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JOVE WANG

  
                                          Paris Corner                                                           Festival Preparation        
                                                6"x  8"                                                                         48" x  30"                     

   
  
    Happy Farmer's Family                                                            Eating                                    
         28" x  22"                                                                      24" x  30"                           
 

Biography

Jove Wang was born in Jilin China, in 1962. At the age of seven he began his studies at Jilin School of Art. In 1988, the most prestigious art institute of China, The China Academy of Art. He also received professional training from The Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1990 Jove Wang immigrated to the United States. Jove has since become one of America's most celebrated artists. Jove paints a variety of subject matter, but has turned much of his focus to painting scenes of the indigenous cultures of China, based on his numerous travels and experiences there. In 1997 Jove Wang was honored with Best of Show at the California Art Club’s 88th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, and the following year he took First Place in the figure category in the California Art Club’s 89th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition. In 1999, he earned Best of Show at the 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America. In 2000 he took First Place at the prestigious Viewpoint 2000 Cincinnati Art Club Exhibition. That same year he also won three prizes at the Plein Air Tucson 2000 Exhibit in Tucson (Grand Prize, Best of Mission, and Best Design/Architecture). In 2001 he won the Best of Show and the Artists’ Choice Award at the 2001 Carmel Art Festival. In March 2008, Jove’s portrait “Young Man” won Gold Medal Award by Japan Artist Association at the Tokyo National Museum.

In 2003 Wang published a book of his paintings, entitled “Instinct and Feeling.” From 1999 to 2006, Jove Wang was invited to present his works for solo exhibitions in many galleries and museums. California museums that have shown his paintings include the Pasadena Museum of California Art, the Pasadena Historical Museum, the Laguna Beach Art Museum, the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, the Bowers Museum at Santa Ana and the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in Malibu. Paintings by Jove Wang have also been exhibited at the Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah, and the Phippen Museum in Arizona.

In addition, paintings by Jove Wang are in the permanent collections of several important California art collections including those of the Bowers Museum, the Bakersfield Museum of Art and the art collection of Mission San Juan Capistrano, as well as in the art collection of the Museum of Jilin, China.

 Jove has also been featured in numerous national magazines, including: Southwest Art, American Art Collector, Workshop and American Artist.

Jove Wang is a Signature Member of the California Art Club and an Associate Member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA).

        AWARDS:

        2009 Guy Rose Award, Best Multi-Figurative Composition- California Art Club 98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
        2008 Gold Medal Award- Japan Artist Association at Tokyo National Museum for portrait “Young Man”
        2001 Best of Show and Artist’s Choice- 2001 Carmel Art Festival
        2000 Grand Prize, Best of Mission, and Best Design/Architecture- Plein Aire Tucson 2000 Exhibit
        2000 First Place- Viewpoint 2000 Cincinnati Art Club Exhibition
        1999 Best of Show- 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America
        1998 First place in Figure Category- California Art Club’s 89th Annual Gold Medal Juried exhibition
        1997 Best of Show- California Art Club 88th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition

        PORTRAITS:

        Bishop Roger Mahony for Archdiocese Catholic Center in Los Angeles
        Cardinal Roger Mahony for exhibition at his Titular Church in Rome
        Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich
        Former California Governor Pete Wilson

        PUBLICATIONS:

        2007 American Artists Workshop Summer 2007 “Jove Wang: Thinking Big, Painting Big” by Molly Siple
        2006 American Art Collector October, 2006
        2003 Book - “Instinct & Feeling: Jove Wang’s Oil Painting” published by Jove Wang Art Studio
        2003 California Homes March/April 2003 “Visual Arts: Chinese artist Jove Wang” by Melissa Sherman Pearl
        2002 Southwest Art October 2002 “Where Life and Art Meet” by Molly Siple
        2002 American Artist Magazine February 2002 “Jove Wang”

        MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:

        Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
        Bowers Museum at Santa Ana, CA
        Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, CA
        Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA
        Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
        Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA
        Museum of Jilin, China
        Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, CA
        Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
        Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
        Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

        EDUCATION:

        1989 Training at the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts
        1988 Graduated with honors from the prestigious Zhejiang Academy of Fine Art (now named the China Academy of Art)
        1982 Graduated from Jilin School of Art, China

        TEACHING:

        Scottsdale Artists’ School, Scottsdale, AZ
        Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
        Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA
        Guest professor at several academies of fine art in China

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