KATHERINE CHANG LIU
EDUCATION
MS University of California, Berkeley
GRANTS
1979-80
National Endowment for the Arts
1978
Virginia Commission of Arts and Humanities
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Celebrate Summer, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, Ca and New York, NY
Parcours de l’Art, Avignon, France
2007
Anniversary Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Celebrate Summer, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
Small Works, LewAllen Contemporary, NM
Municipal Art Collection Exhibit, Ventura County, CA
Celebrate Summer, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Myrtle Beach Collects, Burroughs Chapin Art Museum, SC
Solo Exhibit, Cour des Loges Galleries, Lyon, France
2004
Solo Exhibit, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen
Art Copenhagen, Denmark, September, 2004
Guest Curator for Duality, Exhibit of 10 Invited International Artists, at the
LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Solo Exhibit, Monotyes,Par-ci Par-la Galerie, Lyon, France
2003
Solo Exhibit, Galerie Le Cercle Optique, Lyon, France
From One Soil To Another, Group Show, Rosaline Koener Atelier, Long Island, NY
Group Exhibit, Galerie Egelund, Denmark
Art Miami, Presented by Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
Guest Curator for Invitational International Exhibit: Contemplation, Small Works Invitational,
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe
2002
2 Artists Solo Invitational, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
Two Artists Exhibit, Rosaline Koener Gallery, Long Island, NY
2002
Art Paris, Presented by Egelund Gallery, Copenhagen
Group Exhibit, Rosaline Koener Gallery, Long Island, NY
Random Acts of Beauty, Choices by 6 Invited Curators, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
The Asian American Experience Invitational Group Exhibit, Studio Art Center, CalState Channel Islands, CA
2001
Solo Exhibit, AMA Gallery, Turku, Finland
Contemporary Art Without A Mouse, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Solo Exhibit, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
International Print Exhibit Invitational, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2000
Mosaic: Culture and Identity in America, Hampton University Museum Invitational, Virginia
Solo Exhibit, Roseline Koener Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY
Forbes Gallery, Invitational, Forbes Ranch Guest Artists, NYC
Revisiting Abstraction, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe
Terrain, A Special Exhibition, Roseline Koener Gallery, NY
Collage Works Invitational, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999
West Looking East, Invitational, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe
Crosscurrents: International Exchange Show, LA Artcore Center
Works on paper Invitational, J J Brookings Gallery, San Francisco
Solo Exhibit, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe
On Your Mark - Invitational Drawing Show, Golden West College Gallery, CA
1998
Abstraction Invitational, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Collages and Landscapes, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Crossing Cultures, Group Invitational, LewAllen Contemporary, NM
Solo Exhibit, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Solo Exhibit, J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco
1997
State of the Art - International Watercolor Biennial, Curator, Rob Erdle, Parkland
College Art Gallery, Champaign, IL
International Exchange Show, (15 artists from each country), Kitakyushu
Museum of Art, Japan
Solo Exhibit, J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco
Invitational, Joslyn Fine Arts Community Gallery, Torrence, CA
Watercolor Now Biennial, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
South Carolina Collects, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia
1996
Solo Exhibit, J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco
Solo Exhibit, Art Gallery
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996 The Chrysler
Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Five Woman Artists Invitational, Fowler / Armstrong Gallery, Springfield, MO
4 Artists Invitational, John N Joe Gallery, Los Angeles
1995
Introduction, with Eberhard Grames Exhibit, J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco
Pasted Papers: Collage & the 20th Century, Curator: Peter Frank
Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Monotype Invitational: The Painterly Print The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Solo Exhibit, Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Virtuosity: The Juried Exhibition Premiere Art Collection CD-ROM
Art Communication International, Philadelphia, PA
Watercolor Now Biennial, Arrowmont School of Art, TN
1994
Solo Exhibit, Mandarin Oriental Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Invitational, Chicago Navy Pier International Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Velardi and Liu, Bakersfield Art Museum, Bakersfield, CA
International Watermedia Survey: Exhibitor / Invited Co-curator
Taiwan Art Educational Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibit, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993
Abstraction, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago
Solo Exhibit, Louis Newman Galleries, Las Angeles
The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
The McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta
Watercolor Now, Salt Lake Art Center, Utah
1992
Counterpoint-Velardi and Liu, L A Artcore, Los Angeles
Galeria de Exposicoes Temporarias, Leal Senado de Maca, Macau
Variations on the Landscape, Rahr-West Art Museum, WI
University of Sydney Art Museum, Sydney, Australia
Watercolor Now Biennial, Springfield Art Museum, MO
1991
The Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA,
Solo Exhibit, Louis Newman Galleries, Los Angeles
State of the Art Biennial, Parkland College Art Gallery, IL
Group exhibit, Art Action, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Fung Ping Shan Art Museum, Hong Kong University, Group Show
1990
Solo Exhibit, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Solo Exhibit, Louis Newman Galleries, Los Angeles
Two Artists Exhibit, L. A. Artcore, Los Angeles
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Virginia Museum, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Palm Springs Desert Museum,
Western VA Museum (VA), the Art Association of Aga, Finland, US Department of
State, Institute of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France, The US State Department.
