Born, lives, and works in New York
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art for Peace Collection, Fischer Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel
Atlantic Richfield Company, Dallas, TX
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Best Products, Richmond, VA
Chermayeff and Geismar Associates, New York, NY
Estee Lauder, Inc., New York, NY
Gap, Inc., Flagship Store, Oahu, HI
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Jacobs, Visconsi & Jacobs, Cleveland, OH
Lifetime TV, New York, NY
Marion Corporation, Mobile, AL
Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, NY
Modern Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
The Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Japan
The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation Collection, Richmond, VA
Seattle First National Bank, Seattle, WA
Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Vassar College Art Gallery Collection, Poughkeepsie, NY
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Virlaine Foundation, New Orleans, LA
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Werner Kramarsky Collection, New York, NY
Westfield State College Art Gallery Collection, Westfield, MA
The William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Jason McCoy Inc., “Li-lan: Silent Journey – Recent Oil and Pastel Works,” New York, NY
Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2004
Nabi Gallery, “Labyrinths,” New York, NY
2003
DoubleVision Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2001
Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1997
Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1996
Art Projects International, “Correspondences: Recent Paintings,” New York, NY
1995
Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1994
Art Projects International, “Post Marks: Recent Paintings and Pastels,” New York, NY
1993
Lung Men Art Gallery, “Li-lan, Correspondence: Between the Lines, Taipei,” Taipei, Taiwan
1992
The Amelia A. Wallace Gallery, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, “Li-lan, Correspondence: Between the Lines,” Old Westbury, NY
1991
New Arts Program, Exhibition Space, Kutztown, PA
1990
The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, “Li-lan, Stationary Images: Paintings and Drawings, 1982-1990,” Storrs, CT
1989
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
1987
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1985
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1983
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1982
Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980
Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1978
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1977
Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1974
James Yu Gallery, New York, NY
Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1971
Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1969
Miyuki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
39th Annual Artists of the Spring Invitational Exhibition", East Hampton, NY (also 30 previous exhibitions from 1975- 2005)
Seventh Regiment Armory, “The Art Show”, New York, NY
2004
Guild Hall Museum, “On The Books: Sculptural Collaborations,” East Hampton, NY
2003
PaceWildenstein, “Trisha Brown Dance Company Art Show and Benefit Sale,” New York, NY
2001
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, “Finely Drawn,” The University of North Carolina,” Greensboro, NC
Nabi Gallery, “Mysterious,” Sag Harbor, NY
Lin & Keng Gallery, “Works on Paper,” Taipei, Taiwan
Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution, “On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience,” Washington, DC
University Art Gallery, SUNY at Stony Brook “Fifteen Asian American Artists” Stony Brook, NY
2000-2001
Art in Embassies Program, “We the People of the United States: American Art at the Residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union,” Brussels, Belgium
American Institute in Taiwan, Art in Embassies Program, “Exhibition of Chinese American Artists,” Taipei, Taiwan
2000
GOCAIA, “Figuration,” Tucson, AZ
The Parrish Art Museum, “The Nature of Seeing: Works from the Collection,” Southampton, NY
The MetLife Windows, “A Sense of Place – Real and Imagined,” New York, N
DC Moore Gallery, “The Likeness of Being: Contemporary Self Portraits by 60 Women,” New York, NY
1998-2000
Art for Peace Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel, "Artists-Messengers of Peace," traveling exhibition including venues in Australia, England, Germany, Japan, & Venezuela
1999
Lin & Keng Gallery, Hsinchu Science Based Industrial Park Art Fair, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Nabi Gallery, “Five Artists,” Sag Harbor, NY
1998
Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Galerie Pierre, “To Extend: Contemporary Art of Overseas Chinese,” Taichung, Taiwan
