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{{short description|Chinese-born painter}}
'''Zhaoming Wu''' is a Chinese-born painter. Wu grew up in [[Guangzhou|Guangzhou City]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. and he received his [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] from the [[Academy of Art University]], [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]].<ref name="bio">{{Cite web
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| birth_name = 吴兆铭
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| birth_place = [[Guangzhou|Guangzhou City]], [[China]]
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| nationality = Chinese American
| education = [[Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts]] (BFA), Academy of Art University (MFA)
| spouse = Qiuzhen Wei
| occupation = Painter
| years_active = 1983–present
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{{Western name order|Wu Zhaoming}}
'''Zhaoming Wu''' (吴兆铭) is a Chinese-born painter. Wu grew up in [[Guangzhou|Guangzhou City]], [[China]] and he received his [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] from the [[Academy of Art University]], [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], where he teaches painting.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Zhaoming Wu grew up during the [[Cultural Revolution]]. At the age of 8 the government closed the schools and he had to leave. He spent his days copying comic books and studying [[Chinese painting|Chinese brush painting]] from a book. When he was 12<ref name="scottsdale">{{Cite news
Born in China to a physician mother and engineer father, Wu grew up during the [[Cultural Revolution]]. When Wu was 8 years old, he was forced to leave school after the government closed schools for two years.<ref name="southwest"/> During this time, which he spent at home alone, he occupied himself by copying comic books, reading fiction and drawing illustrations inspired by the stories, and studying [[Chinese painting|Chinese brush painting]] from books.<ref name="southwest"/> When he was 12,<ref name="scottsdale">{{Cite news
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| publisher = Art of the West
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| access-date = 2012-05-01}}</ref> his mother recognized his talent and asked one of her patients, a professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, to train her son.<ref name="bio"/><ref name="scottsdale"/><ref name="southwest"/> The professor agreed, and Wu took private lessons from him for five years.<ref name="southwest"/>
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Following his graduation from high school, Wu took a job as a graphic artist for an advertising agency which required that he take classes every morning in graphic design from the Shanghai Light Industrial College. He credits that early work for honing his skills and for helping him to understand how to use imagery to tell a story.<ref name="scottsdale">{{Cite news
Following his graduation from high school, Wu took a job as a graphic artist for an advertising agency which required that he take classes every morning in graphic design from the Shanghai Light Industrial College. He credits that early work for honing his skills and for helping him to understand how to use imagery to tell a story.<ref name="scottsdale"/>

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Both an artist and a teacher, Wu served as a professor of painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
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Both an artist and a teacher, Wu served as a professor of painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He currently teaches painting at the Academy of Art University.<ref name="Faculty">{{Cite web
Wu moved to the United States in 1991. He was hired as an instructor at San Francisco's Academy of Art University before earning his master's degree in fine arts in 1995.<ref name="southwest"/>

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A former resident of [[Piedmont, California|Piedmont]],<ref name="bio"/> Wu lives in [[El Cerrito, California|El Cerrito]] within the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref>Kemp, John R. "Attracting attention with themed exhibitions." American Artist, vol. 68, no. 742, May 2004, p. 12. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A114593855/GPS?u=oakland_main&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=9fdd0e75. Accessed 15 Nov. 2021.</ref><ref name="southwest">{{Citation
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| title =Zhaoming Wu: Drama & Mood
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| date = December 15, 2016
| url =https://www.southwestart.com/articles-interviews/featured-artists/wu-z-jan2017
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| access-date = November 15, 2021}}</ref> He currently teaches painting at the Academy of Art University.<ref name="Faculty">{{Cite web
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Wu lives in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}


