·        

·         LiQin T@n
Associate Professor, Fine Arts Department, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Tel: (856) 225-6176, Fax: (856) 225-6330, Email: ltan@camden.rutgers.edu  URL: www.tanimation.com

  • PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    2000-Present     Associate Professor, Head of Animation Program, F/T, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
                                Conducts Computer 3D Animation, Classical Animation, Character Animation and     Animation Production courses
                               Evaluates students’ performance & develops course materials and syllabus
                              Provides student counseling and guidance for individual projects
    2000                Adjunct Professor, P/T, Digital Media Center, Seneca College, Canada
                              Taught Animation Principles & Classical Animation courses
    1997-2000         Lecturer, F/T, Center of Film & Media Studies, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
                              Coordinator of Computer Animation/Graphics Section
                              Coordinated the curriculum development for 2D/3D Animation, Digital Effects & Art Design
                              Lectured Computer 3D, Character, Classical Animation and Advanced Diploma for Multimedia Design courses
                              Supervised students’ specialist projects
    1991-1996         Art Director, F/T, 12 Sources Arts Inc., Mississauga, Canada,
                              Supervised Advertising, Graphic Design & Production
                              Conducted Marketing Research & Sales Management across Canada & USA
    1987-1990         Teaching & Research Assistant, P/T, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada,
                              Lectured figure painting techniques on rice paper in studio workshop
                              Research Assistant of teaching methodology in Chinese art
    1985-1987         Executive Art Editor, F/T, Hunan Art Publishing House, China,
                              Executive editor and founder of the Painter magazine
                              Recommended a number of amateur artists who have became internationally recognized
    1981-1985         Art Instructor, F/T, Hengyang Teachers' College, Hengyang, China,
                              Taught Brush Figure Painting, Art History & Life Drawing courses

      PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

           SELECTED AWARDS/HONOURS

            2009     Marquis Who’s Who in the World

2008     Marquis Who’s Who in America,

2008/09   Curator, Animation Competition, Space-Time, SIGGRAPH

2007     Art Panel Organizer, Chinese Media Art Preview, SIGGRAPH2007, San Diego, CA 

2007     Juror, Digital Art Gallery, 12th Int’l Conference on IV, London, UK & CGIV, Penang, Malaysia

            2007     Curator, Print Competition, Space-Time, SIGGRAPH

            2006     Who’s Who in American Art,

2006     First Place, 5th Annual Digital Art and Computer Animation Juried Competition

Beecher Center for Art and Technology, The Butler Institute of American Art

2006     Juror, Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH 2006, Boston, MA

2006     Artist Residency Program, Texas A&M University, College of Architecture, TX

2003     Juror , Cherry Hill Art Blooms Art Exhibit, Cherry Hill, NJ
2004     Gold Medal , Annual Members' Exhibition, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2004     Award of Excellence, Digital IV International, Period Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2004     Best of Show, iDEAa Exhibition, International Digital Media & Arts Association, Orlando

2004     Second Place, Juried Int’l Digital Art Competition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, CA

2004     Award of Excellence, Global Int’l Competition, Gallery International, Baltimore, MD
2004    Chair , IT in Animation and Graphics Program, International Conference on Information Technology & Applications, Harbin, China
2003     Juror , Cherry Hill Art Blooms Art Exhibit, Cherry Hill, NJ
2003     Panel Reviewer, Education Program, SIGGRAPH 2003, San Diego, CA

2003     Joint Presenter, Education Program, SIGGRAPH, San Diego, CA

2002     Joint Presenter, Education Program, SIGGRAPH, San Antonio, CA  
2002     Best of Show, Juried Watercolor Exhibition, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon, NJ  
2002     Merit in the Re-Figured - National Juried Exhibition, South Shore Art Center, MA 
2001     Finalist Winner, The Artist’s Magazine’s 2001 Art Competition, Cincinnati, OH
1996     Qualified by Walt Disney, offered an animator position, Toronto, Canada
1987     Awarded the John W. O’Brien Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, Canada
1987     Awarded the Concordia University Graduate Fellowship, Montreal, Canada
1987     Offered the Tuition Scholarship from University of Cincinnati, OH
1986     Elected as a theoretical director for the Hunan Youth Artists’ Assoc., Changsha, China
1986     Juror, National Show of " ’85 New Art Trends ", Zhuhai, China,
1985     Achievement for Art Criticism from The Trend of Art Thought, Wuhan, China
1985     2nd Award in painting, Hunan Artist’s Association, Changsha, China  
1983     Silver Award in painting competition, Central Institution of Fine Arts, Beijing
1982     2nd Award in panting, Hunan Minority Art Exhibition, Changsha, China
1982     Art Education Scholarship, Hengyang Teachers' College, China
1980     Juror for the Hunan Youth Art Exhibition, Changsha, China

