Erjun Zhao
Erjun Zhao (Manchurian name: Eargendgello Erjun) immigrated to the United States in 1991, held her first solo art exhibition in 1995, and taught at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts from 1996 to 2006. She is a member of the American Oil Painters Association, and is a board member of the Virginia branch of the US –China Friendship Association. She is a contracted artist with the Eric Schindler Gallery, held nine solo art exhibitions in New York and Virginia, and received the Professional Artist Award from the Virginian Museum of Fine Arts in 2002. Since 2012 Zhao has been an adjunct professor at the Fudan University Institute of Visual Arts in Shanghai..
Education:
1998-2000: M.F.A, Painting and Print Making, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
1987-1989: M.F.A. Equivalent, Oil Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
1982-1983: Graduate Student, Chinese Academy of Fine Arts , Hangzhou, China.
1978-1982: B.F.A, in Art and Design, Suzhou University (Suzhou Institute of Silk Textile Technology), Suzhou, China.
