Congresswoman Judy Chu
San Gabriel, California, USA. 2nd April, 2023. The Internet Celebrity Economic Alliance held the Inaugural Bemy Awards Ceremony at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in San Gabriel, California. The US Zhejiang General Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, California, was the primary sponsor for the event. The mission of the US Zhejiang General Chamber of Commerce is to connect and promote Chinese American culture and business exchange.
Guang Lin, the president of US Zhejiang General Chamber of Commerce
Guang Lin, the president of the US Zhejiang General Chamber of Commerce, founded the event which awards 26 winners in 24 categories. The Internet Celebrity Economic Alliance is committed to making the Bemy Awards the world's largest Internet celebrity economic awards event. The goals of the Bemy Internet Celebrity Economic Awards and the Internet Celebrity Economic Alliance are to play a leading role in the US and global Internet economic trends.
Joey Zhou with Bemy Award winners
The guests included Grammy Award founder Mike Greene, LABA International Art Festival Founding Chairman Joey Zhou, International Documentary Association Founding Chairman Harrison Engle, YouTube director and producer Henry Lipatov, Grammy Award-winning singer Stephanie Spruill. The ceremony featured performances by Internet celebrities, bands, singers, entertainers, and overseas student dance troupes.
Mike Greene, founder of Grammy Awards and Olivia
Successful producer Peter Luo from Hollywood was awarded the best film producer Bemy Award. His team invested in many leading films including Malignant (Fatal Induction), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Crazy Rich Asians, and Battle of Midway. The ceremony was attended by Oscar winner Richard L. Anderson, best known for "Raiders of the Lost Ark", who won a special achievement Oscar in 1981.
Dr. Ximeng Wang, BingJia, Mayor Ding, WeiSun, Joey Zhou
In addition to the short video live broadcast platform and the traditional e-commerce platform, the Internet Celebrity Economic Alliance integrates and condenses the four major elements of the world Internet economy. Brands, product providers, product distribution, and a well-developed logistics system with overseas warehouses in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
TV host Joey Zhou with award winner Legend Forever
The first category was entertainment, knowledge, and e-commerce Internet celebrities, amateurs, and hosts. The second category was for social media platforms that provide short video and live broadcast functions. YouTube and Snapchat were the top platforms in this category, and were awarded the best short video and live broadcast platform award.
Dr.Ximeng Wang , Nancy Sun , Julie Shen , Joey Zhou
The third category was industry suppliers of US and imported products. The fourth category of participants was the individual or corporate category of sellers. These sellers, who work closely with product suppliers, are the most proactive in communicating with suppliers to find products.
The fifth category is the active participation of MCN companies representing internet celebrities. There were more than a dozen MCN companies participating. Among them, Wang Zi, the founder of Master TV MCN, Christine Xu, the founder of Keppi, and Guo Xulin, the general manager of Weiju Fanxing, are the leaders of the co-sponsored member units of the Internet Celebrity Economic Alliance. MCN is an organization that manages, plans, acts as an agent, and operates Internet celebrities, amateurs, and live broadcast hosts that can already operate maturely on various platforms.
Bemy Awards Ceremony
The Internet Celebrity Economic Alliance cooperates with many of the short video/live broadcast platforms - YouTube, Instagram, Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Twitter, Amazon Live, Uplive, and Bigo Live to promote the growth of the Bemy Awards worldwide. From Internet celebrities with more than tens of millions of followers to creators with tens of thousands of fans, the guests exchanged opportunities for cooperation.
YouTube director and producer Henry Lipatov with his award
Stephanie Spruill, Joey Zhou, and Eileen Wong, City of Arcadia
Stephanie Spruill, Joey Zhou, and Ling Sieu
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Updated: Apr 5, 2023
Artist Todd Williamson stands in front of two of his paintings that were exhibited "The Sun is the Same" in Los Angeles, California in 2021.
New York City, New York, USA. 3rd April, 2023. “Bridging the Abstract” is a group exhibition that opens April 6th at the Georges Bergès Gallery in Soho, New York featuring the artwork of Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Biden, Elaine de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Todd Williamson, co-chairman and advisor of the Los Angeles Beverly Arts (LABA), Hisako Kobayashi, and others. Hunter Biden plans to attend the opening of the exhibition, amid the controversy surrounding the sales of his artwork that is priced between $75,000 and $500,000, and the overall business dealings of his family that has captured the interest of the media.
Elaine de Kooning was a portrait and landscape artist who died in 1989, and was married to Willem de Kooning, the famous Dutch-American painter. Helen Frankenthaler, an American abstract expressionist painter, who died in 2011, was best known for her large-scale paintings based on forms from nature. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts for her vital contributions to the art world that spanned six decades in abstract art.
Artist Todd Williamson
Todd Williamson is a Los Angeles-based contemporary artist and former Arts Commissioner for the City of West Hollywood, California. He studied at the American Academy in Rome Italy, the Nuove Opere Napoltane in Naples Italy, the Skopelos Foundation-Skopelos Greece, the Scuola Internazionale di grafic Venice, Italy, and the Louise Bourgeois’ Artists Salon in New York. Willliamson was the recipient of the prestigious Pollock Krasner Foundation award grant.
The artwork for Todd Williamson, Helen Frankenthaler, and Elaine de Kooning will be shown together in a fascinating display of abstract expressionism. All three artists are known for their use of color and their ability to capture emotion through their unique styles. Williamson's bold and vibrant works are complemented by Frankenthaler's more subdued and fluid pieces, which often feature subtle shifts in color and texture. Meanwhile, de Kooning's dynamic and energetic brushstrokes add an additional layer of complexity to the exhibit. Together, these three artists create a cohesive and visually stunning display of abstract expressionism that is sure to captivate audiences.
