Selected Awards and Honors
2019 Audrey Rothermel Bascom Professorship Award at University of Wisconsin-Madison, March
2016 “Achievement Award”, Chinese-America Arts Faculty Association USA, Aug.
2016 Silver Award “Syncopated Reflection”, Perception and Vision: Chinese American Art Faculty Exhibition and Symposium. Aug.
2013 Creative Award, “A Multi-Sensory and Experiential Exhibition” University of Wisconsin – Madison Arts Institute
2012 UW-Madison, Research Committee Grant Fund for “Chinese Feng Shui Culture: Bridging the Gap between Feng Shui application in the built Environment and in Painting。
2011 Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010 The Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at University of Wisconsin - Madison
2007 UW-Madison, Graduate School Research Committee Grant Fund for “The Comparison and Contrast between Green Design and Chinese Traditional Built Environment”
2006 Emily Mead Baldwin – Bascom Professorship in the Creative Arts Award, Project “The Comparison and Contrast between Green Design and Chinese Design Philosophy” University of Wisconsin – Madison
2004 Third Place in Faculty Category of 2004 Biannual Design Communication Association Competition. “Meaning of Drawing: The Great Wall Museum”. California Polytechnic Institute, California
2004 Winner of the Interior Design Educators Council International Juried Exhibition, “The Journey through Past Memories.”
2003 Winner of the 2003 Design Educators’ National Exhibition, “Harmony”, Oklahoma. This exhibition showcases the work of large multidisciplinary faculties from textiles, apparels, industrial design, architecture and photography.
2000 Winner of the Interior Design Educators Council International Juried Exhibition, “Drawing as a Tool for Design Representation.” Calgary, Canada. The drawings focus on how to use drawings in combinations to represent design elements and principles through traditional Chinese architecture.
1999 Vilas Associate Professorship Award. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1992 The College of Design Award for “Extraordinary Performance in Teaching.” Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1992 Winner of the 1992 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) National Juried Exhibition, “Thinking Process Reflected in Color Rendering.” Grand Rapids, Michigan
1991 Winner of the 1991 Interior Design Educators Council National Juried Exhibition, “Terra-Harmony-Civilization.” Washington, District of Columbia.
Exhibitions, Books, Workshops, and Lectures
Exhibitions
2016 “The Journey”, National Culture Palace of Nationalities in Beijing, China, June 29-July 11.
Exhibited 136 paintings, covering over 15,000 square feet of exhibition space. This international event culminated with over 20 news interviews, and included the top art critics visiting my work.
2015 Exhibition “Harmonious Spaces: Wei Dong and Feng Shui Culture”, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Sept 18-Nov. 15, 2015
2013 “East meet West”, painting exhibition in “TisngHua University Senior Professor Art Gallery, Beijing, China.
2012 “The Meaning of Laying”, painting exhibition in WanHai Lo exhibition hall, Taizhou, China
2016 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Four 14 feet long double-sided paintings, which are the first to be showed, April.
2014 “The Impression of Fall” was exhibited in the Manhattan Art Gallery, Asian Culture Center in New York.
2003 “Great Wall Museum”, Design Educators National Exhibition
2003 “Harmony”, Design Educators National Exhibition
2003 “Drawing for design representation”, Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1998 “Grottoes”, The 8th DCA National Biannual Exhibition; Tucson, Arizona,
1997 “Symbiotic Respite” With Fred Malven, Interior Design Educators Council National Juried Exhibition; Cincinnati, OH
1997 “Tree of Commerce” With Suzanne Scott, Interior Design Educators Council National Juried Exhibition; Cincinnati, OH,
1996 “The Theory and History for Great Wall Museum,” The 7th DCA National Biannual Exhibition; Tucson, Arizona
1996 “The Drama of Lighting,” Cornell University
1996 “Visual Notes” University of Kentucky
1996 “Visual Notes for Composing Interior Space,” Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1995 “Point of Departure“ Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1994 “Harmony and Contradiction,” The American Institute of Architects Exhibition, I. M. Pei’s Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
1991 “Terra-Harmony-Civilization,” Interior Design Educators Council National Juried Exhibition; Washington, District of Columbia
1991 “East and West,” the College of Design Faculty Exhibition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1990 “Contemporary Oriental Arts,” Christian/Boydon Gallery, Richmond, Virginia,
1987 Exhibition and demonstration of Chinese painting, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Books
2016 “Long Journey Searching”, published by Beijing Blueprint Printing, Co.Ltd,
*A dual language book written in both Chinese and English. In it, I incorporated my theory of processes with the final products which over 90 of my paintings as I systematically introduced the philosophy and concepts behind my artwork. Additionally, I graphically laid out the book and designed each page.
1998 “Computer Visualization: An Integrated Approach for Designers and Architects,” with Professor Kathleen Gibson at Cornell University, published by McGraw-Hill.
