Hui Tian

EDUCATION 

1990-1993 BROOKLYN COLLEGE, BROOKLYN, NY. M.F.A. 

1981-1985 GUANGZHOU ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, CHINA. B.A. 

Work Experience 

1985-1990: HUBEI ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. HUBEI CHINA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

SOLO EXHIBITION

2021 “Hui Tian Where are you from? Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

2021 “Where Do We Go From Here? -The Art of Hui Tian” NYC Arts Empire           Gallery, NYC 

2020 “The Art of Hui Tian” Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY 

2018 OCAT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China 

SELECTED EXHIBITION

2022     2022 San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild International Juried      Exhibition.   San Diego, CA 

2022     “The Elements” National Juried Exhibition BWAC    Juror: Scout Hutchinson, Curatorial fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New               York    

2022     “Curator’s Choice Exhibition” Novado Gallery, Jersey City NJ 

2022     “The Male Nude: Turning the Gaze” International Juried Exhibition. New York Artists               Association & Equity Gallery. NYC 

2021 "104th Annual Juried Exhibition" Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT

 JUROR: Allison Rudnick, Associate Curator in the Department of Drawings and 

Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

2021 “Art Over Time” National Juried Exhibition BWAC Brooklyn NY

Juror: Charlotta Kotik, curator, Head of the Department of Modern and 

Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum

2021 “2021 International Summer Exhibition” The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

Juror: Anita Feldman, Director of Curatorial Affairs of the San Diego Museum of Art

2021 “Forever Young” Juried Exhibition, Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY

2021 “Print 2021” National Juried Exhibition BWAC, Brooklyn NY

Juror: Kim Conaty, the Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Whitney

 Museum of American Art.

2021 "2021 Ellarslie Open 37/38 Juried Exhibition" Trenton Ellarslie Museum, Trenton, NJ

Juror: Dr. William R. Valerio: Director of the Woodmere Art Museum

2021 “3rd Edition of Art fair 14C Juried Show” The Glass Gallery at Mana Contemporary
 Jersey City, NJ 

Jurors: Ronni Anderson, Anderson Contemporary NYC

2021 “Memento Mori International Juried Show” Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

2021 “Follow in 2021” International juried exhibition. Michael Rose Fine Art, RI 

2021 “People Places Things” Project Gallery V, Brooklyn, NY.

Juror: Samantha Rippner, curator of modern and contemporary prints at the 

Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2021 “National Juried Exhibition” IVY League Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2021 “2021 Member Exhibition” BWAC, Brooklyn, NY

2021 “Summer in the City” NYC Arts Empire Gallery, NYC

2021  “New Jersey Visions” the Maloney Art Gallery, St. Elizabeth University, Morristown, NJ  

2020 “Wide Open 11” National Juried Art Show. BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn NY

Juror: Paulina Pobocha, Associate Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture

  at Museum of Modern Art, New York 

2020 “Big Picture Exhibition 2020” Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, NY 

Juror: Charles A. Riley Director of Nassau Museum of Art

2020 “Black & White National Juried Art Show” BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Juror:Jenée-Daria Strand, the Curatorial of the Brooklyn Museum NYC

2020 “41st International Annual Juried Exhibition” Monmouth Museum, NJ

2020 “70thA-One National Competition/Exhibition” Silvermine Gallery. New

Canaan, CT Juror: Barbara O’Brien Executive Director of the 

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, consulting curator for the

Housatonic Museum of Art 

2020 “BWAC Member 2020 exhibition” BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2020 “Diversity and Inclusion” International Juried Exhibition Pollak Gallery, NJ

2020 “Big ART in Small Packages”, National juried exhibition, Nilson Galleries,

Monmouth Museum, NJ

Juror: Karli Wurzelbacher Curator of the Hechscher Museum of Art 

2020 “Multiplicity-Psyche, Culture and Changed in 2020” 7th Annual Juried Exhibition, the Loft 

Artists Association. Stamford CT. Jurors: Danielle Ogden, Curator of the Aldrich 

Contemporary Art Museum. Kristin. P. Edwards, the Board of the Block Museum of Art

