First Friday Reception May 6th, 2022 6:00-8:00 pm.
Chao is a perceptual painter, mostly working on representational pictures. His subjects are mainly based on his personal experiences as a foreign national in the United States. A strong sense of isolation leaves him time to explore his surroundings and pay close attention to abandoned houses and shuttered buildings that have been forgotten. Chao looks for the constructive force and beauty in nature and discovering internal orders. He is intrigued by the visual formalities and rhythms that he has encountered to concentrate on the unusual and hidden beauties from those forgotten scenes and is constantly seeking new possibilities in his painting compositions.
Chao Ding is a Beijing native, and currently lives and works in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During his childhood he sat beside his father’s easel to watch for leisure. Chao received his B.A. in Fashion Design from Beijing University of Technology in 2012. After four years of study and experience as an intern in the fashion industry, he felt limited to express himself. In 2014, he moved to Buffalo, New York to study drawing and painting at SUNY Buffalo State College, where he found the enthusiasm to return back to the painting medium. After graduating from SUNY, he went to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to pursue an MFA degree in studio art at Louisiana State University.
The Chao Ding: Significant & Non-Function exhibition will be displayed at Arts Visalia throughout the month of May 2022.
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