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Tiefeng Jiang
Jiang is the founder of the Yunnan School of Painting, one of the most important contemporary movements of abstract art in China. His works are richly colored and his imagery contains figurative elements with contrasting patterns. Considered to be at the forefront of contemporary Chinese art, Jiang paints as if creating stained glass windows, concentrating on women, horses, birds, and flowers through brightly colored ink and calligraphic lines.
Jiang attended the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He studied with the renowned Chinese artist, Huang Yong-Yu. During the s and early s, Jiang was assigned to produce propaganda posters during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. At night Jiang secretly worked on his own style.
He works primarily in watercolor and serigraphy and his works have been actively collected worldwide since the early s. From to , Jiang served on the board of directors for the Yunnan branch of the Chinese National Art Association. He was also a member of the Chinese Woodblock Association. Later, Jiang was an instructor and professor at the Yunnan Art Institute.
In , he was commissioned by the government to paint a mural representing Yunnan Province which was installed in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A year later, Jiang was awarded second place in an international United Nations competition, and in , he came to the United States as part of a cultural exchange program with the University of Southern California.
Museum and Gallery Exhibitions
Asia Society and Museum, New York,
Shanghai Art Expo, Shanghai, China
Hangzhou Grand Hall, Hangzhou, China
Ningbo Art Gallery, Ningbo, China
Hangzhou Stadium, Hangzhou, China
Westlake International Exhibition of Fine Art, Hangzhou, China
China International City Sculpture, Exhibition and Symposium, Beijing, China
Liuhaisu Museum, Shanghai, China
Guanshanyue Museum, Shenzhen, China,
California Institute of Fine Arts, CA
New England Center of Contemporary Art, CT
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About the Art: Jiang was born in , in Ningbo, Zhejiiang Province, in China. Even as a child he displayed a great love and talent for painting and drawing, and early on he knew the course his life would take. In , in a highly competitive exam he won admission to the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. From he studied with the famous Chinese artist Huang Yong-yu, who first exposed him to the paintings from the Dunguang caves. In he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. This was the last class to graduate before the cultural revolution. Jiang also learned about traditional Chinese art, an influence which would remain with him. Upon graduation in Jiang and a small number of other artists volunteered to go down to the Yunnan province. This turned out to be a blessing. This beautiful province is on the Vietnamese border. It is lush and tropical, filled with exotic flora and fauna,and is home to more than 20 different minority peoples.
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Jiang Tiefeng is one of the best-known Chinese artists in the world. Jiang’s art is immediately recognizable and entirely unique. Jiang has taken tradition Chinese imagery and given it global appeal, layering Chinese symbols drawn from ancient folklore and local customs with a modern style and abstract imagery.
Jiang Tiefeng was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in China in and displayed a talent for art from a young age. In , he graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In , Jiang began working on a “Social Realism” propaganda project for the Chinese government in Yunnan province. The artist felt constricted by the lack of creative freedom offered in his work and dedicated his spare time to working on his own art. Along with two other artists, Jiang founded the Yunnan School. The Yunnan School artists style featured a more modern artistic approach, including abstract imagery and bold colors. Jiang’s work in particular used many Chinese symbols and recollections of local folklore and customs.
In , a reporter for National Geographic came across Jiang’s work while on assignment in China and introduced his art to the United States. In , he moved to the U.S. permanently. Today, Tiefeng Jiang’s art is art appreciated throughout the world and beloved my both art critics and collectors.
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