EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Studio Art, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.

Certificate, Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

B.F.A. in Studio Art, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada

B.S. in Mathematics, UBC, Vancouver, 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.

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

Traditional Chinese Brush painting, in the Northern Sung style, Vancouver, Canada

Chinese Brush painting, in the Southern Impressionist style from a renowned teacher, the late Master Frank Tam, Vancouver, Canada

Chinese calligraphy, three years of training with renowned Master Liang Shih-fung, Vancouver, Canada

Oil painting and pastel, three months workshop with renowned portrait painter Mr. Daniel Green, North Salem, New York, U.S.A



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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

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

“ 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

“VISUAL PROSPECTS”, graduation exhibition, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

2004

“BETWEEN THE LINES”, group exhibition, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A

2003

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)

1997

Printmakers’ Exhibition, UBC, Vancouver, Canada

1998

Award- Honorable Mention, FCA Figurative Exhibition, 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



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

Safe-T-Gallery face book

Art Beatus’s twitter



PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Mr. and Mrs. Lew Bob, Wellington, New Zealand

Mr. David Dietchman, New York, U.S.A.

Ms. Rita Evans, Blackheath, London, England

Ms. Sheila Thomson, London, England