==Work==
==Work==
Wu focuses on figurative work, using live models, mainly women draped in cloth, although his repertoire includes landscapes and portraits. The curves of the body and folds in cloth remind Wu of nature, such as mountains, water, and sunrise and sunset.<ref name="AAC">{{Cite news
Wu focuses on figurative work, using live models, mainly women draped in cloth, although his repertoire includes landscapes and portraits.<ref name="southwest"/> The curves of the body and folds in cloth remind Wu of nature, such as mountains, water, and sunrise and sunset.<ref name="AAC">{{Cite journal
| journal = American Art Collector
| last =
| first =
| issue = 15
| coauthors =
| title = The figure as landscape
| title = The figure as landscape
| work =
| pages = 158–161
| pages = 158–161
| language =
| date = January 2007
| url = https://www.americanartcollector.com/issues/num/15
| publisher = American Art Collector
|url-access=subscription | access-date = 2008-04-06}}</ref> Wu's style is impressionistic and moody. It has evolved from initially painting "quickly and spontaneously" with exaggerated values and colors to growing more logical and conscious, according to Wu.<ref name="AAC"/> ''[[Art of the West (magazine)|Art of the West]]'' magazine described his work as "nothing if not Western in style and theme," despite Wu's training in China.<ref name="AoW2">{{Cite journal
| date =
| url =
| accessdate = 2008-04-06}}</ref> Wu's style is impressionistic and moody. It has evolved from initially painting "quickly and spontaneously" with exaggerated values and colors to growing more logical and conscious, according to Wu.<ref name="AAC"/> ''[[Art of the West (magazine)|Art of the West]]'' magazine described his work as "nothing if not Western in style and theme," despite Wu's training in China.<ref name="AoW2">{{Cite news
| last =O'Connor
| last =O'Connor
| first =Patricia
| first =Patricia
| coauthors =
| title = Going His Own Way
| title = Going His Own Way
| journal = [[Art of the West (magazine)|Art of the West]]
| work =
| pages = 40–45
| pages = 40–45
| language =
| date =Sep–Oct 2004
|url-access=subscription | url =https://www.aotw.com/#/issue/2004/9
| publisher = Art of the West
| access-date = 2008-04-06}}</ref> This is also reflected in his choice of models.
| date =Sept/Oct 2004
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| accessdate = 2008-04-06}}</ref> This is also reflected in his choice of models.


Wu is known best for his figurative paintings. Inspired heavily by 19th century French painting, Wu describes his work as “representational, but not traditional classical.” This can be seen, as Wu uses modern elements of [[graphic design]] in his work.<ref name="InstructorWisdom">{{Cite news
Wu is known best for his figurative paintings. Inspired heavily by 19th century French painting, Wu describes his work as “representational, but not traditional classical.” This can be seen, as Wu uses modern elements of [[graphic design]] in his work.<ref name="InstructorWisdom">{{Cite news
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| title =Successful Academy Alum and Instructor Shares Wisdom With the Next Generation of Artists
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| language =
| publisher =Academy of Art University
| publisher =Academy of Art University
| date =
| url =http://www.academyart.edu/news/articles/successful-academy-alum-instructor-shares-wisdom-generation-artists.html
| url =http://www.academyart.edu/news/articles/successful-academy-alum-instructor-shares-wisdom-generation-artists.html
| accessdate = 2012-05-01}}</ref>
| access-date = 2012-05-01}}</ref>


Wu's design principles derive from traditional Chinese painting. Wu begins composing a new image by determining what he calls points, masses, and lines. A line refers to any prominent edge, shape, or series of shapes that sweeps through the painting. A point refers to any small shape, and a mass refers is any large shape or cluster of small shapes that can be grouped together to become one large shape. While a painting can be built on two or even just one of these three elements, Wu prefers to build his compositions on a mixture of all three. "I use points, masses, and lines the way a composer uses notes to write a song," Wu explains.<ref name="DawsonColeFineArt">{{Cite news
Wu's design principles derive from traditional Chinese painting. Wu begins composing a new image by determining what he calls points, masses, and lines. A line refers to any prominent edge, shape, or series of shapes that sweeps through the painting. A point refers to any small shape, and a mass refers is any large shape or cluster of small shapes that can be grouped together to become one large shape. While a painting can be built on two or even just one of these three elements, Wu prefers to build his compositions on a mixture of all three. "I use points, masses, and lines the way a composer uses notes to write a song," Wu said.<ref name="DawsonColeFineArt">{{Cite news
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| coauthors =
| title = Zhaoming Wu
| title = Zhaoming Wu
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| accessdate = 2012-04-30}}</ref>
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Since 1983, Wu's work has been exhibited in [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and the [[United States]]. He has won awards including the Merit Award at the sixth National Art Exhibition, [[Beijing]]; the Gustafson Fund Award; the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society Award (United States); first place in the ninth Biennial National Figure Painting and Drawing Exhibition; second place in ''International Artist'' magazine Challenge No. 4 (Aug/Sept 2001); and the Daler-Rowney Award from the Oil Painters of America.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web
Since 1983, Wu's work has been exhibited in [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and the [[United States]]. He has won awards including the Merit Award at the sixth National Art Exhibition, [[Beijing]]; the Gustafson Fund Award; the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society Award (United States); first place in the ninth Biennial National Figure Painting and Drawing Exhibition; second place in ''International Artist'' magazine Challenge No. 4 (Aug/Sept 2001); and the Daler-Rowney Award from the Oil Painters of America.<ref name="bio"/>
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| coauthors =
| title =Biography
| work =
| publisher =ZhaomingWu.com
| date =
| url =http://www.zhaomingwu.com/bio
| doi =
| accessdate = 2012-05-01}}</ref>


