Preface for The U.S. - China Artists Exhibition

On this occasion celebrating the 5th anniversary of American Trade Development Council and the grand opening of the U.S.-China Artists Online Exhibition, I share my heartfelt thanks to all the artists participating in this exhibition and my sincere wishes for their exquisite works presented here be enjoyed by the viewers. I also express my respect to ATDC’s organizers: the chairman and the director-general and amthankful for their creative organization of this event. In addition, I express my sincere thanks to several Congress members for their sharing of congratulations for this exhibition, and, finally, my sincere gratitude to American art consultants Dr. Rich Melheim and Rev. Jim Mericle, for their hard work to help make this exhibition successfully organized.

In this online art exhibition celebrating the 5th anniversary of ATDC, many kinds of artworks are displayed , such as oil painting, acrylic, watercolor, serigraph, digital painting, sculpture, and mixed media. Artists participating in this exhibition are from Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana and beyond. In particular, there is a group of artists from Santa Fe, known as the "hometown of art," located in New Mexico in the southwest of the United States. like the southwest art school in China. It is the second largest artist gathering place in the United States after New York City. Years ago, I drove from Minnesota to Santa Fe for an “art pilgrimage.” I am so happy to have this opportunity to introduce artists from Santa Fe to Chinese audiences today. I offer a special thanks to Mr. Troy L.Buchleiter, director of Santa Fe’s New Concept Gallery, for his kind introduction to these artists.
The exhibition also includes works by an indigenous Native American artist, a Black artist, Asian-American artists and Hispanic and Latino American artists, a female painter who is the direct descendant of King Edward III and inherited artistic cells of 19th century famous fine artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. All artists participating in the exhibition have different skin tones reflecting American multi-ethnic cultural diversity and inclusiveness as the rich colors on the palette.
Among the artists, some of their works are collected by major museums, some by personal collectors, some are widely collected internationally, and some have deep influences in Hollywood. Their works are promoted and introduced by the major mainstream media. It is our honor to have each of them as part of the exhibition!
The origin of art comes from the transcendence of the limited material world. Art is an angel, and art is a bridge. Under the pandemic, under the current situation of “Stop Asian Hate,” under the political ice between China and the United States, artists living in the same global village embrace the common ideal of artistic pursuit, cross all artificial obstacles and build bridges of communication with art.
Fifty years ago, a small table tennis was an icebreaker to open up exchanges between American and Chinese people; today, we look forward to art broadening that exchange.
Thank you!
                                   General Art Consultant of ATDC Dr.James Q. He
　

List of exhibitors
Chinese painting:
Deng Yusheng, Wang Qingzhen, Wang Zhiwei, Wang Cheng, Wang Weiliang,
Li Renxiong, Li Yulong, Qi Junshan, Zhang Guangxi, Zhang Wencheng,
Zhang Qi, Rui Dequn, Luo Wangshan, Lin Guoxiong, Luo Weicun, Zhao Kai,
Zhou Ziyun, Hu Xiaohua, Pu Xingri, Liang Shimin, Gao Hongjian, Cui Ximin,
Fu Chunlin

Calligraphy:
Sun Sihai, Zhang Li, Liu Jianhua,
Jia Rujun, Chang Bin, Jiang Dongzhi,
Han Lancheng, Xian Junyan, Huang Weiyang
Yang Dedi

Oil painting:
1.Paul Oman
2.Ann Hosfeld
3.Cecilia Kirby Binkley
4.Douglas Atwill
5.Jane Abrams
6. John August Swanson
7. Dame Leith Eaton
8. Rich Melheim
9. Kevin Short
10.Laura Hunt
11.Frank Buffalo Hyde
12.Thomas Hartman
13.Gifty Bellon
14.Jonathan Koelsch
15.Wei Shi
16.Peter Wu
17.Geoffrey Feng
18.Blair Zhou
19.James Qi He
20. Kat Melheim

Sculptuie:
1.Richard Swenson
2.Thomas Hartman
　

Exhibition Arrangements:
Exhibition：From April15 to April 20，the online exhibition runs until June 15.
Exhibition Hall：Chinese Artists, U.S. Artists, calligraphy, Sculptuie