Participating Artists

    • Mian Situ
    • Mian Situ

    Mian Situ

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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.

    The Intruder, Angel's Camp, California, 1849: oil on canvas, 44 x 72 in. ($200,000, sold)
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    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 received the inaugural Gene Autry Memorial Award, sponsored by Jay H. Grodin, at the 2008 Masters, and won it again at the 2009 Masters. Hewas 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.

    His work won the first-place prize for the Carmel Art Festival in 2000; Artists’ Choice Award for best painting at the 90th Gold Medal Exhibition of the California Art Club in 2000; the award for Master Signature Members for the 2000 National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America; the Corporate National Award of Excellence for the 1999 National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America; the Grumbacher Gold Medal Award for the 1998 National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America; the Corporate National Award of Excellence for the 1996 National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America; and Best of Show for the 1995 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.