Hickory Art Museum (NC), Macau City Museum of Art (Macau), Utah State
Univ.Harrison Museum, Georgetown University, Center for Employment Law, Virginia Tech
University, Federal Reserve Bank,The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, State of Baja (Mexico), American Society of Internal Medicine, City of
Thousand Oaks (CA), The Royal Collection of Saudi Arabia, Litton, Clorox, Digital
Equipment, Kaiser Foundation, US Air, TWA, Northwest, Rockwell
International, State Farm, All State, Farmers, Loma Linda Hospitals, Peninsula
International, Meridian, Westin, Tobu Utsunomiya Group, Bank of America, Chemical Bank of
New York, First Interstate, Vista International, Tobu-Narita Group, IBM, ITT,
GTE, GE, FDIC, Shanghai Shangri-la, CNN, Ziran North America Inc., Hallmark, Forbes, The
Ventura County Collection, CA
SELECTED JURIED COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
1987
Mary Lou Fitzgerald Memorial Award, National Academy of Arts and Letters,
New York, NY
1986-7
National Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1986
Rocky Mountain Nationals, Foothills Art Center, CO
Cash Awards, Rocky Mountain Nationals, Foothills Art Center, CO
Allied Artists of America Gold Medal, National Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1985-86
National Arts Club, New York, NY
1985
2nd Award, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylics, National Arts
Club, New York, NY
1979-85
Laguna Beach Art Museum, CA, National Watercolor Society Annuals
1984
Top Award, Membership Show, Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA, National
Watercolor Society Annuals
1980-84
Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA, National Watercolor Society Annuals
1980-83
Rocky Mountain Nationals, Foothills Art Center, CO
1982
Tucson Art Museum, AZ,
Midyear Show, Butler Institute Of American Art, OH
1981
Springfield Art Museum, MO, Watercolor USA, Purchase
1980
Cash Awards, Rocky Mountain Nationals, Foothills Art Center, CO
National Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC, Allied Artists of America
1979
2nd Award, Laguna Beach Art Museum, CA, National Watercolor Society Annuals
1978
Rocky Mountain Nationals, Foothills Art Center, CO
Cash Awards, Rocky Mountain Nationals, Foothills Art Center, CO
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Christopher Willard, Redrawing and Sgraffito, Acrylic Hightlights, 2004
Laurence Bufflier, Aux Frontieres du Visible, Le Progress, Le Journal de Lyon et du Rhone, October 2, 2003
Tom Collins, Miniature artworks provide intimate look at artists, Albuquesque Reporter, December 1, 2003
Ryon Harms, Painting the Layers of Katherine Chang Liu, Los Angeles Daily News, Today Magazine,
April edition, 2003
Greg Schaber, Choosing Wisely, Watercolor Magic, May 2003
Michael Paglia, Looking Good - Beauty is in the eye of many beholders at the Foothills Art
Center, Westword, Denver, May 1, 2002
Mary Chandler, “Beauty” in the Eye of the Curators, Rocky Mountain News, CO, April 11, 2002
Mia Tykkylainen, The Possibility of a Slower Paced Life, the Art of Katherine Chang Liu at Galerie
AMA, Turan Sanomat, Finland, July 12, 2001
Emilia Siltavuori, Intressant Och Spannande Medium, Abo Underrattelser, Sweden, July 21, 2001
Beth Patterson, Reaching for Excellence, Watercolor, Winter 2001
Christopher Schink, Design, Watermedia Focus Workbook, Winter, 2001
Greg Schaber, The Journey Into Art, Artist’s Sketchbook, December, 2001
Mark St. John Erickson, Watercolor Revolutionaries, Daily Press, Richmond, VA, September 9, 2001
Michael Paglia Common Misconceptions, Westword, CO, Sept. 20, 2001
Mary Voelz Chandler, A Show More Light than Heat, Rocky Mountain News, August 24, 2001
Jeffrey Bruce, Museum Talks and Thoughts, Hampton University, Hampton University Press, Winter, 2000
Willo Doe, The Art of Katherine Chang Liu, Rosaline Koener Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, NY, 2000
Peter Frank, Katherine Chang Liu, New Paintings With Collage/ New Collage with Paint,
Catalogue Essay, Los Angeles, 2000
Phaedra Greenwood, Abstracts Dominates This Years’ Watercolor Exhibit, Taos News, July 20, 2000
M. Stephen Doherty, Colorado Markings, Watercolor, Spring 2000
