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Dongwang Fan b. 1958

Also known as Dr Dongwang Fan

Artist (Carver),
Artist (Draughtsman),
Artist (Sculptor),
Artist (Painter)

Painter, born in 1958 in Shanghai, China. Since his arrival in Australia in January 1990, Fan has held numerous exhibitions that wittily explore ideas of cross cultural exchange.

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Biography (62 words)

Sydney painter Dongwang Fan was born in Shanghai, China in 1958. He pursued a formal art education at the Shanghai School of Arts and Crafts from 1977 to 1980 where he developed practical skills within the disciplines of painting, ivory carving, Chinese ink brush painting, drawing and sculpture.

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Writers:: Weiner, Sarah
De Lorenzo, Catherine
Date written:: 2010
Last updated:: 2011

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Group Drawing Exhibition (exhibited at) 38th Festival of Fisher's Ghost Art Award (exhibited at) Blake Prize (exhibited at) Australian-Chinese Art Exhibition (exhibited at) Shifting Perspective (exhibited at) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Touring Exhibition (exhibited at) Group Exhibition (exhibited at) 37th Festival of Fisher's Ghost Art Award (exhibited at) The Best of the Blake Touring Exhibition (exhibited at) Cultural Ambivalence (exhibited at) ACUADS Art Exhibition 1998 (exhibited at) Blake Prize (exhibited at) Dancing Shadows (exhibited at) Master of Art Exhibition (exhibited at) The Inaugural Jenny Birt Award Exhibition (exhibited at) Descendant Body (exhibited at) Mixed Nuts at Particle (exhibited at) Master of Art group show (exhibited at) Sonata of the Winter Art Exhibition (exhibited at) Exhibition of Oil Painting Styles and Genres in Shanghai (exhibited at) Shanghai Tapestry Art Prize (exhibited at) Annual Shanghai Art Exhibition (exhibited at) Shanghai and Shanghailanders Art Exhibition (exhibited at) Shanghai Oil Painting Exhibition (exhibited at) Art Exhibition, Shanghai International Art Festival (exhibited at) Shanghai Art Museum Inaugural Art Exhibition (exhibited at) Annual Shanghai Art Exhibition (exhibited at) Shanghai Graduation Art Exhbition (exhibited at)

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