BIOGRAPHY
1965 Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1970 Moved to Hong Kong
1988 BA, major in Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; studied painting with Liu Kuo-sung
1997 MFA, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
2004 MA, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
2009 PhD in Chinese Art History, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
Post-doctoral fellow, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, USA
2011 Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan NormalUniversity, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Published An Artistic Exploration of Postcolonialism: The Creative Concept of Lee Chun-yi’s Modern Ink Painting, Yuan-Liou Press, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Published Within and Beyond the Shores: Lee Chun-yi’s Postcolonial Cultural Analysis of Contemporary Ink Art, Yuan Liou Press, Taipei, Taiwan
Participated in a Dialogue between Liu Kuo-sung and Lee Chun-yi: The Cultural Inheritance of Contemporary Ink Art, Ink Asia, Hong Kong
2021 Published Heartprints of Taiwan: Lee Chun-yi’s Contemporary Ink Art, Artist Publishing Co., Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Became a professional artist
Present Lives and works in Taoyuan, Taiwan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Mountain Moved Heart Moved: The Art of Lee Chun-yi, Mingshan Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
- Heartprints of Taiwan: Lee Chun-yi's Contemporary Ink Art, Mingshan Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
2018
- Between and Beyond the Shores: The Art of Lee Chun-yi, Mingshan Art, Taipei, Taiwan 2015
- Ink Re-Form: The Art of Lee Chun-yi, Mingshan Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
- Squaring Things: Ink Paintings by Lee Chun-yi, National Taiwan Arts Education Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
- Hundreds of Blossoms, Michael Goedhuis, London, UK
2010
- Whispering Pines, Soaring Mountains: Ink Paintings by Lee Chun-yi, Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA
2000
- Wordplay: Paintings by Lee Chun-yi, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1999
- The Four Seasons Paintings by Lee Chun-yi, Exhibition Galleries of Shatin and Tuen Mun Town Halls, Hong Kong
1997
- Crying Mountains: Paintings by Lee Chun-yi, Yi Zhi Tang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Arts Center of Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Red Earth Art Center, Beijing, China
- Shi Jr Tang, Taipei, Taiwan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
- Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Foundation INK Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA (Apr 6-Oct 19)
- Reconstructed Realities: Gu Gan, Lee Chun-yi, Wucius Wong, Alisan Fine Arts, New York, USA
- ART SG, Alisan Fine Arts, Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2024
2023
- 2023 Hengshan Calligraphy Biennial Exhibition, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Beyond Tradition: The Metamorphosis of Chinese Art, Alisan Fine Arts, Cromwell Place, London, UK
- Ink Asia & Fine Art Asia Special Project: The Aesthetics of Wandering, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
- Ink Alchemy: Beyond Tradition, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
- Cynical Playfulness: Visual Representations of Taiwan in Contemporary Ink Art, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Library, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2022-2023
- By the People: Creative Chinese Characters, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2022
- A Tradition Redefined: Gifts from the Li Family Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, USA
- Asia Now - Paris Asian Art Fair, Alisan Fine Arts, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
- Past & Present Landscapes, Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
- Charting A Kun Island: A Pre-Exhibition of 400 Years of Fort Zeelandia, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2021
- Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2020
2019
2018
2017
- Memories Interwoven and Overlapped: Post-Martial Law Era Ink Painting in Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
- Corner & Field: Shenzhen Art Museum Contemporary Art Exhibition 2017, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2016
- The Literati Within, Sotheby’s S|2 Gallery, New York, USA
2015
- Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond, USA
2014
- Visions of the Present: Chinese Contemporary Ink, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2013
- Exhibition of Taiwan Artists Originally from Shandong, Shandong Museum, Jinan, China
- Noirs d’Encre. Regards Croisés, Fondation Baur, Musée des Arts d’Extrême Orient, Geneva, Switzerland
2012
- Ink: The Art of China, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- International Ink Painting Exhibition, Chung Shan National Gallery, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
- International Paper Art Exhibition, Chung Shan National Gallery, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
- 7th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2010
- Legacy and Creations: Ink Art vs Ink Art, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Brush and Ink Reconsidered: Contemporary Chinese Landscapes, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, USA
2009
- Mountains of the Mind: Classic Chinese Stones as Muse for Modern and Contemporary Landscapes, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA
2008
2007
- 3rd Chengdu Biennial: New Trend of Contemporary Ink Painting · Ink Works from Taiwan, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, China
- The New Face of Ink Paintings: Modern Ink Painting Group Exhibition, Central Plaza, Hong Kong
- Contemporary Trends in Chinese Ink Painting, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA
- New Ink School: The Master and the Student, Leda Fletcher Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland and Shanghai, China
- A Tradition Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, USA
2006
- The New Chinese Landscapes, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- Abandon and Adhering: International Modern Ink Painting, Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts, Towson University, Maryland, USA
- International Modern Brush Painting Exhibition, Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA
- Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Painting Exhibition 2006, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
- The 1st Taipei Contemporary Ink Painting Biennial, Chung-shan National Gallery, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2005
- Treasured Objects of the Literati, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- Shuimo: Liu Kuo-sung and His School, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
2004
- Ink Painting Exhibition: Contemporary Taiwan Ink-Wash Paintings, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
- Contemporary Ink Painting from Taiwan, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangdong, China
2003
- Spring in Sichuan, Summer in Shangdong: Hong Kong Modern Chinese Ink Painting Joint Exhibition, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu; Qingdao Art Museum, Qingdao, China
2002
- Hong Kong Cityscapes: Ink Painting in Transition, Brunei Gallery, University of London, London, UK
- Beauty of the Ink, Shanghai Chinese Painting Institute, Shanghai, China
2001
- Modern Chinese Art: Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, England
- 3rd ROC Modern Ink Painting Exhibition, National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
- The Way of Shuimo: Exhibition on Hong Kong Modern Chinese Ink Painting Association Silver Jubilee Anniversary, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
2000
- Contemporary Chinese Paintings from Taiwan, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
- Chinese Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition: New Approaches, National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
- New Century of Chinese Ink Painting: Exhibition of Chinese Ink Painting from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, USANorton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, USA Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, China Qingdao Art Museum, Qingdao, China Shandong Museum, Jinan, China National Arts Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
