Yang Yongliang (; sometimes written Yang Yong-liang; born 1980 in
Jiading
Jiading is a suburban district of Shanghai. As of the 2020 Chinese census, it had a population of 1,834,258.
History
Jiading was historically a separate polity from Shanghai until it came under the administration of Shanghai in 1958. In 1993, ...
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Shanghai
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) is a Chinese contemporary artist.
As a young student, he studied traditional
Chinese painting
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and
calligraphy
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before attending the Shanghai Art & Design Academy, where he specialized in decoration and design beginning in 1996. In 1999 he attended the
China Academy of Art
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The World First-Class Un ...
, Visual Communication Department, Shanghai branch. In 2005 he started his career as an artist with the stated goal of "creating new forms of contemporary art."
He currently lives and works in
Shanghai
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.
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Selected collections
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British Museum
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London
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National Gallery of Victoria
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Melbourne
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, Australia)
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Nevada Museum of Art
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Reno, Nevada
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, US)
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Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
:see also the ''Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art'', Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Eugene, Oregon
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, US)
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Sydney
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, Australia)
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Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art is an art museum at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. It is in the UF Cultural Plaza area in the southwest part of campus.
The Harn is a 112,800-square-foot facility, making it one of the largest u ...
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Gainesville, Florida
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, US)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Paris
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, France)
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White Rabbit Gallery
The White Rabbit Gallery is a contemporary art museum located in the Sydney inner-city suburb of , New South Wales, Australia.
Description
The gallery, which was founded in 2009 by Judith Neilson, is located in a former warehouse and Rolls-Royc ...
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Sydney
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, Australia)
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References
Further reading
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External links
websiteShenshi shanshui san (Phantom Landscape III) ceye yi (leaf one)(2008)
Yang Yongliang Brings Chinese Landscape Painting Into The 21st Century(2012)
Yang Yongliang's selected works
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Chinese contemporary artists
Artists from Shanghai
1980 births
Living people