 

  • SOLO EXHIBITIONS

            2008     Art Museum, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA

            2007     Beijing University, Beijing, China

            2006     The Noyes Museum of Art (Joint), Oceanville, NJ

2006     Art Department Gallery, California State University at Long Beach, CA

            2006     Noho Gallery, New York City, NY

2006     Phantom Gallery, Millville, NJ

            2005     Emin Hekimgil Art Gallery, Turkish-American Association, Turkey

            2005     National Center for Computer Animation, Bournemouth Univ., England

            2005     Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China

            2005     Art Gallery, Tianjin Normal Univ., TianJin, China 

2005     OffthemapGallery, Galleries at 80, Toronto, Canada

            2005     Digital & Primitive, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada

            2005     Burl+4, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

            2004     Digital-Tribal Art, Union 237 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004     Digital<∞& Primitive∞: Animation Permeates Rawhides, Stedman Art Gallery

2003     Drawing: Retrospective, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon, NJ

2001     Digital Media Art Exhibition (Joint,) Power Art Gallery, William Paterson Univ., NJ

1990     Sing Tao Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1990     Concordia University V.A.V. Gallery, Montreal, Canada

1989     Galerie La Route de La Soie, Montreal, Canada

1989     Place Ville-Marie, Montreal, Canada

1984     Hengdong County Cultural Hall, Hengdong, China

 

§              SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

            2008     Across the Divide, Savannah College of Art and Design

2007          5th iDEAs Exhibition, Intl’ Digital Media & Arts Conference, Philadelphia, PA

2007     Beijing New York, New Media Preview, Pure Project Art Space, NYC

2007     Prix Ars Electronic, Linz, Austria

2007     Mariani Gallery, Computer Graphic Exhibition, University of Northern Colorado, NC

2007     Digital Art Gallery, IV 11th Int’l Conference of Information & Visualization, Zurich, Switzerland

2007     Digital Art Gallery, 4th Int’l Conference of CGIV, Bangkok, Thailand

2007     Perkins Center for the Art, Callingwood, NJ

2007          Int’l                               Electronics Alive IV, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, the University of Tampa, FL

2007          Going Global--Breaking Boundaries, St. Asaph Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007     Filed Manual, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon, NJ

2006     4th iDEAs Exhibition, Intl’ Digital Media & Arts Conference, San Diego, OH

2006     the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texelectronica06, Fort Worth, TX

            2006     Myth, Religion& Art, the Gallery at St. Asaph's, Bala Cynwyd, PA

            2006     Going Global, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia

            2006     Across the Divide, Chinese Art Professors in USA, Lycoming College, PA
            2006     Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH2006, Boston, MA

            2006     Across the Divide, Chinese Art Professors in USA, Lycoming College, PA

            2006     Myth, Religion& Art, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia

2006     3rd iDEAa Exhibition, Intl’ Digital Media & Arts Conference, Oxford, OH

2006     5th Annual Digital Art and Computer Animation Juried Competition

            Beecher Center for Art and Technology, The Butler Institute of American Art

2006     Digital Art Gallery, 10th Int’l Conference of Information & Visualization, London, UK        

2006     Da Vinci at Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia, PA

2005     Members’ Exhibition, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia

            2005     NOVA exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ

            2005     From Generation to Generation, Markeim Art Center, NJ

            2005     Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH2005, LA

            2005     Int’l Digital Art Winners’ Show, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art

            2005     Digital Art Gallery, 9th Int’l Conference of Information & Visualization, London

            2005     Art Gallery, Int’l Conference of Computer Graphics, Imaging& Vision, Beijing

             2005     Digital Gallery, Patterns in Nature, Art+Math=X Conference, Colorado Univ.-Boulder

            2005     Noho Gallery, New York City

2005     Biennial, Noyes Museum of Art,  Oceanville, NJ

            2005     7th Annual Arts and Business Summit, Enterprise Center at Burlington County College