1997 “Color Rendering for Interior/Architecture Design: Concept, Exploration and Process,” published by McGraw-Hill.
Workshops
2016 “Comparison Between Environmental Studies and the Traditional Chinese Art”. Invitation as one of only two honoree professors in the world to give a four day presentation and workshop at the Eastern China Institute of Science and Technology.
2015 “Manual VS Digital in the Arts and Visual Inspiration”, East China University of Science and Technology.
2010 “Mind and Body, Internal and External, Ying and Yong in Chinese Brush Painting”, An International Conference sponsored by American Society of Architectural Illustrators.
2008 “Effective Techniques for Success in Teaching & Learning Drawings and Sketches:– Concept, Exploration and Process”, IDEC 2008 International Conference, Montreal, Canada.
2008 “Visual Thinking and Drawing Process”, College of Architecture, University of Tennessee.
2007 “The Concept and Process of Manual Drawing in the Digital Era”, School of Arts, Doha, Qatar.
1999 “Painting and Visual Representation”, American Society of Interior Design, St. Louis Chapter.
1996 “Visual Thinking and Communication”, Design, Merchandising, and Consumer Sciences, College of Applied Human Science, Colorado State University.
1996 “Mixed Media in Paintings”, Interior Design, Merchandising, and Textiles, University of Kentucky.
Featured Stories
Article Interviews and Feature Stories about Wei Dong’s work
2019 “The New York Times” interviewed and quoted my 20 year approach and study in Art of Feng Shui. March 26.
2019 School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University has featured my journey as a story in the publication.
2019 The California based Asia Experts Forum has interviewed me and included my works and study into the their Asia Arts and Design Scholarly Resource.
2016 “The Interaction Between Western and Eastern Culture: Study the Aesthetics of Wei Dong’s Paintings”. Art and Literature for the Masses #24, China
2016 “The Thirty Years Journey- Wei Dong’s Exhibition”, People’s Daily, the largest and most influential newspaper in China. July 15.
2016 “The Journey of Searching-Wei Dong’s Art Exhibitions”, over 20 Chinese news agencies in both printing and on line media have featured my exhibition. Beijing, China
2015 “The artful balance of feng shui”, Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 5, 2015. USA
2014 “Searching for the Last Ten Percentage”, People’s Daily, the largest and most influential newspaper in China
2013 “The Dedication for Preserve the Traditional Chinese Architecture”, People’s Daily, the largest newspaper in China
2012 “An Artist’s Journey”, People’s Daily, the largest newspaper in China
2010 Impact, School of Human Ecology, UW Madison, USA
2004 “Students Explore new Routes to Understanding in China”, Wisconsin Week, September 8, USA
2004 “The Reflection of Chinese Painting Exhibition on the University of Wisconsin – Madison Campus USA”, Featured in the World Newspaper of China.
1998 “The Process for Selecting a Designer for Your Home”, Home, pp 82, Vol.1, 1998, TingJing, China
1998 “Dream of an Architect”, China Panorama, pp 22-23, Vol. 39, Jan, China
1996 “Design Competitions Foster Creativity,” Impact, Research and Extension of the School of Human Ecology Vol. 11, Number 1, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
1993 “Design Professor Helps Cultures Learn from Each Other,” Impact, Research and Extension of the School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences, Vol. 11, Number 1, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
1987 “Eastern Artist Combines Cultures at VCU,” Commonwealth Times, Vol. 19, Number 23, Richmond, Virginia, April 28, USA
Leadership
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE ART FIELD
2018 President of the Chinese-American Art Faculty Association USA
2017 Northern American Co-Chair for the 1st Symposium of the Academic Journal of Feng Shui – Oceania Sydney, Australia,
2014 One of three judges for the International Interior Design Education (IDEC) Creative Arts Competition
2014 Co-Chair Editorial Committee for the book of “Commemorate Chinese Traditional Architectural Master Luo Zhewei” by China National Historical Publication House, ISBN 978-7-5034-4123-3, (460 total Pages).
2013 Co-Chair, Editorial Committee, “Architecture Feng Shui” （433 total pages).
2014 Vice General Chair for the book of “The Tao of Sustainability” published by China Architecture Publishing House, ISBN 978-7-112-17361-7
2011 International Jurors for the Art and Green Design Global Award 2011 Competition.
2010 Co-Chair of the International Accreditation Review Committee for the School of the Arts and Design at TsingHua University.
2010 One of Three Jurors of the Architecture In Perspective 25, the International Juried Architectural Illustration Competition.
2010 Co-Chair, “The Scholarship Creativity Exhibition” for Interior Design Educators Council.
2007 Chair, Art and Design Accreditation Review, for the Al Dhabi University, By the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
2005 Committee Member for China Architecture and Culture Center *Chaired by the Secretary of Cultural Affairs a Chinese governmental agency under the state Department of Building and Construction.