Ahn Lee

In my works, some traditional pictorial images are served as an expression way. For example, swirling pictorial images mean a common image culturally. While I use traditional pictorial images, I also enrich my expression with some other composition patterns. It is purposed to use the composition theories of traditional patterns entering the western painting expression way of geometric abstraction.Traditional pictorial images make me feel its special cultural heritage and aesthetic meanings. Therefore,I also hope to re-interpret the ancient pictorial images and demonstrate their spirit. On the whole, the creation process is required for endeavoring management of mental operation and measurement. An operation step with its uniqueness is exactly the hand-made result. About painting qualities, I mainly focus on the exploration on colors. In view of a single color, I experiment the application of pigments and tone mixtures. I use the interference colors and pearl colors from acrylic pigments to create the variety of different color levels and shades and demonstrate the influence on painting themes exerted by different tone mixtures and pigment media. I focus on the expression of some items like veins, shades and transparency.

2007 MFA, National Taiwan University of Arts, Graduate School of Plastic Arts
2002 B. A., National HsinChu Teachers Collage, Department of Art Education

AWARDS
2011 National Cultural and Arts Foundation 2011-2 Fellowship
2011 Resident Artist at Yunlin Story House, Taiwan
2009 KIAF2009 Artists Portfolio Presentation Program by KIAF, Seoul, Korea
2009 Art Taipei 2009 “Made in Taiwan – Young Artist Discovery” Program by the Council for Cultural Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 15th Annual Asian Artist Fellowships program at Vermont Studio Center, USA
2008 The Council Cultural Affairs Grant, Artist-in-residency at AndersonRanch arts center, USA
2008 Awarded Artist by Asia Pacific Artist fellowship program 2008 at Changdong Art Studio, Soul, Korea
2007Awarded Artist by Asian Cultural Council at ARCUS, Ibaraki, Japan
2007 Resident Artist at the international Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
2006 The 3th annual residential artist in Hsin-chu railway station art network of the railway warehouse, Taiwan
2004 Selected by Taipei Artist Village as an artist of residency at Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, SA
2002 Honorable Mention, “The 29th Taipei Annual Arts Competition”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan