ALVIN GUO

617-650-7872

alvinguo.net

SUMMARY

I am a painter who works on the theme of the flora and fauna. I am also an art educator.

EDUCATION

2022 (Pending) Master of Fine Art (MFA)

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

Jiangxi Normal University, Fine Arts Department

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

1972 Art Major

Gannan Normal College, Arts Department

Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 Focus – Paintings by Yifang Guo

Chinese Culture Center of TECO in Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

2002 The Art of Focus

World Fine Art Gallery

New York, New York

2001 Focus – paintings by Yifang Guo

China National Museum of Fine Arts

Beijing, China.

1995 The Language of the Birds and Flowers II

Gallery of Newton Free Library,

Newton, Massachusetts

1992 The Language of the Birds and Flowers

Gallery of Chinese Culture Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 4th Annual World Fine Art Exhibition

NOHO|M55 Gallery

New York, New York

2006 World Fine Art Gallery

New York, New York

2004 Single / Multi Focus – paintings by Yifang Guo &Lijuan Wang

Gallery of Newton Free Library

Newton, Massachusetts

1992 International Exhibition and Contest of Chinese Painting

Beijing, China

1989 Chinese Painting Competition - Winner's Exhibition

Hong Kong, China

1987 National Art Exhibition of China

Beijing, China

HONOR & AWARDS

1988 Grand Prize Winner

1988 National Chinese Painting Competition

She Zheng/ Hon

1988 Winner of Zhong Hua Cup Award of Chinese Painting Competition

Beijing, China

1987 Winner of Jiangxi Painting Exhibition

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

1986 Third Prize Winner, Chinese Calligraphy & Painting Competition

Fu Zhou, Jiangxi, China

1985 Winner of Jiangxi Paintings by Youth Artists

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

RECOGNITION

Biography and Images Included

1993 Artists of Chinese Origin in North America Directory

International Institute for the Arts, California

1986 Dictionary of Chinese Contemporary Artists in Traditional Chinese Painting

Zhejiang, China

Images Included

2015 International Contemporary Masters - Volume IX

Published by World Wide Art Books, Santa Barbara, California

1989 Collection of Famous Chinese Contemporary Artists in Painting and Calligraphy and Carving

Hong Kong, China

1987 Collection of Chinese Contemporary Artists

Shanghai, China

1986 Collection of Famous Chinese Contemporary Artists

Chinese Literature and Art Association, Beijing, China

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

1995 Moonlight of Lake Boyang, Private Collection

1993 Phoenix, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

1992 Beauty of Peony, McDonald’s Boston Chinatown, Boston Massachusetts

1992 Leaping Dragon, Private collection

1992 Turtle, Private collection

1991 Boston at Night, Private commission work

1987 Early Spring, Ba Da Shang Ren Art Museum, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

1990-2013 Art Teacher and Private Instructor

Kwong Kow School, Boston, Massachusetts

2011 Teacher, Chinese Language, Quincy College, Quincy, Massachusetts

1991 Chinese brush painting workshop at Mass College of Art and Design, Boston Public Library, Brighton Library, etc

1993-1999 Art Designer, Sherle Wagner International, Framingham, Massachusetts

1991-1992 Manager, Gallery of Chinese Culture Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

1990-1992 Instructor of Adults and Children’s painting classes. Owner of a Studio,

Boston, Massachusetts

1985-1990 Artist, National Chinese Artists Association of China

Jiangxi Branch, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

MEMBERSHIPS

Member, The American Chinese Fine Art Society of New England, Boston Massachusetts

Member, The New England Association of Chinese Professionals, Boston Massachusetts

Member, The National Artists Association of China, Nation Lever, Beijing, China

Member, The Jiangxi Artists Association, China, Province Lever, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Vice-Chairman, The Jiangxi Chinese Painting Association, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Trustee, The Jiangxi Lacquer Painting Association, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China