Nabi Gallery, “Enigma Variations,” (Four Person Exhibition), Sag Harbor, NY
The Parrish Art Museum, “The Centennial Open,” Southampton, NY
1997
Taipei World Trade Center, “Taipei Art Fair 1997 International,” Taipei, Taiwan (also 1995, 1993)
Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, “Hung Out to Dry,” New York, NY
Guild Hall Museum, “Artists for Guild Hall,” East Hampton, NY
Center for the Visual Arts, Printed Image Gallery, "Impressions: Contemporary Asian Artist Prints," Philadelphia, PA
Art in General, “Paperworks in the Hamptons,” Sag Harbor, NY
1996
Eretz Israel Museum, "Artists-Messengers of Peace," Tel Aviv, Israel
Heckscher Museum, “Paperworks: 20th Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection,” Huntington, NY
Shirley Fiterman Gallery, City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College, “And We Speak,” New York, NY
Sharadin Art Gallery, “Painting ‘96,” University of Kutztown, Kutztown, PA
1995
Art Projects International, “Small Works,” New York, NY
Heckscher Museum, “75 Years of Collecting,” Huntington, NY
University Art Gallery, “Eighteen Suffolk Artists,” Staller Center for the Arts, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
1994
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, “1994 Benefit Exhibition, Auction & Gala,” New York, NY
1993
City University of New York, Graduate School, University Center, Asian American Higher Education, “New Expressions in Asian American Art,” New York, NY
Collection Gallery, The Parrish Art Museum, “Recent Acquisitions,” Southampton, NY (also 1992)
Tweed Gallery, “Women’s Art, Women’s Lives, Women’s Issues,” New York, NY
1992
P.S.1, “SLOW ART: Painting in New York Now,” Long Island City, NY
Heckscher Museum, “More Books As Art,” Huntington, NY
1991
The William Benton Museum of Art, “Encore: Reviewing the Past,” Storrs, CT
Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, “Insights,” Westfield, MA
Pan Am Building Mezzanine, “Pan Am Windows Art Program,” New York, NY
Anne Plumb Gallery, “Show of Strength,” New York, NY
1990
Nahan Contemporary, “No Trends,” New York, NY
Ben Shahn Galleries, William Patterson College of New Jersey, “The Grid: Organization and Idea,” Wayne, NJ
East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, “Contemporary Still Life,” East Hampton, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Members’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1989-1991
“Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women,” traveling exhibition including Blum Helman Gallery, New York, NY; University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, OK; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI; University Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX; Hillwood Art Gallery, Brookville, NY
1989-1990
“Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women,” traveling exhibition: Mexico, South America, Spain, Portugal (U.S.I.A. Auspices)
1988
The Parrish Art Museum, “Drawing on the East End, 1940 - 1988,” Southampton, NY
Southampton Campus Fine Arts Gallery, Long Island University, “Yun Gee and Li-lan: Paintings by a Father and Daughter,” Southampton, NY
1987
Norton Center for the Arts, Centre College, “The Hot Centre: Contemporary Art Selected by Ivan Karp,” Danville, KY
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, “Paintings and Sculpture by Candidates for Art Awards,” New York, NY
DIA Art Foundation, “Art Against AIDS,” New York, NY
1978-1985
The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation Collection, “Late Twentieth-Century Art,” traveling exhibition including: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA; Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, VA
1984
P.S. 1, “Photographs/Politics,” curated by Lucy Lippard, Long Island City, NY
Wing Luke Memorial Museum, “May I Have Your Attention Please!,” Seattle, WA
1983
O.K. Harris West, “Prime Works by Representative O.K. Harris Artists,” Scottsdale, AZ
Guild Hall Museum, “Selections from the Permanent Collection,” East Hampton, NY
O.K. Harris Gallery, “Seven Abstract Painters,” New York, NY
1982
Daniel Wolf Gallery, “Photographs by Painters and Sculptors,” New York, NY
Benson Gallery, “Elaine de Kooning and Her Inadvertent Collection,” Bridgehampton, NY
The Floating Foundation of Photography, “China Today,” photographs taken in China in 1980, New York, NY
1981
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
1979-1980
The Guild Hall Collection, “The East Hampton Art Colony: Selections from the Guild Hall Collection,” traveling exhibition: Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL;
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
1979
Parrish Art Museum, “Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition,” Southampton, NY
Phoenix Art Museum, “New York Now,” Phoenix, AZ
Heckscher Museum, “Annual Art Exhibition,” Huntington, NY (also 1975, 1976, 1978)
1978
Heckscher Museum, “Drawing Today: Aspects of Change,” Huntington, NY
Guild Hall Museum, “Selections from the Guild Hall Art Collection,” East Hampton, NY
1977
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, “Art on Paper: Thirteenth Weatherspoon Annual
Exhibition,” Greensboro, NC
Guild Hall Museum, “Points of View,” East Hampton, NY
Empire State Plaza, “Women in Art: Working Papers,” Albany, NY
1976
Boston Symphony Hall, “Canvases by Li-lan - Serigraphs by Matsumura,” Boston, MA
1975
Women’s Interart Center, “Color, Light & Image,” New York, NY
Heckscher Museum, “Twenty Women Artists,” Huntington, NY
Philbrook Art Center, “Collector’s Choice,” Tulsa, OK
1974
Randolph-Macon Women’s College Museum, “Contemporary American Painting,
Sixty-third Annual Exhibition,” Lynchburg, VA
Nantenshi Gallery, Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
1973
Guild Hall Museum, “Young Collector’s Gallery,” East Hampton, NY
1971
A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (also 1970)
1970
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
SELECTED CATALOGUES
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
LI-LAN: Foreign Correspondent, Cheng, Scarlet, exh. cat., Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, 2006
LI-LAN: Silent Journey, introduction by Ratcliff, Carter, exh. cat., Jason McCoy Inc., New York, 2006
LI-LAN, Two Exhibitions, introduction by Peter Frank, “Li-lan: The Game of Seeing Life,” Nabi Press Publications, New York, NY, November 2003
LI-LAN, Two Views Bridged, introduction by Sara Harrington and Ferris Olin, “Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series 2001-2002,” Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2001
LI-LAN, Recent Paintings and Pastels, introduction by Joyce Brodsky, “The Paintings of Li-lan,” Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997
LI-LAN, Recent Paintings and Pastels, introduction by David Ebony, “Transmissions: Recent Work byLi-lan,” Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997
LI-LAN, Correspondences: Recent Paintings, introduction by Alice Yang, Art Projects International, New York, NY, 1996
LI-LAN, introduction by Jonathan Goodman, “Letters to the World,” Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 1995
LI-LAN, Post Marks: Recent Paintings and Pastels, introduction by Lowery Stokes Sims, Art Projects International, New York, NY, 1994
LI-LAN, Correspondence: Between the lines, Taipei, introduction by Helen Harrison, “Filling inBetween The Artist’s Lines,” Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 1993
LI-LAN: Stationary Images, catalogue by Thomas P. Bruhn, interview by Robert Berlind, The William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT, 1990
LI-LAN, exhibition brochure, introduction by Helen Harrison, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1989
LI-LAN, “Two Poems for Li-lan,” by Makoto Ooka, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1985
LI-LAN, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1980
LI-LAN, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1977
LI-LAN, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1974
LI-LAN, introduction “To Li-lan,” by Tatsuo Oshima, reproductions, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1971
LI-LAN, introduction by Ichiro Hariu, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1969
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Collection of the Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Japan, 2001
Chinese American Artists, American Art at the residence of the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan, Art in Embassies Program, Taipei, Taiwan, 2001
We the People of the United States, American Art at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Art in Embassies Program, Brussels, Belgium, 2000
To Extend: Contemporary Art of Overseas Chinese, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan, 1998
Artists-Messengers of Peace, Art for Peace Collection, Fischer Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel, 1996
Eighteen Suffolk Artists, University Art Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 1995
INSIGHTS, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, 1991
Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women, Hudson Hills Press, New York, NY, 1989
Drawing on the East End: 1940 - 1988, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, 1988
Women Artists of Eastern Long Island, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, 1979
Late Twentieth-Century Art, The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, Richmond, VA, 1978
WRITING BY THE ARTIST
BOOKS:
Canvas With an Unpainted Part: An Autobiography, Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 1976
TEXTS IN EXHIBITION CATALOGUES & BOOKS:
“Two Views Bridged,” Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2002, p. 6.
Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989, p. 92
LI-LAN, Tokyo: Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1980
Women Artists of Eastern Long Island, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, 1979
Late Twentieth Century Art, The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, Richmond, VA, 1977, p. 30
LI-LAN, Tokyo: Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1977
SELECTED ARTICLES:
Passacaglia fur Barbara, Iudicium Verlag GmbH, Munich, Germany, December 2004
“Memories of My Father,” Yun Gee: Poetry, Writings, Art, Memories, ed. Anthony W. Lee, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003
“Journey Home,” The Art of Yun Gee, Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 1992
“A Memoir,” Modern Art (Taipei), No. 4, April - May 1992
“About the Artist: Li-lan,” Pan Am Windows Art Program, May 1, 1991
“New Yorkers” (ten essays), Asahi Journal (Tokyo), Vol. 23, No. 9–11, 13-17, 19-20, March 6 – May 15, 1981
“Joan Semmel: Feminist Artist,” Today (Tokyo), Vol. 1, No. 2, August 1980
“China: My Father’s Village,” Today (Tokyo), Vol. 1, No. 1, July 1980
“Two” (prologue from Canvas with an Unpainted Part), Heresies: Third World Women: The Politics of Being Other, Vol. 2, No. 4, Issue 8, 1979
“New York Art Today,” Wonders of the World’s Museums: The Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1979
“Village Vanguard Story,” Jazz and Jazz 5000, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978
“Stray Questions, Stray Thoughts: On My Painting,” Ikebana Sogetsu (Tokyo), No. 113, 1977
“A Few Days,” Hanga Geijutsu (Tokyo), 1976
“Mexico Again,” Geijutsu Seikatsu (Tokyo), No. 320, April 1976
“Canvas With an Unpainted Part” (twelve chapters), Asahi Journal (Tokyo), Vol. 18, No. 33, 35-41, 43-46, August 13 – November 5, 1976
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Outer Landscape of Language: 'Unfinished Journey'--Li-lan Solo Exhibition at Lin & Keng Gallery, Artist Magazine, January 2007, Issue no. 380, Taipei
Rester, Karen, “Pass On The Paint: Same Family, Same Career – But as Painters They’re a World Apart”, WestEast Magazine, Legacy Issue #18, Hong Kong
Berlind, Robert, “Li-lan at Nabi,” Art in America, Review of Exhibitions, No. 1, January 2005
Chou, Tunghsiao, “Delicate Self-Contained Universe: Li-lan at Nabi Gallery”, Contemporary Art in New York, Artist Magazine, vol. 348, Taipei, May 2004
Kato, Shuichi, “Li-lan,” Good Day in the High Land: Memories From The 20th Century, Shinano Mainichi Shimbun-sha, Nagano, Japan, July 1, 2004
Emerling, Susan, “Li-lan at DoubleVision, Los Angeles,” ARTnews, Reviews, April 2004
Harrison, Helen A., “Exhibits Showcase: Four Women Artists,” The New York Times, Long Island Weekly, Art, March 14, 2004
“Li-lan: Labyrinths,” Asian Art Newspaper, New York Gallery Shows, March 2004
Ernst, Eric, “Turning to Beauty in a Tragic Time: Sag Harbor galleries featuring works that are ‘Healing’ and ‘Mysterious’” The Southampton Press, Arts and Living, October 4, 2001
Art & Collection (Taipei), No. 104, Reviews, May 2001
Artist Magazine (Taipei), Vol. 311, Reviews, April 2001
Fang, Bao Ping, Minshin Daily (Taipei), Reviews, April 15, 2001
Zhen, Nai Ming, CANS (Chinese Art News) (Taipei), No. 42, Reviews, April 2001
Sansegundo, Sheridan, “LI-LAN, Reaching Across Barriers,” The East Hampton Star, The Arts, May 11, 2000
Braff, Phyllis, “...Five Part Harmony: Five Artists,” The New York Times, Long Island Weekly, Art Reviews, September 19, 1999
Pai, Sharon, “Looking at the Grand Future of Art Through the Art of the ‘Grand Future’ Gallery,”Lin & Keng Gallery Overview (Taipei), July 1998
Braff, Phyllis, “Point, Line and Plane: Drawing and Sculpture,” The New York Times, Long Island Weekly, Art Reviews, September 6, 1998
CANS (Chinese Art News) (Taipei), Reviews, October 1997
Artist Magazine (Taipei), Vol. 269, Reviews, October 1997
Minshin Daily (Taipei), Reviews, October 25, 1997
Liberty Times (Taipei), Reviews, October 22, 1997
"Li-lan," Nikkei Art (Tokyo), Reviews, January - February 1997
Cheng, Scarlet, “The Work of Li-an: Postcards from the Edge,” Asia Times (Bangkok) Perspective,
