DONG MINGGUANG Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1970 -

The children that star in Dong Mingguang's sculptures emerge from an innocent world, although full of violence, deceit and materialism. The multiplicity of characters that, as a series, his sculptures display, allude to the resurgence of Chinese power. With his works, Mingguang expresses the anxiety of a country and its people. Trained in photography and sculpture, Mingguang combines his work as an artist with teaching at the sculpture center of Shandong Art College. A graduate in sculpture from Shandong Art College in China, Mingguang is a member of the Chinese Artists Association and Chinese Sculpture Institute.

Throughout his career, The 4th National Sports Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (1997); The 14th National 'New Artist and New works' Exhibition, Art Museum, Beijing, China (2000); in The 5th National Sports Art Exhibition, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou, China (2001); in the Half Industry& Half Civilization, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China (2003); in the 10th National Shandong Art Exhibition, Shandong Art Museum, Shandong, China (2004); at the "About Children" - From above to down, Shandong, China (2005); at the Breath, Shandong Museum, Shandong, China (2006); at the Acting - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing, China (2007); at the "Dream" and "Passion" - 2008 Olympic Fine Arts, Beijing, China (2008); at the China International Exhibition Center, Beijing, China (also 2008); at the Hearts, Soemo Fine Arts 798, Beijing, China (2010) and at the Shanghai Puyu Sculptures Competition, Shanghai, China (2011), among others.