ABOUT DEENA GU
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Deena Gu Laties is an accomplished artist who melds aspects of western art with her Chinese training. Born in Shanghai, Deena Gu studied under famous Chinese painters Cheng Shifa and Tse Chen-Na. She continued her art studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts when she moved to the U.S. in the 1980s, fusing Chinese tradition with a western approach in terms of space, color and relationship.
The late renowned Philadelphia artist, Sam Maitin said, “In painting watercolor on silk, I find that her command of the medium is extensive and eloquent. It has an imperial, regal quality. She handles it so deftly and so expertly.”
Deena Gu’s preferred painting medium is watercolor on silk. Silk is a traditional Chinese medium. Deena feels that the smoothness of silk exhibits the most exquisite colors. She also paints on rice paper as well as oils on canvas. “When I paint on silk, I feel a strong communication with its texture. Silk is like a part of me,” says Deena, whose subjects include landscapes, flowers - especially lotus blossoms - birds, as well as portraits.
Contact: DeenaGuArt@gmail.com
Media
Oils, Acrylics on Canvas, Watercolors on Silk and Paper, Sculpture
Membership
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Committee for the School, 1998 -
Philadelphia Museum of Art East Asia Art Committee, 2005 -
Board of Overseers, Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 2010 - 2016
Trustee of the AMDG1933 Foundation, 2013-
Trustee of Opera Philadelphia, 2023-
Studies
Apprenticeship under Professor Chen Shi-Fa (Chinese Watercolor), 1978-1982
Apprenticeship under Professor Tse Chen-Na (Chinese Watercolor), 1980-1982
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1984-1987
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Chinese Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1984
Jane Law Gallery, Long Beach Island, NJ, 1984
Joy Berman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1987
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, 1993
Burrison Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania Faculty Club, Philadelphia, PA, 1993 1999 2001 2003 2004 2007
Langman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1996
Artworks Gallery, Philadephia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1997
Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1998
Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai, China, 2006
United Nations, New York, NY, 2008
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA, 2009
Maser Gallery, Falmouth, MA, 2009
Peaceful Harmony: The Art of Deena Gu Laties, Kamen Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 2010
Deena Gu Laties, Harmony, Sea, Sky and Land, Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL, 2014
Deena Gu: Early Work Early Scrolls, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, 2014 - 2015
Journey in Watercolor: The Art of Deena Gu, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2014 - 2015
Shanghai to Naples, StayInMay Festival, Naples Arts Association, April 25 - June 4, 2017
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA. September 8 -October 31, 2017
Selected Group Exhibitions
Shanghai Exhibit Hall, Shanghai, China, 1981
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, 1987
National American Show (Won 1st Prize), Lever House, New York, NY, 1987
Falmouth Artists Guild, Falmouth, MA, 1994 1995 1996
Art Exhibit Asian American Artists, 125th Anniversary
Juried Fellowship Exhibition, Centennial of the Fellowship of Pennsylvania, Academy of the Fine Arts, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA, 1997 2000
Annual Art Exhibition, Woods Hole, MA, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
"Gardens and Landscapes", Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The American College, Gregg Conference Center, Bryn Mawr, PA, 2000
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Cape Cod Museum, Dennis, MA, 2012
Haunting Narratives: Detours from Philadelphia Realism, 1935 to the Present, Woodmere Art Museum, New England Artists of Pennsylvania Academy, 2012
Selected Demonstrations and Classes
Demonstration of Watercolor Painting
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
1998 1999
Demonstration of Traditional Watercolor Techniques
Asian Afternoon
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Philadelphia, PA
1998 1999
East Asian Calligraphy
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
1999 2004 2005 2006
Chinese Figure Painting Workshop
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
1999
Teaching at AMY
James Martin School
Philadelphia, PA
2000
Mainline Art League
Wayne, PA
2002
Watercolor Workshop
Falmouth Artists' Guild
Falmouth, MA
2004
Calligraphy
Valley Forge Elementary School
Valley Forge, PA
2005-2012
Woodmere Art Museum
Philadelphia, PA
2014-2015
Ursins College,
Collegeville, PA
2015
Naples Arts Association
Naples, FL
2017
Valley forge elementary School
Valley Forge, PA
2008 -2017
Lecture at American Ophthalmological Society
Dana Point, CA
2018
Lecture at Harvard Club Annual Meeting
Santa Belle, FL
2018
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
2019
Selected Private and Public Collections
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gund
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. (Gerry) Lenfest
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Price
Foundation Fighting Blindness, Baltimore, Maryland
Grand Teton Music Festival, Jackson Hole Wyoming
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Columbia University, New York, NY
Articles
Hektoen International, Volume 8, Issue 4 - Winter 2016
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