John Z Wang

John Z. Wang (王章) was born and raised in China. As a student of the Architectural Department, Tsinghua University, he received a formal visual art education, which laid the foundation of his future art career. After he earned his second master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1986, he moved to the United State, successively joined architectural design offices in Washington DC, Toronto/Shanghai and Hong Kong until 2000, when he established The Archistudio in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, dedicating to illustrations commissioned by about fifty clients. He was the sole illustrator for two campus guide books: Williams College and University of Toronto, both published in 2019. In recent years, John’s fine art work has become his major undertaking. A number of John’s works have been published, exhibited, or licensed to art publishers.

While John’s work is rooted in traditional art, he has never stopped his drive for freshly expressing distinctive characters of each new project. He is experienced in exploiting media potentials. He embraces unlimited pigments in general while applies an restrictive palette for each individual work. Along with acrylics and watercolors, John's digital imagery has made a...

June 1986 Master of Architecture Degree
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,
Copenhagen, Denmark
November 1981 Master of Architecture Degree
China Architectural Science Institute, Beijing,
China
July 1963 Bachelor of Architecture Degree
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

“Architecture in Perspective” Annual Exhibition (2022, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2008, 2005, 2004, 1999 & 1998)
36th Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition Winners Exhibition at AIA National Headquarters, Washington, DC
“Retrospective Exhibition”, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, MD (1993)
“A Celebration of Asian Art”, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, MD (1993)
“Architectural Rendering Show”, National Art Gallery, Beijing, China (1964)
“Beijing Watercolor Salon”, Beijing, China (1962)