ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
Chinese
Preview
Date of Work
2006
Medium
Oil on metal panel
Height
10"
Width
12 1/4"
Depth
2"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: R26
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
From the artist's website:
Zhimin Guan was born in Anhui, China. He received BFA in China 1984 and his MFA in Painting from Fort Hays State University in Kansas in 1998. Since 1998, he has been a professor at Minnesota State University. Guan has exhibited his art in both the US and China which include: China National Art Gallery, China Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Singapore Asian Artist Gallery, Asian Cultural Center (NYC); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Fraser Gallery (Washington DC); Murphy Hill Gallery (Chicago); North Dakota Museum of Art, Plains Art Museum in North Dakota. For the past 20 years, he has held 20 solo shows and featured in 200 professional exhibitions and received 30 awards in the US and China. He received the McKnight Fellowship from the McKnight Foundation in Minnesota. He participated in the 2012 Contemporary Chinese Art Invitational Exhibition at Blue Roof Gallery in Chengdu, China. Guan’s art has published in many art magazines in China and US. His works are included in many permanent collections in the US, China, and Singapore museums.
Additional Information
A portrait of a man with short black hair, wearing a blue shirt. This is a self-portrait of the artist. Guan uses visible brush strokes, giving the viewer a chance to observe his process through visual texture.
Condition
Excellent
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”