2020 "The Art of the Mark Abstract Juried Competition and Exhibition" The Art Guild NY 

Juror: Karli Wurzelbacher Curator of the Hechscher Museum of Art 

2020 “Woman an Infinite World” International juried exhibition

It Mondo & SK Art gallery, NY

2020 “Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty Juried Exhibition” 

Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon, NY 

2020 “Figurative 2020 International Juried Painting Competition” Camelback Gallery, Scottland. AZ

 2020 “In a Time of Social Distancing” LIC Art Center, NYC

2020 “Queer Art Summer” The Bennett Collective, Beacon, NY

2020 “Monochrome 2020” International Juried Exhibition, J Mane Gallery, NJ 

2020 "Human Body international juried exhibition" 

An exhibition in protest of censorship of Human Body in Social Networks 

Beam Collective. Israel 

2020 “Awareness” Juried Exhibition, X Gallery, NYC 

2020 “2020 Fall Fine Art Juried Exhibition” Medford Arts Center, Medford NJ 

2020 “In Grace We Trust” Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

2019 “Kristallnacht” Juried Show, SK Art Gallery, White Plains, NY 

2019 “Art First” InternationalJuried Show Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

2019 “International Contemporary Art Show” Haikou, China 

2019 “2019 Annual Juried Show” Islip Art Museum, Islip NY 

2019 “2019 National Juried Competition Exhibition” LBI, NJ. Juror: by Louis 

Marchesano, Senior Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

2019 “LIC Arts Open 2019” Juried Exhibition, Long Island City, NY

2019 118th Annual Juried Show, New Haven, CT Juried by Dr. Elizabeth S.

Hodermarsky Curator of Prints and Drawings, Yale University Art Gallery

2019 “89thAnnual Juried Open Exhibition” Nation Art League, NYC

2019 “Open 2019 Juried Exhibition” Orange, NJ 

Juror: Nigel Freeman, Director of Swann Auction Galleries, NYC

2019 “Seeing the unseen” Juried Exhibition, 14 Maple Gallery, Morristown, NJ,

2019 “Small work 2019 exhibition” Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2017 “Retrospect and Prospect” The Art Museum of Hubei, China. 

2000 “Asian Art Exhibition at Annual Asian Pacific Conference” 

State University of New York, Albany, NY. 

1996 “Pacific Artists in New York” New World Art Center, New York. 

1995 “NY SOHO’95 Biennial” New York, NY

1989: “19891” The Art Museum of Hubei, Hubei, China. 

1987: Group show The National Art Museum of China. Beijing, China. 

1985: “Tribe first show” The Art Museum of Hubei. Hubei, China.

Awards

2022_ Frist Place Award_ San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild International Juried Exhibition

2021 _Best in Show-Mel Leipzig Award “Ellarslie Open 37/38” Trenton Museum      Society Juror: Dr. William R. Valerio: Director of the Woodmere Art Museum

2021_ Honorable Mention Award. “Art Over Time” BWAC Brooklyn NY

Juror: Charlotta Kotik, curator, Head of the Department of Modern and 

Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum

2020 _Honorable Mention Award. “Wide Open 11” BWAC Brooklyn NY.2020 Juror: Paulina  Pobocha, Associate Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at Museum of  Modern Art, New York.

2020_Honorable Mention Award. “Black & White” BWAC Brooklyn NY.2020 Juror: Jenée-Daria Strand, the Curatorial of the Brooklyn Museum NYC

2020_Excellence Jurors’ Award. “Big Picture Exhibition 2020” Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Juror: Charles A. Riley Director of Nassau Museum of Art

2020_Jurors’ Award. “41st International Annual Judging Exhibition 2020” the Monmouth Museum 

2020_Patricia Warfield Jinishian Figurative Award. “70th A One National Competition/Exhibition” Silvermine Gallery. CT. 2020 Juror: Barbara O’Brien Executive Director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, consulting curator for the Housatonic Museum of Art

Press

Solo Exhibition was featured and reviewed at <Frieze> art magazine issue 197. https://frieze.com/article/chen-tong-tian-hui-what-might-it-mean-think-mall