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YI-SHIN CHIANG (NORA)
FINE ARTIST
EDUCATION
2014 MFA Painting Academy of Art University
2013 Summer Italy Exchange Program Santa Reparata International School of Art
2010 BFA Illustration Academy of Art University
AWARDS
2017 Coos Art Museum: Expressions West 2017, Finalist
2015 Coos Art Museum: Expressions West 2015, Honorable Mention
2015 de Young Museum: 19th Annual de Young Showcase “Divergence: Emerging Legacies”, Finalist
2015 Artist Portfolio Magazine: 2014/15 Portraits Art Exhibition, Top 20
2015 Peoria Art Guild: Nude Attitude 2015, Finalist
2015 Ninth Annual International Juried Exhibit Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century, Finalist
2014 Dab Art Host: 2014 International Juried show at the HUD Gallery, Best in Show
2014 The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 118th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Finalist
2014 BoldBrush Painting Competition, Jury's Favorite
2014 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 5th Annual "Abstracts" competition, Special Recognition (SR) Artist
2014 Academy of Art University Annual Spring Show, MFA Abstract Painting, 3rd Place
2013 Academy of Art University Annual Spring Show, MFA Abstract Painting, 2nd Place
2013 BoldBrush Painting Competition, Jury's Favorite
2012 Taiwan Museum of Fine Art 1st "Beauty of Taiwan" Contest, Finalist
2005 Canada B.C Annual Memorial Contest, 2nd Place
EXHIBITIONS
2017 Expressions West 2017 Exhibition, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2017 "How Are You", Sweet Inspiration Bakery Cafe, San Francisco, CA
2016 6th SF ArtMarket, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
2015 Art Silicon Valley San Francisco, San Mateo Event Center, San Mateo, CA
2015 Young Artist Exhibition, ZK Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Legacy and Divergence, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 19th Annual de Young Showcase “Divergence: Emerging Legacies”, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2015 Expressions West 2015 Exhibition, Coos Art Museum, OR
2015 3rd Annual Nude Attitude Exhibition, Peoria Art Guild Gallery, IL
2015 Small Works 2015 Exhibit, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015 Ninth Annual International Juried Exhibit Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century, Clatsop Community College's Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR
2014 The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 118th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, National Art Club, New York, NY
2014 Dab Art's International Juried Show, HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA
2014 Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 "Half Empty, Half Full", The Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Spring Show Award Winners, The Atelier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Annual Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2013 Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Academy of Art University: Annual Spring Show, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2012 Tiny Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 San Francisco North Beach Cityscapes, Arata Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Annual Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2012 1st “Beauty of Taiwan”, Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2005 Superhero Mural, Sentinel Secondary High School, West Vancouver, B.C, Canada
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Featured Artist, Circle Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine, October Issue 2018
Featured Artist, Expose Art Magazine, May 2015 Edition
Featured Artist, Artist Portfolio Magazine, "Portrait 2014/15"2015
"118th Annual Open Juried Exhibition" Catalog, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY2014
FREELANCE
2010 Dr. Gregg Carb - Chiropractic Spine & Hand Therapy Center, illustration of stretches, published on posturepress.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 Art Instructor, East Art Studio, San Francisco, CA
2016 Art Instructor, Calcolor Academy, Fremont, CA
MEMBERSHIP
AWA - American Women Artist
OPA - Oil Painters of America
CFA - Circle Foundation for the Arts
SKILLS
Painting:
Capable of watercolor, Gouache, Acrylic, and Oil mediums
Illustration:
Versatile with Mac operating systems of
Photoshop (CS5)
Illustrator (CS5)
Corel Painter X
Flash (CS5)
Others:
Special effects and medical professional makeup
LANGUAGES
Mandarin, English, and Cantonese
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