Gordon L. Fuglie, (Laband Art Gallery, Loyala Marymount Univ.) On Your Mark: When Drawing
Becomes Painting, Catalogue Essay, Golden West College Fine Arts Gallery, CA, 1999
Greg Schaber and Michelle Taute, Elevate Your Art, The Artist’s Magazine, January 2000
Collette Chattopadhyay, Crosscurrents: International Exchange Show at LA Artcore, Review, 1999
Skip Lawrence and Christopher Schink, Words and Numbers, Water Media Focus, Issue 18, 1999
Ruth Lopez, Biochemistry on Panel for Katherine Chang Liu, Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New
Mexican, March 5, 1999
Kim Lamb Gregory, Room of Their Own, Time Out, Thousand Oaks Star, CA, September 24,1999
Linda S. Price, Entering Juried Exhibitions, American Artist, Oct., 1999
Peter Frank, Art Picks of the Week, Recommended Gallery Shows, LA Weekly, October 16-22. 1998
William MacNeil, Crossing Cultures Provide Impetus for Art Show, The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 1, 1998
WAM Views, Wichita Art Museum Newsletter, May/June, 1998
Raquel Escamilla, Crossing Cultures, Santa Fean, May, 1998
Richard Tobin, Critical Reflections, THE Magazine, June 1998
Jeffrey Day, Review, The State, Columbia, SC, June,1998
C. L. Wysuph, Katherine Chang Liu, Exhibition Catalogue 1997
Christopher Willard, Experimenting With Acrylics, Am. Artist, September, 1998
Rob Erdle, State of the Art 1997, East/West, Catalogue Essay, 1997
Christopher Schink, Interview, Watermedia Focus, Issue 8, 1997
Trinkett Clark, Curator of 20th Century Art, The Chrysler Museum, Resonant Visions, Catalogue
Essay, February, 1996
Ian Findlay, Katherine Chang Liu and Julia Nee Chu at the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, Asian Art News, May, ‘96
Peter Frank, Arts Picks Of the Week, Joe & John Gallery, LA Weekly, August 30, ‘96
John Simmons, Work of 5 True Artists Forms Vibrant Exhibit, Springfield News Leader, Springfield, MO,
May 18, 1996
Reena Jana, Katherine Chang Liu at J. J. Brookings Gallery, Asian Art News, March/April, 1996
Christopher Schink, Black, Watermedia Focus, Issue 4, 1996
Bonnie Iris, A Positive View of Negatives, Watercolor, Summer,
Marge Bulmer, Showcase: Katherine Liu, Visions, June, 1995
Bonnie Iris and Stanley Marcus, Art Masters, American Artist Publications, 1996
Peter Frank, Katherine Chang Liu: Neo-Modernist Abstraction, Catalogue Essay, Los Angeles,
September, 1994
Ann Hunter Greene, A Show of Art, Galleries, Chicago, May, 1994
Reena Jana, The Artist’s Voice, Seven West Coast Artists: Their Work and Ideas, Asian Art
News, Hong Kong, September, 1994
M. Stephen Doherty, Wayne Thiebaud Selects, American Artist, October, 1994
D. Au, Life, Universe and Everything Else, Hong Kong Standard, November 8, 1994
J. S. M. Willette, The Two That Are Not One, Velardi and Liu, Bakersfield Museum of Art Exhibit
Catalogue, March, 1994
Marty Munson, Expanding Your Watercolor Wisdom, The Artist’s Magazine, July, 1994
Alice Brown-Wagner, ‘Watercolor Now’ at Salt Lake Art Center, The Salt Lake Tribune, November
28, 1993
Colleen Cason, Gallery Review, Ventura Star Free Press, Nov. 5, 1993
Katherine Liu at Louis Newman, Art Scene, October, 1993
J. S. M. Willette, Review - Liu and Velardi at LA Artcore, Visions, The Los Angeles Art Quarterly,
June, 1993
William Hemmerdinger, Profile - Katherine Liu, Visions, The Los Angeles Art Quarterly, FALL, ‘92
James Auer, Six Painters Show, Milwaukee Journal, August 25, 1992
Artistas Chineses Da California, Galeria de Exposicoes, Macau, 1992
M. J. Van Deventer, Katherine Liu, Art Gallery Internat’l, Jan.1991
Nigel Cameron, Geography Takes a Hand in Shaping Diverse Art Styles, South China Morning
Post, Hong Kong, March 28, 1991
M. Stephen Doherty, Recent Images, Recent Concerns, Watercolor 1990,
Billboard Publications, 1990
Daniel Grant, Is a Watercolor a Drawing? Daniel Grant, Watercolor 1988, Billboard Publications
Julia Ayers, Paper, The Critical Support, Watercolor 1987,
The Daily Mail, Monotypes at GCCA, Arts Season, Catskill, NY Jan, 4, 1986
Janice Lavoos, The California School of Watercolor, American Artist, 1987
Mary Carroll Nelson, An Exploratory Approach to Watercolor, Watercolor 1986, Billboard
Publications, 1986
Carol Dickinson, Among Traditional Paintings, Up Spring the Unusual, The Denver Post, August 17, 1986
