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Jove Wang was born in Jilin China in 1962. At the young age of seven he began an apprenticeship with the master painter Gang Gu, subsequently studying at Jilin School of Art for three years and graduating in 1982. Wang was accepted into China’s prestigious art institute, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now known as the China Academy of Art), where from 1986 to 1988 he served as Chairman of the Student Body. He graduated from the Academy as an honor student in 1988. Additionally, Wang received professional training from the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1989 Jove Wang worked at the International Art Exposition in Beijing, China where he designed the Spanish Expo Building in time for the 1992 opening. In 1990 Wang immigrated to the United States where he continued his art career, quickly gaining national recognition.

Artist Statement
“I have made it my goal that each work I paint has to be endowed with its own life and soul from within; whether it is a drama, an opera, a poem, or even a fantasy. I consider my style as realism combined with modern expressionism.” — Jove Wang

Selected Exhibitions

2024 - Solo Exhibit "The Dynamic American West", American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, CA

2022 - Solo Exhibit “The Great American West", LPAPA gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2018 - 108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition of California Art Club, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2017 - 106th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum of American West, Los Angeles, CA

2015 - "Chinese Figurative Realism in the 21st Century" exhibition, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, California Lutheran University, CA

2013 - Solo Exhibit "Soul and Sentiment", Shengshi Sky Art Museum, Beijing, China

2013 - Solo Exhibit "Instinct & Feeling", Malibu Lumber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011 - Solo Exhibit "Jove Wang in Europe", American Legacy Fine Arts Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2004 - Solo Exhibit " Journey through China 2004", New Masters Gallery, Carmel, CA

2003 - Solo Exhibit "Vision of a Master", Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2003 - Solo Exhibit "Jove Wang's Paintings”, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA

2003 - 9th Annual Plein Air Event of California Art Club, San Juan Capistrano, CA

2002 - Solo Exhibit “Journey through China 2002", New Masters Gallery, Carmel, CA

2002 - Solo Exhibit, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2002 - 92nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibit of California Art Club, CA

2002 - Solo Exhibit "Lost but Not Forgotten: Life along the Yangtze River", Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena, CA

2001 - Solo Exhibit “Journey through France", Gallery Americana, Carmel, CA

2001 - Solo Exhibit “A Spiritual Journey through China 2001", Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena, CA

2001 - 91st Annual Gold Medal Exhibit of California Art Club, CA

2000 - Solo Exhibit, Scotch Mist Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2000 - 90th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit of California Art Club

1999 – California Art Club’s “On Location in Malibu”, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA

1999 - International Travel Expo 1999 Modern Art Festival, Korea

1999 - Solo Exhibit, California Art Council, Sacramento, CA

1997 - "Impression of Pasadena", Pasadena Historical Museum, CA

1997 - "East Coast Ideals - West Coast Concepts" of California Art Club, Carnegie Art Museum, CA

1995 - Solo Exhibit, Taipei, Taiwan

1994 - Asia Invitational Art Exhibit, South Korea

Professional Associations

Signature Artist Member, California Art Club
Signature Members, Laguna Plen Air Painters Association

Selected Permanent Collections

2003 - Bakersfield Museum of Art

1999 - Mission San Juan Capistrano

1998 - Bowers Museum

1995 - Portrait Commissioned by Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor

1993 - Portrait Commissioned by Cardinal Roger Mahoney, added to the permanent Collection of his Titular Church in Rome, Italy

1992 - Portrait Commissioned by Cardinal Roger Mahoney, added to the permanent collection of the Archdiocesan Catholic Center in Los Angeles

Selected Publication

“Master Jove Wang: Expressive Cityscapes”, DVD, Streamline Publishing, Inc, 2023

“Master Jove Wang: Essential Drawing Skills”, DVD, Streamline Publishing, Inc, 2017

“Master Jove Wang: Painting Expressive Portraits”, DVD, Streamline Publishing, Inc, 2017

“Instinct & Feeling — Jove Wang’s Oil Painting”, book published 2000

Newspapers & Magazines:

Inside Art, March 2024, “Good Paintings Have These 3 Things in Common”, by Christopher Volpe

Outdoor Painter, October 2023, “Inspiring Artist: Jove Wang”, editorial by PleinAir Today

Inside Art, 2022,” It’s Opposite Day”, by Christopher Volpe

Art of the West Magazine, November/December 2018 issue, “Art Must Have Soul”, by Mary Nelson

Art of the West Magazine, March/April 2015 issue, "One on One", by Vicki Stavig

Plein Air Magazine, March 2013 issue, “Artistry in the Land of Opportunity”, by Molly Siple

Plein Air Magazine, Summer 2011 issue,” Spontaneous Responses to Well Known Locations”, by M Stephen Doherty, editor-in-chief

Pasadena Star News, February 25, 2011,” Jove Wang’s Brush Blends Cultures”, by Michelle J. Mills

Pasadena Scene Magazine, February 2011 issue,” Jove Wang’s Brush Blends Cultures”, by Michelle J. Mills

American Artist Magazine, January 2011 issue, “Jove Wang: Itinerant Inspiration”, by Allison Malafronte

American Art Collector Magazine, April 2009 issue, "Striking Gold"

Art of the West Magazine, May/June 2008 issue, “Life is My Teacher’, by Mary Nelson

American Artist Workshop, summer 2007 issue,” Jove Wang: Thinking Big, Painting big “, by Molly Siple

American Art Collector Magazine, October 2006 issue,” Jove Wang: Collectors Find Beauty and Serenity in these Depictions of the Simple, Rural Life”

Southwest Art Magazine, October 2002 issue, "Where Life and Art Meet", by Molly Siple