Vol. 1, No. 230, October 30, 1996
Braff, Phyllis, “Li-lan, Lin & Keng,” ARTnews, Reviews/International, January 1996
Wang, Jason, “Ceci n’est pas une Chinoise,” Artist Magazine (Taipei), Vol. 248, January 1996
Lu, Tien-Yen, “Search for Inner Spirituality: Li-lan’s Creative Concept,” Art of Collection (Taipei),Vol. 39, December 1995
Cheng, Scarlet, “Li-lan at Lin & Keng,” Asian Art News (Hong Kong), Exhibition Reviews, Vol. 5, No. 6, November/December 1995
Huang, Bao-Ping, “Li-lan’s Paintings Express Images from the Soul,” Ming Sheng (Taipei), November 2, 1995
Braff, Phyllis, “Minimalist From Springs With Chinese Roots Exhibits Envelopes in Taiwan,” The New York Times, Long Island Weekly, October 29, 1995
Lee, Lien-Chu, “Letters to the World,” The Great News (Taipei), Reviews, October 14, 1995
Lee, Wei-Ching, China Times (Taipei), Reviews, October 13, 1995
Jen, Nai-Min, The Free Times (Taipei), Reviews, October 11, 1995
Ebony, David, “Li-lan at Art Projects International,” Art in America, Review of Exhibitions, Vol. 83, No. 2, February 1995
Magnan, Kathleen Finley, “Li-lan at Art Projects International,” Asian Art News (Hong Kong), Exhibition Reviews, Vol. 5, No. 1, January/February 1995
Matsumoto, Yasuki, “New York Artist Li-lan: Solo Exhibition on Postal Matters,” Wave, Kyodo News Service (Japan), January 13 - 16, 1995
Bakke, Erik, “Li-lan: Postmarks: Recent Paintings and Pastels,” Space (Seoul), Vol. 325, November 1994
Cheng, Scarlet, “Border Crossings,” Asian Art News (Hong Kong), Vol. 3, No. 2, March-April 1993
Braff, Phyllis, “Journeys Through Time and Space,” The New York Times, Long Island Weekly, December 13, 1992
Harrison, Helen, “Filling in Between the Artist’s Lines,” The New York Times, Long Island Weekly, March 8, 1992
“Li-lan,” Kutztown New Arts Program Preview, February-March 1991
Bruhn, Thomas, “Li-lan: Stationary Images,” The William Benton Museum of Art, Exhibitions, Fall/Winter 1990
Tallmer, Jerry, “On the outside, looking in,” New York Post, Weekend, Eye on Art, August 17, 1990
Braff, Phyllis,”Experimentation in Still Lifes,” The New York Times, Long Island Weekly, Art, May 6, 1990
Rafferty, Carole, “Grid Art: A Visual Enterprise,” Leisure, April 30, 1990
Collischan, Judy K., “Li-lan,” Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women, New York: Hudson Hills Press, December 1989
Tachibana, Tamaki, Kyodo News Service (Japan), December 1989
Russo, Alexander, “Father-Daughter Exhibit,” The Southampton Press, Perspectives, July 7, 1988
Delatiner, Barbara, “Art of 2 Cultures And 2 Generations,” The New York Times, Long Island Weekly,June 26, 1988
Henry, Gerrit, “Li-lan at O.K. Harris,” Art in America, April 1986
Ando, Hiroshi & Ethan Hoffman, “Li-lan,” Common Sense (Tokyo), Spotlight, Vol. 2, No. 8, August 1985
Ooka, Makoto, “Two poems for Li-lan,” LI-LAN, Tokyo: Nantenshi Gallery, 1985
“The Richness of Space: Li-lan’s Exhibition,” The Shinbijutsu Shimbun (Tokyo), April 1, 1985
“Strong Individuality in a Gentle Asian,” Kyodo News Service (Japan), December 14, 1983
Tallmer, Jerry, “Oil in their blood: the tie that bonds,” The New York Post, On the Town, November 12, 1983
Matsumoto, Michiko, “Li-lan...painter,” Portraits of New York Women, Tokyo: Tohjusha, 1983
Chikushi, Tetsuya, “Li-lan,” DIA QUALITY, Tokyo: DIA Graphics, 1983
“Floating Foundation of Photography,” Brutus (Tokyo), October 1982
Pincus, Robert L., Los Angeles Times, Galleries, August 13, 1982
Drohojowska, Hunter, Los Angeles Weekly, Pick of the Week, August 6, 1982
Sumi, Tetsuya, “International Art Review: Li-lan,” Kyodo News Service (Japan), May 19 - 23, 1982
“The Painter, Li-lan,” Kyodo News Service (Japan), December 14, 1980
Wilson, William, Los Angeles Times, The Galleries, April 18, 1980
Tannenbaum, Judith, “Li-lan,” Arts, September 1978
“Li-lan and Peter Archer,” The Village Voice, Voice Choices, May 29, 1978
Tallmer, Jerry, “The Nails Fell Down,” The New York Post, The World of Art, May 20, 1978
“Li-lan; Archer,” Art World, May 18, 1978
“Legal Pad, 1,” Asahi Journal (Tokyo), Vol. 19, #39, cover, September 30, 1977
“Li-lan,” More (Tokyo), No. 2, August 1977
