Brush Painting with Gan Yu

Brush Painting with Gan Yu

Workshop | Available

200 Port Washington Blvd. Manhasset, NY 11030 United States
Indoor/Outdoor
ALL
1/11/2025 (one day)
10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Sat
$185.00 USD
$150.00 USD

Brush Painting with Gan Yu

Workshop | Available

This workshop will explore the modern ink-painting and its multiple layers of the meaning behind skills, styles, past traditions, and new technical contexts through the teacher’s demonstrations, students’ class practices, artwork presentations and critiques. In these two-day sessions, the instructor will introduce important key features in modern Oriental brushworks, which consists of experimenting lines, ink washes, textures and special techniques to describe the shapes and characteristics of modern landscape and flower paintings. Classes often begin with a demonstration followed by time for individual practice and attention, allowing students to learn at their own pace. Through hands-on practice and fearless experimentation, this workshop aims to cultivate practical skills while instilling a sense of passion and vitality in every brushstroke. Participants will gain confidence in their artistic abilities as they engage with diverse techniques and unlock new dimensions of expression within the realm of ink painting.

For Beginner to Advanced Students

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Gan Yu

Gan Yu was born in Shanghai, China, and he is currently a professional artist, curator, and professor residing in New York, USA. Gan Yu received a master's degree in fine arts from the Art Department of Minnesota State University-Mankato in the United States, a doctorate degree from the China Academy of Art in the field of Chinese painting, and did postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Art History of Harvard University in the United States. .Currently, Dr. Gan Yu is a Professor and international doctoral supervisor at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University. He also hosts Chinese ink art workshops and courses at the Art Students League of New York. Gan Yu has held solo exhibitions at the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in New York, the University of Wisconsin, Minnesota State University, the Yale-China Association, the Hammond Museum in New York, and the Shun Art Gallery in Tokyo. Gan Yu's works also have been exhibited in groups at Cohen Gallery in New York City, the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in Beacon of New York, the Volta Basel Contemporary Art Expo, the Miami Asia Art Expo, the National Art Museum of China, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Shanghai Art Museum, China Academy of Art Museum, St. John's University Art Gallery, etc. Gan Yu has done curatorial projects at Harvard University, the State University of New York, Yale-China Association, the China Academy of Art, the Islip Art Museum of New York and the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in New York.