Biographies
Weizhen Liang
Weizhen Liang is the artist member of California Art Club.
She earned a BA in the major of Chinese Literature from Ji Nan
University of Guang Zhou in China. She showed early interest
in art and was influenced by her aunt, Zhong
An-Zhi, a famous painter and professor in the Guang Zhou Academy
of Fine Arts. In 1998, Weizhen began studying painting seriously
from her husband Huihan Liu, a renowned painter who graduated
from the Academy.
They have lived just over a decade in the East Bay of San
Francisco. Weizhen is represented by the Concetta D. Gallery
in Albuquerque, the Sylvan Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina,
and Germanton Gallery in Germanton, North Carolina.
She is an invited artist of the Northwest Rendezvous Group in
Montana in 2003 and 2004. The painting "Salute to Bonnard
" was selected as show image of Northwest Rendezvous by
Southwest Art magazine in August 2003. The paintings "
Rose Dream" and "Snow White" both received awards
of "Top Fifty" from Salon International 2004 at
Greenhouse Gallery. Her painting "Summer Garden" was
exhibited in the 2003 West/Southwest Mountain Regional Show at
Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA. "Roses in Morning
" was selected by the 11th National Oil Painters of America
Show in April 2002 at the Hilligoss Galleries of Chicago, and
"My Rose Garden" was selected by OPA to the 2001
West/Northwest Mountain Juried Exhibition in Springville Museum
of Art in Utah.Weizhen's painting "Tibetan Prayer" was received
awards of "Top 40" by Greenwich Workshop's in Small Works North
America 2007
Huihan Liu
A Master signature member of the Oil Painters of America and an
artist member of California art Club, Huihan Liu was trained in the
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art in China in 1972 with a BA and MFA
from the Academy of Art College of San Francisco in 1989. With more
than twenty years of his professional career as an illustrator,
teacher, and painter, he won Best of Show Award in the Oil Painters
of American Regional Exhibition in 1996. Huihan Liu was featured in
Art of the West magazine in May 1997, in The Artist' Magazine in
April 1999, and in Southwest Art in April 2000.
Education
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China, BA (1972-1975)
Graduate School of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China (1985-1987)
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, MFA (1987-1989)
Exhibition
Plein Air Art Exhibition, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art 7th Annual Sight of
Southern California, Santa Ana, California, 2003
Western Rendezvous of Art Exhibition, Helena, Montana, 2003
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition (1995-2003)
California Art Club Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition (1998-2003)
Oil Painters of America The East / Southeast Regional Exhibition, 2002
Artist For The New Century Invitational Exhibition, Bennington Center for the Arts,
Bennington, Vermont, 2002
Top 200 Arts for the Parks Competition, The National Academy of the Arts, Jackson,
WY, 2001
Exhibition of Guangdong Contemporary Oil Paintings, Guangzhou, China, 2001
Show
"Two Person Show," Total Art Gallery, Taos, NM, 2002
"Dedication, An Exhibit of Art of Huihan Liu," Solo Show, The Ottinger
Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001
Solo Show, Robert & Li Art Gallery, Taiwan, (1998, 2000, 2002)
Awards
"Ben Stahl Artist's Choice,"Western Rendezvous Art Exhibition
, Helena, Montana, 2005
"Awards of Excellence,"Western Rendezvous Art Exhibition, Helena, Montana, 2004
"Third Place Winner," Plein Air Art Exhibition , Bowers Museum of Culture Art, Santa Ana, California, 2004
"First Place Painting," Plein Air Art Exhibition in Bowers Museum of
Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, 2003
"Best of Show in Painting - John Scott People's Choice Award," "The
Awards of Merit," The 25th Western Rendezvous of Art, Helena, Montana
in August 2003
"First Place Winner," The California Art Club held its Ninth Annual Mission
San Juan Capistrano Plein Air painting event, August 2003
Art of the West Publisher's Choice Award, Artist for the New Century Invitational
Exhibition, Bennington Center For The Arts, Bennington, Vermont 2002
"Gold Medal for Best Painting," California Art Club's 92nd Annual Juried
Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum Pasadena, CA, 2002
Master Signature Member's Award of Excellence by Art of the West Magazine, Oil
Painters of America National Juried Exhibitionh, Chicago, IL 2002
Master Signature Member's Award of Excellence, Oil Painters of America, The
East / Southeast Regional Exhibition, richmond, Virginia, 2002
Master Signature Member's Award of Excellence, Oil Painters of America National
Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs, CA, 2001
The Winsor & Newton Painting Award, Oil Painters of America National Juried
Exhibition, P. & C. Galleries, Georgetown, Washington D.C., 1998
The Tara Fredricks Canvas Company Award, Oil Painters of America National Juried
Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonia, TX, 1996
The Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award, Oil Painters of America National Juried
Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX, 1996
Best of Show Award, Oil Painters of America Pacific Coast Regional Juried
Exhibition, Fremont, CA, 1996
Bibliography
"The Chinese Connection," by shirl Smithson, Art of The West Magazine,
January / February, 1997
"Winners : The Judges of Oil Painters of America Focus on Time-Honored
Standards," by Susan Hallsten McGarry, Southwest art Magazine, May,
1997
"A Joyful Feeling," by Barbara Coyner, Art of the West Magazine, September
/ October, 1998
"Capturing Character - Special Section: Portraits," by Huihan Liu, The
Artist's Magazine, April, 1998
"Huihan Liu," by Chuan Huang, Professor, and Shirl Smithson, President of
Oil Painters of America; published by Robert & Li Gallery, Taiwan.
"Artist Worth Watching : Huihan Liu," published by Art-Talk Magazine,
January, 2001
"Art is Life, Not a Living," by Barbara Coyner, Art of the West Magazine,
September / October, 2003
"American Dream : California painter and Chinese native Huihan Liu's versatility
is hard-earned," by Todd Wilkinson, Southwest Art Magazine, October,
2003
Museum Collection
"Eaton Canyon," Oil 24"x30", First Place Winner, Bowers Museum
Contemporary Plein Air Permanent collection, Santa Ana, California,
2003,
"Silence of the Mission," Oil 24"x18", First Place Winner in
Ninth Annual Mission San Juan Capistrano Plein Air painting event, Wilmington
Trust purchase collection, 2003
Teaching Experience
Instructor - Drawing and painting, Art School of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art,
Guangzhou, China, 1979-1985
Part-time Instructor - Painting, undergraduate and graduate School of Academy of
Art College, San Francisco, 1993-
Informative Instructor - Painting, Fechin Art Workshops, San Cristobal, NM, 2000-
Membership
Master Signature Member of Oil Painters of America
Artist Member of California Art Club