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Sonia Chiang
Professional history:
Exhibitions
2006 Solo Show, 79 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PACO Winter Art Show, Pittsburg, CA
11th Annual Alumni Fine Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
Solo Show, Earth and Sky Oasis, San Francisco, CA
Shakey Hand Gallery, Martinez, CA
Heart For the Arts, SomeArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Juried AAU Spring Show, 79 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
Solo Show, Sushi-Rika, San Francisco, CA
AAC Members Exhibition, Alameda, CA
Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005 Big Bang 2 Juried Art Show, 79 NM Gallery
The Chipotle Art Contest Final Show, San Francisco, CA
The Alternative Relief Co-Op Art Show, San Francisco, CA
Maitri 10 Day Art Sale, San Francisco, CA
Alameda Art Center Holiday Show, AAC Gallery, CA
Hall of Justice, San Francisco, CA
SF Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
Academy of Art University Spring Juried Show, AAU Gallery, CA
Collage of Life: Many Women's Voices, Atrium Gallery, CA
Asian Art and Bonsai Show, Impulse Gallery, Pittsburg, CA
Joe Dimaggio Park Fund Raising Art Auction, S.F, CA
MFA Mixed Media Show, San Francisco, CA
Painting Studio Art Spring Sale, San Francisco, CA
Rivertown Art Center, Antioch, CA
Art and Craft Show, Pittsburg, CA
Harlem Nights Juried Show, 688 Sutter Gallery, CA
2004 Print and Small Painting Sale, AAU Sutter Building, CA
Abstract Painting Group Show, 688 Sutter Gallery, CA
2003 Dayuan Junior High School Art Teacher Show, Taiwan
1999 National Taiwan Normal U. Juried Graduation Exhibition, Taiwan
International Tzu-Chi Foundation Arts Juried Exhibition, Taiwan
Selected Collections
Mr. DeGolia –- Carmel, CA
J. Hur –- San Francisco, CA
J. Angel – Cambridge, MA
D. Young –- San Francisco, CA
Mrs. Lee – Carmel, CA
J. T. – San Francisco, CA
B. Szynal – San Francisco, CA
Education
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, USA, 2006
* M.F.A. Department of Fine Arts / Painting
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1999
* B.F.A. Department of Fine Arts
Honors
Best of the show, The Starbucks Award in MFA Mixed Media Show, 2005
The Honor Roll in Academy of Art University, spring & summer 2005, spring 2004
Excellence Award of Oil Painting in NTNU Graduation Exhibition, 1999
Excellence Award of Multi-Media in NTNU Graduation Exhibition, 1999
Excellence Honor of Watercolor in NTNU Graduation Exhibition, 1999
Excellence Award of Photography in NTNU Graduation Exhibition, 1999
Pingdong Excellent Academic Scholarship 7 awards, 1995 -1999
International Tzu-Chi Foundation Arts Scholarship, 1998
Gold Medal of Photography, NTNU campus photo contest, 1998
Bronze Medal of black-white Photography, NTNU photo contest, 1998
Excellence Award of color photography, NTNU photo contest, 1998
Union of Motor Family Scholarship 2 awards, 1995 -1998
Personal statement:
My recent work offers the viewers an intensified sense of space, light, power, and movement. I try to convey massive energy to my audience and hope they appreciate the beauty of art in the spiritual minds. Deeply influenced by Chinese philosophy, I believe that negative space is as important as positive one. Negative and positive spaces need to be well-balanced and involve each other. So you can also find interesting interactions between them in my paintings.
I show a strong interest in natural movement in my paintings. Being a thoughtful woman, I am easily inspired or influenced by the environment around me. Trying to explore psychological relationships with outside world, I develop my own approaches to express the movements of nature, the universe, and human beings. Since my childhood, I have been fascinated by numerous moving things and phenomena, such as shooting stars, falling leaves, and magnificent waves. Therefore, I really enjoy expressing the feeling of movement which already offers me endless energy in my life.
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Green movement 1
mixed media
12"x12"
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$600.00
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Green1
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Green movement 2
mixed media
12"x12"
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$600.00
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Green2
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Green movement 3
mixed media
12"x12"
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$600.00
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abstract
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energy
mixed media
48"x48"
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$4,000.00
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abstract
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