            2005     LBI Invitational Art Exhibition, Long Beach Island Art Center, NJ

2005     Award Winning Artists Group Show, Gallery Int’l, Baltimore, MD

2005     iDEAa Exhibition, Intl’ Digital Media & Arts Conference, Orlando, FL

2005     Diversite de I art Contemporain, Paris, French

            2005     Asian Fusion 2005, Asian Cultural Center, NYC

            2004     Noho Gallery, New York City

            2004     Int’l Digital Art Competition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art

            2004     Global Int’l Competition, Gallery Int’l, Baltimore, MD

2004     Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Sept. CA,

            2004     National Juried Contemporary Prints Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art, PA

2004     Annual Members’ Exhibition, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2004     Digital Art Gallery, 8th Intl. Conference information & Visualization, London, UK

2004     Int’l Digital IV, Period Gallery, Lincoln, NE

2004     iDEAa Exhibition, Int’l Digital Media & Arts Conference, Orlando, FL

2003     The STAGE Gallery, Massapequa, New York

2003     14 th New Jersey Small Works Show, School of Art, Old Church Cultural Center, NJ
2003     Photographic Processes IV Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE

2002     10th Annual Juried Watercolor Exhibition, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon, NJ

            2002     Re-Figured Juried National Exhibition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA

            2002     Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Pittsburgh

2002     Contemporary IV Int’l Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha

2001     Singapore Animators Connection Conference, Singapore Art Museum

2001     The Artist’s Magazine’s 2001 Art Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio

2001     Juried Water Color Exhibition, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon, NJ

2001     National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, NY

2000     Digital Art Gallery, 3Dcafe.com

            1992     Montreal's 350th anniversary Celebrations, Maisons de la Culture, Montreal 

1991     Goya to Beijing, Vancouver Art Gallery

1990     Goya to Beijing, Montreal Art Center

1990     Asian Art Exhibition, University of Montreal Asia Study Center, Montreal, Canada

1989     Galerie D'Art Chinois Enc, Montréal, Canada

1988     Festival of Confucius of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

1987     Concordia University V.A.V. Gallery, Montreal, Canada

              1986   Hunan Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Art Museum, Beijing, China

            1986     National Traveling Exhibition of 85’ New Art Trends, China

            1985     ’85 Hunan Art Exhibition Hunan Province Exhibition Hall, Changsha, China

            1984     Award Winners’ Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing

            1984     6th National Art Exhibition, Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China

            1983     Painting Competition, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing

1982     Hunan Minority Nation Art Show, Changsha, China

1981     Hengyang Teachers’ College Art Show, Hengyang, China

1981     Hunan Art Exhibition, Hunan Province Exhibition Hall, Changsha, China

1981     Hengyang Art Exhibition, Hengyang Exhibition Place, China        

            1980     National Drawing Traveling Show from Normal University/College Students, China

1980     Hengyang Chinese Panting Exhibition, Hengyang Exhibition Place, China

1980     Hengyang Teachers’ College Art Exhibition, Henyang Workers’ Place, China

1979     Annually Art Review Exhibition, Hengyang Teachers’ College, Hengyang, China,

1978     Sketching & Drawing Exhibition, Hengyang City Iron-way Workers’ Place, Hengyang, China

1976     Propagate Art Selection, Hengdong County Culture Place, Hengdong, China

 

Selected Grants

2007     Rutgers Research Council Grant

2006          Artist Residency Program, Texas A& M University

2006     Rutgers Research Council Grant

2005     Bildner Diversity Award, Bildner Family Foundation

2005     Rutgers Research Council Grant

2004     Video Production Grant, Camden County Police Chiefs’ Association, NJ                   

2004     Rutgers Research Council Grant

            2004     Bildner Diversity Award, Bildner Family Foundation

2004     Rutgers Research Council Grant

            2003