Chinese Paintings and Drewings by Lan-Chiann Wu | About the Artist at The Tranquil Studio

Artist Lan-Chiann Wu was born in Taiwan where she received her BFA with the highest honors from the Chinese Culture University. She holds a MA from NYU’s Fine Art Department and now resides in Granada Hills, CA where she has her
studio.

Created with century-old materials and techniques, Lan-Chiann’s art captures the simple and beautiful moments of life.
Each drawing and painting is meticulously prepared. While Lan-Chiann gets her creative ideas from critically observing daily life, she also draws inspiration from poetry and ancient histories.

Lan-Chiann’s work is created in the long tradition of Chinese ink painting. Several sketches precede the actual creation of
a painting, a process that may take up to several months to complete. “I prepare my materials by hand so that I have full control over my ink and colors; this is essential for achieving the intricate brush work and personal emotion that I express
in my art” says Lan-Chiann. “My paintings are visual poems, they invite the viewer to explore its subject and slowly unravel
the layers.”

EDUCATION:

New York University
New York City
School of Art and Art Education
Department of Arts and Art Professions
September 1996 to May 1998
Master of Art degree

Chinese Culture University, Fine Arts Department
Chinese Culture University, Yang-Ming Shan, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
September 1991 to June 1995.
BFA, with the highest distinction for scholastic achievement of the Chinese Culture University,
and achievement award from the Fine Art Department. Student of Au Ho-Nien and Ho Huai-Shuo.
Received highest honor ‘Hua-Kang Chi-Nien’ of the University.

EXHIBITIONS:

International On-Line Exhibition: ARTROM Gallery, Rome, Italy. Award winner in “Asian
Inspiration International”, an international competition and exhibition organized by the Italian
Gallery ARTROM. December 6, 2009 – January 18, 2010.

Celebrating 20 Years: “Asian American Women Artist Association”, group exhibiton,
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, September 24 – October 4, 2009.

Once a Tree Gallery: “A Collective: Fine Woodworking and Painting”, group exhibition,
1340 N. Dynamics, Suite F, Anaheim, CA 92806, May 24, 2008 – June 30, 2009.

Feldman-Horn Gallery: “Heaven and Earth”, group exhibition, Harvard-Westlake School,
North Hollywood, April 30 – May 12, 2006.

JKD Gallery: “Between Dusk and Dawn”, solo exhibition, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles,
May 11 – June 12, 2004.

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts: Group exhibition (by invitation) “2002 Asian Ink and Water Painting
Exhibition”, Osaka, Japan, September, 2002, to January 15, 2003. This exhibition traveled to three other
venues in Taidong, Taipei and Yuenlin in Taiwan.

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts: Group exhibition (by invitation) “2001 Asian Ink and Water Painting
Exhibition”, Osaka, Japan, September-November 2001. This exhibition traveled to three other venues in
Hsinchu, Taichung and Kaohsiung in Taiwan.

New York Studio Exhibition: “Paintings by Lan-Chiann Wu”, New York City,
September 9-10, 2000, paintings made between 1994 and 2000.

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts: Group exhibition (by invitation) “2000 Asian Ink and Water Painting
Exhibition, Osaka, Japan, September-December 2000. This exhibition traveled to two other venues in
Taichung and Taipei in Taiwan.

Hsinchu Academy of Science, solo exhibition of thirty paintings from March 1994 to February 1995.

National Memorial Museum, graduation group exhibition, Taipei. Organized by the Chinese Culture
University, June 1995.

EMPLOYMENT:

Tainan National College of the Arts
Kuantien, Taiwan
Part-time painting teacher Department of Art History, September 2003 - January 2004.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Education Department
Contractual Lecturer Chinese Painting from March, 1999 to February 2000.

Invited to appear on an award-winning CD-ROM “The Paths Dreams Take”, Japanese art from the
Collection of Mary Griggs Burke and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, produced by the Education Department
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 2000.

Painting demonstration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art given during the seminar “Exploring Chinese
Painting”, held on October 9, 1999, in conjunction with an exhibition of Chinese paintings from the C.
C. Wang collection.

Lecture and painting demonstration at the Hamilton-Madison House community center relating to an exhibition
of Chinese painting from the C. C. Wang collection, October 1999.

Painting demonstration of traditional Chinese painting techniques during the seminar “Traces of the Brush:
Looking at Chinese Painting”, held on December 11, 1999. The seminar was part of the Museum teachers
training program.

COLLECTED WORKS:

Paintings and drawings have been collected in Taiwan, The Netherlands, Germany, Japan, and in the United
States in Los Angeles and New York City by private collectors between 1995 and present.

SCHOLARSHIPS:

1995 - Jin Ren-Chuo Scholarship for scholastic achievement in oil painting, awarded by the Education
Department of the Government of Taiwan.

1994 - Liu Yen-Tao Scholarship for Chinese Calligraphy and Painting awarded by the National History Museum in Taipei.

1993 - Ma Sho-Hua Scholarship for Chinese painting awarded by the Ma Sho-Hua Family Trust, Taipei.

AWARDS AND PRIZES:

- Award winner in “Asian Inspiration International”, an international competition and exhibition organized by the Italian
Gallery ARTROM. December 6, 2009 – January 18, 2010.
- 1995 - Chinese Culture University prize for contemporary Chinese painting.
Chinese Culture University, especially selected to join the Hua-Kang Painting
Association (comparable to Dean’s list).
- International Rotary Club, sixth year fine art nomination for Chinese painting.

CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

2005-2007 – Created two Chinoiserie designs for an important English eighteenth-century commode held in a private collection.
Co-executed the designs in European lacquer and gilding techniques following Stalker and Parker’s Treatise on Japanning of 1668.

2005 - ‘Point-of-view’ talk relating to the “Imaging the Orient” exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, February 2005.

1999 - Lecture and painting demonstration of traditional Chinese painting at the National Academy School of Fine Arts, New
York City, December 1999.

1995 - Chairman of the students group, Fine Arts Department, Chinese Culture University.

1995 - Member of the graduation committee, Fine Arts Department, Chinese Culture
University.

1995 - Co-organizer for the graduation exhibition, Fine Arts Department, Chinese
Culture University.