Eileen Fong

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Tel (604) 432-1341 Email: eileenfong.art@gmail.com Eileen was born in China, raised in Hong Kong and then immigrated to Canada in 1968. After graduating from the B.C. Institute of Technology in Nuclear Medicine and Chemistry, Eileen began working in the field of health. Because she wanted to explore a new aspect of life and something related to her roots, she began studying Chinese brush painting in 1994, learning from several Chinese master painters throughout the years. Her love of nature coincides with the beautiful expressions of nature revealed in this art form. An active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists since 1998, Eileen has held several solo exhibitions in B.C. and participated in many juried group shows, which include the Federation of Canadian Artists, the Arts Councils of B.C., the Whatcom Museum of History and Art in Bellingham, Washington, the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour 77th annual juried exhibition in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Carit-Arte 07in the Municipal Art Gallery Rivas Birones of Vilagarcia De Arousa of Spain, and XVI Collective Painting and Sculptures Exhibition, Concello de Cangas, Spain in June, 2008. She is also an active volunteer for the arts community. She has served on the Board of the Burnaby Arts Council from 1998 to 2002 and chaired the Burnaby Artwalk Committee in 1999, 2000, 2004 the Artists Among Us Studio Tour in 2002 and 2003. As a member of the Art Teacher Association of B.C., Eileen has presented Chinese Watercolour Workshops in several of the Art Teachers’ Conferences. In May of 2005, she founded the Aurora Gallery, Artists’ Co-op, located at the International Village of Vancouver. Her other recent accomplishment include as an illustrator for a Children’s book, The Dream Jar, published in 2008 by Tutkam Books Incorporated

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