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　　美籍著名现代畫家，生於中國上海，現定居美國。

　　從師上海美術學院孟光教授， 1979 年成爲中國美術家協會上海分會會員，曾在上海交通大學藝術係任教，赴美前其作品在全國和上海畫展中多次獲獎。 1984 年世界八大收藏家之一 Rrederick .Weisman 藝術基金會珍藏其作品，並與世界級現代藝術大師 Christo 、 Andy Warhol 、 David Hockney 等多位世界級大師的作品一起巡迴展出于多國博物館。 1986 年赴美，在芝加哥期間曾是北美中華藝術家協會創辦人之一。來美後，周遊世界各國，趙的畫風從新寫實主義轉變爲後現代抽象主義，正方形的運用是他的作品特徵，趙的藝術最大魅力所在即是東方的神秘融化於西方的現代感之中。 1992 年巨幅作品“國際語言第 3 號 ” 被當時亞洲最高大廈香港中環廣場永久收藏。十多年來，趙的作品在全世界多處博物館，博覽會和畫廊展出，有 28 次個展和 50 多次聯展，將近 400 幅作品爲世界各地收藏家收藏。

“ Weiliang Zhao’s work was exhibited among the world- renowned contemporary artists, such as Basquiat, Andy Warhol and David Hockney .During that Asian Tour, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation collection displayed 81 artworks by 74 artist.The Weisman Art Foundation is widely considered as having one of the world’s greatest assemblages of contemporary art.”

Nancy Halpern Brougher

Curator of Art

Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

“…But there are also textured swirls of paint with a definite 20th-century rhythm.

Zhao’s paintings have been recognized and acquired by the noted American art collector, Frederick R.Weisman, whose collection includes works by many of the great 20thcentury artists.”

Jeanne Derbeck

Art Writer of South Bend Tribune

“Eternal Dialogue (the title of one of Zhao’s work) is a large two-panel painting. Near the edge of one panel a Romanesque statue is detailed in oil. On the other is what appears to be an ancient bone fragment. Wide, sweeping brush strokes in a mixture of acrylic and sand vigorously draw the two worlds ( the East and the West) together in a three-dimensional ‘sculpture on canvas’ as he describes it.”

Judith Lin Eftekhar

Art Writer of Reader, Chicago

“ Zhao’s abstract work implied historical mystery and religious sanctity, presented

in such a metaphysical way that the viewer could not fail to notice his philosophical

concern.“Zhao’s philosophy is a mixture of fatalism, a reverence for Buddhism, and a free interpretation of Taoist doctrines. To his mind, the square symbolizes the structure

of the world, as opposed to the circle of “Tai Gi”, in which the balance of Yin-Yang maintain the ultimate harmony and stability of the universe.”

Leon Lee

Art Critic, Chicago

“But it is no more necessary to know this to love these paintings than an understanding of Theosophy is necessary to inspire love for Mondrian. After all, this is painting, which begins and ends with squares, and that, to begin and end with, is nough.”

Timothy Porges

Art critic, Art Magazine

Weiliang Zhao

Born in Shanghai, China; Lives in USA

Selected Individual Exhibitions

2001 Gallery 8, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Atelier International Art Gallery, New York, NY

2000 2000 Richardson Gallery, Reno, NV

1999 Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA

　　　　 Calerie Adrienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Atelier International Art, New York, NY

1997 Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Palm Desert Art Gallery, Palm Desert, CA

Walsh Gallery, Chicago, IL

1996 Color Taiwank Art Gallery, Jia Yi, Taiwan.

Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995 Capital Art Center, Tai-Chung, Taiwan.

1994 Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL

Pacific Asian Museum, Foyer Gallery,

Pasadena, CA.

Capital Art Center, Tai-Chung, Taiwan

1993 Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992 Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL

1991 Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

East West Contemporary Art Gallery,

Chicago, IL

1990 East West Contemporary Art Gallery,

Chicago, IL

Kay Garvey Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL

1989 East West Contemporary Art Gallery,

Chicago, IL

1988 East West Contemporary Art Gallery,

Chicago, IL

Kay Garvey Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL

1987 East West Contemporary Art Gallery,

Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2001 Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Louis Aronow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000 Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA Louis Aronow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1999 Kathleen Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998 Artexpo, Vancouver Convention Center, Canada

Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

1997 Artexpo, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art , CA

(Art Sales Gallery)

Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA

1996 Mark Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

Art American, Miami Beach Convention Center, FL

Deanna Miller Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

1995 LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA

1994 Art Galleries Fair, Taipei, Taiwan

Mark Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

1993 Artexpo, New York Jacob Javits Convention Center, NY

1992 Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention Center

Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart Expocenter

Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center

1991 Villanova University, Pennsylvania

Illinois Wesleyan University, IL

South Bend Art Center, IN

1990 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN

1987 Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, CA

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

University of Texas, Austin,TX

1986 Laforet Museum, Tokyo, Japan

N-1 Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

SOGO Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan

National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea

1985 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

1984 National Museum of Art, Beijing, China

1981 Shanghai Exhibition Museum,China

National Museum of Art, Beijing, China

1979 Shanghai Art Museum, China

Selected Public Collections

2001-1986 ***350 Private Collections.

1992 Central Plaza, Hong Kong.

1988 McDonalds Corporation, Oka Brook, IL

1987 Kehon Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA

1985-79 Private Collections, England, Canada, Germany, USA

People’s Fine Art Publishing House, Shanghai, China

1984 Frederick R.Weisman Foundation of Art, CA

National Museum of Art, China

Selected Publications

2002 Weiliang Zhao Album (New World Poetry &

Zhao Sdudio USA)

1995 The Dictionary of The Achievements of Art

(Great World Publishing Co. Hong Kong)

1994 The Fine Art Index (Volume 1),

(International Art Reference, Chicago)

1993 Artists of Chinese Origin in North America