He has been featured in major domestic art magazines such as fine art today, fine art connoisseur, american. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions, articles and access our other free features. At the age of 8 the government closed the schools and he had to leave. Handpicked collection of oil painting works by wu zhaoming. Zhaoming wu skip to main search results department. Zhaoming wu artist, fine art prices, auction records for zhaoming wu chinese figurative artist who served as a professor of painting at the guangzhou academy of fine art zhaoming wu zhaoming wu b. Zhaoming wu peaceful morning love this bright but soft light and the wall. He spent his days copying comic books and studying chinese brush painting from a book.
Zhaoming wu is a multiawarded professional artist, and is currently an instructor of painting at academy of art university in san francisco. See more ideas about figure painting, art and painting. Major awards and honors have been given to zhaoming wu. Zhaoming wu modern t art illustration art kai fine art is an art website, shows painting and illustration works all over the world. For 3 consecutive years, he was a juror of an international art contest at the museum of modern art in barcelona, spain. Join facebook to connect with zhaoming wu and others you may know. Zhaoming wu artist, fine art prices, auction records for. He was also an assistant professor at the academy for seven years. He received his bfa from guangzhou academy of fine art china and his mfa from academy of art university, san francisco. Zhaoming wu is a chinese painter and teacher who has been a professor of painting at the guangzhou academy of fine art in china and is currently an instructor of panting at the academy of art university in san francisco his work has garnered awards in china, europe and the u. Chinese painter zhaoming wu has won numerous awards, including the merit award at the 6th national art exhibition in beijing, china, the gustafson fund award, the national oil and acrylic painters society us award. The artists work has been offered at auction multiple times.
He currently teaches painting at the academy of art university. I graduated from the academy of art university in san francisco in 2009 with and mfa in illustration. Wu zhaoming works of art published in many chinese art magazines. Wus mother was a doctor and convinced one of her patients, a professor at guangzhou academy of fine art, to begin his formal art training at age twelve. Wu focuses on figurative work, using live models, mainly women draped in cloth, although his repertoire includes landscapes. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Although he is best known for his figurative painting, using live models with flowing drapes, he is inspired by and paints the landscape. Zhaoming wu was born in china and grew up in guangzhou city. Wu filled his days with studying a book of traditional chinese brush painting and copying comic books. Zhaoming wu drawing the head in charcoal liliedahl art. If you have purchased his book on drawing, you know that he uses the charcoal medium in many different ways to create works that have distinctive looks. Here is one of three paintings i did in last weeks workshop with zhaoming wu.
Following high school, he became a graphic artist at an advertising agency. This weblog by dinotopia creator james gurney is for illustrators, pleinair painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. There i learned everything i know from such greats as bill maughan, lisa berrett, stephen player, randy berrett, chuck pyle, tim evatt, zhaoming wu and many more great instructors and professional artists. Books the selected paintings of zhaoming wu 195 pages, 15x 10. Zhaoming wu was born and grew up in guangzhou city, china. Just a child during the chinese cultural revolution, zhaoming wu left school at age eight when the government closed all schools. Join us for the opening reception from 5 to 7pm and rsvp for a dinner with wu. Zhaoming wu portraits figurative drawings landscapes archive about publications shop contact previous next thumbnails image 22 image 23. He received his bfa from the guangzhou academy of fine art china and his mfa from the academy of art university, san francisco. Born and bred in guangzhou, china, zhaoming wu graduated from guangzhou academy of fine art in china, where he earned a bfa in painting and received his mfa in painting from academy of art university, san francisco, california. Born in guangzhou, china, zhaoming wu began to study chinese brush painting at the age of 8. He received his bfa from guangzhou academy of fine art and later earned his mfa from the academy of art university in san francisco. See more ideas about figure painting, art and fine art.
Zhao wu was born in china and grew up in guangzhou city. Youll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the dinotopia books, and firsthand reports from art. Zhaoming wu is one of those artists, whose knowledge and talents merge into a convoluted path from the nineteenth century masters down to us, today. There was also zin lim, jacob dhein, henry yan, oliver sin, and zhaoming wu at the academy of.
He credits this experience in helping him to develop substantial painting skills as well as the art of story telling. Nude charcoal drawings by zhaoming wu china zhaoming wu is a chineseborn painter. The reality is modeling requires intense concentration in addition to immense physical and emotional control. This painting is a study in painting the brilliance of sunlight falling through a window on a model posed indoors.
Zhaoming wu is a consummate draftsman who can draw in any medium. He grew up in guangzhou city, china, received his bfa from guangzhou academy of fine arts, and his mfa from the prestigious academy of art university, the nations largest private art and design university in san francisco, california. Kai fine art is an art website, shows painting and illustration works all over the world. Born in guangzhou, china, zhaoming wu earned his b. He is an outstanding teacher, very passionate about art, and a very kind man. Since 1983, he has been exhibitng his work in asia, europe, the united states and other countries around the world. Academy of art university drawing chinese gallery nucleus get zhao ming wus books or skip them at your peril. Wu, zhaoming bob zhaoming wu served as a professor of painting at the guangzhou academy of fine art and is currently an instructor of painting at the academy of art university.
Handpicked collection of oil painting works by wu zhaoming hardcover chinese edition. Long active as both an artist and teacher, zhaoming is a very successful painter and his works hang in museums and. These organizations include the international artists magazine, oil painters of america and the national oil and acrylic painters society, among others. Born in guangzhou, china, zhaoming wu graduated from the guangzhou academy of fine art in china, where he earned a bfa in painting and received his mfa in painting from the academy of art university, san francisco, california. Movies and books are inclined to feed that image by projecting sexy nymphets and oversexed painters. Since 1983, he has been exhibiting his work in asia, europe, the united states and other countries around the world. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by zhaoming wu. Lijiang river fine arts publishing house of chinese and foreign human watercolor election 1988. He is currently one of the most valued faculty members of the san francisco academy of art, and he instructs and mentors artists in the graduate program in representative painting and drawing. Zhaoming wu portraits figurative drawings landscapes. Both an artist and a teacher, wu served as a professor of painting at the guangzhou academy of fine arts. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Zhaoming wu a great chinese artist zhaoming wu was born in china and grew up in guangzhou city.