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Watercolour on Canvas 40 x 40 cm
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Watercolour on Canvas 40 x 40 cm
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Lan Wang
王兰
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Born in Beijing, China, 1953
Lives and works in Sydney
Wang Lan was born in Beijing and graduated with Bachelor of Art from The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, China in 1982 and Master of Art in 1989. She taught at The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts from 1989 to 1991 before she migrated to Australia. She was awarded the Bronze Medal in the Chinese Sixth National Art Exhibition Prize in 1984 and the Silver Medal in the Chinese Seventh National Art Exhibition Prize in 1989. She had exhibited in the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, National Museum in Canberra, Petronas Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, and she had solo exhibitions in The Coventry Gallery in Sydney in 1993 and 1997.
Wang Lan had major commissions in 1997 for the mural, Our World, for Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick and in 2008 for the mural, Merdeka, in collaboration with renowned Chinese Australian artists Shen Jiawei and Wang Xu. Her work is in the collection of The National Art Museum of China, The Liaoning Museum, Shenyang, Heilongjiang Art Gallery, Harbin, The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang and Sydney Children Hospital, NSW, Australia as well as in private collection in China, USA, Australia, Germany, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
BIOGRAPHY
1953 Born in Beijing, China
1969-1976 Work as a farmer and part-time artist in the Great Northern Wilderness, China
1977-1981 Graduate Studies: Department of Print of The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
1982 Bachelor of Art
1982-1986 Teaching: The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
1985 Membership of the Chinese Artists’ Association
1986-1989 Post Graduate Studies: The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
1989 Master of Art
1989-1991 Teaching: The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
1991 Migrated to Australia
1992-1994 Part-time Artist, Sydney
1995 – Present Full-time Artist, Sydney
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1982 The Lu Xun Art Gallery, Shenyang, China
1989 The Lu Xun Art Gallery, Shenyang, China
1993 The Coventry Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1997 The Coventry Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 Art Atrium Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2001 to Present Bundeena Maianbar Art Trail open studio
2014 Art Atrium Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2017 Art Atrium Gallery, Sydney, Australia
MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1976 Group Exhibition of Woodcut Prints, the Corps Gallery, Jiamusi, China
1977 Northeast China Prints Exhibition, the Heilongjiang Art Gallery, Harbin, China
1979 National Prints Exhibition, the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1980 National Youth Art Exhibition II, the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1983 Chinese Prints Exhibition, Berlin, East Germany
1984 National Art Exhibition VI, the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1985 National Youth Art Exhibition III, the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1986 National Prints Exhibition, the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1988 Mainland China Prints Exhibition, Taibei, Taiwan
1989 National Art Exhibition VII, the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1991 Royal Art Show, Sydney, Australia
1992 Royal Art Show, Sydney, Australia
1993 Royal Art Show, Sydney, Australia
1993 Celebrating Sydney Art Exhibition, the Coventry Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1994 Asian Artists Group Exhibition, the Fire Station Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1994 Group Exhibition, the Hui Yi Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1995 Group Exhibition, the Hui Yi Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1998 Beyond China, the Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
1998 Ten for Ten, the Kirribilli Neighborhood Centre, NSW, Australia
1998 Home Thoughts From Abroad, the Fairfield Regional Centre, NSW, Australia
1998 The AAP Bundeena Artists’ Exhibition, the AAP Centre, Sydney, Australia
1999 Sydney 1999, Sydney, Australia; Shanghai, China
1999 Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, Hazelhurst Art Gallery, Gallery 4A, Wollongong City Gallery and Project Centre,..Australia
2000 Sutherland Shire Art Exhibition, Hazelhurst Art Gallery, NSW Australia
2001 Southern Exposure I, Hazelhurst Art Gallery, NSW Australia
2003 Southern Exposure II , Hazelhurst Art Gallery, NSW Australia
2005 Southern Exposure III, Hazelhurst Art Gallery, NSW Australia
1997 to 2013 Bundeena-Maianbar Art Exhibition, twice per year, Bundeena Community Centre and Bundeena Public School, NSW Australia
2001 to 2013 Bundeena-Maianbar Art Trail Exhibition, once per year, Sydney, NSW Australia
2008 Merdeka, the Seymore Centre, University of Sydney, NSW Australia
2008 Wallscape, Petronas Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011 A New Horizon, Contemporary Chinese Art, National Museum, Australia
2012 Women Artists Group Show, Art Atrium Gallery, NSW Australia
2013 Hu Ming & Friends Artist Group Exhibition, SOHO Galleries, Sydney
2013 The Art Trail Exhibition, China Construction Bank, Melbourne
2014 Seeking, Workshop Art Centre, NSW
AWARDS
1980 Chinese National Youth Art Exhibition Prize: Third Prize
1984 Chinese Sixth National Art Exhibition Prize: Bronze Medal
1989 Chinese Seventh National Art Exhibition Prize: Silver Medal
Several Provincial art awards obtained during 1980-1989 in China
COLLECTIONS
The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China,
The Liaoning Museum, Shenyang, China
The Heilongjiang Art Gallery, Harbin, China
The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
The Dalian Youth Club, Dalian, China
The Sydney Children Hospital, NSW Australia
Private Collections: China, U.S.A., Australia, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc
COMMISSIONS
Mural Our World for Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, NSW Australia in 1997.
Mural Merdeka for Malaysian private, Collaborated with J.Shen and X.Wang, in 2008[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]