The announcement for the "Bridging the Abstract" art exhibition
Todd Williamson's recent exhibitions in Germany have been met with great acclaim. The Stadtmuseum Deggendorf showcased a vast collection of Williamson's work, spanning several years and featuring a range of styles and mediums. His use of color and texture was particularly highlighted in this exhibit, with many pieces featuring bold, vibrant colors and intricate layering techniques. Meanwhile, the Queens Gallery Zurich and Emmendingen exhibits focused more specifically on Williamson's recent works, which often feature a more minimalist approach to color and form. These exhibits showcased Williamson's ability to evolve as an artist while still maintaining his signature style. Overall, Todd Williamson's recent exhibitions in Germany were a testament to his talent and versatility as an artist.
George Bergès, owner of George Bergès Gallery
The entire LABA organization sent their warmest congratulations to Todd Williamson for being selected for this exhibition. LABA founder Joey Zhou, Princess Karen Cantrell, and LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang also sent their congratulations to George Bergès, the owner of Georges Bergès Gallery, for very successful exhibition at his gallery in New York.
Princess Karen Cantrell, Joey Zhou, and Todd Williamson
LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang
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Artist Haoyue Tan
Chongqing, China. 25th March, 2023. Artist Haoyue Tan, a young female artist in China, launched her first solo oil painting exhibition called "Ignorance and Fearlessness" at the National Art Museum at No. 15 Nishang Avenue, Yubei District, Chongqing. Haoyue Tan is one of the 100 shortlisted artists in the world for the first LABA International Art Festival in 2021-2022. Her quintessential works have been recognized by the art world for many years. More than 50 guests from all walks of life participated in the opening ceremony held in Chongqing, China. Her personal oil painting exhibition will be held in Chongqing Huatoutiao Ethnic Art Museum through May 25, 2023.
Painting by Haoyue Tan
Tan is a very talented young painter, who expresses her thoughts and ideas with a brush. Tan was born in November 1999 in the mountain city of Chongqing and was greatly influenced by her father, Jun Tan, an oil painter, and her grandmother, a vocalist. Tan showed an extraordinary talent for the arts at a young age, and followed her dreams into the fields of music and fine art. “I use my paintings to convey different emotions, so they have no fixed style, and the colors are more varied."
At the opening ceremony, Tan expressed her heartfelt thanks to the guests. She expressed her thanks to all the support of the seniors, who encouraged her to express her artistic vision without restriction. As a young artist, she realizes, that she has a long way to go. This exhibition is a testament to the her artistic achievements, to her spirit of exploration. Li Haizhou, editor-in-chief of the "Global Human Geography" magazine and a famous poet, said that her grasp of color, her mastery of artistic language, and artistic symbols is very rare among artists of her age, "I hope she can go down the road of art."
Haoyue Tan speaks to attendees at her art exhibition
A well-known art critic and editor of "Asian Art" commented that when looking at her artwork, the audience will be amazed by her random brushwork, the maturity of her expression, and the smoothness of her execution that makes one forget that this is a young woman's work. Her works have a strong self-confidence, and the hearty brushwork seems to be born in the picture. A kind of wantonness without presupposition and prejudgment.
Haoyue Tan Art Exhibition
As a member of the Chinese Contemporary Women's Painting Association and a member of the New Knight International Art Union, Haoyue Tan entered the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts for training in September 2021. She has participated in many art exhibitions and won many awards, including being included in "Chinese Contemporary Art Documentation 2016", "Chinese Contemporary Art Documentation 2017", and having oil paintings published in the full page of "Wall Street Journal." She was shortlisted for the first Los Angeles Beverly Arts (LABA) International Art Festival and the top 100 of the world's most influential artists at the LABA International Art Exhibition.
Painting by Haoyue Tan
In this exhibition, Tan will display many of her representative artworks and oil paintings. These works are full of strong artistic flavor and a fearless spirit of exploration, reflecting Tan's process of continuous improvement and self-transcendence in the world of art. In September 2019, she was included in the ranks of representative artists (1949-2019 Beijing) of the large-scale art documentation "Chinese Women's Art", and published her own "Haoyue Tan Oil Painting Collection" in October 2019.
In March 2022, Haoyue Tan became the exclusive signing artist with Baidu Baijia Account Chongqing Center. In April 2022, her oil painting "Fengwu" was collected by the National Museum of China. In March 2022, her work "Wind Flower" won the third prize of "International Abstract Network Exhibition" and was collected by the China Collectors Association.
Haoyue Tan Art Exhibition
The organizer of the "Ignorance and Fearlessness" exhibition, the Haoyue Tan Oil Painting Exhibition, is the Museum of National Art. The co-organizers include Chongqing Jiuqian Huiche World and Chongqing Huatoutiao Culture and Art Co., Ltd., and supporters are Maoshu Art Foundation and Global Human Geography. Media support has been provided by Baidu Baijiahao Chongqing Center, Wangrun Group and Chongqing Ke.
Joey Zhou,the founding chairman of the LABA International Art Festival, and Harrison Engle, the co-chairman, also sent congratulatory messages in the name of the organizing committee of the LABA International Art festival. They sent their congratulations to Haoyue Tan, and wished her success for her first solo exhibition.
TV host and LABA founder Joey Zhou and Director Harrison Engle
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