Wu has released seven books of his work and has been featured in three DVDs.<ref name="pub">{{Cite web
Wu has released seven books of his work and has been featured in three DVDs.<ref name="pub">{{Cite web
| last = Wu
| last = Wu
| first = Zhaoming
| first = Zhaoming
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| title = Publications
| title = Publications
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| publisher = ZhaomingWu.com
| publisher = ZhaomingWu.com
| date =
| url = http://www.zhaomingwu.com/
| url = http://www.zhaomingwu.com/
| access-date = 2012-05-01}}</ref> His work has been published in ''International Artist Magazine'' (April/May 2003, August/September 2005), ''Art of the West'' (September/October 2004, July/August 2007), ''Art Talk Magazine'' (February 2005), and ''American Art Collector'' (January 2007).<ref name="Faculty"/> Wu was featured in the DVD ''Solitude: In the Studio with Zhaoming Wu'', released December 2007.<ref name="flix">{{Cite web
| doi =
| accessdate = 2012-05-01}}</ref> His work has been published in ''International Artist Magazine'' (April/May 2003, August/September 2005), ''Art of the West'' (September/October 2004, July/August 2007), ''Art Talk Magazine'' (February 2005), and ''American Art Collector'' (January 2007).<ref name="Faculty">{{Cite web
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| publisher =
| date =
| url = http://www.academyart.edu/fine-art-school/faculty.html
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| accessdate = 2012-05-01}}</ref> Wu was featured in the DVD ''Solitude: In the Studio with Zhaoming Wu'', released December 2007.<ref name="flix">{{Cite web
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| title = In the Studio with...Zhaoming Wu - Solitude
| title = In the Studio with...Zhaoming Wu - Solitude
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==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.zhaomingwu.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.zhaomingwu.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.askart.com/askart/w/zhaoming_wu/zhaoming_wu.aspx AskArt.com: Zhaoming Wu]
*[http://www.askart.com/askart/w/zhaoming_wu/zhaoming_wu.aspx AskArt.com: Zhaoming Wu]
*[http://www.academyart.edu/fine-art-school/faculty.html MFA Faculty], Academy of Art University
*[http://www.academyart.edu/fine-art-school/faculty.html Academy of Art University MFA Faculty]

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Latest revision as of 23:36, 18 April 2023

Zhaoming Wu
Born
吴兆铭

Guangzhou City, China
NationalityChinese American
EducationGuangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (BFA), Academy of Art University (MFA)
OccupationPainter
Years active1983–present
SpouseQiuzhen Wei
The native form of this personal name is Wu Zhaoming. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Zhaoming Wu (吴兆铭) is a Chinese-born painter. Wu grew up in Guangzhou City, China and he received his BFA from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and his MFA from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California, where he teaches painting.[1]

Personal life

[edit]

