Paul Ching-Bor
Artist’s Statement
“I am only a part of the work I have created. I strongly sense that time and space have been playing their incontestable roles, through me, on to the work.
My practice in the medium is about building up watercolor, and then to dematerialize it to the parallel notion of material (visceral) and immaterial (cerebral), which is also reminiscent of the eastern philosophy - between like it and not like it.”
Paul Ching-Bor
Biography
1963 Born in Guangzhou, Southern China.
1975-81 Selected to study fine art at the Youth Arts Centre, Guangzhou.
1981-84 Began painting full time in the Art Studio, Guangzhou.
1984-85 Returned to study in the Sculpture Dept. of Guangzhou Fine Art University.
1985-87 Studied fine art at the Jing De Zhen Ceramic Institute (Art Dept.)
1987 Left the institute and settled in Australia as a professional artist.
Ching-Bor's career has continued on to be highly successful in both the USA and Europe after being awarded a Mercedes-Benz scholarship to the USA. He has lived in and focused on these areas
for the past decade.
Invited Artist in Residence in both Salzburg and Munich and in the USA.
His work has been commissioned including 2 large paintings for the entrance to the World Finance Centre, Shanghai; Ritz Carlton, New York; Grand Hyatt International, Tokyo; and pieces to be found extensively in public, private and corporate collections worldwide.Awards
Multiple awards from across the globe including;
1994 - First prize and Gold Medal a the Rotary Club of Camberwell, Victoria.
Selected finalist on several occasions in the Wynne, Sulman and Archibald prizes.
Gold and Silver medallist on occasions in the Allied Artists of America awards
2002 - Best Watercolour, Combined Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular
Invited exhibitor across the USA; in Turkey and at The Venice Biennale.Exhibitions
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS;
1990 Hilton International, Sydney
1991 Melaleuca Gallery, Anglesea, Victoria
1992 Brighton Horizon Art Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Melaleuca Gallery, Anglesea, Victoria
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
1994 Brighton Horizon Art Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Brighton Horizon Art Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Brighton Horizon Art Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Brighton Horizon Art Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2001 Galerie Schloss Neuhaus, Salzburg, Austria
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2002 Spanierman Gallery, New York
Glen Eira City Hall, Melbourne
Vistablue Gallery, Sydney
Schloss Neuhaus, Salzburg, Austria
2003 Vistablue Gallery, Sydney
Spanierman Gallery, New York
Gallery V, Columbus, Ohio
Art on Cairncross, Maleny, Qld.
2004 Art on Cairncross, held at Graydon Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Spanierman Gallery, New York
2006 Reeves Contemporary, New York
Neuhauser Kunstmühle, Salzburg, Austria
2008 Art on Cairncross, held at Graydon Gallery, Brisbane
2011 Art Karlsruhe, Germany
Neuhauser Kunstmühle, Salzburg, Austria
Schulz Contemporary, Berlin
2013 Kunstlerhaus, Marktoberdorf, Gernany
2014 Art on Cairncross, Maleny, Qld.
2015 Venice Biennale, invited artist.
2016 Art 345 Gallery, New York
Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, Colorado
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