Katherine Chang Liu, Mixed Media Asian Abstract Collage Painting Katherine Chang Liu Chinese American, 1999

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Katherine Chang Liu "Chain", Acrylic and collage on paper mounted on board with a Trompe L'oeil 3D effect. contemporary abstract … Read more Katherine Chang Liu "Chain", Acrylic and collage on paper mounted on board with a Trompe L'oeil 3D effect. contemporary abstract painting Hand signed "Katherine Liu" Dimensions: 37" x 27" Taiwanese- Chinese- American Liu has studied art formally and informally all of her life, leading to grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission of Arts and Humanities, to name only two of her long list of achievements. Additionally, she has been a museum co-curator, lecturer and teacher of considerable international influence. Katherine grew up in Taiwan in a more or less traditional Chinese family. But in the postwar period of her youth, the tradition began to give way to "modernization," one consequence of which was to substitute the ballpoint pen for the ancient calligraphic brush, the primary instrument of poetic and aesthetic expression in Chinese culture. The noted curator J.S.M. Willette observed that Liu's painting collages "have a component beyond expressionist marking: they are resolutions of her Eastern heritage and Western training." The ancient Tibetan Lama Sumpo Khempo wrote that "since art embodies the mind, body and spirit, it must in truth be understood to be the highest form of learning." Katherine Chang Liu has learned well. Katherine Chang Liu is an artist, teacher, and art jurist known internationally. She conducts open studio workshops, providing individual guidance to students. Liu has exhibited in over 45 solo shows across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and her work appears in books and articles. Her mixed media pieces, like "Qualia," have been exhibited in shows curated by Peter Frank. She holds a science MS from UC Berkeley. Katherine received a full scholarship to UC Berkeley, where she received her MS in science. Her work has won 49 awards in the 80's before she became a frequently invited juror of regional and national art competitions. She was represented in international art fairs such as Art Paris, Art Copenhagen, the Chicago Navy Pier Show, the Los Angeles Art Show and Art Miami. Katherine has had 45 solo shows to date in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Italy, and Taiwan. She is a recipient of grants from the NEA and Virginia Commission of Arts and Humanities and her work can be found in over 1,100 public, private and corporate art collections. Katherine had been featured in 40 books and 98 magazine or newspaper articles. In 2012, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Watercolor USA Honor Society. Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Airtist-in-Residence Grant, VA Comm. for Arts MS, University of California, Berkeley Grants National Endowment for the Arts, 1979-1980 Virginia Commission of Arts and Humanities, 1978 Competitive Exhibitions and Awards Laguna Beach Art Museum, CA, National Watercolor Society Annuals, 1985, 1983, 1981, 1979, 2nd Award, 1979 Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA, National Watercolor Society Annuals, 1984, 1982, 1980, Top Award, Membership Show, 1984 National Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC, Allied Artists of America, 1987, 1986, 1980, Gold Medal, 1986, Mary Lou Fitzgerald Memorial Award, 1987 National Arts Club, NYC, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylics, 1986, 1985, 2nd Award, 1985 Foothills Art Center, CO, Rocky Mountain Nationals, 1986, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1978, Cash Awards, 1986, 1980, 1978 Butler Institute Of American Art, OH, Midyear Show, 1982 Tucson Art Museum, AZ, 1982 Springfield Art Museum, MO, Watercolor USA, Purchase, 1981 Exhibitions 2007 Los Angeles Art Show (exhibited by LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM) at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA Interiors & Works on Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Galerie Christel Dahlen, Copenhagen, Denmark Guest Curator, Addition/Reduction, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Los Angeles Art Show (exhibited by LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM) at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA (they are a major gallery and show works by Dan Christensen, Enrico Donati, Herman Maril. Ed Mieczkowski, Nathan Oliveira, Katherine Porter, Esphyr Slobodkina, Squeak Carnwath & Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Interiors & Works on Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Galerie Christel Dahlen, Copenhagen, Denmark Guest Curator, Addition/Reduction, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Group Exhibit, The Diptych Show, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM The Summer Show, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Winter Haikus, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Copenhagen Biennial, Represented by Galerie Christel Dahlen Guest Curator, Introspection, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Group Exhibit, The Diptych Show, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM The Summer Show, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Winter Haikus, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Copenhagen Biennial, Represented by Galerie Christel Dahlen 2004 Solo Exhibit, Monotypes, Par-ci Par-la Galerie, Lyon, France 1997 International Exchange Show (15 artists from each country), Kitakyushu Invitational, 1995 Pasted Papers: Collage & the 20th Century, Curator: Peter Frank, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA 1995 Monotype Invitational: The Painterly Print, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK Watercolor Now Biennial, Arrowmont School of Art, TN See less