Member of the Board 董事會成員
BiLan Liao 廖碧蘭
Penny Vongdara Chen
Gloria WS. Chan
President of the AAArtistsSociety.
Responsible for AAAS development, financial expenditure, exhibition and art project planning, website design, and marketing.
Bilan is an artist, art educator and filmmaker, she is a retired art professor and chair at the Paducah School of Art and Design, KY. Now she lives in Georgia. She was granted U.S. permanent residency as an “Alien of Extraordinary Abilities” to US. In China, she served as Vice Chairman of the Shenzhen Longgang of Literary and Art Association, Director of the Painting Department of the Cultural Center, and President of the Photography Association. She paints and sculpt her journey to record the history of China and the United States to prevent tragedies from happening again. More information: https://bilanliao.com
Gloria WS. Chan
Penny Vongdara Chen
Gloria WS. Chan
Vice President of the AAArtistsSociety.
Responsible for AAAS development, exhibition, website design, marketing, and membership fee management.
Gloria WS. Chan is an artist and art educator based in Atlanta, GA. She believes that arts can be formed as an educational and/or communication instrument to lead her audience to understand the cultural differences from different perspectives. She focuses on a unique technique, called "Double Light Effect", which combining Ultraviolet (UV) and Phosphorescent (Glow in the dark) effect with traditional painting mediums, which allows two version of a painting be seen under certain light settings. More information: https://gloriawschan.com
Penny Vongdara Chen
Penny Vongdara Chen
Penny Vongdara Chen
Secretary of AAArtistsSociety. Responsible for AAAS administration, communications, finance, and outreach strategies beyond the Chinese community.
Penny Vongdara Chen is an artist, author, Fortune 500 fintech corporate executive, Board Director, investor, and philanthropist. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband, Dr. Jack Chen, and stepson, Alex Chen. Her passion is digital illustration, an intersection of art and technology, and painting. She authors and illustrates for her children’s books and specializes in textured abstract painting in all medium. She believes that art is a crucial form of therapy for mental wellness. More information: Amazon.com/author/pennychen, Jasbyboo.org, facebook.com/penny.vongdara.chen, and @pennyvongdarafineart.
WeiXin Xu 徐唯辛
WeiXin Xu 徐唯辛
Penny Vongdara Chen
Weixin Xu, his main responsibility is to support art projects and art exhibitions.
Weixin is an artist and art educator. He lives in New York. He was granted U.S. permanent residency as an “Alien of Extraordinary Abilities” to US. He was an art professor and dean at the School of Art of Renmin University of China. He is an artist concerned with historical events and contemporary social issues in China and the world; in this extraordinary series of portraits, Xu emerges from a background as a Chinese realist painter to poignantly raise issues often obscured by abstraction and fragmentary messages. More information at: http://www.xuweixinart.com
WeiXin Xu 徐唯辛
Hattie Tan, her main responsibility is to promote the Asian American Artists Society to the Chinese community.
Hattie loves art and has studied painting over ten years. Her landscapes and imaginative abstractions express a unique personal feeling of harmony between human and nature. She has participated in Asian art exhibitions.
She graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Soochow University and the voluntary broadcasting and hosting training class of Communication University of China. She is a former TV reporter, host, and director.
Consultants 顾问
Vance Farrow, his main responsibility is to support art projects and art exhibitions.
Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Drawing. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, (1996)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing. Murray State University, Murray, KY, Cum laude. (1993)
Experience:
Associate Professor, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana Univer
Vance Farrow, his main responsibility is to support art projects and art exhibitions.
Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Drawing. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, (1996)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing. Murray State University, Murray, KY, Cum laude. (1993)
Experience:
Associate Professor, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University: Indianapolis,
(July 1, 2009 - present). Prof. Farrow is an art professor and Fine Arts Department Chair at the Herron School of Art & Design at IUPUI, IN.
Chair of Fine Arts Department, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University: Indianapolis,
(January 1, 2020 - present)
Pulp: Works on Paper from the Indiana State Museum Permanent Collection, IN (2017)
Born on an army base, Prof. Farrow spent most of his formative years in typical “military brat” fashion,
moving from city to city. This period had a distinct effect on his artistic development; the places he lived
kept changing, so he chose to focus his attention on the people he would meet while living there.
Experiences with these people are what spurred his ongoing quest to explore various facets of human
nature through artistic means. He was always fascinated by drawing in lieu of other art forms because, in
his words, “Its seeming simplicity of materials belies its amazing scope, which ranges from startlingly
instantaneous sketches to intensely measured and deliberated works.” He sees drawing as a direct
correlation to the nature of humanity, as a thing that is seemingly simple in principle yet profound in its
expression.
He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing from Murray State University in 1993 and MFA in
drawing from the University of Cincinnati in 1996. He taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati until his
eventual move to Indiana in 2002 where he currently teaches as an Associate Professor of Foundation
Studies and Fine Art and serves as the Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Herron School of Art and
Design at Indiana University, Indianapolis. His drawings continue to focus on human nature as seen
through the figures of underrepresented populations. He states that this is a focal emphasis because, “I
am interested in exceptions rather than rules, in the kinds of people that I don’t see often enough in works
of art...at least not often enough for me.” He has won awards for both teaching and drawing, and his
work is included in public and private collections throughout the country.
Zhenhuan Lu 呂振華, he is a consultant for art projects and art exhibitions.
Zhenhuan is a prolific professional artist, whose paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and China. His works are held in the National Museum of China and in private and public collections throughout the United States. In 200
Zhenhuan Lu 呂振華, he is a consultant for art projects and art exhibitions.
Zhenhuan is a prolific professional artist, whose paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and China. His works are held in the National Museum of China and in private and public collections throughout the United States. In 2002, he was invited by First Lady Laura Bush to the White House to create an oil painting for that year's official White House Christmas card. The original oil painting of this greeting card is listed in the permanent collection of the White House. More information: https://www.artlicensing.com/artists/zhen-huan-lu/
Ken Scroggs, his main duties are to provide financial support and mental health counseling.
Ken is a mental health professional having worked as an Army Social Work officer, leadership trainer, consultant, and psychotherapist specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He provides support for
Ken Scroggs, his main duties are to provide financial support and mental health counseling.
Ken is a mental health professional having worked as an Army Social Work officer, leadership trainer, consultant, and psychotherapist specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He provides support for art and insights into trauma, art therapy, cultural diversity and inclusion, and our organization. He has been the primary capital contributor to Diary of Dragon’s daughter LLC film producing efforts, co-producing and narrating for short “An Artist’s Journey from China to America.” The documentary short received over 60 awards/selections from national and international filmmaker festivals in 2021.