Yangtze Repertory Theatre Presents
The 19^th Exhibit of Asian Artists
Oil Paintings by Chen WeiLi and Ge ShuQing
With Jason DeShen Cao and Joanna Chan

WHERE AND WHEN:

Flushing Town Hall Gallery
137-35 Northern Blvd. Flushing, New York
Exhibit on view: Sept. 30 – Oct. 9, 2011
Each day from noon till 5:00 PM (including Sundays)

Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 30, 2011from 4:00 pm (press conference) till 7:00 pm

TRANSIT DIRECTIONS: from Manhattan take 7 train to Main St.-Flushing (last Stop).

On September 30, Yangtze Repertory Theatre will present "The 19^th Exhibit of Asian Artists"with oil paintings by Chen WaiLi, Ge ShuQing, Jason DeShen Cao (all from Northeastern – Manchuria – China) and Joanna Chan, at Flushing Town Hall Gallery, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Flushing (Queens, NYC). The exhibition will continue until Oct. 9; there will be an opening night reception on September 30 from 4:00 pm (press conference) to 7:00 pm. This will be Yangtze's 26th art exhibition for Asian artists.

Chen WeiLi was born in ShenYang, LiaoNing Province, in Northeastern China. He received his M.A. in fine arts from LiaoNing Normal University. A member of the LiaoNing Fine Artists Guild, he has been featured at such prominent publications such as The People's Daily and LiaoNing Times. He had been commissioned to create large murals by the LiaoNing city government. His works have been collected by the Ministry of Culture, the Art Museum of LiaoNing, among others.

Ge ShuQing who was born in FuShun, LiaoNing Province, in Northeaster China, resides in Beijing as a professional artist. With a career spanning over 30 years, he is best known for paintings depicting countryside passin and romance. A resident set designer for FuShun Opera House, Mr. Ge is the Vice President of FuShun Artists Association and a member of China's Fine Artists Guild. His works have won several national awards, and are collected by the Art Museum of LiaoNing.

Jason DeShen Cao is also a Manchurian born in FuShen, LiaoNing Province, in Northeastern China. He began painting in 1998.

Joanna Chan, one of the best known playwrights and stage directors in the Chinese language, with a theater career spanning over 40 years in North America and China, trained in oil for 6 years under the great Hon Chi-Fun in her youth, and received further training in drawing, painting, and graphic design at the Art Institute of Chicago, and Teachers College, Columbia University. After a 28-year hiatus, she resumed painting in earnest in the late 1990s. More recently, she trained with the painter, Michael Simone, M.M. Her art works (oils, water colors and computer designs), many of which were based on her extensive journeys through the Middle East, the Soviet Union, Eastern and Western Europe, Northern Africa and China, including Tibet and the Gobi Desert, have been presented in solo and group exhibitions in upstate and downtown New York. In late 1999, her oil painting, Jerusalem '98, was one of the top 60 selections among nearly 1,700 entries from 19 countries in the National Catholic Reporter's Jesus 2000 contest. Another oil, An Outburst in Late Spring was selected by the National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society for the "BEST of America! 2003"exhibition.

Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America was co-founded in 1992 by the acclaimed and highly prolific playwright/director/painter and former Artistic Director of the state funded Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Dr. Joanna Chan. Its mission is to produce works for and by Asian artists. Since then, it has presented 91 cultural events, and has become New York's most significant entry point for dramatic works from Chinese-speaking countries and a place of collaboration for artists from various parts of Asia. Beside Yangtze's acclaimed annual theatre productions, the organization has also co-presented 25 art exhibitions, 13 productions of new dance works, and 13 musical concerts. Noted artists presented by Yangtze in the past include Noble Laureate Gao Xing-Jian and the great Japanese dyework master Tomonosuke Ogo. For more information about the Yangtze Repertory, visit www.yangtze-rep-theatre.org.

This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties.
It is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.