BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Salt Lake City Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Salt Lake City Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bab7e8fd-052d-400d-9b99-8614a796f0de SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260728T203447Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20200212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20200212T203000 SUMMARY:Beautiful China LOCATION:Main Library\nMain Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Main Library;X-APPLE-RADIU S=10;X-TITLE=Main Library:geo:40.760082,-111.884841 GEO:40.760082;-111.884841 DESCRIPTION:Artwork by Mr. Haobo Zhang\, Chinese Ink Artist\, and his Arti st Friends from Beijing · Exhibit runs from Jan 19 - Feb 28.\nhttps://s lcpl.libnet.info/event/3625900 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

ARTIST STATEMENT:

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Mr. Haobo Zhang\, a Chinese ink painting artist graduated from Xinzhuang Art \;Institute\, in Beijing. He moved to Salt Lake City in 2014 becau se he found the beautiful mountains and peaceful atmosphere \;to be ve ry similar to his hometown in China. He contributed some of his collection s of art\, painted by his friends\, from Xinzhuang Art Institute\, and som e of his own paintings \;for this exhibition. Painting and building up a more beautiful world is his\, and his artists friends&rsquo\; dream. Xi nzhuang Art Institute is located in east Beijing\, China\, a beautiful are a surrounded by hot springs\, rivers\, and mountains. \;The Institute& nbsp\;was founded by Mr. Zhongyun Feng\, a well known Art Master of Chines e ink paintings\, in 2009. His dream is to inherit and develop the essence of Chinese traditional art. This dream attracted some of the best artists and art teachers in China to join the institute. They \;include Mr. J ie Du\, Mr. Tianxing Lin\, Mr. Xingqi Deng Ms. Lan Shi &\; others. The students come from all over China not only learned the original ink painti ng skills from them\, but also the way to be a more productive\, creative and interesting person\, according to a simple tool: the ink brush. \; Imitating the master pieces of the Song Dynasty (960 CE -1279 CE) is one o f the important tasks \;of the students. The beauty of China has been painted by generations using a complicated and unique way. \;This way is very important for them to inherit and develop. The works presented to you today will bring you back to ancient China and the beautiful Beijing r ural area of today. Please enjoy Beautiful China with Haobo Zhang and his friends from Xinzhuang Art Institute.

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ARTIST BIO:

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Haobo Zhang was born in 1973 in Hubei\, China\, graduated from Hu bei Teachers&rsquo\; University in 1994\, and graduated from Xinzhuang Art Institute in 2018. \;He started Juren Wisdom Art and Culture Training Center in 2000 and made it the biggest training center in Shantou\, Guang dong Province in China. There are 6000 students studying Chinese Art &\ ; foreign languages in the center today. \;He \;moved to Salt Lake City in 2014 and was attracted here by the beautiful mountains. He contin ues to paint and enjoys producing lots of artwork. \;

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