Biography

Warren Chang (1957-) was born in Monterey, California and graduated the Art Center College of Design with honors in 1981.  Upon graduation he was hired as a staff illustrator painting box covers for the Atari game company and in 1983, he branched off as a freelance illustrator working in the advertising and entertainment industry in Los Angeles.  In 1990 he moved to New York City and from the period until 2001 he painted close to 200 book covers for various publishing houses.  His work has won many awards of merit from the Society of Illustrators in New York and Communication Arts Magazine.   In 2000, he moved back to California, eventually settling in Northern California and teaching drawing and painting at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco while simultaneously pursuing a career in fine art. In 2003, he won "Best of Show" at the Salon International held in Texas and in 2004 he won second prize in the International Artist magazine competition. This year he was awarded the Southwest Art Award of Merit at the California Art Club's 97th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition.  He has been profiled in American Art Collector, American Artist, Artworks and International Artist magazines.  In 2007 his work was featured on the cover of American Artist magazine along with a 7 page article. In 2008 his work appeared twice on the covers of International Artist magazine accompanying his 7 part series of instructional painting articles he authored. He is a artist member of the California Art Club and has exhibited every year since 2002 in their annual Gold Medal exhibition and also is a Signature member of the Oil Painters of America. Primarily a figurative artist, Chang paints the human figure in contemporary environments, including biographical interiors of his studio and classroom, as well as outdoor genre subjects such as the fieldworkers of Monterey County where he grew up.

Teaching: Pratt Institute, NY: 1997-2000 California Art Institute: 2000-2001 Academy of Art University: 2001-present Studied: Art Center College of Design,Pasadena, Ca: 1978-1981, BFA with Honors

Books: 2008, Kristen Glover, Editor, 97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 176 pages (color), Exhibition Catalog. 2007, Fred Ross, Editor, International 2007 Arc Salon- 4th Annual Competition Catalog, Art Renewal Center, 88 pages (color) 2007, Becky E. Deo, Editor, 96th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition - California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 186 pages (color), Exhibition Catalog. 2006, Fred Ross, Editor, International 2006 Arc Salon- 3rd Annual Competition Catalog, Art Renewal Center, 64 pages (color) 2006, Elaine Adams, Editor 95th Gold Medal Juried Exhibition - California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 135 pages (color), Exhibition Catalog 2005, Fred Ross, Editor International 2005 Arc Salon - 2nd Annual Competition Catalog, Art Renewal Center, 58 pages (color) 2005, Elaine Adams, Editor 94th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition - California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, 152 pages (color), Exhibition Catalog 2005, Terri Dodd, Editor, 100 Ways to Paint People & Figures, Volume 2, International Artist Publishing, 128 pages (color). 2005, Terri Dodd, Editor, 100 Ways to Paint Still Life & Florals, Volume 2, International Artist Publishing, 128 pages (color). 2005, Jill Bossert, Editor, Illustrators 46, Society of Illustrators, 604 pages (color). 2004, Terri Dodd, Editor, 100 Ways to Paint People & Figures Volume 1, International Artist Publishing, 128 pages (color). 2004, Jill Bossert, Editor, Illustrators 45, Society of Illustrators 2004, Paul Soderberg, Editor, 100 Ways to Paint Favorite Subjects, Volume 1, International Artist Publishing, 128 pages (color). 2004, Patrick Coyne, Communications Arts: Illustration Annual 45, July, 208 pages (color). 2003, Jill Bossert, Editor, Illustrators 44, Society of Illustrators 2003, Patrick Coyne, Communication Arts: Illustration Annual 44, July, 212 pages (color). 2003, Elaine Adams, Editor, 93rd Gold Medal Juried Exhibition - California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of History, 175 pages (color), Exhibition Catalog 2001, Patrick Coyne, Communication Arts: Illustration Annual 42, July, 256 pages (color). 1993, Jill Bossert, Illustrators 35, Society of Illustrators

Exhibition Record (Museums, Institutions and Awards): 2008, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, Ca, 97th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition.  Southwest Art Award of Excellence for "Approaching Storm: Broccoli Harvest". 2008, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, Ca, "Narrative Realities" 2007, Pasadena Museum of California Art,Pasadena, Ca, 96th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition 2006, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, Ca, 95th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition 2005, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, Ca, Juried Biennial Exhibition 2004, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, Ca, 94th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition 2003, International Museum of Contemporary Masters, San Antonio, Texas, Salon International 2003, Best of Show 2003, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, Ca, 93rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition 2002, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, Ca, 92nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

