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                                                INTRODUCTION OF Mr. DASHUAI SUN

 

Mr. Dashuai Sun was born in Inner Mongolia in 1963.  He currently lives in the United  States.  He travels between New York and Inner Mongolia to create his art.

At age 6, he began to learn painting from his father.  By age 9, he won the First prize of the First Students' Paintings Competition.  At age 16, he was the winner of the Young Artists Competition of the Nation.

He won excellent awards at the 6th,7th and 8th National Art Exhibition--the highest academic art exhibition in nation, which is held once five years by the National Culture Ministry and the National Artist Association.

He won the gold medal in the National Art Exhibition held by the National Art Research Center, his works were published in the Best Selection of Fifty Famous Artists in Nation.

From 1991 to 1999, his paintings were put on display in the USA.

His watercolor painting   "America"   featured in the winter issue of Manhattan Art International.  He won grand prize in the 1997 Sixth, the 1998 Seventh and the 1999 Eighth Annual Manhattan Arts International Competition. He was selected in the Soho Art-International Art Contest 1997  sponsored by Artist Spectrum and Agora Gallery.

He was a winner in Soho International Art Competition sponsored by Agora Gallery and Art-Mine.

He was one of the two winners in 1996-97 Individual Artist Showcase Competition cosponsored by the Queens Borough Public Library and the Alliance of New York Artist. He was the only winner received People's Choose Award in the Annual Watercolor Show held by the Alliance of New York Artist.

His three images of Sun, Moon and Earth series were included in the 1998-99 Edition of New Art International.

He also held his one-person art exhibition in the 454 Gallery, Mainsteam Gallery and Cunniff Studio Gallery of Michigan.

His paintings were put on display in the German Munich Royal Art Academy Gallery,  the St.Petersburg Art Academy Gallery of the former Soviet Union,  the Modern Art Museum of Tokyo, the Mongolian National Art Museum and the Chinese National Museum of Fine Art.

He is the youngest member of the National Artist Association (1989).  

In 2000, he became a member of the American Artists Professional League. He won awards in spring 2000 of Washington Square Art Exhibition.

In 2001, his paintings were exhibit in Lord and Taylor window show on Fifth Ave, New York City, New York.

In 2002, he took part in the 25th Annual Small Works Competition and Exhibition by Washington Square East Galleries and New York University, his work was selected.  His three paintings were published on ART NEWS-December of 2001 and March of 2002.

In 2003,   he won excellent award in the Membership Exhibition of the American Artist Professional League.

In 2004, his painting GREEN MOONLIGHT was selected in "How did you paint that-100 ways to paint people and figures". This book published by the INTERNATIONAL ARTIST publisher.

On the 76th Grand National Exhibition held by the American Artists Professional League, his work with the other winners' were exhibited in Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

His painting was also selected by Allied Artist of American, INC in the 91st Annual Exhibition. Works were shown in the National Arts Club in New York City.

On the 2004 Membership Exhibition of the American Artists Professional League, including paintings, graphics and sculpture, only 67 pieces work were selected, his is one of them.

In 2005, he was one of the 45 finalists of the Woodstock School of Art Regional Exhibition.

In 2006, his painting SKILLFUL  WIFE  won the WINSOR & NEWTON AWARD in the American Artists Professional League 78th Grand National Exhibition, this is the one of two grand awards in  watermedia.

He  was one of the 10 finalists of  the AMERICAN ARTIST CASEIN ART COMPETITION, his painting GO INTO THE TOWN was featured in the January,2007 issue of AMERICAN ARTIST.

In 2007, He won the 1st place-Gold Medal of the National Art League Fall Members' Show in New York. 

The 2nd place and Honorable Mention in the 74th Annual International Exhibition of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors &Gravers Society of Washington,DC .

The 3rd place of the 33rd Annual Alaska Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Alaska.

The 4th place ---  "The Look of Love"  2007  of   the Northwest Cultural Council ,Illinois. 

The Winsor & Newton Award and Raymond Chow Memorial Award of the American Artists Professional League, New York.

He was also the finalist of the National Watercolor Society All Member Show; the 28th Pennsylvania Watercolor Society International Exhibition and the 82nd Canadian Society of Painters in Water Color Exhibition.

In 2008,he  was one of the 10 finalists of the International Artist's  People & Figures competition,  his painting GO INTO THE TOWN  was featured in its December/January 2008 issue.  He won the Honorable Mention Ribbon of the National Art League "Small Works Exhibition". He was also the finalist of the Watercolor Art Society-Houston ; the Missouri Watercolor Society;  the Western Colorado Watercolor Society , the Red River Watercolor Society's  competitions and the 97th  Connecticut Academy of Fine Art Exhibition . In the 78th  Annual Open Exhibition of National Art League , his Shepherd’s Child  With Lamb (No. 2 ) won  1st  Place .

His prints are in private collections in China , the United States, Canada, England, France, Russia, Italy, Germany,Greece, Holland, Turkey and Mongolia.

E-mail:dashuaisun@yahoo.com