Yaping Jiang – Australia

Born 1955, Bejing, China

Endless Heartland acrylic on board 90 CM X 90 CM

Occupation:

Artist and teacher

Education:

1995 Post –Graduate Diploma in Art Education, Royal Melbourne Institute of

Technology

1982 Bachelor of Arts Degree from Sichuan Institute of Fine Art in China

Medium:

Oil, acrylic, pastel

Experiences related to art:

2002-2004 Currently teaching Chinese Painting, Melbourne Grammar, Caulfield

1999- 2004 Currently tutoring Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese traditional painting at

Melbourne University

1985-1988 Teaching art, South Western China Teachers’ University, Sichuan, China

Honours and awards:

2003 First Prize, Best Other Medium Painting, Mount View Art Show

2000 First Prize, Best Acrylic at St Kevin’s Art Show

1999 – 2004 Highly Commended at St Kevin Art Show

1997 Best Pastel Award and Highly Commended Painting in oil at Doncaster

Templestowe Artists’ Society Spring Exhibition

1998 Judge’s Encouragement Award. Loyola Art Exhibition

Solo Exhibitions:

2002 Doncaster Templestowe Artists’ Society

Group Exhibitions:

1997 – 2004: Numerous group exhibitions around Melbourne, including;

2004 Whitehorse Arts Centre, City of Whitehorse, Nunawading

2003 Contemporary Painters group, Box Hill Community Arts Centre

Five Ways Gallery, Mt Dandenong and other private galleries

Important collections:

Collected privately

Mt View Primary School, Mt Waverley

Artists’ statement:

I travelled to the Australian outback a few years ago. I felt deeply attracted to the natural beauty of the outback, the wilderness of which has remained untamed. When I was faced with the endless red land I just felt that human beings are so tiny and insignificant. I’m trying to discover a new way to express my feeling, like a dream or poem. I have been attempting to build a bridge across the subjective and objective. I try to depict the things that have a spiritual quality between reality and the abstract. I hope I can leave more space for the viewers’ imagination.