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	Ping Xu, Artist Oil, Watercolor and Acrylics Portraits, Land/Seascapes, Still Life, Abstracts, Murals and Decorative Furniture ing was born in a country full of tradition and rich in the history of Asian art - China. Trained in traditional painting and art, Ping’s paintings were exhibited in the most prestigious exhibit galleries in Shanghai. At the age of just eighteen, her work was exclusively shown at the distinguished Jin An Gallery. Rave reviews for this exhibition appeared in Shanghai’s top newspapers. Ping then became a member of The Shanghai Young Artists Organization and continued to exhibit painting and win many awards while also teaching painting through Shanghai’s cultural centers. At the age of twenty Ping graduated college with a Teaching Degree.









	At the age of twenty-two, Ping left China and moved to Japan. She spent the next thirteen years in Tokyo, Japan as a successful artist with a large and loyal following. Her paintings were exhibited throughout Japan’s finest museums including the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and the Ueno Art Museum. Ping’s top awards include winning The Itchi Mai No Ei Magazine Painting of the Year Award in 1992 for the History Teacher and the 1997 KLM Dutch Airlines Award for the Tulips. Ping received a second degree in 1999 from the Kyoritsu Women’s University in International Studies. At the age of thirty-four, Ping moved to New York and began studying English at LaGuardia College. Her first painting in the USA is her award winning painting Welcome Home. The painting is of a woman, in a NYC setting, contemplating a decision. This painting one Best-In-Show award from the New Rochelle Art Association. Ping continues to paint and continues to win many awards.. In 2003 Ping graduated from the College of New Rochelle with a Masters Degree in Studio Arts at the College of New Rochelle. Many people throughout New York and in Southern Connecticut now recognize Ping because of her “plein air” style. All Material © Ping Xu 2003