Ning Lee Art
Biography
Ning was born in Chongqing, a beautiful mountain city in Southwest China, in 1957. He studied at the School
of Fine Arts at Southwest Normal University, where he received seven years of professional training with a
focus on realistic approach. After obtaining his BFA and MFA from the School of Fine Arts at Southwest
Normal University in 1987, he started a teaching career at the Department Oil Painting at the same school.
Ning worked as a visiting artist at various art centers both in the United States and Canada in the early 1990s
and finally settled down in New York metro area in 1996. He has exhibited in China, Canada and United
States, received various awards, and has works in corporate and private collections in the US and abroad.
While working on landscapes and figurative paintings as well, Ning has a profound love for painting still life.
Guided by a special perspective to light, shadow, color and form, he paints the objects commonly seen in daily
life with a contemporary realistic approach that has distinguished his paintings by an element of orderliness,
serenity, rationality and harmony. Inspired by the Renaissance masters and the seventeenth century Dutch
masters; he applies his outstanding realistic skills acquired through years of academic trainings into creating
still life paintings of long-lasting beauty.
Awards & Grants:
2008 Best of Still Life, Third Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition
2007 Finalist in Still Life, International 2007 ARC Salon
2007 Artist’s Choice, "Leading Masters of Realism”, International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition
2002 Finalist in Still Life – National Annual Pastel 100
1997 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Nebraska, USA
1995 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York City, USA
1992 Banff Center for the Arts, Canada
Selected Exhibitions:
2008 Third Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition
Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery
2007 “Masterpieces for all Seasons", 2007 Annual Small Works Show
Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts Gallery, Dennis, MA
2007 Two Man Show, Rose Company Foundation Gallery
Howard Community College, MD
2007 “Leading Masters of Realism”
Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts Gallery, Dennis, MA
2007 Object D’Art, Group Show
Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts Gallery, Dennis, MA
2007 International ArtExpo New York, USA
2006 International ArtExpo New York, USA
1998 Solo Painting Show
Howard Community College Art Gallery, MD, USA
1997 "There Is No Problem Today"
Ontario Gallery of Chinese Arts, Toronto, Canada
1995 '95 Annual Chinese Painting Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
1994 The 8th National Art Exhibition, Chengdu, China
1993 "New Chinese Art", Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
1993 Chinese Art, Art Space Gallery, Peterborough, Canada
1992 "East Meets West: In a Post-Columbia World"
A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1992 Installation, Banff Center for the Arts, Canada
1991 The First Documentary Show of Chinese
Avant-garde Art, Beijing, China
Public Collections:
Saint Clare’s Foundation, NJ, USA
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, NE, USA
Chongqing High-Tech Zone, China
Suiyuan Art Foundation, Taiwan
Calumet College, York University, Canada
Winters College, York University, Canada
Ning was born in Chongqing, a beautiful mountain city in Southwest China, in 1957. He studied at the School
of Fine Arts at Southwest Normal University, where he received seven years of professional training with a
focus on realistic approach. After obtaining his BFA and MFA from the School of Fine Arts at Southwest
Normal University in 1987, he started a teaching career at the Department Oil Painting at the same school.
Ning worked as a visiting artist at various art centers both in the United States and Canada in the early 1990s
and finally settled down in New York metro area in 1996. He has exhibited in China, Canada and United
States, received various awards, and has works in corporate and private collections in the US and abroad.
While working on landscapes and figurative paintings as well, Ning has a profound love for painting still life.
Guided by a special perspective to light, shadow, color and form, he paints the objects commonly seen in daily
life with a contemporary realistic approach that has distinguished his paintings by an element of orderliness,
serenity, rationality and harmony. Inspired by the Renaissance masters and the seventeenth century Dutch
masters; he applies his outstanding realistic skills acquired through years of academic trainings into creating
still life paintings of long-lasting beauty.
Awards & Grants:
2008 Best of Still Life, Third Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition
2007 Finalist in Still Life, International 2007 ARC Salon
2007 Artist’s Choice, "Leading Masters of Realism”, International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition
2002 Finalist in Still Life – National Annual Pastel 100
1997 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Nebraska, USA
1995 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York City, USA
1992 Banff Center for the Arts, Canada
Selected Exhibitions:
2008 Third Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition
Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery
2007 “Masterpieces for all Seasons", 2007 Annual Small Works Show
Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts Gallery, Dennis, MA
2007 Two Man Show, Rose Company Foundation Gallery
Howard Community College, MD
2007 “Leading Masters of Realism”
Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts Gallery, Dennis, MA
2007 Object D’Art, Group Show
Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts Gallery, Dennis, MA
2007 International ArtExpo New York, USA
2006 International ArtExpo New York, USA
1998 Solo Painting Show
Howard Community College Art Gallery, MD, USA
1997 "There Is No Problem Today"
Ontario Gallery of Chinese Arts, Toronto, Canada
1995 '95 Annual Chinese Painting Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
1994 The 8th National Art Exhibition, Chengdu, China
1993 "New Chinese Art", Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
1993 Chinese Art, Art Space Gallery, Peterborough, Canada
1992 "East Meets West: In a Post-Columbia World"
A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1992 Installation, Banff Center for the Arts, Canada
1991 The First Documentary Show of Chinese
Avant-garde Art, Beijing, China
Public Collections:
Saint Clare’s Foundation, NJ, USA
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, NE, USA
Chongqing High-Tech Zone, China
Suiyuan Art Foundation, Taiwan
Calumet College, York University, Canada
Winters College, York University, Canada
