About
Me 
I
was born in Taiwan in 1978 and I have lived in America
for most of my adult life. Since I was young I have had
a love for color and form. With the support of my parents
I came to Califonia in 1996 to pursue my education in
art. While a student at San Francisco State University
I began to focus on ceramic sculpture. After I graduating
in 2003 I went back to Taiwan for a year to reconnect
with my family and culture. I moved back to the Bay Area
where I can live with a wider range of artists. I currently
teach ceramics in several places as well as maintain a
studio practice in Oakland, CA.
Artist Statement
*Pottery*
I want to expresses my love of animals through my work. My goal is to provide fun and interesting functional objects for people to enjoy in their homes. Hand drawn images of animals contrasted with patterns of color or texture covers the surface of my pottery. I write phrases in Chinese characters that explain what I think the animals are experiencing, often in a humorous way. Since Chinese is my native language, I can express myself without challenge. I also like the fact that the people who use my pots most likely do not read Chinese, therefore they are able to come up with their own captions. I choose to make functional pottery because it allows people to enrich their lives by using everyday objects that contain humor, interesting compositions and subtle designs.
*Sculpture*
My
artwork is about human relations and the differences and
similarities between individuals . I am interested in
capturing universal human emotions shared by people of
vastly different personalities and backgrounds. The human
head is the home of our thoughts and senses. I create
ceramic heads in relation to one another and other objects
to convey my ideas about how we see, feel and think about
other people. Often these heads are simple in construction
and surface because the focus should be on the relationship
between the elements of the sculptures not on the ceramic
work itself.
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Artist
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EDUCATION
San Francisco State University
Bachelors of Art,
Art major with a ceramics area emphasis, 2003
RELATED EMPLOYMENT
Ceramics Instructor - ASUC(Art Studio at the University
of California, Berkeley) Berkeley, 09/07-Present
Ceramics Instructor - Studio One Art Center, Oakland, 07/09 - Present
Ceramics Instructor - Japanese Cultural and Community
Center of Northern California , 04/07 - Present
Store Clerk -Leslie Ceramics Supply Company, 04/06 - 12/08
Ceramic Lab Assistant - San Francisco State University,
08/03 - 07/04
Personal Assistant for Professor David Kuraoka, 06/03
- 07/04
Personal Assistant for Professor Jeff Downing, 10/03 -
07/04
EXHIBITIONS |
| 2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2004 |
Object if Vitue Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
50 Gravy boats, Diablo Valley College, CA
Invitational Cup Show, Forth and Clay gallery, Berkeley, CA
Three Oakland Potters, Surface Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
ASUC
Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, California,
Faculty Exhibition
8 Bay Area Potters, Ruby's Gallery, San Francisco, California
Clay
on the wall, 2007 clay national, Landmark Gallery of TTU
school of Art. Lubbock, Texas
Head Count, Guerrilla cafe, Berkeley, California
6x6x6x6,
Lobot gallery, Oakland, California
Visions
in Clay 2004, A National Juried Exhibition, Stockton,
California.
24th National July Show, Franklin Square Gallery of Southport,
North Carolina.
Ceramics ¡¦04. San Francisco State University
Exhibit, Davis, California.
YMCA Art benefit Auction, San Francisco, California.
Degas Sculptures College Night Exhibit, De Young Legion
of Honor, San Francisco, California.2003 Ceramics 03.
San Francisco State University Exhibit, Davis, California.
Graduating Senior Show, San Francisco State University,
California |
