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Ruirong Yu

Rotation

Current Occupation

Permanent member, Jiangsu Province Flower-and-Bird Painting Research Institute

Member, Jiangsu Province Photographists’ Association

Guest Artist, Nanjing City Oriental Art Academy

Guest Artist, Nanjing “Ten-Bamboo Pavilion” Art Center

Guest Artist, Nanjing City Arts and Crafts Corporation

Manager, Ruirong Artwork Studio

Working Experience

1997-2002 Art Teacher, Nanjing Knowledge-Seeking Art School

1989-1996 Lecturer, Guest Service Department, Nanjing City Arts and Crafts Corporation

Personal & Joint Exhibitions

September 2005
       Painting entitled “Peace Dove” was chosen to be included in the Painting Exhibition, organized
       by People’s Daily, CPC History Research Office, Chinese Artists’ Assn., and Chinese
       Calligraphists’ Assn. in Beijing, in marking the 60th anniversary of the Chinese people’s Victory
       in ending the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggressors

August 2004
       Work entitled “White Peony” was chosen by China Collectors’ Assn. and China Arts and Crafts
       Collectors’ Assn. To be shown at the Influential Artists’ Invitational in commemoration of Deng
       Xiaoping’s birth centenary

September 2002
Visiting Toronto and Ottawa for celebration of Tibetan Culture

November 2001
Holding personal exhibition in Chapel Galleries, Essex, England

September 2001
Having personal exhibition in Taibei and Yonghe, Taiwan at the invitation of Taibei Chinese
Painting Study Society

October 2000
Holding solo exhibition and giving lectures on a local Chinese TV in Philadelphia, USA

February 1999
       Holding personal exhibitions and Chinese calligraphy demonstrations in Reunion in celebration
       of the Chinese lunar new year

March 1997
Holding personal exhibitions in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan

October 1996
Holding personal exhibitions in St Denis and St Pierre, Reunion

November 1995
Holding personal exhibitions in Okinawa and Kagoshima, Japan

April 1995
Visiting France with the delegation of artists organized by China National Ministry of Culture for
an ink painting exhibition as a part of a Chinese art festival

July 1994
Holding personal exhibitions in Kao-hsing and Taibei, Taiwan

May 1988
       Holding personal exhibitions and giving workshops in North Kyushu and Fukuka, Japan at the
       invitation of Japan-China Friendship Association

Charms, 60 x 60

Social Activities

July 2005
Figure Paintings of the Editorial staff of “the Ottawa Weekend” newspaper was carried on its
cover page

June 2005
Completing the painting of a group of table tennis players, which appeared on a local Chinese
news paper

March 2005
Becoming a member of Zhonghua Table Tennis Team, Ottawa

February 2005
Making a Portrait of my ESL instructor named “Beloved English Teacher” in Ottawa

December 2004
Creating a figure painting entitled "Enthusiastic Photographist" in Ottawa

November 2004
Becoming a member of Ottawa Laurentian Badminton Club

September 2004
Working in Edward Art Studio and Ottawa Xinhua Chinese School, Ottawa and teaching
Chinese painting

June 2004
       Travelling with other artists to the west of China for painting sketches and gathering information
       under the organization of Jiangsu Creation Center of China National Artists’ Assn.

May 2004
       Attending opening ceremony of the First National Fresco Exhibition in Art Museum of China,
       Beijing sponsored by China National Artists’ Assn.

April 2004
       Participating in the 2^nd Badminton Contest at Wuxi in representing the adult group of Jiangsu
       Province Amateur Badminton Team

2003
Participating in a gathering of outstanding artists for art exchange at Hong Kong

2002
       Attending a forum on “love China” with celebrated figures of all walks and trades as a serial
       event in celebration of China National Day

2000
Getting involved in the Sixth China Arts Festival, Nanjing

1999
Participating in the 26^th International Biographical Conference at Lisbon, Portugal

1998
Guest journalist for Strait Art, National Newspaper, Taiwan

Awards

2003
Painting “Red Leaves” was chosen for Contemporary International Painting Exhibition, Beijing

Painting “Green Summer Lotus” was chosen for China South and North Chinese Painting Expo

2002
Painting “Peony” was chosen for China South and North Chinese Painting Expo

2001
Painting “Joy of Fish” was chosen for an international excellent work show

2000
Painting “Pine and Crane” was chosen for the Republic’s Best Artwork Exhibition

1999
       Painting “Lotus” was chosen for an overseas famous artists’ exhibition sponsored by People’s
       Daily of China

1998
       Painting “Flying Sparrows in Bamboo Grove” won excellent work prize in the First Jiangsu
       Flower-and-Bird Painting Exhibition

1996
       Painting “Red Leaves” won the excellent work prize in the First Contemporary Meticulous
       Painting Exhibition held