American Artist Magazine, 2002, "Five Artists to Watch"

Southwest Art Magazine, 1999, "Artists to Watch"

Selected Achievements

2023
Judge of 2023 Easton Plein Air Painting Competition, Easton, MD

2022
Artists' Choice Award, 24th Annual Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

2021
Best of Show and Artists Choice award, American Impressionist Society’s 22nd Annual Oil Painting Competition

2021
Best of Show, American Impressionist Society’s Annual All-Member online exhibition

2019
Best Artist Award, 9th Annual Figurative Online Art Competition

2018
Presented a painting demo for an audience of 1,000 at Portrait Art Expo, Miami, F

2017 Collectors' Choice Award, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association’s 19th Annual Plein Air Painting Invitational

2016
Presented painting demo for an audience of 100 at Plein Air Convention & Expo, Tucson, AZ

2009
Guy Rose Gold Medal Award for Best Multi-Figurative Composition, California Art Club’s, 98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art

2008
Gold Medal Award, Japan Artist Association, Tokyo National Museum

2001
Best of Show and the Artists’ Choice Award, Carmel Art Festival

2001
Judge of Plein Air Tucson 2001 Competition, AZ

2000
First Place Cincinnati Art Club’s Viewpoint 2000 Exhibition

2000
Grand Prize, Best of Mission, and Best Design/Architecture, Plein Air Tucson Exhibit

1999
Best of Show, Oil Painters of America’s 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition

1998
First Place, figure category, California Art Club’s 89th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition

1997
Best of Show, California Art Club’s 88th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition

Press and Publications

Jove Wang Featured in Plein Air Magazine, Fall 2024

Jove Wang Featured in Plein Air Magazine, Fall 2024

Growing up in the vast, open steppes of Inner Mongolia, Jove Wang developed a deep appreciation for expansive landscapes and the rugged beauty of untamed nature.

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Jove Wang Solo Exhibition in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Fall 2024

On view at American Legacy Fine Arts this season is Jove Wang’s “Spirit of the American West”, an exhibition of more that 20 recent landscape and figure paintings.

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American Legacy Fine Arts featured in Fine Art Connoisseur online editorial, November 2019

American Legacy Fine Art Featured in Fine Art Connoisseur Online Editorial, November 2019

American Legacy Fine Arts (Pasadena, CA) recently announced its “Fleeting Moments 2nd Biennale: Works en Plein Air,” a group exhibition that takes an extraordinary look at the contemporary painting movement. …

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ALFA Artists in American Art Collector Magazine October 2019 Issue

Opening November 22 at American Legacy Fine Arts in Pasadena, California, is the Fleeting Moments 2nd Biennale, Works en Plein Air, a group exhibition that will feature more that 40 …

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American Legacy Fine Arts presents Jove Wang in Art of the West Magazine, November/December 2018 Issue.

Jove Wang Featured in Art of the West Magazine November/December 2018 Issue

As an accomplished artist with more than 30 years under his belt, Jove Wang has a theory that presides over his art. Roughly translated, it’s to know what you’re doing …

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American Legacy Fine Arts presents Jove Wang And Mian Situ in Art of the West Magazine, March/April 2015.

Mian Situ and Jove Wang Featured in Art of the West, March April 2015

The William Rolland Gallery of  Fine Art at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, is hosting an exciting exhibition of paintings and drawings by seven contemporary Chinese figurative artists …

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Mian Situ and Jove Wang in Plein Air Magazine March 2013 issue

Two of the master artists at the Plein Air Convention & Expo will demonstrate the varied styles of painting employed by highly trained Chinese artists who immigrated to America in …

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Jove Wang Featured in Plein Air Magazine Summer 2011 Issue

Jove Wang Featured in Plein Air Magazine Summer 2011 Issue

We all have our favorite places in the world, but can artists show them to us in new ways? During a recent painting trip to Europe, Jove Wang challenged himself …

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Jove Wang Featured in Pasadena Star News February 25, 2011

Jove Wang Featured in Pasadena Star News February 25, 2011

Jove Wang Featured in Pasadena Star News February 25, 2011

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Jove Wang in Pasadena Scene Magazine February 2011 Issue

The delight is in the details in Jove Wang’s paintings. For example, compare two at his plein airs from his travels in Italy: “Morning in Venice” shows a boat moored …

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Jove Wang Featured in American Artist Magazine January 2011

Jove Wang believes that life experience fuels the creative process and influences an artist’s vision more than any other factor. Raised in China—where he trained at the Jilin School of …

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American Art Collector April 2009

Jove Wang in American Art Collector Magazine April 2009 Issue

April 2009: California Art Club's 98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition

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Jove Wang Featured in Art of the West Magazine Summer 2008

Jove Wang Featured in Art of the West Magazine Summer 2008

Summer 2008: The kind of beauty brought on by living that takes a particular artistic vision to see and impart with the sensitivity, style, and grace that is Wang's trademark.

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Jove Wang Featured in American Artist Workshop Summer 2007 Issue

Jove Wang Featured in American Artist Workshop Summer 2007 Issue

Summer 2007: Wang is an animated workshop instructor who is passionate about teaching and leads his classes with great earnestness and energy.

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Jove Wang Featured in American Art Collector Magazine

Jove Wang Featured in American Art Collector Magazine

October 2006: Collectors find beauty and serenity in Jove Wang's expressionist portraits of rural Chinese scenes.

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Jove Wang Featured in Southwest Art Magazine October 2002 Issue

Jove Wang Featured in Southwest Art Magazine October 2002 Issue

October 2002: Jove Wang uses portraits, street scenes, and landscapes to share his passion for life.

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