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Born in southern China, Mian Situ earned BA and MFA degrees from the Guangzhou Institute of Fine Art and then worked as an art instructor for six years. He lived in Canada for ten years before immigrating to the United States in 1998.

Situ received the Masters of the American West Purchase Award for Convergence of Cultures, given in recognition of the work acquired for the Autry National Center’s permanent collection, at the 2009 Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale. He won the Gene Autry Memorial Award, sponsored by Jay H. Grodin, at the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Masters. He was given the David P. Usher Patrons’ Choice Award and the Artists’ Choice Award at the 2006 Masters, the Artists’ Choice Award at the 2005 Masters, and the Thomas Moran Memorial Award for Painting and the Patrons’ Choice Award at the 2004 Masters. In 2003, he received three Masters awards: the Thomas Moran Memorial Award for Painting, the Artists’ Choice Award, and the Patrons’ Choice Award. At the 2002 Masters, his painting Powder Monkeys won the Masters of the American West Purchase Award; he also received the Thomas Moran Memorial Award for Painting and the Patrons’ Choice Award.

In 2000 his work won the first-place prize at the Carmel Art Festival and the Artists' Choice Award for best painting at the 90th Gold Medal Exhibition of the California Art Club. He has also received numerous awards from the National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America.

Mian Situ is represented by Situ Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California; and Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming, and Scottsdale, Arizona. Giclée reproductions of his work are available through Greenwich Workshop dealers.

East Meets The West as Chinese Painter Embrace a Region and an Idea

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  • In 1850, seeking a better life, the "Tanka"—a distinct minority of Chinese fishermen—set sail for America with their families and all their possessions, eventually coming ashore at Monterey, California. There, through determination and hard work, within a few short years they monopolized the commercial fishing industry. The Tanka were largely responsible for the development of Monterey.

    Mian Situ

    Point Alones Fishing Village, Monterey, California, 1875, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in. ( Reserve price was $150,000. Sold for $171,000.)

    In 1850, seeking a better life, the "Tanka"—a distinct minority of Chinese fishermen—set sail for America with their families and all their possessions, eventually coming ashore at Monterey, California. There, through determination and hard work, within a few short years they monopolized the commercial fishing industry. The Tanka were largely responsible for the development of Monterey.

  • Mian Situ

    Roses for Sale, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in. (SOLD)

  • Mian Situ

    Sunday Best, oil on canvas, 42 x 36 in. (SOLD)

  • Mian Situ

    A Gift from Grandmother, oil on panel, 12 x 9 in. (SOLD)

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