Jove Wang Biography

Awards:

2001 Best of Show Award and Artists' Choice Award, Carmel Plein Air Festival, California

2001 Honorable Mention, Laguna Art Museum Exhibit, Laguna Beach, California

2000 First Place Award, The Viewpoint 2000, Cincinnati Art Club, Ohio

2000 Second Place Award, 4th Annual Painting The Sights of Santa Ana, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana

2000 Grand Prize Award Winner, Best of Mission Award, and Best Design Architecture, The Plein Air Tucson 2000 Exhibit, Arizona

1999 Best of Show, 8th Annual National Juried Exhibit, Oil Painters of America

1998 First Place Award, Figure Category, 89th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, California Art Club

1998 Third Place Award, 2nd Annual Painting the Sights of Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA

1997 Best of Show, 88th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, California Art Club

1997 Honorable Mention, 1st Annual Painting The Sights of Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA

1996 Honorable Mention, 2nd Annual San Juan Capistrano Mission Outdoor Painting Competition

1995 Third Place Award, Still Life Category; 86th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, California Art Club

1994 Third Place Award, Figure Category; 85th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, California Art Club

Resume:

Associate Member - Oil Painters of America (OPA)

Signature Member - California Art Club (CAC)

2004 Two Man Show - Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples

2004 Solo Exhibit - New Masters Gallery, Carmel

2003 Solo Exhibit - Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield

2003 Exhibitor - 93rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibit; California Art Club

2003 Solo Exhibit - Visions of a Master; Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach

2003 Exhibitor - 9th Annual Plein Air Event, San Juan Capistrano; California Art Club

2003 Solo Exhibit - New Masters Gallery, Carmel

2002 Solo Exhibit - Journey through China; New Masters Gallery, Carmel

2002 Solo Exhibit - Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach

2002 Exhibitor - 92nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibit; California Art Club

2002 American Artist's Magazine article; "Five Artists to Watch"

2002 Solo Exhibit - Lost But Not Forgotten: Life along the Yangtze River; Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena

2001 Solo Exhibit - Journey through France; Gallery Americana, Carmel

2001 Solo Exhibit - A Spiritual Journey through China; Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena

2001 Judge - Plein Air Tucson 2001 Competition

2001 Exhibitor - 91st Annual Gold Medal Exhibit; California Art Club

2000 Solo Exhibit - Scotch Mist Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2000 Solo Exhibit - Los Angeles International Airport

2000 Exhibitor - 90th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, California Art Club

1999 Mission San Juan Capistrano acquired painting for permanent collection

1999 International Travel Expo 1999 Modern Art Festival; Korea

1999 Solo Exhibit; California Art Council, Sacramento

1999 Southwest Art Magazine article, "Artists to Watch"

1998 Oil Painters of America; Associate Member appointment

1998 Santa Ana Bowers Museum acquired painting for permanent collection

1998 Artist Profile, California Art Club Newsletter-February Issue

1997 Pasadena Historical Museum -Impression of Pasadena, Celebration of Pasadena's 111th Birthday

1997 East Coast Ideals-West Coast Concepts; The California Art Club, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, Academy of Art College, and Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah

1996 Carnegie Art Museum-Oxnard, CA

1995 First Solo Exhibition; Taipei, Taiwan

1995 Portrait Commissioned by Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor

1994 Asia Invitational Art Exhibit; Korea

1994 Participant in The Chinese Artists in the USA Exhibition sponsored by Taiwan Art Education Institute

1993 Second Portrait Commission by Cardinal Roger Mahoney to be added to the permanent collection of his Titular Church in Rome, I Santi Quattro Coronati

1993 California Art Club-Artist Member appointment

1993 First Solo Exhibition -Chinese Cultural Center, El Monte, CA

1992 Portrait Commissioned by Bishop Roger Mahoney to be added to the permanent collection of the Archdiocesan Catholic Center in Los Angeles

1991 Assisted Mr. Change Shi-Yan in finishing the mural painting "Chinatown" for Los Angeles

1990 Immigrated to the United States

1988 Graduated from China Fine Arts Institute; Professional training in Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts

1984 Graduated from Jilin Art School; Apprenticed with a master painter Gang Gu from the age of seven

1962 Born in Jilin, China