Qigu “Sy” Jiang was born in Shanghai in 1956. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Shanghai Normal University in 1983 and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1990. In addition to maintaining a full schedule of gallery showings in the United States and abroad, Mr. Jiang is also an adjunct Associate Professor of Art in the Department of Painting and Drawing as well as the Department of Art History, Theory and Criticism in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.