Katherine Chang Liu, 1984 The Chinese Pen, Featured Artist, Taiwan
Ann Weinstein, Four With Paper, Art Voices, March, 1980
Carol Dickinson, Dynamic Experiments in Watermedia, The Denver Post, August 1978
BOOKS (as one of the featured artists)
Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers of the United States -
Colonial to 2002, Vol. 1, Bob Creps, Dealers Choice Books, Inc. 2002
Abstract Artists of the World, John Castagno, Standard Artists Reference Books, Scarecrow Press, 2001
Celebrate Your Creative Self, Mary Todd Beam, F & W Pub., 2001
Best of Watercolors II, Rockport Publishers, 1997
Creative Inspirations, Rockport Publishers, 1997
Best of Acrylic Painting, Rockport Publishers, 1996
Best of Oil Painting, Rockport Publishers, 1996
Color and Light in Watermedia, Christopher Schink, Watson-Guptill Publication, 1995
Collage Technique for Artists, Gerald F. Brommer, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1994
How to Discover Your Personal Painting Style, David P. Richards, North Light Publication, 1995
Creative Collage Techniques, Nita Leland & Virginia Williams, North Light Publication, 1994
Splash I, and Splash II, Greg Alpert & Rachel Wolf, North Light Publication, 1993 and 1991
Monotype, Julia Ayers, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1992
Exploring Transparent Watercolor, Gerald F. Brommer, Davis Publication, 1993
Releasing the Creative Spirit, Marilyn Phillis, Watson-Guptill, 1992
Watercolor: Go with the Flow, Guy Lipscomb, Watson-Guptill, 1993
The Creative Artist, Nita Leland, North Light Publications,‘90
Painting in Harmony with Nature, Maxine Masterfield, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1990
Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Woman Artists, Sylvia Moore, Midmarch Arts Publication,
NYC, 1989
The California Romantics, Robert Perine, Artra Publications, 1987
Exploring Painting, Gerald F. Brommer, Davis Publications, 1987
Watercolor and Collage Workshop, Gerald F. Brommer, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1986
Painting the Free Spirit of Nature, Maxine Masterfield, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1984
Art in Your World, Gerald F. Brommer, Davis Publications, 1984
CURITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Guest Curator, Exhibit: Introspection, 2006
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Guest Curator, Exhibit: Duality, 2003
LewAllen Contemporary, NM
Guest Curator, Exhibit: Contemplation. 2003
Small Works International, LewAllen Contemporary Santa. Fe, NM
Co-curator of Taiwan-USA-Australia Watermedia Survey Exhibition, Sponsored
by National Taiwan Art Institute, March,‘94
Member, LA Artcore Reviewing Board, 1993-94
AS INVITED SOLE JUROR OR CO-JURORS
Invited juror for over 80 national, regional and statewide exhibitions and competitions:
Sole Juror
2004
Aqueous National Competition, Tubec, AZ,
Michigan Watercolor Society Annual;
2003
Louisiana National Watermedia Competition,
2002
Mid Atlantic Regional Open,
2001
Rocky Mountain Watermedia,
Virginia Watercolor Society
Annual Collage / Assemblage / USA, Ventura College Galleries, CA,
2001, 2002
Chairman of Jury of Selection for the 80th National Watercolor Society Open National Exhibit
2000
Sole Juror for the 2000 Charlotte County All Media National Biennial, FL, Jury of Selection for the Taos Exhibition of
American Watercolor
1999
The Adirondacks National, NY, the sole juror for the Annual Exhibit of Watercolor Ohio, the Watercolor Society of Oregon, and the Collage Artists of America’s First National Competition.
1998
The Western Federation Annual Regional, the Kansas 7 States Competition, and the
South Carolina Watercolor Annual
1997
for the Texas, Georgia, and Oklahoma National Watermedia Annual Competitions, and the Watercolor West, the Midwest Watercolor Society and the Alabama Watercolor National Exhibits.
1995
Texas Visual Arts, Triton Museum Open, CA ‘94, Northern National All Media, Nicolet
College, WI
1994
San Diego Watermedia International, ‘93, Chairman of Jury for National Watercolor Society, Co-juror for Rocky Mountain National.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in American Art
Who’s Who in American Women