Artists

Wang Yi Guang

Updated January 2011

1962                  Born in Shangdong province, China
1980                  Graduated from Fine Arts Department of Tai An Teachers College, Shandong
                            Taught in the Fine Arts Department of Lin Yi Normal College, Shandong  
1990                   Graduated from Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts with Master’s Degree
1990 - present  Employed by the China Railway Construction Corporation as Deputy Senior Creative Designer.
                            Currently holding the posts of Director of Photography for China Railway Construction News, Vice             
                            Chairman and Chief Secretary of the Wide Road Artists Association and Chairman of the Wide Road  
                            Paintings Association.

Solo Exhibitions

2009     Songs from the Highland – Paintings by Wang Yi Guang, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2004     Retrospective of Tibet  - The Spirit and Movement, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong

Group Exhibitions

2011      Images of Women IX, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2010      Deep Inside, K 35 Art Gallery, Moscow     
               15th Wide Road Fine Arts Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
               SHContemporary 10, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai
               Art HK 10 – Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
               Hong Kong ArtWalk, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2009     SHContemporary 09, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai
              Hong Kong ArtWalk, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
              Towards Lasa Series selected by China Artist’s Association and Information Office Central People’s Government
              to be exhibited at Snow Highlands – Chinese Paintings Exhibition, Palazzo Venezia, Rome
              Summoning of the Heart selected by China Artists’ Association to be exhibited at Highland Inspiration – 
              Tibet-themed Artworks Exhibition
, National Art Museum of China, Beijing; San Francisco Asian Art Museum, 
              San Francisco; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; Musée Guimet, Paris 
2008     Perspective – Schoeni Art Gallery Exclusive Artists Exhibition, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
              Journey to Chang Jiang awarded Special Prize,14th Wide Road Fine Arts Exhibition, organised by China Artists’ 
              Association and China Railway Construction Corporation, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
              Beijing Olympics Invitational Exhibition Series, Ai Ren Gallery, Beijing
              Hong Kong Art Walk, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
              Schoeni Art Gallery Overseas Exhibitions:
              Art Beijing, National Agricultural Exhibition Centre, Beijing
              Bridge Art Fair, The Waterfront, New York
2007     Invitational Exhibition to Welcome the Beijing Olympics, Capital Museum, Beijing
              Amalgamation & Creation – 2007 Masters of Chinese Oil Paintings Invitational Exhibition, Capital Museum,
              Beijing
              Hong Kong Art Walk, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
              RE-collection, A Retrospective Look at 15 years of Art & Vision, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
              Schoeni Art Gallery Overseas Exhibitions:
              Art Beijing, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing
              Art London, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
2006     The Hundred Chinese Young Artists Series Invitational Exhibition, The China Millennium Monument, Beijing
              Schoeni Art Gallery Overseas Exhibitions:
              Art Beijing, National Agricultural Exhibition Hall, Beijing
              Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami
              MiArt, 11th International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Milan
2005     13th Wide Road Fine Arts Exhibition, organised by China Artists’ Association and China Railway Construction 
              Corporation, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
2004     11th Chinese Art Exposition, The China Millennium Monument, Beijing
2003     3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
               Images of Women VIII, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2002     10th Anniversary Exhibition, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong 
2001     National Fine Arts Exhibition in Celebration of the Eightieth Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party,
              National Art Museum of China, Beijing
              Images of Women VII, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2000     Images of Women VI, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1997     Autumn Surprise collected by National Museum of China, Beijing
1996     Departing Mountain Miao received Excellent Award, National Fine Arts Exhibition, National Art Museum of China,
              Beijing
1995     Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Japan and China Alliance Gallery, Tokyo
1994     Red Dragonfly received Excellent Award, The First Chinese Selected Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art
              Museum of China, Beijing
              8th National Fine Arts Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1993     2nd  Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
              1st  Chinese Art Exposition, Guangzhou
              3rd  Annual Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1992     Chinese Oil Painting and Art Exhibition, Forbidden City Museum, Beijing
1991     Pretty Girls of March awarded Gold Prize, 8th Wide Road Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
              Pretty Girls of March awarded First Prize, China Railway Construction Corporation Fine Arts  
              Exhibition
, China National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1990     Shooting Stars at Seaside collected by the Art Gallery of the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts

Publications

2009     Songs from the Highland – Paintings by Wang Yi Guang, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2004     Retrospective of Tibet  - The Spirit and Movement, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong