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Location:
Toronto, ON
Centre
for Contemporary Canadian Art
"When you plan a piece, you think you have everything figured
out, but you don't...I wait for that accident to happen... that
something extra."
· Born in China
Education:
· Interchange, The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Banff, AB 1981
· Interior Design graduate, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON
1970
· Diploma in Biology, Chung Chi College, Hong Kong, China 1963
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
· "Buddha's Eyes", an installation at Canada Quay, Harbourfront
Centre, Toronto, 2003
· "Rainbow Lakes", Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga,
ON, touring to Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax,
NS / Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON / Museum London,
London, ON / Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON / Sudbury
Art Gallery , Sudbury, ON / Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge,
AB / Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2001-03
· "Can You See Me Now", Prime Gallery, Toronto, 2000
· "Against Nature", Galerie Elena Lee, Montréal,
Québec, 1999
· "To the East, To the West", York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront
Centre, Toronto, 1999
Selected Awards, Professional experience:
· Designed & installed "The Artful Teapot", The Gardiner
Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, ON 2003
· Canada Council Crafts A-Grant, 1996, 2002
· Designed "Islands of Embellishment:Transforming Traditions
in Philippine Textiles", Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto,
2002
· Teaching part-time, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto,
ON 2001-02
· Recipient, 2002 Prix Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the
fine crafts
· Teaching Artist for Learning Through the Arts (LTTA) 1999-2002
· Jean A. Chalmers National Crafts Award, 1998
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