Matsuoka, Kazuko, “Canvas With an Unpainted Part,” Watashi Wa Onna (Tokyo), Woman’s Gallery, Vol. 1, No. 1, July 1977
“‘Tale of a Journey‘ - Li-lan,” The Geijutsu Shincho (Tokyo), July 1977
Matsunaga, Goichi, “Space,” The Geijutsu Seikatsu (Tokyo), Series: Painting and Language, May 1977
“Li-lan,” Bijutsu Techo (Tokyo), Vol. 29, No. 420, Exhibitions, May 1977
“‘Sawayaka’: Li-lan’s Exhibition,” Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo), May 19, 1977
Ogawa, Masataka, “Her Own Language: Li-lan,” Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), Art, May 18, 1977
“Li-lan,” Komei Shimbun (Tokyo), May 14, 1977
Kato, Shuichi, “Homage to Li-lan,” Canvas With an Unpainted Part: An Autobiography, Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 1976
“Li-lan, Canvas With an Unpainted Part: Art and Language Today,” Ikebana Sogetsu (Tokyo), No. 110, 1976
Kato, Shuichi, “On Size, or ‘La Pensee Sauvage,’” Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), November 7, 1975
Shirey, David L., “Women’s Art is Being Shown,” The New York Times, August 17, 1975
Preston, Malcom, “‘20 Women’ Probes the Inventive,” Newsday, July 27, 1975
Moore, Alan, Artforum, January 1975
Ikeda, Masuo, “Always True to Her Feeling: Li-lan, The Artist,” Asahi Journal (Tokyo), International Line, Vol. 16, No. 20, May 24, 1974
Nickel, Phyllis F., “Li-lan, Paintings,” The Japan Times (Tokyo), At the Galleries, May 19, 1974
“Poetic Landscape,” Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo), May 18, 1974
Ogawa, Masataka, “Delicate Paintings: Li-lan,” Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), Art, May 18, 1974
Frank, Peter, The Soho News, January 24, 1974
Preston, Malcom, “Good Works, Fair Prices,” Newsday, Long Island, August 9, 1973
Ogawa, Masataka, “Womanly Emotion: Li-lan,” Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), Art, November 17, 1971
“The Richness of Li-lan’s Work,” Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo), November 10, 1971
“Li-lan,” Bijutsu Techo (Tokyo), Exhibitions, November 1971
“Door and Window: Divided Space,” Zokei Geijutsu (Tokyo), November 1971
Ogawa, Masataka, “The Open Image,” Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), Art, September 20, 1969
GRANTS & AWARDS
1993
Certificate of Merit: Chinese American Cultural Pioneer, New York City Council
1990
Artists Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY
1988
Artists Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY
APPOINTMENTS
1989-1990
Artists Advisory Board, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art,
East Hampton, NY
1984-1987
Regional Council, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
LECTURES
1995
deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
“With New Eyes: Towards an Asian American Art History on the West Coast”
Panel Discussion: “The Artists’ and Families Perspective: Looking at the 21st Century”
The Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
1992
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Visual Arts Seminar, Staller Center for the Arts
Teacher: Maren Hassinger
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Exhibition Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Auditorium, Taipei, Taiwan
1991
New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
Visiting Lecturer and Critic
University of Connecticut, Graduate Art Department
Studio Visit: New York, NY
Prof. Deborah Muirhead
1990
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
“Crossed Cultures: A Workshop for Culture in Transition”
Teacher: Margo Machida
1989
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
“Crossed Cultures: A Workshop for Culture in Transition”
Studio Visit: New York, NY
Teacher: Margo Machida
1987
Long Island University, Southampton Campus, Fine Arts Department
Studio Visit: East Hampton, NY
Prof. Yoshi Higa
1984
Long Island University, Southampton Campus, Fine Arts Department
Studio Visit: East Hampton, NY (also 1983)
Prof. Robert Skinner
1980
Guild Hall Museum, Friends of Guild Hall
Studio Visit: East Hampton, NY
1979
Hofstra University, Friends of Hofstra Museum
Studio Visit: East Hampton, NY