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Jian Wang is a contemporary artist based in Beijing.

Born in 1958 in Dalian, China, Jian learned to paint at an early age. In 1986, he immigrated to the United States and studied art at the University of California, Davis, under the tutelage of Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri and other notable artists. In 1994, Jian graduated with a MFA from the California State University, Sacramento, where he is a part of the adjunct faculty.

Jian's work has been exhibited across five continents and is held in public and private collections throughout the world. For the past several years, Jian has been living and working in China. His paintings have been exhibited in the National Art Museum of China, the Yanhuang Art Museum and the Zhongshan Museum, among others. Jian also regularly speaks at universities in China, including the Tsinghua University, Tianjian University, Wuhan University and the Hubei Institute of Fine Art.

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Jian Wang (contemporary painter)

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Jian Wang (王健; born 1958) is a contemporary Chinese painter.[1]

Wang was born in Dalian in 1958. A child drawn to art, Wang learned the Russian social realism popular in China, but spent his own time studying Rembrandt and Michelangelo. At the age of twelve, the quality of his artwork earned him admission in the Dalian Youth Palace Arts, where he studied for six years.

Urged by his parents, Wang got his Bachelor of Science in Engineering at the Dalian Railway Institute, where he later taught for four years. It was here that he met Marjorie Francisco, a retired art teacher from Sacramento, who taught English at the Institute.[2] Impressed by his artwork, Marjorie sponsored Wang's journey to the United States so he could have the freedom to develop his own artistic voice.

In 1986, Wang arrived in the United States. He took art courses at Sacramento City College from Fred Dalkey. At University of California, he learned from Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, Roland Peterson and David Hallowell. Wang received his M.A. degree in 1994, at California State University, Sacramento, under the advisement of Oliver Jackson.

Wang currently works in California and in Beijing.

王健，美籍华人艺术家。1958年生于大连。十岁开始学习绘画。1986年赴美国加利福尼亚大学戴维斯学习艺术，师从Wayne Thiebaud等当代艺术大师。1994年，获加利福尼亚州立大学艺术硕士学位。
自1987年在美国举办第一次个人画展，王健在旅美二十八年间，在北京、武汉、大连、纽约、华盛顿、旧金山、洛杉矶等城市相继举办了六十多次个人展览, 其作品在五大洲很多国家展出。王健的作品被美术馆、美国各级政府部门、大学、企业及私人收藏千余幅作品。
王健现为加州州立大学的兼职教授，武汉大学、湖北美术学院、中南民族大学、武汉纺织大学等多所大学的客座教授，王健在清华美院、人民大学美术学院、天津美术学院、武汉大学、湖北美术学院、中南民族大学、武汉纺织大学等多所大学讲学。
2006年、2007年，王健曾获得加州参议院，萨克拉曼陀郡政府和萨克拉陀市政府分别以通过议案的形式表彰王健教授为“杰出贡献艺术家”。