Exhibition Record (Galleries and Art Shows): 2008, Dana Gallery, Missoula, Montana, Oil Painters of America 2008 National Juried Exhibition 2008, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, Ca, "CAC 97th Gold Medal Exhibition" 2008, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca, "Bay Area Influence" 2008, Hauk Fine Arts, Pacific Grove, Ca, "Road to Eden", Solo Exhibition 2008, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, Ca, "Narrative Realities" 2007, Andreeva Gallery, "Young Masters" 2007, Whistle Pik Galleries, "OPA 16th National Exhibition" 2007, Pasadena Museum of California Art, "CAC 96th Gold Medal Exhibition" 2007, Lynn House Gallery, "The Artist Teacher Tradition" 2006, Morseburg Galleries, Solo Exhibition 2006, Dana Gallery, "OPA 15th National Exhibition" 2006, Greenhouse Gallery, "Salon International 2006" 2006, Pasadena Museum of California Art, "CAC 95th Gold Medal Exhibition" 2005, Monterey Museum, "Monterey Bienniel" 2004, Pasadena Museum of California Art, "CAC 94th Gold Medal Exhibition" 2004, Society of Illustrators NY, "46th Annual Exhibition" 2003, Green House Gallery, "Salon International 2003" 2003, Pasadena Museum of California Art, "CAC 93rd Gold Medal Exhibition" 2003, Society of Illustrators NY, "45th Annual Exhibition" 2002, Hillogos Gallery, "OPA 11th National Exhibition" 2002, Pasadena Musum of History, "CAC 92nd Gold Medal Exhibition" 2002, Morseburg Galleries, "Nude:A Celebration of Human Form" 2002, Society of Illustrators NY, "44th Annual Exhibition" 2001, Salmagundi Club, NYC, "73rd Grand National Exhibition" 2000, John Pence Gallery, "Realism Today" 2000, Knickerbocker Gallery, NYC, "Nudes" 1998, Spring Studio, NYC, "Seven Years of Figure Drawing" 1997, Salmagundi Club, NYC, "69th Grand National Exhibition" 1992, Society of Illustrators NY, "35th Annual Exhibition"

Memberships: California Art Club Oil Painters of America

Magazine and Newspaper References: 2009 Dec/Jan, International Artist, "Pursuing an artist's life behind the easel" part 7 by Warren Chang 2008 Oct/Nov, International Artist, "Pursuing an artist's life behind the easel" part 6 by Warren Chang 2008 Aug/Sept, International Artist, "Pursuing an artist's life behind the easel" part 5 by Warren Chang 2008 June/July, International Artist, "Pursuing an artist's life behind the easel" part 4 by Warren Chang 2008 April/May, International Artist, "Pursuing an artist's life behind the easel" part 3 by Warren Chang 2008 Feb/March, International Artist, "Pursuing an artist's life behind the easel" part 2 by Warren Chang 2008 Dec/Jan, International Artist, "Pursuing an artist's life behind the easel" part 1 by Warren Chang 2007 Summer, Artworks, "Warren Chang" by Anne McGrath 2007 April 30, Monterey Herald, "The Art of Life" by Brenda Moore 2007 April, American Artist, "Bringing the Past to the Present" by John A. Parks 2006 November, American Art Collector, "Its all about mood." by Joshua Rose 2006 November, Southwest Art, "Go Figure" by Gussie Fauntleroy 2000 October, American Artist, "Realism Today"

Dealers or Representatives: Hauk Fine Arts, 206 Fountain Avenue, Pacific Grove, Ca,93950. Tel: 831-373-6007, E-mail: haukfa@pacbell.net Gasov & Garule International Fine Art, 3922 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251. Tel: 480-990-8100 Andreeva Portrait Academy, 215 W. San Franciso, suite 202, Sante Fe, New Mexico 87501. Tel: 505-992-3330, www.theportraitacademy.com

Artist Statement: Figure in Landscape: A common theme in my outdoors subjects is of the fieldworkers of Monterey County where I grew up.  These paintings are inspired in part by the writings of John Steinbeck and the ambience of growing up in Monterey County.  There is a historical precedent starting with 19th century French peasant painter Francois Millet (1814-1875) and the Naturalist movement in general of the mid-19th century.  Artists Winslow Homer (1836-1910) and Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) both painted the cotton field workers in America and later Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) painted the fieldworker in his regional works, so I feel I am continuing this tradition sincerely.   This genre of art could fall into any number of categories from Naturalism to Regionalism to Social Realism.  My work though inspired by the paintings of the past are however records of our times. Interiors My primary goal in painting the figure in interior is to capture an ambience of mood and emotion through manipulation of light and space.  I accomplish this working with a limited palette with emphasis on grays and browns along with the observation of close value relationships.   Much of my interior subjects are biographical in nature depicting my studio and classroom environment.  I find an artist’s environment to be rich in character with all the accoutrements, including the people who inhabit the environment- the artists and models.  The works of Vermeer (1632-1675) in particular are of great interest to me but he was not my original source of inspiration.  People had remarked on the similarity of my work to his and so since then he has become a source of influence to me along with the work of Diego Velasquez (1632-1675).  I have also found inspiration in the work of 20th century realist John Koch (1909-1978), who painted many of his most important paintings within the confines of his New York apartment.