Chinatown Goats Drinking
12" x 16" 12" x 16"
J O V E W A N G
All Paintings are Created in Oil.
Chinatown
Goats Drinking
12" x 16"
12" x 16"
Farmer
Tibetan Girl
Sunday Afternoon
10" x 8"
12" x 9"
12" x 9"
Boat Yard
Tibetan Man
Village House
12" x 16"
20" x 16"
9" x 12"
"Jove Wang was born in China. From the age of seven, he apprenticed with the master painter Gang Gu, and then he studied fine arts at the Jilin School of Art for three years and graduated in 1982. In 1984 he was enrolled in the most prestigious art institute in China, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now named the The China Academy of Art) and graduated as an honor student in 1988. The also received professional training from the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1990 Jove Wang immigrated to the United States, where he soon met with success. In 1992 he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Bishop Roger Mahony for the Archdiocese Catholic Center in Los Angeles, and the following year painted a second portrait of Mahony, who by then had been named Cardinal, for exhibition at his Titular Church in Rome. His other commissioned portraits include Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonorich and former California Governor Pete Wilson.
In 1997 Jove Wang was honored with Best of Show at the California Art Club’s 88th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, and he won First Place in the figure category in the California Art Club’s 89th Annual Gold Medal Juried exhibition in 1998. He won Best of Show at the 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America in 1999. In 2000 he took the First Place at the prestigious Viewpoint 2000 Cincinnati Art Club Exhibition. 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 2003 Jove Wang published a book of his works – "Instinct and Feeling".
From 1999 to 2006, Jove Wang was invited to present his works for solo exhibitions in many galleries and museums. His works have been selected for display at many museums in California including the Pasadena Museum of California Art, the Pasadena Historical Museum, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Carnegie Art Museum, the Bowers Museum, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at the Pepperdine University in Malibu, and at the Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah, and the Phippen Museum in Arizona. His works adorn the collections of Bowers Museum, CA, Mission San Juan Capistrano, CA, Bakersfield Museum of Art, CA, and Museum of Jilin, China. Published interviews along with his paintings have appeared in the magazines Southwest Art, American Art Collector, and American Artist.
Today, Jove Wang maintains a busy schedule as an artist who is willing to share his knowledge and thoughts with others by teaching art classes and workshops. He has been invited to teach oil painting workshops at various art schools and galleries including Scottsdale Artists’ School in Scottsdale, AZ. He was also invited by California Art Club to give demonstrations and lectures at the new campus of the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena and at Autry Museum. He is a guest professor at several academies of fine arts in China.
Jove Wang is a Signature Member of the California Art Club.”
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