Artist Biography
Feng Changjiang, male, was born in Xi’an, one of the ancient capitals of China in July 1943. He is a native of Hua County in Henan Province, and had been a member of the Chinese Artists Association, Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Association, as well as Dean of Shan’xi Art Institute.
While still a little child, Feng Changjiang developed strong interest in drawing. His art life started out from learning techniques of western painting. Later, he focused on studying Chinese ink-wash painting before finally settling on rich-color meticulous painting. In 1974, Feng Changjiang studied traditional rich-color meticulous painting and replication of ancient frescos from the nationally renowned art historian as well as painter Pan Jiezi. Having spent great amount of time studying and replicating ancient frescos at Yong Le Palace (Rui City), Qing Long Temple (Jieshan County), Fansi Rock, Kaihua Temple (Gaoping) and Louyu Tomb (Taiyuan), Feng has benefited abundantly in his artistic development, which paved the way for his later individual artistic style.
Feng Changjiang specializes in painting portraits and scenes large in size. Not only his solid painting techniques but also his extraordinary capability of affluent artistic expression is conveyed vividly through his modern female portraits full of eastern elegance under his brush in streamline. In his approach to creating an individual style on picture, Feng emphasizes the traditional linear effect of Chinese painting with the application of rich color elements often used in western paintings, thus displaying a strong contemporary sense in his paintings.
The debut Red Silk Ribbon Dance exhibited for the first time at National Art Museum of China was such a huge success that it had earned him high reputation as well as fame. The painting was later published on professional magazines Art and Chinese Paintings. Feng Changjiang was also featured in large-scale Chinese TV serial program Cultural Celebrities. His fine works have drawn enormous attention from various collectors, including the US White House, Metropolitan Museum, Vatican, United Nations, National Art Museum of China, Chinese Historical Museum, Chinese National Olympics Committee, Shenzhen Museum, etc.
Awarded World Outstanding Artist, Feng Changjiang decided to move to New York in 1997.Later, his first solo exhibition in America was put on at Eastern Gallery. As more and more exhibitions were gradually held at places such as Chinese Art Center and Benedetti Gallery at SOHO Manhattan, Feng’s fame was spreading around the country, bringing him critical acclaim in the art circles. A number of his works from his output were selected to the publications Paintings by Feng Changjiang, Selected Artworks by Feng Changjiang, New Paintings in 2000 by Feng Changjiang, Heavy-color Meticulous Paintings by Feng Changjiang and Rich-color Meticulous Paintings by Feng Changjiang No.2. Since 1998, Feng Changjiang’s artworks have been chosen by international auction houses such as Sotheby’s and Christie’s, and national auction companies like China Guardian and Beijing Han Hai. In 2004, he was awarded with honor by Chinese Painting Investment and Appreciation Association as one of the Ten Most Investible Artists. In 2008, he was selected by the American non-profit making, official art website TenDreams.org to be one of the three hundred World Most Outstanding Artists in recent two centuries, enjoying equal fame with other five Chinese artists such as Chen Yifei.
