Ruo Li

Personal Information:
    
   1954 Born in Hunan, China
   1975 Graduated from Arts & Crafts School of China¡¯s Light Industrial Ministry
   1981 Graduated from Fine Art Department of Guangzhou Academy with a BA degree
   1981-1989 Teaching at the Fine Art Department of Henan University, China
   1989 Immigrated to the United States as a professional artist
   1994 Chosen by U.S. Art magazine as ¡°Top Ten artists to Watch¡±
   2008 Receiving the title of ¡°Master Signature Member¡± from Oil Painters of America in 2008

   
     
Awards:
    
   2010 ¡°California Autumn¡± won Gold Medal Award for Master Signature Members at the 19th National             Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America
   2009 ¡°The Hopeful¡± won Grand Prize at the 4th Annual 2009 PaintAmerica Top 100
   2008 ¡°Sun Wave Mist¡± won Award of Excellence at the 17th National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of             America
   2007 ¡°The Power¡±won the First Prize of the West Region of Paint the Parks
   2002 ¡°Winter Bridge¡± won National Gallery Award of Excellence at Oil Painters of America 11th Annual             Nation Juried Exhibition
   2001 ¡°Golden Tree¡± won First Place in Landscape of International Artist Magazine
   2000 ¡°Beauty of an Ordinary Land¡± won Collector¡¯s Choice at Arts for the Parks National Competition
   1999 ¡°The Old Corridor¡± won the Second Place at the 5th Annual CAC Plein Air Painting Festival
   1997 ¡°Resurgence¡± won Gold Medal at the 88th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition of CAC
   1996 ¡°Vast and Hazy Sea¡± won Gold Medal at the 87th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition of CAC

       

Personal and Group Exhibitions:
    
   San Diego Museum of Art , in San Diego, CA
   Delaware Art Museum, in Wilmington, DE
   Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in Oxford, MD
   Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA
   Noyes Museum in Oceanville, NJ
   New Bedford Museum of Art in New Bedford, MA
   Pasadena Museum of Art in Los Angeles, CA

      

News Coverage:
      
   World Journal, December 26, 2008 (several times)
   ASMA Newsletter, July, 2007
   International artist Magazine, February/March Issue, 2001
   Arts for the Parks, September, 2000
   San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group, December, 2000
   AC Magazine, Vol.2 No. 16 August, 1999
   InformArt, Spring, 1998
   U.S. Art Magazine, May, 1998£»December, 1993
   Spotlight, Vol. IV 1994

                     

               






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