statement

After several hours of preparation, I use just a single shot to complete each image. During an exposure time of approximately one minute, I manipulate lights in front of the camera to create "light drawings." Sometimes I invert the positive image to a negative one on a computer but otherwise the "light drawings" are not manipulated. Sometimes I put the same positive and negative images side-by-side in the finished piece.
   
I have been drawing with traditional mediums for twenty-eight years. I used oil painting to explore the effects of light in a 2006 solo exhibition, "See the Light," at the Little Tokyo Cultural Center, partnered with Helen Keller International. I became curious about the effects of lights in motion. Could this become the basis of a new kind of drawing? I experimented with cameras and lights until I was able to spontaneously tap into decades of drawing experience while the camera's shutter was open, bringing life to a series of "light drawings."  

bio

born: 1951, Taiwan

education

Taiwan University of Marine and Technology, , BFA, 1974

selected awards/honors

Art Creativity Award by City Counciil of Diamond Bar, 2009
Art Honorable Counselor for Shanghai Normal University, China. 2008
Award of Distinction ˆ Photography for Hsi Lai Temple 40-years' Celebration, 2005

selected publications

International Tour Exhibition of French-Salon Taiwan Artist Association, 2010
Asia Photographer‚s Federation Book (Korea),2008
Salon des Artistes Francais, (Paris, France), 2007
International Photographers Federation Book (Taiwan), 2007

selected solo or two-person exhibits

"Light Drawing", Museum X of Contemporary Art, Pomona, California, 2009
"Cultural Extension", Sun-Tien Museum, Irvine, California, 2008
"See The Light" cross country exhibitions, Taiwan, 2007
"See The Light" with Helen Keller International, Los Angeles, California, 2006

selected group shows

F-Stop Here, 825  (LAAA) Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2012
Cultural Exchange, Museum X of Contemporary Art, Pomona, California, 2011
International Tour Exhibition of French-Salon Taiwan Artist Association, 2010
Neo-Art League, Whittier Gallery, Whittier, California, 2009