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Looking back over the last two decades it is hard to determine where the greatest change lies: is it in Jian Wang, the artist who left China in 1986 to develop his career in the US, or is it in the China Jian Wang left behind? Jian Wang was born into a China that was emerging from a terrible famine in 1958, he grew up during Mao s Cultural Revolution, and he took a leap of faith in 1986 to leave his professional life in China as an Engineer to pursue the artistic life of his youthful dreams. In a reversal that would have seemed just as startling then as one that launched his life as a successful Contemporary American artist, Jian has recently returned to China, to find a new freedom and prosperity fueling a globally recognized resurgence in the Arts a resurgence that has swept him into a new phase of his life as an artist, with exciting and ongoing consequences. Jian Wang, as an artist, has always been characterized by the sharp contrast between the background of his life, and the way he chose to live that life. He brought his Chinese experience to this country, and now he has taken his acquired American-ness back to China. The result is a fresh perspective a uniqueness of vision that enlivens everything he creates. Jian Wang was looking west in an east-facing crowd, now he looks east again from his western vantage point. Recognized for the uniqueness of his talent over a decade ago by Dawson Cole Fine Art, Jian has enjoyed the support of the artistically intuitive MacDonald family. He has garnered a strong and loyal following of collectors, and has been formally recognized for his accomplishments. In 2007 the California State named him as one who had made Outstanding Contributions to the Arts, echoing a 2006 resolution by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors honoring his local achievements. What his illustrious mentors, like Wayne Thiebaud, Fred Dalkey and David Hollowell recognized long ago as Jian studied for his academic degrees in Fine Art in the United S