Biography
Fongwei Liu
received his BFA degree from China in 1994, and received his MFA degree from
Academy of Art University, San Francisco in 2009. Since 2010, Fongwei has been
teaching graduate level painting classes at Academy of Art University, San
Francisco.
Fongwei started his career as a professional artist in 2009. His works have
been shown in many exhibitions, such as Salon International by Greenhouse
Gallery; National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils by Oil Painters of
America; Annual International Portrait Competition by the Portrait Society of
America; Great Impressionists – Masters of Fine Art by Silvana Gallery; and
Great American Figurative Artists Exhibition by Waterhouse Gallery.
Artist
Statement
I draw
inspirations for my art from nature. The subject matter is not important to me.
I enjoy capturing all the beauty around us, such as autumn colors, white snowy
scenes, foggy cities, people’s emotion, and the expressive human figures.
My creative
process is also an intuitive response to the power of nature. When something
touches me, a picture takes shape in my mind and forms an idea or concept, then
I experiment with various techniques to visualize the idea. Thus, I believe
that every stroke in my paintings comes from my mind, flows through my hand to
my canvas, that is my language to tell stories.
As an
artist, I incessantly improve my skills and make them become my second nature,
because I believe that better techniques produce better paintings.
Fongwei’s
works are represented by:
