WanNing Liao
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→ In December 2024, renowned Italian art critic Sandra Miranda conducted an exclusive interview with Liao Wanning.
→ January 2025: Featured on the back cover of the Italian art magazine lA TOSCANA NOOVA in an exclusive interview.
→ In March 2025, Spotlight magazine (UK) published the oil painting The Eye of the Future along with a review in its 41st issue.
→ April 2025: The oil painting China Coffee Table 2 won the Grand Prize in the International Artist Magazine Challenge of Issue 146 of the American magazine International Artist.
→ In May 2025, the watercolor painting My World was featured in the April 2025 issue (No.57) of Canadian contemporary art magazine Artistonish (Art Surprise).
→ In May 2025, the colored pencil sketch Dream Ukraine was featured in the 58th issue of Artistonish, a Canadian contemporary art magazine.
→ In May 2025, my colored pencil sketches Where Are You, Dad? and Standing in the Cold Wind were featured in the 11th issue of France's Art Circle Quarterly Art Review.
→ June 2025: Invited to Interview in the Artist Focus Column of the International Famous Art Network Journal Contemporary Art Curator.
→ July 2025: The oil painting When We Were Together was selected for the international art exhibition Portrait 2025, hosted by Canada's Gallerium magazine.
→ August 2025: The Flowers That Will Never Be Destroyed by War Selected for the 97th National Art Exhibition Organized by the American Artists' Professional Union.
→ September 2025: Awarded the Artista Index International Artist Think Tank by Barcelona-based ICM Cultural Management Company.
→ September 2025: Featured in an exclusive interview with the magazine Contemporary Art Masters, and published works Male Wisdom and Back Then We Were Together.
→ September 2025: El Greco Art Award.
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→ 2019-2020: Independently curated a solo oil portrait exhibition for 72 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
→ September 2022: The oil painting Spinning Wheel was selected for the National Thematic Art Exhibition.
→ April 2023: The oil painting Daydream won the silver award at the annual INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition.
→ June 2023: Oil Painting The Spiritual Internal Consumption of Men won at the 161st Paris International Art Exhibition.
→ April 2024: The oil painting Cloud Shoulder was awarded the Silver Prize at the INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition.
→ April 2024: The oil painting Women's Lives was selected for the 7th Annual International Online Exhibition of Women Artists by Fusion Art (U.S.).
→ October 2024: Received three American Art Awards in a prestigious competition.
→ December 2024: The oil painting Two 8-Year-Old Boys was shortlisted for the fifth animal-themed category by the American Portrait Society.
→ December 2024: SAATCHI ART created a personal website for Liao Wanning
→ December 2024: Ranked Top 12 painting artists at LightsPace Time Winter Art Exhibition.
→ January 2025: The oil painting The Corner of the City was awarded the Honorary Prize at the LightsPace Urban Landscape Art Exhibition.
→ January 2025: Ranked 6th in the 29th U.S. Individual Art Series Competition.
→ February 2025: Announced as a guest artist by the American Light Time Gallery.
→ February 2025: The oil painting China Coffee Table won the 2025 Special Art Award from the French Circle Art Foundation.
→ March 2025: The colored pencil sketch Pain of Losing My Love was selected for the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition by the Royal Irish Academy of Arts.
→ March 2025: The oil painting triptych China Countryside was selected for the New England Art Club's 2025 annual exhibition.
→ March 2025: Several oil paintings, including Back to Canaan 2, The Eye of the Future, Dad's Treasure, The Antique Quartet, and China Shadow Play, were selected for the semifinals of the Tajik International Competition in Spain.
→ April 2025: Return to Canaan 1 was selected for the final of the Tajik International Art Competition in Spain.
→ April 2025: Return to Canaan 2 was selected for the 34th National Review Exhibition in the U.S.
→ April 2025: The colored pencil artwork Found a Fairy Tale Book won the Silver Award at the INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition.
→ April 2025: The collaged sketch The Daughter Who Returns Home was selected for the 2025 London Biennale.
→ May 2025: The colored pencil sketch Baby, Don't Look was selected for the second edition of Canada's HERE AND NOW 2025 Annual Review Group Exhibition.
→ May 2025: The colored pencil sketch Memories of Ukraine was selected for the second annual exhibition of the 2025 War and Peace jury.
→ July 2025: The oil painting When We Were Together was selected for the international art exhibition Portrait 2025, hosted by Canada's Gallerium magazine.
→ August 2025: Winner of the Collector's Art Award – The Second Legendary Artist of Contemporary Art.
→ August 2025: The oil painting still life China Peach—Longevity and Health was selected for the 35th NOAPS 2025 Best International Review Exhibition by the American Oil Painters and Acrylic Artists Association.
→ August 2025: The Flowers That Will Never Be Destroyed by War was selected for the 97th National Art Exhibition by the American Artists' Professional Union.
→ August 2025: China Beijing Persimmon—Everything Goes Well was selected for the 2025 Autumn Salon Exhibition by the International Group of Painters (IGI).
→ September 2025: Featured in an exclusive interview with Contemporary Art Masters magazine, with published works Male Wisdom and Back Then We Were Together.
→ September 2025: Back to Canaan 2, China Fan and Shoushan Stone, Lantern Persimmon on the Plain, and Kerosene Lamp in the Antique Shop were shortlisted for the semifinals of the 18th International ARC Salon Competition in the U.S.
→ October 2025: Sheng Xinyu won the Grand Prize in the Target Painting Art Competition of Spanish Figurative Art.
→ October 2025: Flowers in the War Gap was selected for the 97th National Open Review Exhibition by the American Artists Guild of Professionals.
→ November 2025: The oil painting China Round Fan and Shoushan Stone was shortlisted for the 18th International ARC Salon Final in the U.S.
→ November 2025: Lantern Persimmon on the Plain was shortlisted for the 18th International ARC Salon Final in the U.S.
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→ In April 2023, the oil painting Daydream won the silver award at the annual INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition.
→ In April 2024, the oil painting Cloud Shoulder was awarded the Silver Prize at the INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition.
→ In September 2024, the Target Painting Award honored Liao Wanning as its Art Ambassador.
→ In October 2024, the artist received three American Art Awards in a prestigious competition.
→ December 2024: Top 12 painting artists at LightsPace Time Winter Art Exhibition.
→ In January 2025, the oil painting The Corner of the City was awarded the Honorary Prize at the LightsPace Urban Landscape Art Exhibition.
→ In January 2025, I ranked 6th in the 29th U.S. Individual Art Series Competition.
→ In February 2025, the American Light Time Gallery announced that Liao Wanning had been appointed as a guest artist.
→ In February 2025, the oil painting China Coffee Table won the 2025 Special Art Award from the French Circle Art Foundation.
→ In March 2025, the oil paintings Back to Canaan 2, The Eye of the Future, Dad's Treasure, The Antique Quartet, and China Shadow Play were selected for the semifinals of the Tajik International Competition held in Spain.
→ In April 2025, the oil painting Return to Canaan 1 was selected for the final of the Tajik International Art Competition in Spain.
→ In April 2025, the colored pencil artwork Found a Fairy Tale Book won the Silver Award at the INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition.
→ April 2025: The oil painting China Coffee Table 2 won the Grand Prize in the International Artist Magazine Challenge of Issue 146 of the American magazine International Artist.
→ August 2025: Winner of the Collector's Art Award – The Second Legendary Artist of Contemporary Art.
→ August 2025: The oil painting still life China Peach—Longevity and Health was selected by the NOAPS 2025 35th Best International Review Exhibition of the American Oil Painters and Acrylic Artists Association and won the Best Still Life Award.
→ August 2025: Oil painting still life China Beijing Persimmon—Everything Goes Well won the Best Still Life Award at the 2025 Autumn Salon Exhibition Still Life Challenge Competition hosted by the International Group of Painters (IGI).
→ September 2025: Awarded the Artista Index International Artist Think Tank by Barcelona-based ICM Cultural Management Company.
→ El Greco Art Award
→ September 2025: Back to Canaan 2 is a work of imaginative realism, China Fan and Shoushan Stone and Lantern Persimmon on the Plain are still life works, and Kerosene Lamp in the Antique Shop is entirely derived from life. Four works were shortlisted for the semifinals of the 18th International ARC Salon Competition in the United States.
→ October 2025: Sheng Xinyu Wins the Grand Prize in the Target Painting Art Competition of Spanish Figurative Art.
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September 2022
1. The original oil painting on canvas "Spinning Wheel" was selected for the "My Yan 'an" National Thematic Art Exhibition, and was later acquired by the "Yan' an" 1938 Museum.→https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/EoOlTCaSHd-okY_X-j8YOQ
April 2023
2. The original oil painting on canvas titled "Daydream" won the Silver Award at the 2023 INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition.→https://m.sohu.com/a/662183559_441347/
June 2023
3. The original oil painting on canvas titled "The Spiritual Internal Struggle of Men" was exhibited at the 161st Paris International Art Fair in France.→https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/m7Jfpz11_nN8Exxjbj168A
April 2024
4. The original oil painting on canvas titled "Cloud Shoulder" won the Silver Award at the 2024 INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition.→https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/EoZ81sbOytfTUenoVHK1GQ
April 2024
5. The original oil painting on canvas titled "Women's Lives" was selected for the 7th Annual International Online Exhibition of Women Artists by Fusion Art in the United States.→https://www.fusionartps.com/7th-annual-women-artists-art-exhibition-2024/
May 2024
6. The original oil painting on canvas "Spinning Wheel 1938" was selected as No.238 in the exhibition of works by Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese at the 14th National Art Exhibition of China.→https://www.caanet.org.cn/newsdetail.mx?id=9397
October 2024
7. In 2024, the American Art Competition awarded three American Art Awards.Category 16: Flowers – Oil Painting on Canvas: "Sunflowers"
