Stone Peng Bio and Statement

M.S. Master of Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. 1990 -1991
B.S. Bachelor of Science, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1980-1984

Stone Peng is a Grand Rapids, Michigan-USA based national and international award-winning photographer. Stone Peng’s work has been presented in numerous publications throughout USA. Stone Peng's photos are in public and private collections throughout West Michigan, the United States and beyond. You also can see Stone Peng's photos from www.stonepeng.com.
I have been taking photos since the early 1990’s. I try to catch the moment of beauty, when dramatic displays of color and light shine in the landscape. Every landscape has its own life and different meaning, depending on the viewer’s mood. I try to catch the emotional feeling at specific moments in landscapes. Professor Biq told me “if you put your heart at peace and involve yourself in nature, you can feel that nature is your friend and realize nature’s life cycle and beauty.” I hope that you can see through my photos expresses the feelings I had when taking them.

Artist Statement
I try to show the Chinese philosophy of life and the aesthetic principles "less is more" and "empty is full" in creating my images. Using primarily white tones in the background lends a simplicity and ethereal purity to a subject that gives you a calm, peaceful, infinitely deep and immeasurable feeling. The empty space offers the viewer a peaceful feeling and also gives the viewer a chance to focus on what it really takes to find balance
in life and capture a little piece of our self.
“Tranquility, simplicity and beauty are essence of my photos.”

Award and Exhibitions
“1st place and Purchased Award”, 2020 Loeschner Art Competition, permanent collection by Frederik Meijer Garden & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI 2020.
“Merit Award” (2), the first “Life on Earth” art Exhibition by Art Room contemporary online Gallery. “3 Fishman” and “It’s Springtime”. 2020
3rd place, Aperture2020 International competition, Cultural Center of Cape Cod. South Yarmouth, MA. Nov. 2020.
“Honorable Mention Award” (2), 15th Annual Black & White magazine Spider Awards, Professional, Fine Art and People Category, 2020.
“Honorable Mention Award” International Photography Awards, Professional, Book: “Zen Photography and my Dialogues”, 2020.
“Honorable Mention Award” (2), International Photography Awards, “It’s springtime” and “Lost in Illusion”, 2020
“Honorable Mention Award” 2020 Botanicals Online Art Show. “Dandelion-1”, by Grey Cube Gallery. total 20 different countries entries. 2020.
“Honorable Mention Award” 2020 Moscow International Foto Awards, Professional, “It’s springtime” People/Culture Category. 2020.
“Award of Merit” “It’s springtime” 140th National Open Juried Exhibition 2020 by Providence Art Club at Rhode Island. 2020.
3rd place, the13th International Color Photography Awards competition, “It’s springtime”, Silhouette category, 2020.
“Nominee” the13th International Color Photography Awards competition, 5 photos, 2020.
“Honorable Mention Award” 2020 the heart goes nine International photography competition, the RI center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI.
“Honorable Mention” “Lone Bison” at “Winter Imagination 2019” International Fine Art on-line Juried Competition by Art-Competition.net.
“Bronze” 2019 Tokyo International Photo Awards, Professional, Fine Art Book Category.
“Gold” 2019 Budapest International Foto Awards, Professional, Nature Category.
2nd place, 14th Annual Black & White magazine Spider Awards, Professional, Fine Art Category, “Music Staff” Oct. 2019.
“Honorable Mention Award” PX3 2019 Competition, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Professional, Fine Art Book Category.
“Honorable Mention Award” at 2019 Moscow International Foto Awards, Professional, Fine Art Book Category.
“Nominee”, 5th Fine Art Photography Award, Street Photography Category, 2019.
“Honorable Mention Award “, the 12th International Color Photography Awards competition, 2 photos, 2019.
“Nominee” Nature category, the12th International Color Photography Awards competition, 2019.
“Honorable Mention Award” 2018 Tokyo International Photo Awards, professional. Wildlife Category.
“Honorable Mention Award” International Photography Awards, 3 photos, Nov. 2018.
“Nominee” 13th Annual Black & White magazine Spider Awards, 2 photos, Nov. 2018.
“Bronze Medal Award”, Emerald Art: 3rd Annual Autumn Exhibition – 2018, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Oregon, Sep. 2018.
“The Best Photography Award”, Grand Haven Art Festival, Grand Haven, MI. June, 2018.
“Honorable Mention Award” International Photography Color Awards, two photos, 2018
“Nominee” International Photography Color Awards, 3 photos, 2018
“Nominee” 12th Annual Black & White magazine Spider Awards, 2 photos, 2017
“The Best Photography Award”, Krasl Art Festival on the Bluff, St. Joseph, MI. July, 2017. 2.
“The Best Photography Award”, East Lansing Art Festival, East Lansing, MI. May, 2017.
“4th place”, West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2017.
“3rd place” “It will be a Long Winter”, NPR USA Winter Photo competition 2014.
"Purchase Award" Festival of the Arts, 44th Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. 2013.
“Purchase Award” Festival of the Arts, 43th Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. 2012.
“Long Winter” Black and White Magazine, Animal and Portrait 2012.
“Best in Show”, Tulip Art Festival, Holland, MI 2012.
“Best in Show”, 1st place for “Four Season”, Westminster Presbyterian Church Venue Host 2011 ArtPrize Competition, Grand Rapids, MI 2011.
“Purchase Award” – 2011 Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI. 2011.
“Wendy and Edgar O. Marty Photography Award” – 2011 Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI. 2011.
“Purchase Award”, 80th Annual Regional Art Competition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2008.
“Purchase Award”, The 2006 Regional Juried Fine Arts and Photography Exhibit, The Carnegie Center for the Arts/W.R. Monroe Museum, Three River, MI 2006.
“2nd place”, American Landmark Photo Contest, Grand Rapids, Michigan 2005.
“1st place”, Ottawa County Fair Photograph Contest, Michigan, 1998.
“1st place”, Focus on Michigan Photograph Holland area Contest, Michigan, 1996.

