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Chronology
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1990
Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
1975
Arrived in United States of America
1953
Born, Macao, China

Education

1981
M.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
1978
B.F.A. California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.

Additional Studies

1981
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
1979
Philadephia College of Art, Philadephia, PA.
1978-79
Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore MD.
1976
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

Solo Exhibitions
[ Education ] [ Group ] [ Collections ] [ Awards ] [ Bibilography ]
1995
"New Sculptures & Drawings", Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1994
"Sculptures and Drawings", Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Batelle Fine Arts Center, Westerville, OH.
1992
"Veterbrae VI", outdoor site-specific sculpture installation, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.
1991
Art Department Gallery, Catholic University, Washington, DC.
1990
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC.
1989
Arnold and Porter Law Firm, Washington, DC.
1988
"Shards and Monolith", Arlington Arts Center Arlington, VA.
1985
Gallery 10, Washington, DC.
1984
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA.
1981
"Poles", Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
1980
"Me and Sculpture", Proposal Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

Group Exhibitions
[ Education ] [ Solo ] [ Collections ] [ Awards ] [ Bibilography ]
1995
"International Woodcarving Symposium" outdoor sculpture installation, Nagyátad Sculpture Park, Nagyátad, Hungary.
1995
"30th Annual Open Exhibition", San Bernardino County Musuem, Redlands California.
1995
"Traces: Connecting Drawing and Sculpture". Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.
1995
"29th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show", Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX.
1994
"Introduction", Soma Gallery, San Diego, CA.
1994
"Art Site 6", Hemicycle Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
1994
"Cross Border/ Sin Fronteras", Musuem of America, Washington, DC.
1994
"ORIENTation, Works of Eight Chinese-American Artists", David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC.
1994
"New To Gallery K", Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1994
"Critic's Choice", Montserrat Gallery, New York, NY.
1993
"Tributaries", Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA.
1993
"10th Anniversary Exhibition", Washington Square Building, DC.
1993
"Small is Beautiful", Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1993
"Fragments", School 33 Arts Center, Baltimore, MD.
1992
"Working On the Wall", Montpeliar Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD.
1992
"Relief Sculptures", Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
1992
"Heads Up", outdoor site-specific sculpture installation, Key Gallery, Richmond, VA.
1992
"Visual Constructs", Peninsula Fina Arts Center, Newport News, VA.
1991
"Material and Mass", Academy of Arts, Easton, MD.
1991
"The Diversity That is Arlington", Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA.
1991
"DC Sculpture Now", Sumner School Musuem and Archives, Washington, DC.
1991
"Art in the Atrium", Columbia Square Building, Washington, DC.
1990
"Objects D'Art: Contemporary Folding Screens", Hand Workshop Inc.
1990
"Prints and Drawings, Tri-State Juried Exhibition", Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.
1990
"DC Sculpture Now", Sumner School Musuem and Archives, Washington, DC.
1990
"All Arlington Juried Multi-Media Exhibition", Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA.
1989
"New Gallery Sculptors", Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC.
1989
"DC Sculpture Now", Sumner School Musuem and Archives, Washington, DC.
1988
"Crossroads: An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture from the International Community in Washington, DC.
1988
"Four Directions", Bluemont Park, Arlington, VA; outdoor site-specific sculpture exhibition.
1987
"Sculpture on the Ground", Rockville Civic Center, Rockville, MD.
1986
"Sculpture on the Mall", 14th St. and Constitution Ave., Washington, DC. outdoor sculpture installation.
1986
"New Sculptures", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC.
1986
"Alexandria Sculpture Festival", Alexandria VA.
1986
"Four Sculptors", Washington Square Building, Washington, DC.
1985
"Sculpture 85", Washington Square Building, Washington, DC.
1985
"The Garden Environment: Sculpture Setting, Setting for Sculpture", Audubon Naturalist Society, Chevy Chase, MD.
1984
"Art Scape", Baltimore, MD.
1984
"Sculpture 84", Washington Square Building, Washington, DC.
1984
"Washington Sculpture, Prospects and Perspectives", Georgetown Court Artists' Space, Washington, DC.
1983
"Outdoor Sculpture 1983", Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA.
1983
"Alexandria Sculpture Festival", Alexandria, VA.
1982
"20 Sculptors", Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.
1982
"Visiting Artists Exhibition", Chowen College, Murfessboro, NC.
1981
"Virginia Painting and Sculpture 1981", Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.

Selected Public Collections
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Public Art Commissions

1993
Police Training Academy, Richmond, VA.
1992
Technical Center, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
1991
John A.F. Hall Manor Community Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships
[ Education ] [ Solo ] [ Group ] [ Collections ] [ Bibilography ]
1992 & 1995
Creative and Performing Arts Award, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
1990
Second Place Award, "All Arlington Juried Multi-Media Exhibition", Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA.
1984
Two Judge Awards, "Sculpture 84", Washington Square Building
1979-81
Graduate Assistantship, Virginia Commonwealth University
1978-81
The Lebovitz Fund Scholarship, Virginia.
1979
Best Design Award, Artist's Soap Box Derby, Baltimore, MD.
1978-79
Rinehart Fellowship, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
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