Thursday, February 2, 2012

Gregory Kondos & Shimo at Blue Line Gallery

You won't want to miss an amazing exhibit in Roseville right now by two acclaimed painters, Gregory Kondos and Shimo.

Gregory Kondos is one of California’s most prominent artists and is one of the most respected landscape painters in the United States. His landscapes are known nation-wide of Yosemite, the Sacramento River Delta, the coast line with its beaches and rocks, the Southwest, Aix en Provence, France, andthe islands of Greece, his parents’ home land. Kondos has been an art professor for 30 years and the art gallery at Sacramento City College is named after him.

Shimo, born and raised in Shanghai, China, is a famous contemporary artist, and a national 1st Grade artist. He received his BA from the China People’s Liberation Army Arts Academy (Beijing) in 1983, and his MA from the Shanghai University Art Institute (Shanghai daxue meishu xueyuan) in 2003. He has studied with Jiangsu artist Liu Kansheng (b. 1910, a disciple of Shanghai master Zhang Daqian , 1899-1983), and the celebrated artist Zhang Dazhuang (1903-1980), a faculty member at the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. He is one of Asian most Since 2003, he has resided in Sacramento, California.

WHEN: Through Feb 25
Tu-Sat: 11am-3pm, or by appointment
Additional Reception: Feb18, 7-9pm Open to the Public, 6-7pm Members Only
WHERE: Blue Line Gallery, 405 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA

(pictured, Kondos' painting "Kalabaka Greece")



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