SHANG DING
BORN
1954, Kunming, China
EDUCATION
Masters, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts
Associate Professor, People’s Liberation Army Academy of Art
Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts
AWARDS & HONORS
2000 Artists of America People’s Choice Award
1997 American National Gallery Award of Excellence
1988 Who’s Who in Chinese Art
1986 Excellent Work Prize, National Military Subject Art
1985 Third Prize, International Youth Year,
Nationwide Art Exhibition
1984 Bronze Medal, Sixth Nationwide Art Exhibition
1981 Gold Medal, Zhejiang Province Art Show
1981 Silver Medal, Chinese Art Museum
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Chinese National Art Museum, Beijing
Museum of Chinese Military History, Beijing
War Memorial Hall, Beijing
Jingang Mountain Memorial hall, Jiangxi
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Subtle Balance," Southwest Art Magazine, November 2001
"Contemporary Realism Collection," Denver Art Museum 2000
"A Universal Language," Art of the West, July/August 1999
"The Chinese Connection," Art of the West, January/February 1997
Shang Ding: Stone Shoes 1996
"Much Ado About Something Auction," Denver Art Museum 1994
"Chinese Painters Showing in the U.S.," Art Talk, April 1994
"Shang Ding: Westlife Arts," The Daily Sentinel, 1989
A Study of Contemporary Nude Art, a book on figure painting, 1999
Peoples Liberation Army Pictorial Magazine, 1987
Yu Tan
Shang Ding
18 x 24" Oil on Canvas
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Yu Tan
I tried to capture an instant of Yu Tan, a Thai lady, with lowered eyes and hands resting in her laps, to show the feminine shyness yet self content, quiet, and naturally radiant in the light, and a combined harmony.
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