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Artist short biography

Lian started his professional life as a graphic designer in Seattle, Washington. Throughout his career, he has worked in corporate branding, print collateral, packaging, retail graphics and environmental design with brands such as Restoration Hardware, Uber, Nike, Levis, Kohler and Starbucks. In addition to being a designer, he is an artist working in watercolor and printmaking. Lian's work tends to lean towards Abstract and Concrete Art Movement. His work has been recognized internationally and is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Academy of Art University San Francisco, SGC International Archives, University of Knoxville, Portland State University, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts China, Veneto Region Italy, the City of Venice Italy, Tipoteca Italiana di Cornuda Italy, Biblioteca Civica di Rovereto Italy, Archivio Tipografico di Torino Italy and Druckwerk Basel Switzerland. His work has been published in both trade and consumer magazines, including Communication Arts, Type Directors Club Annuals, Print, ID Magazine, How Magazine, as well as art books such as Tangible, Paper Perfect and Paper Craft.

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Differences between Emerging, Mid-career and Established Artists

Emerging Artist

An Emerging Artist is someone who’s in the early stage of his or her career. Someone who’s caught the eye of an art critic and/or gallery but hasn’t yet established a solid reputation as an artist amongst art critics, art buyers, and art galleries. Independent of his or her chronological age, this individual has created a modest independent body of work.

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