Lian quan zhen biography definition

Lian Quan Zhen started sketching and painting in his childhood and continued as a hobby while practicing medicine as a family physician in Canton Province, China.

After immigrating to the U.S. in 1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996. He has had many shows in the U.S., Hong Kong and China and has developed an international following.

His paintings hang in numerous institutional and private collections, including the MIT Museum which has collected 14 of his paintings.

Lian Zhen, “Butterfly Fish”, Chinese Painting, half Detail, half Spontaneous style, 16″ x 20″

His art teaching credentials include the University of California at Berkeley where he taught watercolor outdoor sketching for 8 years; watercolor and Chinese painting workshops nationwide through out the U.S.

as well as in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, China, South Afric