Exhibitions
2021 “Great”- Great Lakes 8 states competition, Crooked Tree Arts Center (CTAC). Petoskey’s Gilbert Gallery, April 19 to June 1, 2021.
2020 2nd GCPA International 2020 (Global Chinese Photography Association), Nov. 2020.
2020 National Botanical International Exhibition, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 92651. Oct. 1-Oct. 31, 2020.
2020 National Exhibition Webster Arts' “RED!", “Ren Canoes”, total 632 submissions and 65 works were selected. webster-arts.org. Sep. 2020.
2020 National Fine Art Show, Exhibition from 9/4/2020 to 10/2/2020. Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO. 2020
2020 Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition, Exhibition from 8/7/2020 to 9/20/2020. New Bern, NC 28560. 2020
2020 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Exhibition from 7/10/2020 to 8/27/2020, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. 2020.
2020 140th National Open Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island. 2020.
2020 10th Annual Fine Art of Photography Exhibition, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA. 2020
2020 IMAGES 2020, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA 94901. 2020.
2020 The Art of Photography, The Prairie Village Arts Council, Prairie Village, Kansas 66208. 2020.
2020 Texas National Competition & Exhibition, Exhibition from 4/18-6/13/2020. SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962. 2020.
2020 ‘Reconciliation’ 2020 Kreft Juried Exhibition Concordia University Ann Arbor Kreft Center for the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. 2020.
2020 West Michigan Art Competition, LowellArts, Exhibition from 2/29 – 4/8/2020. Lowell, MI. 2020.
2020 PhotoSpiva, national photography competition and exhibition, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri. 2020.
Stone Peng Bio and Statement (2 of 2)

