李二平
藝術家李二平女士, 美籍華人，1953年生於臺北，祖籍安徽省全椒縣， 畢業於美國北卡州立大學，獲藝術設計學位。
李二平女士多年來從事藝術設計與繪畫，作品吸納中西文化精華，接受象徵抽象風格，通過繪畫，闡釋自然天地，宇宙，藉以表達人們生活真善美的細緻和心靈。在美國設有“怡靜畫廊”, 展覽世界各地藝術家及本人的畫作。其畫作和藝術設計曾多次獲得國際獎項， 包括“國際設計刊物”設計獎等各項殊榮。 李二平女士的作品被各大公營事業機構和藝術社團廣爲收購珍藏。 在文化藝術交流活動中，其畫作多次被選送世界各地展覽，甚獲好評。
李二平女士之精選作品，謹供藝術愛好者研究與欣賞: www.GraceLiWang.com
畫者自述
“當我創作時, 我專注於可以歷久彌新、深烙人心的視覺圖像. 我以大膽的構圖、鮮豔的對比色彩, 同時兼具內省之意為訴求重點, 讓觀者盡情去品味那種曼妙的美感.衷心希望我的作品能被世界各地的藝術愛好者所賞識.”
“我以強烈的情感來展示無限活力和勃勃生機, 將躍動的形象來呈現大自然的瑰麗多姿與變幻無窮. 亦以燦爛陽光散發出的歡欣、亮麗和溫馨, 來振奮和激勵我們. 只要我們熱愛世界, 世界亦必與我們長相左右.”
“我要表達燦爛陽光散發出的歡欣, 亮麗和溫馨, 來振奮和激勵我們.”
李二平
Artist Statement
“When I paint, I focus on the critical ‘Memorable’ images in terms of their mesmerizing and searing sense of the visual timelessness qualities. My best works are often a mastery of drama in contrast. They exude a refreshing contemporary and stylistic introspection. The colors and forms of my art subject matters are meant to leave one contemplating the image afterward and to encompass a strong sense of the ethereal sense of beauty. I hope my work in both literal and spiritual context will be savored by art lovers everywhere.”
“I want to create vibrant imageries that become the active force in expressing Colors and Forms as in Nature, with emotional qualities that are strong and radiate energy and exuberance …and to express the joy, the brightness and the warmth of the Sun’s radiance to touch and uplift us as we are all here to love and be loved.’”
Grace Li Wang
話說畫家李二平女士
我一生愛好藝事，八十五歲時刻印一方，上題 《從藝七十載追求真善美》， 自解自勉而已。在這若干年前，我曾在故鄉南京為白石老人辦過畫展，又在香港為舊王孫溥心畬先生籌辦一次書畫展，均極哄動成功，獲得好評。以後我赴台灣，任職出版、影劇界，常為大千先生門下客，因而結識當代名畫家多人，時相交往過從，對畫事得益非淺。
一九九零年， 我自台灣抵美，定居北卡，因而結識年輕畫家李二平女士，她亦來自台灣，祖籍安徽， 系出名門望族。稚年抵美即受美國教育，循序進入北卡州立大學就讀，在校成績優異，獲設計學位。
李女士畢業後，即進入大公司服務，從事美術設計工作，憑其天資聰穎，精力過人，能融合中西畫作之特點，創造獨具匠心之特色，所作設計頗受主管部門重視，其間曾獲美國頂級世界刊物設計獎，聲譽鵲起。
以後，她每年參加本地畫展， 及舉辦個展多次，發表新作，供中外人士觀賞品鑒。我多次前往欣賞巡禮，喜見琳瑯滿目，美不勝收，而其作品多為大自然太陽日光之作，而各幅畫法不同，色彩鮮麗，別出心裁，融中西畫法于一爐，確具有個人獨創特色，譽之為現代自然畫家，亦甚確當。
我常思謂「畫如其人」一語，如李女士者正當盛年，活力充沛，前途無量。而其為人性格爽朗不拘小節，且目光遠大，見解與眾不同，努力對畫事精進不已，真當代奇女子也。
一般繪畫名家則論李女士之作品，為 [表現風景派] ；為 [抽象超然派] ；及 [兩度空間主義] 。我倒認為其作品，包涵中國象徵為主之傳統，而其用色則兼有西方畫作之長，故色彩明亮，使人見之喜悅。且太陽題材為萬物之本源，日光普照世界，正大光明，故西方有太陽神之說，它永照世界人類，人與太陽永不分離，人人愛太陽，我亦愛太陽，故對李女士之畫作，衷心喜愛。
李女士為擴大服務各界人士起見，特在北卡洛麗市設有一間 [怡靜畫廊] ，地方寬大幽静，除展售其本人畫作外，同時展售當代名畫家作品。畫廊空間甚大，內有多間展覽室，可供藝文界人士用作活動場所。
二平女士最近即將出版一本個人畫冊，收集其歷年佳作，以享國內外愛好藝文人士。料想出版之日，必能風行中外也。故特為之撰文祝賀。
金陵舊人賈亦棣
作者簡介：賈亦棣現年九十歲，南京國立劇校首屆畢業，從事電影戲劇新聞工作數十年，相識遍天下，往來均為藝文界知名人士。賈氏曾獲國家文藝獎，及中國文藝協會戲劇導演獎。其作品散見國內外華文報刊，現雖屆高年，仍寫作不輟。
2006
Grace Li Wang
Grace believes her art is to energize and enrich the spirit in each of us. Her passionate expressionistic and impressionistic works reflect her extraordinary love and celebration for Beauty and Nature. Grace’s art conveys her distinctive joyful exuberance style as shaped by intense colors and graphic forms in her diverse works of subjects. The immediate strong character of the vibrant and passionate colors along with the innovative and stylized form transforms and transcends that sense of radiant vitality into her wondrous world of imaginative and captivating scenes.
Grace Li Wang was born in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, in 1953. She arrived in the United States in 1964. Grace graduated from the School of Design at the North Carolina State University in Environmental Design in 1974. She participates in numerous international, national, and regional design conferences as seminar panelist and jurist. After many years of working in the Art and Design Director capacity for major corporations, Grace has become the gallery director for The Grace Li Wang Art Gallery in Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina since late 1990’s.
