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1939
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Ding Shaoguang 丁绍光 was born on October 7 in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China.
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He
studied decorative arts under the supervision of Pang Xunqin 庞薰琴
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1962
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Graduated
from the Academy of Arts and Crafts, he taught at the Yunnan Art
School
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in Kunming.
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1979
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He created a
mural for the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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1980
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He left for
the United States and taught at the University of California in Los
Angeles.
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1986/1996
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Many
individual exhibitions around the world.
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1992
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White Night,
won the highest auction price for Chinese painters:
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HK $ 2 millions,
at Christies
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1993 / 1995
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Three times,
the Association of Chinese Artists of the United States, choose him
as the
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most representative painter of the United States.
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1996
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The National
Art Museum of China organized the National Ding Shaoguang Prize
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exhibition.
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1998
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He created a
mural for the Shanghai Grand Theater.
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2011
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For his
painting of a rainforest, Tree of Soul, located in Shanghai Culture
Square,
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he used 300,000 pieces of glued glass.
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He lives in
the United States.
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Danièle Sicard
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Publications |
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Painting Paradise : The Art of Ting Shao Kuang by Ann Wicks
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biography published in english by China Books & Periodicals
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Ding Shaoguang : Life and Art
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biography published in chinese by the Yunnan People's Publishing House
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