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Solo Exhibitions:
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| 2009 |
“Nu
Shu =
Secret Script”, Art Beatus, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2006 |
“Blurring
Boundaries”, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Painting
and Installation, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. |
Selected
Group Exhibitions: |
| 2009 |
“Onomatomania”,
summer group exhibition, Safe-T-Gallery, Dumbo, N.Y., U.S.A. |
| 2008
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Juried
group
show of emerging artists, sponsored
by NURTUREart, hosted by James Cohan
Gallery, New York, N.Y.,U.S.A. |
| 2008 |
“Postcards
From the Edge”, group show, Visual
AIDS, hosted by James Cohan
Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. |
2005
|
“Postcards
From the Edge”, Group Show, Visual
AIDS, hosted by Robert Miller
Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
|
2005
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“Point
of
Departure” MFA group graduation
exhibition, Dumbo, N.Y.,
U.S.A |
2004
|
First-Year
MFA exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. |
| 2004
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“VISUAL
PROSPECTS”, graduation exhibition, Brandeis University, Waltham,
Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
2004
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“BETWEEN THE
LINES”, group exhibition, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts,
U.S.A
|
2003
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Group
exhibition, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| 2000 |
“Frank”,
graduation exhibition, UBC, Vancouver, Canada |
1999
|
November
Show, UBC, Vancouver, Canada |
| 1998
|
“Easy
Wipe”,
printmakers’ show, UBC, Vancouver, Canada |
| 1992
- 1998 |
Federation
of Canadian Artists (FCA) juried shows, Vancouver, Canada
(selected
9 times out of 12 entries) |
| 1998 |
Award-
Honorable Mention, FCA Figurative
Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada |
| 1997 |
Printmakers’
Exhibition, UBC, Vancouver, Canada |
| 1990 |
Group
exhibition, Emily Carr Art Institute,
Summer Program, Florence, Italy |
Teaching Experience:
|
| 2009 |
Drawing
and
oil painting (April through
September), Chinese Cultural Centre, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2004 |
Senior
Drawing and Senior Sculpture, teaching
fellowship for the spring semester, Brandeis University, Waltham,
Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| 2003 |
Introduction
to Drawing, teaching fellowships
for the spring and the fall semesters, Brandeis University, Waltham,
Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| 1985 |
User
Manual,
designed and implementation,
conducted training seminars in computer system education, Toronto,
Canada |
Additional Art
Training:
- Anatomy
drawing classes with Frank Porcu, Art
Students League, New York, U.S.A.
- Figurative
oil painting with Leonid Gervits, Art
Students League, New York, U.S.A.
- Chinese
calligraphy, three years training with a
renowned Calligrapher, Master Liang Shih-Fung, Vancouver, Canada
- Water media
workshops, with Master
watercolorists, Charles Reid and the late Robert E. Wood, San Diego,
California, U.S.A.
- Painting,
summer program sponsored by Capilano College, Paris, France
- Etching,
summer program sponsored by Emily Carr
Art Institute, Florence, Italy
- Chinese Brush
painting, in the Southern
Impressionist style from a renowned teacher, the late Master Frank Tam,
Vancouver, Canada
- Oil painting
and pastel, three months workshop
with renowned portrait painter Mr. Daniel Green, North Salem, New York,
U.S.A.
- Traditional
Chinese Brush painting, in the
Northern Sung style, Vancouver, Canada
Artist
Registry Member:
Artist
Space, Irving Sandler Artists File, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
New
York
Artists
Equity Association (NYAEA), New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
New
York
Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
NURTUREart
Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.
Women
in
Arts, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Member:
Alumni
of
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.
Asia
Society, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Publication:
Daily
Serving
Safe-T-Gallery
face book
Artist
Statement
My
art is a
reflection of my
identity,
non-traditional and hybrid. Being an Asian woman who grew up in Western
culture has brought a unique perspective to
my life and that accentuates both the paradox and synergy between Asian
and Western
influences. It is this hybrid concept from which I draw my inspiration.
The benefit of
this cultural duality can be seen through my own artistic
journey.
“Blurring
Boundaries”
is a body of work examines the visual beauty and metaphorical power of
nu shu
“female writing,” as a method of blurring the boundaries of Eastern
aesthetics with contemporary Western art traditions; which is a
reflection of my own diverse background. Nu shu
was a women’s secret written language invented by uneducated peasant
women centuries ago in south western China. The objective for
the focus of my art is to share the concept of this amazing written
language, which is on the brink of extinction. Nu shu’s
purpose was to reflect feelings of pain, abuse, suppression and
suffering in women’s married lives which began at seventeen years of
age and lasted for the rest of their lives regardless of their
circumstance. In the
twenty-first century, these scenarios of suffering are still played out
in many women’s lives
around the world. Due to nu shu’s secretive nature and geographic
isolation at that time,
it did not spread to other provinces.
As
an Asian
and a
woman, the written language is close to my own cultural background.
There is no doubt that this concept might make some viewers
feel uncomfortable in dealing with women’s issues. Through my art, I
hope I
can bridge cultural divides and promote constructive artistic dialogue,
as well as the
rich cultures of Asia and the West continue to
converge.
For
further information, please contact:
Canada: tel: (1) 604.688.2633, fax: (1) 604.688.2685
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