Xiao Song Jiang

Xiao Song Jiang was born in 1955, in Wuhan, China. In 1978 he studied fine arts at the China Academy of Art, formerly the Zhejiang Art Academy, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1982, then began lecturing watercolor at the City of Wuhan Construction College. Four years after, Song was selected to fut1her develop his skill at the provincial Hubei Art Academy. During his time there, he accumulated years of experience, painting, sketching, and perfecting his grasp of color and technique. In 1988, Song immigrated to Canada. Since, he bas traveled widely across the broad, vivid North American landscape. And in these last 30 years he has refined his unique brush-and-knife style, a style that produces unique natural detail, and a richer handling of light, shadow and depth, a style that has won him numerous awards in North American exhibitions and art festivals. Song now lives by the lake in Toronto, Canada with his wife and son.