Yan Sun
May 2011
Yan Sun is Professor of Art and Gallery Director at Muskingum University. He received M.F.A. degree in painting and drawing from Texas A&M University-Commerce, M.A. degree of Art History from Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, and B.F.A. degree in painting and drawing from Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China.
Yan Sun is the recipient of The William Oxley Thompson Award for Excellence in Teaching (2001) and The William Rainey Harper Award for Outstanding Scholarship (2008) of Muskingum University.
To recognize the contributions of Yan Sun to the museum and its community, the Zanesville Museum of Art named its “Diverse Cultures Gallery” the "Yan Sun Diverse Cultures Gallery."
In 2010, Cambridge Mayor Tom Orr presented the “Key to the City” to Yan Sun for his time and artistic efforts on behalf of the city’s residents, civic groups and other organizations.
Hayden Museum of American Art published Yan Sun’s paintings in books: Life • Time • Space – Yan Sun’ Paintings in 2004 and Yan Sun - Cross Culture . Cross Century in 2007.
Yan Sun’s recent solo shows include "Yan Sun Retrospective," (Zanesville Museum of Art, OH. 2008); "One Man's Journey - Yan Sun's Art," (Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH. 2007); "Yan Sun Paintings: Traditions—Past and Present,” (Wright State University, Dayton, OH 2007); "Paintings of the West" (Hayden Museum of American Art, Paris, TX. 2006); "Peace and Emotion in Painting" Galerie Korńey, Dallas, TX. 2006); "Vision and Expression" (Ohio University-Zanesville, OH 2005); and “Yan Sun's Art,” (The Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts, New Philadelphia, OH 2004).
Some state and national awards of Yan Sun include Bronze Medal of Oil Painters of America 2010 Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition (2010); First Place Award of Southeast Ohio Watermedia Society Juried Exhibition (2010); Award of Excellence of The View – A Juried Landscape Competition at Rosewood Art Gallery, Kettering, OH (2009); Jury's Selection Award of Cathedral International Juried Exhibition in Covington, KY (2004); Award of Merit of The View - An All-Ohio Landscape Competition (2003); Best of Show of Juried International Touring Art Exhibition, 1999-2000, - Csongrad, Hungary - Szeged, Hungary - Lviv, Ukraine - Toledo, Spain - Poznan, Poland - Tomsk, Russia - Toyohasi, Japan. Painting was published on newspapers, postcards, and T-shirts.
--Yan Sun