Grace’s work has been exhibited and collected by private and public sectors regionally and internationally. She is the recipient of numerous international art and design awards, including the Designers Choice Awards from the International Design Publications, the Distinguished Art and Design Graphics Awards from the International Society for Technical Communications, among dozens of other art and design awards. A portfolio of her art is on www.GraceLiWang.com.
Grace Li Wang - Selected Exhibits
2008
• Travel exhibits in Zurich, Switzerland
• Cotton Company Art Gallery, Wake Forest, NC
2007
• China National Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Hangzhou, China
• Travel exhibits in Beijing, China
2006
• USA - National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
• The Room with a View Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
• Yuwang Art City, Hangzhou, China
• Raleigh Little Theater, Raleigh, NC
2005
• NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC. “Vistas and Roots”
• Grace Li Wang Gallery, Raleigh, NC. “Radiance”
2004
• Cotton Company Art Gallery, Wake Forest, NC
• Grace Li Wang Gallery, Raleigh, NC. “Recent Works”
• Glance Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2003
• Salem College, Winston Salem, NC.”Journeys”
• 2ArtChicks Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
• Lancaster Arts Council, Lancaster, SC
• Spring Memorial Hospital, Frances Ley Springs Gallery, Lancaster, SC
• Grace Li Wang Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC:
• Exhibits: “Diverse Portraits”, “Polarities - Works from Across the Spectrum”, “Quintessence”,”Colors of Spirit”
2002
• Yen Zhen Qing Museum, Nanjing, China
• Jing Ling Lao Nian College, Nanjing, China
• Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Arts United of Davidson County, Lexington, NC.”State of the Art: NC Artists”
• Grace Li Wang Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC. Exhibits:”Atmospheres”,”Poetic Landscapes”,”X Artists”
2001
• Durham Arts Council, Allenton Gallery. Durham, NC. “Nature: Impressions of the Soul”
• Orange County Historical Museum, Hillsborough, NC
• Wake Forest University - Babcock Business Management School, Winston Salem, NC
• Wake Forest University - Law School, Winston Salem, NC
• The Chamber of Commerce, Winston Salem, NC
• The Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC
• Alamance County Arts Council, Graham-Burlington, NC
• Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC
• The Art Connection Gallery, Cary, NC
• Flynn Gallery, Raleigh, NC
• Charles Ashley Gallery, Cary, NC
• Cary Ballet Conservatory, Cary, NC
• Barnes & Noble Book Store, Raleigh and Cary, NC
• Sertoma Art Center, Raleigh, NC
2000
• Surroundings Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
• Beadstro Gallery, Wake Forest, NC
• Graham Gallery, Cary, NC
• Jordan Hall Arts Center, Cary, NC.”Nature”
• Durham Arts Guild, Durham, NC. “Inside Out - A Collection of Expressionism”
1985
• Gallery 91 Show, Soho, New York: “The Best Design in America” show, and in the U.S. Information Agency, International Travel Exhibits
Grace Li Wang - Art and Design Awards
• International Design Annual Review, 1985 - The Best Design in America. 2 works selected.
