Northern Michigan Artist, Bill Hosner’s Work Featured in 2 Taiwan Art Exhibits
Blue Door Barn, exhibited at 99º Art Center in Taipei
Traverse City, MI April 29, 2010 – Artists are familiar with the call-for-entries process for an exhibition. Some exhibitions, however, are by invitation only. Following recent success, Northern Michigan pastel artist, Bill Hosner, was invited to show four paintings in two exhibitions in Taipei, Taiwan. Hosner was one of twelve US artists invited to participate in the 2010 International Pastel Artists Invitational Exhibition currently on display in Taipei. This exhibition is hosted by the National Taiwan Arts Education Center, a government organization charged with carrying out art education for the Taiwanese people.
Among a more exclusive group, Hosner also participated in the invitation-only International Master Pastelists Exhibition. Only ten international artists were invited to participate at this exhibition hosted by the private gallery, 99º Art Center. 99º Art Center has a positive reputation among galleries for its perpetual global search for emerging and established artists.
Bill with Director General Wu at the 2010 International Pastel Artists Invitational Exhibition
At both exhibitions, Hosner had the opportunity to interact with fellow artists, widely respected Master Artists including Mau-Kun Yim, and Asian dignitaries such as Joseph Tsu-Sheng Wu, Director General of the National Taiwan Arts Education. “I was honored to be invited to participate in shows such as these in Taipei. There were artists from several countries and there is always personal and artistic growth as a result of that. It is a privilege to share my work with a global audience and represent my country,” said Hosner. “The Taiwanese people were wonderful, gracious hosts and I was humbled and flattered to have the opportunity to meet and share ideas about art with Mau-Kun Yim, a recognized Master Painter for whom I have great respect.” Yim, now 68, won the top painting award in all of China at the age of 36.
A Master Pastelist, Bill Hosner’s work is solely dedicated to the art of plein air painting. For Bill it all makes sense; “A photograph freezes a moment in time. While, over a painting session everything is moving, changing… the artist as well as the subject. During that experience the work evolves, is dynamic and can take on the energies of life. Painting en plein air lifts my spirit. And in so doing, it amplifies my recognition of a God given value and uniqueness in the world that surrounds me.”