Mystic World - Works of Cha Guojun
Art Beatus Exhibition Space
35-39 Graham Street, Ground Floor, Central, Hong Kong
( Near Hollywood Road and Lyndhurst Terrace )
Exhibition Duration: October 3 to 26, 2007
Artist will attend the opening ceremony from 6:00 to 8:00pm
on October 3, 2007 (Wednesday)

Press Release

Signs and symbols on oracle bones and ancient Chinese bronze vessels, calligraphic characters on signature seals and stones, abstract displays of ink and colour splashes in Chinese paintings…. all these have been turned into components and integral parts in the paintings of Cha Guojun.

Cha, a veteran Chinese-American painter, describes his paintings as his means of delineating stories of the mysticism of the East through the application of contemporary abstract art of the West. His paintings, strong and distinct in characteristics of their own, are universal yet organically eastern.

The artist has lived, taught and painted in the United States for over twenty years. He is fluent in the artistic language of the west but his ethnic roots run deep. In recent years, Cha often returns to Shanghai to work and teaches a Master of Fine Art programme at the Shanghai University.

Cha has gone through different stages in his artistic pursuit, starting off as a realism painter in Shanghai and progressed onto abstracts after moving to the United States in 1985. He has held numerous exhibitions around the world and hundreds of his works have been widely collected in the United States, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Europe.

The paintings in Mystic World, which will be on show at Art Beatus Gallery in October, are embodiments of the symbols and techniques from both the east and the west manipulated and displayed at the will of the artist.

Art Beatus Gallery’s new exhibition space is located at 35-39 Graham Street, Ground Floor, Central, Hong Kong (near Hollywood Road and Lyndhurst Terrace). For further information about this exhibition or for interviewing the artist, you can e-mail us at dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk or call either Dominic Chan at 2522-1138 or Josephine Hau at 2526-0818.

Gallery hours: Mon. thr. Saturday, 11:30am-7:30pm, close on Sundays & public holidays.

Cha Guojun

1943 Born in Kunshan City Suzhou, China

1967 Graduated from Shanghai Drama Institute, China

1984-1985 Lecturer, Oil Painting Department, Institute of Fine Art, Shanghai University, China

1985-1988 Visiting Scholar, Department of Studio Arts, University of Minnesota, USA

1988-1989 Guest Professor, School of Fine Art, University of Winnipeg, Canada

Current

Professional artist

Lecturer, Master of Fine Art, Shanghai University, China

Guest Professor, Shanghai Drama Institute, China

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2006 Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China

2005 Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, USA

2003 Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, USA

2002 China Art Museum, Beijing, China

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Moorthesd State University, Moorthead, USA

2000 J.Gallery, Shanghai, China

Kavanaugh Art Gallery, Iowa, USA

1999 Kavanaugh Art Gallery, Iowa, USA

1998 J.Gallery, Hong Kong

1994 G.G. Rein Gallery, Minnesota, USA

1992 Initiator Gallery, San Diego University Museum, USA

Thomas Babeok Gallery, San Diego, USA

1990 C.G. Rein Gallery, Minnesota, USA

1989 C.G. Rein Gallery, Minnesota, USA

1988 University of Manitoba Museum, Canada

Art School Showroom, Minnesota University, USA

C.G. Rein Gallery, Minnesota, USA

1987 C.G. Rein Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

1986 Museum Gallery, University of St.John's, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004 Art Chicago, USA

Liu Haisu Art Gallery, Shanghai, China

2003 Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

San Francisco International Art Exposition, USA

1999 Dyansen Art Renaissance, Chicago, USA

1998 Exhibition of 100 Elite Artists, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

1997 1st Shanghai International Art Exposition, China

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, USA

1996 Shanghai / Germany - Fine Art Exchange Exhibition (Toured in five cities, in Germany), Shanghai Art Museum, China

1992 Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong

1991 13th New York International Art Fair, USA

Miami International Art Fair, USA

1989 Art Chicago, USA

Los Angeles International Art Fair, USA