About the Artist
Contact
ed(at)edwong-ligda.com
Education
Foothill Junior College, Los Altos, California
Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California, Advertising Design and Illustration
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, MFA in Painting
Originally from Palo Alto, California, I have been a Michigan based painter for over thirty years. In California I worked as a graphic designer/illustrator and painter. My design and illustration clients included Cheshire Books, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Stanford University, Delacorte Books, and Benjamin Cummings. Eventually I quit working in design and illustration to become a full-time painter. Moving to Michigan I was an Assistant and Associate Professor at Kendall College of Art and Design, and the Chair of Design Studies. In 1996 I moved to Grand Valley State University to create an Illustration program. At GVSU I was a Full Professor and the coordinator of Illustration until my retirement at the end of the 2014-15 academic year. I am currently a full-time painter concentrating on landscapes.
Selected Public Collections
Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Michigan
Battle Creek Art Center, Michigan
Appalachian State University, North Carolina
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Spectrum Health, Michigan
Catholic Social Services of West Michigan
Peru State College, Nebraska
Grand Valley State University, Michigan
Shirley Chisholm Project, Brooklyn College, New York
Shirley Chisholm Archives, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Sojourner Truth Institute, Battle Creek, Michigan
The State of Oregon
State of Missouri
Texas State University
Copyright Ed Wong-Ligda
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