梦中芭蕾—画家孟剑平

孟剑平1962年生于上海，自幼年起师从上海著名美术教育家孟光先生和现著名旅美画家李同欣先生Michael Li（纽约）学习西洋美术。与著名画家陈逸飞 , 魏景山，邱瑞敏等系师出同门。1983年毕业于上海轻工业高等专科学校装潢美术系。大学毕业后即赴海外工作，曾在海外30多个国家和地区参加专业展览、工作和学习。作品受到各所在国收藏界的广泛收藏和好评。

2010年，孟剑平移民加拿大后主要在多伦多和尼亚加拉潜心从事美术创作和美术教学工作，现任尼亚加拉中心学院艺术分院副院长，多伦多HIRT画廊艺术总监。孟剑平常年与意大利SkyHome等建筑公司保持着室内软装设计合作及创作工作。并连续多年经加拿大多伦多卓越教育机构，为联合国少年儿童慈善基金会进行作品拍卖，捐助非洲儿童购买饮水泵。

孟剑平一直尝试着用简单的艺术语言来表达自己内心对自然界的感受，激励人们对于生活的热爱，传递一种欢愉能量，在以古典学院派为基础的严谨技法上，独创以自然为载体的纯美抽象和意象手法，以人物、花卉、动物、风光等为题材，抒发艺术家内心对自然和生活的深情，充满个性魅力。

他主张：艺术就是生活，生活就是艺术，走前人没走过的道路。对艺术表现形式有其个人独特的审美理解和探索。作品融合了部分法国印象派情趣，浪漫飘逸……

2014接受加拿大国家电视台名人访谈节目的采访。

2014年10月，在由中华人民共和国文化部在北京举办的65周年国庆“全球华人书画展”中，作品《浪漫》《富裕》入选代表加拿大华人艺术家参展，获得了中华人民共和国多伦多总领事房利先生及加拿大国会参议员胡子修夫妇和国内观众的高度赞许。油画《黄山日出》被中华人民共和国驻多伦多总领事馆作为贵宾厅画作永久收藏。

Since childhood, Mr. Meng learned from the famed art educator Mr. Guang Meng (孟光) and studied western art with the famed painter currently living in the U.S.A, Mr. Michael Li (李同欣). His fellows include many famed Shanghainese painters, such as, Yifei Chen (陈逸飞), Ruimin Qiu (邱瑞敏), and Jingshan Wei (魏景山).
He graduated in 1983 from the Decorative Art Department of Shanghai Light Industry Institute (上海轻工业高等专科学校).
*During that period, he learned from the nation’s renowned water-colour painter Mr. Yinghong Zhang (张英洪) and impressionist painters Mr. Peirong Chen (陈陪荣) and Mr. Ligang Xie (谢立冈).
*Since 1985, he travelled to over thirty countries and regions in all over the world, engaging in creative art works, designing and teaching art.
*After immigrating to Canada, Mr. Meng has mainly been involved in creative art works and art education.
He is currently the Vice Principal, Art Division of Niagara Centre for Arts Academy and Art Director of Gallery Hi Art. He also hosted many exhibitions of his own creations and talks at art galleries and auction houses in Toronto with popular commendations. His creations mainly focused on abstract, ballet and floral topics. His works are not only collected by celebrities (including parliament members, mayors, Chinese political figures, diplomats, Sino-Canadian entrepreneurs, architects, dancing and vocal artists, and movie stars, etc.), but also acknowledged by the high-end painting arts market-place. He maintains a continued relationship in “soft” interior design and creative works with Italian design-and-build contractors, such as SkyHomes. In many years, he donated his works for auction to support the (United Nations Youth and Children Charity Fund) through (Education Organisation for Talents in Toronto, Canada).
In the beginning of 2014, he was interviewed by the CBC Television in (a talk show program for celebrities) featuring him in four sessions which were well received by the general public.
In 2015, he was interviewed by Fairchild Television “Mandarin Profile” in its special topic for painters, and he won two awards.
On October 1, 2014, the 65th Anniversary of Chinese National Day, “Global Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Exhibition ” was organized by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and Ministry of Culture and held in the Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Beijing Exhibition Hall. His works and , being appraised in two sessions each by specialist review panels of China and also of Canada, were thereby honoured to represent Canada in the event, and were further commended by Mr. Li Fang , the Consulate General of PRC to Toronto, and also Canada’s Senator Victor Oh.
On December 19, 2014, his oil painting was permanently added to the collections of the Consulate of PRC in Toronto and show-cased in the Reception Hall for VIP Guests of the Consulate.
In April 2015, a Toronto art gallery hosted an exhibition solely for his works. Canadian main stream Television OMNI timely broadcasted the event with a follow-up report in its News.
In November 2015, two pieces of his works were shown in the “5th Annual Shanghainese Artists Exhibition – Mentors as well as Friends ” jointly organized by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office Shanghai Municipal People’s Government , Centre for China Shanghai International Arts Festival , Number 8 – Art Cultural Assets Investment Limited , and Shanghai Overseas Chinese Painters Association .
In Sep 2, 2016, He was invited to attend the very first Canadian International Culture and Art festival which took place at Markham Civic Center.