Born in China to a physician mother and engineer father, Wu grew up during the Cultural Revolution. When Wu was 8 years old, he was forced to leave school after the government closed schools for two years.[2] During this time, which he spent at home alone, he occupied himself by copying comic books, reading fiction and drawing illustrations inspired by the stories, and studying Chinese brush painting from books.[2] When he was 12,[3] his mother recognized his talent and asked one of her patients, a professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, to train her son.[1][3][2] The professor agreed, and Wu took private lessons from him for five years.[2]

Following his graduation from high school, Wu took a job as a graphic artist for an advertising agency which required that he take classes every morning in graphic design from the Shanghai Light Industrial College. He credits that early work for honing his skills and for helping him to understand how to use imagery to tell a story.[3]

Both an artist and a teacher, Wu served as a professor of painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Wu moved to the United States in 1991. He was hired as an instructor at San Francisco's Academy of Art University before earning his master's degree in fine arts in 1995.[2]

A former resident of Piedmont,[1] Wu lives in El Cerrito within the San Francisco Bay Area.[4][2] He currently teaches painting at the Academy of Art University.[5]

Work

[edit]

Wu focuses on figurative work, using live models, mainly women draped in cloth, although his repertoire includes landscapes and portraits.[2] The curves of the body and folds in cloth remind Wu of nature, such as mountains, water, and sunrise and sunset.[6] Wu's style is impressionistic and moody. It has evolved from initially painting "quickly and spontaneously" with exaggerated values and colors to growing more logical and conscious, according to Wu.[6] Art of the West magazine described his work as "nothing if not Western in style and theme," despite Wu's training in China.[7] This is also reflected in his choice of models.

Wu is known best for his figurative paintings. Inspired heavily by 19th century French painting, Wu describes his work as “representational, but not traditional classical.” This can be seen, as Wu uses modern elements of graphic design in his work.[8]

Wu's design principles derive from traditional Chinese painting. Wu begins composing a new image by determining what he calls points, masses, and lines. A line refers to any prominent edge, shape, or series of shapes that sweeps through the painting. A point refers to any small shape, and a mass refers is any large shape or cluster of small shapes that can be grouped together to become one large shape. While a painting can be built on two or even just one of these three elements, Wu prefers to build his compositions on a mixture of all three. "I use points, masses, and lines the way a composer uses notes to write a song," Wu said.[9]

Since 1983, Wu's work has been exhibited in Asia, Europe, and the United States. He has won awards including the Merit Award at the sixth National Art Exhibition, Beijing; the Gustafson Fund Award; the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society Award (United States); first place in the ninth Biennial National Figure Painting and Drawing Exhibition; second place in International Artist magazine Challenge No. 4 (Aug/Sept 2001); and the Daler-Rowney Award from the Oil Painters of America.[1]

Wu has released seven books of his work and has been featured in three DVDs.[10] His work has been published in International Artist Magazine (April/May 2003, August/September 2005), Art of the West (September/October 2004, July/August 2007), Art Talk Magazine (February 2005), and American Art Collector (January 2007).[5] Wu was featured in the DVD Solitude: In the Studio with Zhaoming Wu, released December 2007.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Wu, Zhaoming. "About". Zhaoming Wu. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Gangelhoff, Bonnie (December 15, 2016), "Zhaoming Wu: Drama & Mood", Southwest Art, retrieved November 15, 2021
  3. ^ a b c O'Connor, Patricia (Sep–Oct 2004). "Going His Own Way". Art of the West. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  4. ^ Kemp, John R. "Attracting attention with themed exhibitions." American Artist, vol. 68, no. 742, May 2004, p. 12. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A114593855/GPS?u=oakland_main&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=9fdd0e75. Accessed 15 Nov. 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Faculty". Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  6. ^ a b "The figure as landscape". American Art Collector (15): 158–161. January 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  7. ^ O'Connor, Patricia (Sep–Oct 2004). "Going His Own Way". Art of the West: 40–45. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  8. ^ "Successful Academy Alum and Instructor Shares Wisdom With the Next Generation of Artists". Academy of Art University. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  9. ^ "Zhaoming Wu". Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  10. ^ Wu, Zhaoming. "Publications". ZhaomingWu.com. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  11. ^ "In the Studio with...Zhaoming Wu - Solitude". SmartFlix. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
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