Gallery Talk and Reception: Painters Brian Chu, Shiao-Ping Wang

The newest exhibition at Wright State’s Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries will feature recent paintings by Brian Chu and Shiao-Ping Wang. They will give an informal gallery talk in the Galleries on Sunday, January 18th at 3:00 p.m., with a reception following until 5:30 p.m.

The married artists, who emigrated from Taiwan, both studied painting at Queens College in New York.

While both artists were trained as representational painters who work from observation, Shiao Ping-Wang’s work took a turn toward abstraction in 2002, responding to ideas and feelings rather than the observable world. Using primarily acrylic paint, Wang utilizes and explores patterns to express things with no tangible form, such as memory and sound. Her work has won her a Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center in 2007 and the Spotlight Award for Best Painter in the Seacoast in 2008.

By contrast, Brian Chu’s work is representational and focused on the world he sees. Using oil paint, his subjects include people, objects, and landscapes. He process is often spontaneous and his paintings have a worked surface that he creates using his brushes, palette knives, and sticks. Like his wife, he has taught at several institutions, including the University of New Hampshire where he is currently an Associate Professor.

For more information, visit the exhibition's website page.

Image: Shiao-Ping Wang, "Spring," acrylic on canvas.