• 2 Designers Choice Awards, Industrial Design Society of America. 1985
• 1st Place in the 36th International Technical Art Competition. 1991
• Distinguished Technical Communications Award. International Society for Technical Communications.
• 1 Award of Excellence. 1 Award of Achievement. Society for Technical Communications. 1991
• 1 Award of Excellence. 3 Merit Awards. Society for Technical Communications. 1990
• 1 Award of Excellence. 3 Merit Awards. 1 Award of Achievement
• Society for Technical Communications. 1989
• 1 Award of Achievement. Society for Technical Communications. 1988
• COMPLEAT Communication Design Award, International Association of Business Communication. 1990
• Ozzie Award for Design Excellence, Magazine Design & Production Publishing Competition. 1989
• Idea Exchange Collection Award, S.D. Warren Division, Scott Paper Co. 1989
• Juror for “Works of Heart” - Triangle’s Art Auction Against AIDS, Raleigh, NC, 2005. Juror for Competitions at the Visual Arts Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC: “Scenes from the Triangle”, 2005; “Wet”, 2004;“Street Painting Festival”, 2003. Juror for the Society for Technical Communications, Art Competition, 2001
Grace Li Wang
Publications / Reviews / Features
• China Star - Featured interview; June 23, 2006
• Wake Living, “Start with Art”; Spring 2006
• “Radiance in Nature” art book, Grace Li Wang, Performance Plus Publishing Co., USA; 2006
• Treasures of North Carolina, “Grace Li Wang Art Gallery”, Morgan and Chase Publishing Inc., USA; 2006
• World Journal - Chinese Daily Newspaper; August 3, 2005
• The News and Observer, “North Raleigh News”; July 8, 2005
• The Independent magazine, “Spectator”; May 18, 2005
• The News and Observer, “What’s Up - Galleries”; March 18, 2005
• Carolina Arts, “NC Museum of Natural Sciences Offers Works by Grace Li Wang”; December 2004
• Metro, Frances Smith, “Preview”; March 2004, July 2004
• Carolina Quarterly - Poetry Essays Reviews, Cover art and 3 art featured, Summer 2003, Vol.55, No.3
• Lather Weekly, “State of the Art Gallery”, Cover and Feature article, Todd Morman; June 5-12, 2003
• Sanford Herald, “Creating Imagery in Color and Form”, Cover and Feature article, Susan Farrington; April 2, 2003
• The Durham Herald-Sun, Blue Greenberg, “The Arts: Focusing on the Fine Art of Portraiture”; March 9, 2003
• Metro, Frances Smith, “Preview”; February 2003, March 2003
• The News and Observer, “What’s Up”; February 2003
• Metro, Frances Smith, “Preview”; November 2002
• Spectator, “Visual Art: Atmospheres, Signs and Symbols”; August 28-September 3, 2002
• The News and Observer, “A Changing Landscape”, Melissa Draper; September 2002
• The Cary News, “Wang’s Gallery Offers First Show,” Lisa Coston; August 29, 2002
• Carolina Woman; “On the Scene - Stuff to Do in July”; July 2001
• The Cary News, “Painter Works to Find Her Place,” Ann Claycombe; June 7, 2001
• The News and Observer, “What’s Up”; May 11, 2001
• Barnes and Noble, “Events: Art Gallery”; February 2001
• Carolina Woman, “Stuff to Do in September”; September 2000
• The Cary News, “Cary Painter Has Two Solo Exhibits in Town”; July 29, 2000
• The News and Observer, “What’s Up”; July 14, 2000
• Barnes and Noble, “Events: Art Gallery”; July 2000
• The Chapel Hill Herald, “Community Gallery”; July 15, 2000
• Spectator, “Grace Li Wang Paints Towards Bliss”; May 24-30, 2000
• International Design Magazine, “Annual Design Review”, Two ID Designers’ Choice Awards; July-August, 1985
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