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Coral Hou Biography 侯珊瑚 简介 |
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Coral Hou was born in 1962 in Beijing, China. Her father Hou Yi Min and Mother Deng Shu are both internationally renowned artist and professor from Central Art Academy in China. Influenced by her parents, Coral has shown a strong talent and interest in painting from childhood. In 1979, Coral Hou was admitted by the Fine Art Department of the PLA Academy of Art in Beijing. She graduated with BFA degree in 1983. Coral Hou’s art works have been selected by many national and regional art exhibitions and won several rewards. Her two oil paintings were permanently collected by China National Art Museum. Coral Hou has explored an assortment of suitable materials and elegant features to establish her own artistic style. In 1995, Coral Hou came to New York City where she spent two years to discover the center of world arts. During her time in New York City, she frequently visited museums and galleries, participated in art and design events, and conversed with local artists. Her two-year study in New York City was fruitful, not only because she produced lots of new paintings, but also absorbed new concepts and ideas. In 1997 she has moved to Orlando, Florida where she currently resides. Moving significantly impacted Coral’s painting style, especially by profound studies of both east and west culture. After 2004, Coral Hou positioned a main focus on abstract paintings rather than the realistic style from her earlier days. Since then, Coral has started her new journey within a majestic abstract world.
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| Artist Statement I’m subconsciously selecting Chinese traditional rice paper and ink as my main medium is because they convey a specific rhythm that we can only feel from the Oriental spirit. The interweaving of water and ink created a strong reaction of interchange that, indeed, mingles a splendid energy and rhythmical beauty. I love the naturally fabricated textures that always reveal the essential forms of our life and the ultimate spirituality of our universe. I always seek for a fusion of tradition and non-tradition, Oriental and Occidental ideology and methodology. Perfect combination of conventional eastern ink with contemporary western water-based colors can certainly produce new visual effects: overlapping layers of textures and coats of colors depict maximum expressions; intentional and accidental procedures bring spaces of virtual fantasy.I feel that abstract painting is like a spontaneous performance in that you can’t find a certain pattern to follow. When I’m painting, my unrestrained passion always leads me to a brand new unknown world. Sometimes I discovered new thoughts and opportunities by my accidental force or even mistakes during painting. Establishing new visual pleasures on new techniques of painting is a never ending exploration. Such a voyage must take off with the artist’s eternal enthusiastic intuition. However, visual language links a common sentiment between artist and viewer, which is the fundamental and final purpose of painting. 我很自然地选用中国的传统宣纸和水墨作为绘画的主要媒材是因为它承载着一种特有的东方意韵 , 水与墨的氤氲流动在宣纸上的淋漓渗化, 产生出变化多端的气韵节奏,这种极近天然的纹理呈现着生命的律动和宇宙本源的精神,色彩的重叠渲染使画面更加赋予层次和表情,营造出一种虚拟的想象空间.新的视觉感受建立在新的技法和形式之上, 通过多方的尝试和探索寻找接近内心需求的表达方式, 也许是一种永无止境的探求, 然而绘画的最终目的只有一个, 那就是通过视觉的语言达到作者与观者之间的内心共鸣. 我感到抽象绘画就好比是即兴的"演奏", 没有一种固定模式可以参考, 在作画时自由的心境会引领我进入一个未知的世界, 有时意外的错误或偶然的巧遇会启发新的思考, 带来新的契机. 如何掌握,利用,控制和取舍, 使画面中所有的元素协调组合, 结构的松紧, 墨色的虚实, 色彩的浓淡, 一切尽在营造画面的一招一式里, 就象指挥一个乐队, 所有的"乐器"都要配合默契, 奏响心中的交响曲. 艺术之路是一个崎岖的探险之旅, 每一张画就象是在探索途中留下的印记,有时我会在雾中迷失, 无法辨认方向, 有时意外的惊喜又重新激励起勇气和信心, 我相信, 只有真诚的探索者才能最终得到上帝的启示, 才能在无际的沙漠中寻找到灵感的水源, 探索的真正动力来自于内心的渴望......
侯珊瑚 Orlando, Florida
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