Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1999
*
B.F.A. Department of Fine Arts
Honors
Shanli
TV news channel solo show report, Taiwan Honor Series, 2008
Gueishan
Flower Season watercolor competition, The second place, 2008
Best
of the show, The Starbucks Award in MFA Mixed Media Show, 2005
Exhibitions
Solo
Show, Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2008
Solo
Show, Gallery of Taoyuan City Library, Taiwan, 2008
Solo
Show, Taichung County Seaport Art Center, Taiwan, 2008
Contemporary
WomenĄŻs Art , Group Show, Taichun, Taiwan, 2008
Solo
Show, 79 Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2006
Shakey
Hand Gallery, Martinez, CA, USA, 2006
Solo
Show, Earth and Sky Oasis, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2006
One
Person Show, Sushi-Rika, San Francisco, USA,2006
Winfield
Gallery, Carmel, CA, USA, 2006
Savage
Stephens Gallery, Carmel, CA, USA, 2006
AAC
Members Exhibition, Alameda, CA, USA,2006
Artwork
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(Left)
(Oil on canvas, 92x92cm, 2008)
(Right)
(Oil on canvas, 92x92cm, 2008)
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