2020 “the heart goes nine” International photography competition, from 2/20to 3/13/2020. the RI center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI.
2020 Celebration of Arts, First United Methodist Church, Exhibition from 2/7 – 2/19/2020. Grand Rapids, MI. 2020.
2020 Sixth Annual International “Phonography” competition, Plymouth center for the arts, Plymouth, MA. 2020.
2020 Solo Photo Exhibition, Bruce and Mary Leep Art GalleryPostma Center for Worship and Education, 1/8 - 4/7/2020, Grand Rapids, MI. 2020.
2019 foto foto gallery 15th National Competition and exhibition, from Nov. 27 through Jan. 4, 2020. New York, NY, 2019.
2019 Art Through the Lens 2019 International Showcase, from Oct. 4 through Nov. 9, 2019. Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. 2019.
2019 Soho Photo Gallery National Competition and exhibition, from July 2 through July 27, 2019. Manhattan, New York. 2019.
2019 Festival of the Arts, Fed Galleries at the Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI. 2019.
2019 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI. 2019.
2019 Camera USA®: National Photography Exhibition and Award. from June 3 through July 5, 2019. Naples, FL 2019.
2019 Biennial International Juried Photography Exhibition “2019 The Magic Silver Show” at Murray State University, Murray, KY. 2019.
2019 "Spotlight on Photography" exhibition at Emerald Art Center, Feb. 5-March 1, 2019. Springfield, Oregon. 2019.
2019 Photography Exhibition and Artist Talks at C2C gallery, Friday-March 2019. Grand Haven, MI. 2019.
2018 90th Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI. 2018.
2018 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. 2018.
2018 Camera USA® 2018: National Photography Exhibition and Award, Naples, FL. 2018.
2018 Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition, Cumberland, MD. 2018.
2018 Solo Photo Exhibition, Celebration of Arts, First United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids, MI. 2018.
2018 CTAC Juried Photography Exhibition Petoskey, Michigan. 2018.
2017 CTAC Crooked Tree Arts Center Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Petoskey, Michigan. 2017.
2017 CCAN - Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Competition, Texas. 2017.
2017 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. 2017.
2017 Who's who Member Exhibition, LowellArts, Lowell, MI. 2017.
2017 West Michigan Art Competition, LowellArts, Lowell, MI. 2011, 2016, 2017
2017 Collectors Show Spring 2017, ArtPrize HUB, Grand Rapids, MI 2017
2017 Celebration of Arts, First United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids, MI 2016, 2017
2016 Solo Photo Exhibition, Keeler Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI, October-Nov. 2016
2016 Invite Art Show, the Second Glance of ArtPrize 2016, King Gallery, Lowell, MI 2016
Festival of the Arts, 47th Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. 2005---2019
2014 Solo Photography Exhibition, Forest Hills Fine Art Center, January-February, 2014, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 MI Arts 2011: All Michigan All Media Visual Arts Competition, Holland, MI. 2011
2009 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI 2007, 2009.
2006 Invite Self: Portraits and Narratives show, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2006.
2005 77th Annual Regional Art Competition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2004, 2005.
2005 Regional Juried Fine Arts and Photography Exhibit, The Carnegie Center for the Arts/W.R. Monroe Museum, Three River, MI 2005.
2000 Holland Christmas Friends Art Show, Holland Art Council, Holland, MI 2000
1999 Due Photo Show, Uptown Gallery, Holland, MI 1999.
1997 Due Photo Show, Uptown Gallery, Holland, MI 1997.

Book
“Zen Photography and My Dialogue” by Stone Peng, Blurb publisher, available at Amazon. Jan. 2019.

Published Articles and Newspaper Released
8, World Journal newspaper, Nov. 14, 2019.
7, on-the-town, Grand Rapids Express newspaper, January, 2018.
6, World Journal newspaper, April 19, 2017. www.worldjournal.com/4931577/article-link
5, on-the-town, Grand Rapids Express newspaper, September, 2015.
4, Grand Rapids Express newspaper, Dec. 24, 2014.
www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/12/less_is_more_minimalist_photog.html
CraftSanity Episode 151: Documenting beauty with minimalist photographer
3, Zen Musings, ETC: A Review of General Semantics et cetera. Volume Seventy-one Number Four. Oct. 2014.
2 A Note on Photography in a Zen Key, China Media Research 9(3), 2013.
1, Photographer captures wonders of nature, Grand Rapids Express newspaper, August 20, 1998.

Photo in Magazine cover

1, ETC: A Review of General Semantics et cetera. Volume Seventy-one Number Four. Oct. 2014
Link: www.generalsemantics.org

2, ETC: A Review of General Semantics et cetera. Volume Seventy-Two Number One. Jan. 2015
Link: www.generalsemantics.org

Organize and Member
GVA, Grand Rapids Artist, GVA was founded in 1957 and is one of the oldest art groups in the Midwest and the oldest in Michigan.
Lowell Arts, LowellArts connects artists and audiences through the visual and performing arts.in the Michigan since 1977.
Fine Art America,
GCPA, Global Chinese Photography Association.
National Wildlife.