Wang Xiao-guang
"Solo Exhibition"

15 January - 4 February 2004

Wang Xiao-guang is one of the up-and-coming young artists in Beijing, displaying great adventurous spirit. His landscapes depict the countryside of northern China in all its vastness and yet gentleness. Compositions include high mountains, fertile fields of corn and the crimson leaves of autumn, in striking tones of dark green and bright yellow. Wang Xiao-guang's paintings are painstakingly executed in a pointillist style, with thousands of tiny dots illustrating the beauty and serenity of clouds in the sky or the changing colours of autumn. Conveying the artist's deep-rooted feeling for the countryside, Wang's paintings evoke a yearning for nature in the viewer.

Born in 1957, Wang Xiao-guang graduated from the Art Department of Beijing Normal University with a Bachelor of Arts degree specializing in oil painting. After graduation, he began teaching at the Beijing Institute of Education. In 1987, his works were shown in the first Exhibition of Chinese Oil Paintings held in Shanghai. In 1993 his paintings were selected for both the Biennial Exhibition of Oil Paintings, and the Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings in China. His painting "Mountains" was singled out for display at the First Exhibition of Chinese Landscape Paintings. In April 1993, another painting entitled "Trees in the Sunlight" was selected for a nationwide Youth Art Exhibition organized by the International Art Palace. After 1993, Wang decided not to participate in any more government exhibitions, and started to explore his own landscape paintings.

In 1993, Wang and three other artists held a joint exhibition at the art gallery of the Beijing International Arts Centre. In 1995, in partnership with other like-minded artists, he organized an exhibition entitled "Breeze of Beijing" in the National Museum of Fine Arts, in which he displayed his paintings "Autumn in the Mountains" and "The Valley". In 1996 - 1997, his paintings "Green Field", "Autumn in the Valley", "The Valley" and "Golden Autumn" were successfully sold at auction. Wang Xiao-guang is an active member of the Chinese Artists Cooperative Association.

Hard cover exhibition book is available.

Holy Land,O/C, 97 x 130 cm, 2003 HK$120,000.00	View in September,O/C, 97 x 130 cm, 2003 HK$120,000.00
Corn Field on the Dam,O/C, 91 x 116 cm, 2002 HK$120,000.00	Paddy Field,O/C, 85 x 130 cm, 2003 HK$120,000.00
The Land of Maize,O/C, 91 x 116 cm, 2003 HK$120,000.00	Landscape on the Dam,O/C, 73 x 97 cm, 2002 HK$95,000.00
Home,O/C, 93 x 96 cm, 2002 HK$120,000.00	Early Autumn,O/C, 85 x 130 cm, 2003 HK$140,000.00
Autumn Harvest,O/C, 97 x 130 cm, 2001 HK$160,000.00	Field under the Glorious Sunlight, O/C, 90 x 130 cm, 2001 HK$140,000.00
After the Rain,O/C, 91 x 116 cm, 2001 HK$140,000.00	Foothill, O/C, 91 x 116 cm, 2001 HK$140,000.00
Faraway Mountains in Summer, O/C, 112 x 162 cm, 2000 HK$350,000.00

For further inquiries, please feel free to contact:

Ms Selina Liu
Tel: (852) 2869-8802
Fax: (852) 2522-1528
Email: gallery@schoeni.com.hk
www.schoeni.com.hk

Exhibition Venue:

G/F, 21 - 31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong
10:30am - 6:30pm Monday - Saturday.
Closed on Sundays and public holidays.