Lin Xia Jiang is Professor of Art and Coordinator of the Painting and Drawing Program in the Art and Design Department of Buffalo State University. Educated in both China and the United States, Jiang has exhibited his paintings regionally, nationally and internationally. His paintings are in numerous private, cooperative and public collections which include those of Phillip Morris Company Inc., NY; Rantrack Cooperation, Seattle; Oregon Health Sciences University; Oregon State University, the State University of New York at Potsdam, New York; Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, New York; Buffalo State University; M&T Bank; Roswell Cancer Research Institute in Buffalo, NY. Jiang also served as the Chair of the Fine Arts Department of Buffalo State for six years.
Mr. Jiang has been invited as guest juror, visiting artist lecturer and panelist by institutions and organizations such as the School of Art of Rochester Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, University of Wisconsin Whitewater, St. Lawrence University, Radford University, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Wuhan University in China, College of Fine Arts at the Capital Normal University in Beijing and The School of Fine Arts at Hainan University in China.
His painting and drawings have been published in art publications and books, including “Drawing from Life” (First Edition ISBN-10 0534613535, ISBN-13 978-0534613532,) “New American Paintings”, “Imaging the Word”,” Drawing in Black and White”, “LA Biennial International Invitational 2001”, “Studio Visit 2010”, and “Figurama 2010”. A frequent award recipient at juried shows, locally Mr. Jiang’s work has been chosen for exhibitions at Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Burchfield Penney Art Center, and Carnegie Art Center.
Recently in 2023, two figure drawings by Professor Jiang are published in "Drawing from Observation: An Introduction to Perceptual Drawing." Third EditionISBN-10 1711470619, ISBN-13 978-1711470610
Jiang’s recent paintings and related visual studies are driven by social justice and environmental issues.