→https://thombierd.medium.com/worlds-best-floral-impressionists-penn-rol-filichkin-supple-xingzi-peytavin-mcculloch-eddd6b35c3edCategory 31: Portraits of Celebrities: Oil Painting on Canvas "Singer Dou Wei"
→https://americanartawards.com/2024-press-on-artists-aaa/Category 37: Realistic still life – Oil on canvas, "Old Antiques"
→https://americanartawards.com/2024-press-on-artists-aaa/December 2024
8. The original oil painting on canvas titled "Two 8-Year-Old Boys" has been shortlisted for the 2024 American Portrait Society's exclusive competition award.→https://www.portraitsociety.org/moc-2024-winners
December 2024
9. Top 3 painters in the LightSpace Time Winter Art Exhibition→https://lightspacetime.art/winter-5-for-10-art-exhibition-2024/
January 2025
10. The oil painting on canvas titled "The Corner of the City" was awarded the Honorary Prize at the LightSpace Urban Landscape Art Exhibition.→https://www.fusionartps.com/urban-landscapes-2025-art-exhibition-january-2025/
January 2025
11. The 29th Annual Art Exhibition of the American Individual Art Series→https://lightspacetime.art/29th-solo-art-series-exhibition-results-announced/
February 2025
12. Light Time-Space Online Gallery is delighted to announce that Liao Wanning has been appointed as our new guest artist.→https://lightspacetime.art/wanning-liao-artist-showcase/
→February 2025
13. Being Recruited as Honorary Artist of the French Circle Foundation-Crossing Time and Emotion: The Art of Liao Wanning→https://circle-arts.com/member/wanning-liao/
March 2025
14. The oil painting "China Rural Landscape Triptych" on canvas was selected for the New English Art Club's 2025 annual exhibition;→https://mallgalleries22.oess1.uk/Applications/WhatNext?exhid=587
March 2025
15. The original oil paintings on canvas "Back to Canaan 2", "The Eye of the Future", "Dad's Treasure", "The Antique Quadrille", and "China Shadow Play" were selected for the semifinals of the Tajik International Competition held in Spain.→https://tartgetpaintingprize.com/index.php/gallery-semifinalist/
April 2025
16. The original oil painting on canvas "China Coffee Table 2" won the grand prize in the International Artist Magazine Challenge of Issue 146 of the American magazine "International Artist".→https://www.internationalartist.com/issues/162/Art-Challenge-Still-Life
April 2025
17. The original oil painting on canvas "Back to Canaan 1" was selected for the final of the Tajik International Competition in Spain, and was awarded the Art Contribution Award by Sheng Xinyu Art.→https://tartgetpaintingprize.com/index.php/expo-ateneo-de-madrid/
https://tartgetpaintingprize.com/index.php/exhibition-list/March 2025
18. The colored pencil sketch "Lost My Love" was selected for the 195th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Irish Academy in 2025.→https://royalhibernianacademy.oess1.uk/Artwork/SelectedPDF/152574?callID1=583&artistID=80542
April 2025
19. The original oil painting on canvas "Return to Canaan 2" was selected for the 34th National Art Review Exhibition of the American Oil Painters Association.→https://www.oilpaintersofamerica.com/show-gallery/?show=104105&pagenum=2
→https://www.oilpaintersofamerica.com/show-gallery/?show=104105&display=list
April 2025
19. The collage sketch "The Daughter Going Home" was selected for the London Biennale.→https://www.londonbiennale.co.uk/2025/selected-artists-2025/
April 2025
20. The colored pencil sketch "Found a Fairy Tale Book" won the silver award at the 2025 INNOART PRIZE International Art Competition (8th Edition – New York, USA).→https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/EhEZSmZ6TETdTnmZirIgOA
May 2025
21. The colored pencil sketch "Baby, Don't Look" was selected for the second Canadian HERE and NOW 2025 Annual Awards.
Gallerium Biafarin is currently hosting an exhibition.→https://www.gallerium.art/p/here-and-now-2025.html?name=wanning-liao
→https://www.gallerium.art/p/here-and-now-2025.html?TP=catalogue
May 2025
22. The color sketch "Baby, Don't Look" was selected for the second annual review of the "2025 War and Peace" competition.→https://www.gallerium.art/p/war-and-peace-2025.html?AW=AW%20127543160
May 2025
23. The color sketch "Eternally Lost My Love" was selected for Canada's Exhibizone Biafarin's thematic group exhibition.→https://www.exhibizone.com/p/look-at-me-2025.html?name=wanning-liao
In 1998, Liao Wanning graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied under renowned artists such as Guo Beiping. Benefiting from the rigorous academic training and the guidance of master teachers, she laid a solid foundation in oil painting techniques and artistic theory.
In 2000, she obtained a master's degree in oil painting from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, specializing in Impressionist art. During her postgraduate studies, she in-depth explored the artistic connotation and expression techniques of Impressionism, which laid an important foundation for the formation of her unique artistic style.
Liao Wanning, female, was born in China and currently resides in Toronto, Canada. She is a professional painter and an active member of several prestigious art associations, including the Canadian Artists Association (SCA), the American Portrait Society, the American Oil Painters Association (OPA), and the American Artists Professional League. With a solid academic foundation and rich practical experience, she has made remarkable achievements in the field of oil painting, especially in impressionist art and portrait creation.
