Li Hua Mahalik

Born and raised in a small town in northern Taiwan, Li (pronounced as Lee meaning beauty) moved to the States and raised a family in her early 20’s. She studied Engineering and Architecture and finally found a love in Art. A versatile painter, Li does both Tradition and Abstract paintings.
While studying at ASU, where she eventually got a degree in Painting, a research project led her to Helen Frankenthaler’s artwork, and together with works of modernists like Robert Rauschenberg and Richard Diebenkorn, Li fell in love with Abstraction. The traditionalist training provided Li with the knowledge and skills like color theory, composition, color mixing, and brush works, etc to do her abstraction art.
“ I stand or sit when painting a still life or landscape, but when I paint Abstract, I dash around and my studio is a mess. The spontaneity and improvising is both awesome and exhilarating, but I love the freedom and the challenge. My paintings are about the beauty that surrounds us. I find my inspiration in places that we so often take for granted and forgotten, in little things that catch our curious eyes. I give them voices of colors and space"

Arizona State University B.A. in Painting
Scottsdale Artist School, Scottsdale, Arizona

Exhibitions and Awards

2016 Gallery at the Art Department, Scottsdale, AZ
2015 Surprise Invitational Exhibition, Surprise, AZ
2014 Judge for Arizona Congressional Art Contest, District 6
2014 Arizona Art Alliance Annual Exhibition, 3rd Place Award
2014 Orme School Annual Art Exhibition, Mayer, AZ
2013 First Friday Solo Exhibition at Squid Ink Sushi Bar and Restaurant, Phoenix, AZ
2012 Arizona Artists Guild Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award
2011 Four Artists Art Exhibition and Sale at the Residence
2011 Workshop for Kiva Elementary School First Graders Art Project
2011 West Valley Council Miniature Art Exhibition, 3rd Place Award.
2010 Oil Painters of America, Studio Painting Exhibit & Sale
2010 Shemer Art Center & Museum, Alive Juried Show