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Ding is a Beijing native perceptual painter, having learned classical painting from his father as
a child. He originally studied Fashion Design and earned a BA from Beijing University of Technology. He relocated to New York to study painting and drawing at SUNY Buffalo State College, and went on to earn his MFA at Louisiana State University. Ding has had solo exhibitions in Buffalo, NY; Baton Rouge, LA; and Visalia, CA, among others; and his work been includ- ed in numerous group exhibitions across the United States. He received a commission from the Burden Rural Life Museum for a series of documentary art, and his work has been permanently collected by the LSU Museum of Art, Parish Library, and other public institutes in Louisiana. He has been awarded several artist residencies, including the Golden Foundation program in NY. Chao’s work is represented by Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento, CA.