Education
1953 
Born in Taiwan 
1976 
Graduated from Taiwan National Academy of Arts
1978-82 
Apprenticed with Master Potters throughout Taiwan

Solo Exhibitions
2004 
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, USA
2003 
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, NY, USA
2001 
NIU Art Museum, Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT, USA
2000 
Gin-Tao Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1999 
Chin Show Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1998 
Bridge: Illusion in Clay, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, USA
1997 
Bridge: Illusion in Clay, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI, USA
Bridge: Illusion in Clay, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
1996 
Bridge, Taipei City Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Format Gallery Oslo, Norway
National Ceramics Museum, Grimmerhus, Denmark
Jeroen Bechtold Ceramics Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1995 
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1993 
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1992 
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1991 
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Chung Mein Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1986 
Kaohsiung Cultural Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Taichung Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan
1985 
Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

Museums and Public Collections
Asian Art Museum San Francisco. CA, USA
Johnson Museum of Art, NY, USA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Tofu Installation
Double Spout Branch T-pot
Railroad Tie T-pot 2003
2003
2003
National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Tofu installation 2002
Ichon Ceramics Museum, Ichon, Korea
Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum, Taiwan Tofu installation
Tofu installation 2001
2001
Craft & Science Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Craft & Science Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Kaohsiung Fine Art Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, USA
Frank Steyaert Archief Museum, Ghent, Belgium
ASU Museum, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Tree Trunk T-pot
Yixing Style Teapot
Railroad Tie T-pot
Railroad Tie T-pot
Double Spout Branch
Tree Trunk T-pot
Tree trunk T-pot 2000200020002000199919991999
Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
Railroad Tie T-pot 1999
Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI, USA
Yixing Style Teapot 1998
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA Bridge: The “T” shaped beams and Yixing Style Teapot 1998
The Hawaiian State Foundation on Culture and Arts, Hawaii, USA Tree Block T-pot 1996
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, USA
Branch T-pot 1995
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA
Branch T-pot 1993
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA Tree Trunk T-pot 1993
National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Railroad Tie T-pot 1992
Taichung Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Tai-Chi Stove 1987

Visiting Artist Workshops/ Lectures
2005
University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii
Donkey Mill Art Center, Big Island, Hawaii
2004 
American River College, CA
“CCACA” Conference, Davis, CA
2003 
Visiting Professor in Cornell University, New York, USA (Freeman Professorship -- one semester grant)
State College of Ceramics, State University of New York at Alfred, Alfred, New York
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic, Toronto, Canada  (symposium with exhibition)
San Francisco State University, CA (symposium with exhibition)
Penland School of Craft, NC (two-week workshop)
2001 
World Ceramic international workshop, 2001, Ichon, Korea
Taipei American School, Taipei, Taiwan
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
Penland School of Craft, NC (two-week workshop)
Mendocino Art Center, CA (two-week workshop with John Neely)
Utah Sate University, Logan, Utah (invited artist program)
University of California at Davis, Davis, California
2000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado (two-week workshop)
Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California
1998 
Castle Clay Artists, Inc., Denver, Colorado
1997 
Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, Maryland (invited artist program)
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
1996 
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado (two-week workshop)
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California (one-week workshop)
National School of Ceramics, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 
East-West Ceramics Symposium, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii
1994 
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri (invited artist)
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
1993 
California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Solano Community College, Solano, California
1992 
The Art Center at the 92nd Street YMCA, New York, New York
Genesee Co-op School of Art, Rochester, New York
Clay, Wine and Tea, Napa Valley, California
De Anza College, Sunnyvale, California
1991 
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, Oregon
Northern Arkansas Community College, Harrison, Arkansas
1990 
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado (two-week workshop with Richard Notkin)
Holter Museum of Art/Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1989
NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)/Kansas City Art Museum, Kansas City, Missouri (demonstration)
1988 
State College of Ceramics, State University of New York at Alfred, Alfred, New York
State University of New York, Brockport, New York (Artist Residency)

Grants
Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan.  Taiwan, 2004.
Grant to publish the exhibition catalogue: REALITY & REALISM: The ceramic Art of Ah Leon.  Published by Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA, USA
Freeman Professorship NY, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
National Cultural and Arts Foundation, Taiwan 2001. Grant to exhibit at the Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Chicago, USA
Council for Cultural Planning and Development, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, 2001. Grant to publish the exhibition catalogue: The Long River Carries the Moon Silently Away: The Ceramic Art of Ah Leon
Council for Cultural Planning and Development, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, 1998. Grant to publish the book: BEYOND YIXING: The Ceramic Art of Ah Leon
National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan, 1997. Grant to exhibit Bridge at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI, USA
National Culture and Arts Foundation Taiwan, 1996. Grant to exhibit Bridge at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
Art Advisory Council to the Mayor of Taipei City, Taiwan, 1996. Grant to exhibit Bridge at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C., USA