Master of Fine Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
BFA /Teaching Certification, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
Exhibitions / Projects Presentations
Time in a Tide Pool, Mural Project, Houston Taiwanese Community Center, 2019 -2020
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, 2018
Lives matter, The Art Cycle Project, Art Car Museum, 2016, 2017
Human Right Art Festival, Green Island Taiwan, 2017
Visual Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, 2015,2016 (with Honor mention)
The Talking Lantern, TCC, 2015 (annual update for the art work)
The Talking Door, Vietnam War Memorial, 2015 (annual update for the art work)
Arts for Citizenship month, Houston City Hall, 2009–2015
Community Kite Project, Children’s Museum of Houston, 2014
Texas Sculpture Group - A Panoramic View, Lawndale Art Center, 2014
The Talking Lantern – TCC, 2014 (HAA Art Grant presentation and installation of public art)
The Talking Door, Vietnam War Memorial, 2014 (installation of public art)
Echoes of Language – Collaboration with the Texan French Alliance for the Arts, 2013
Echoes of Language (art on loan), Houston City Hall, 2007–2009, 2010–2011, 2012
Community Kite Project, Asia Society Texas Center, 2012
To Fly a Mockingbird, Neighborhood Centers Inc. Art Exhibition, 2012
To Fly a Mockingbird, Houston City Hall Art Exhibit, 2010–2012
Houston Arts Alliance, Artist Demo, Bayou City Art Festival, 2011
Florescence: Elements, Art by Invitation, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2009
To Fly a Mockingbird/NEA Big Read 2009 Project, Harris County Libraries
Asia Society Texas Center/Harris County Public Library, Art by Invitation 2007
Florescence: Cosmos, Art by Invitation, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2007
Individual Artist Grant Public Presentation, Space 125 Gallery, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, 2006
Community Kite Project
Asia Society Texas Center, 2012
Children’s Museum of Houston 2014
Neighborhood Center Inc
Houston City Hall Annex Exhibit
To Fly a Mockingbird/NEA Big Read 2009, Harris County Libraries
Other Exhibitions
The Worlds of Yu-Ru Yeh, Solo exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
The APAHA Art Show, Art Institute of Houston, Houston, TX
Coexistence Views from Houston Artists, Space 125 Gallery
THSH Art Exhibition, Taiwanese Community Center, Houston, TX
Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
The Future of Taiwanese Artists, United States Information Service, Taipei, Taiwan
Grants/Awards
Citizen of the Year Award, City of Houston 2016
Honor Mention, Visual Art Alliance Exhibition, Houston, 2016
Art Project Outreach Grant, Houston Arts Alliance / THSH, 2014
DW(2), Creative Capital Development Workshops, Diverse Works, Houston, 2011
Individual Artist Grant, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, 2005
ADDY Award, category-Sales Promotion/Trade Show and Convention, 1987, 1988
Publications
Echoes of Language, Project Catalog, 2014
Envision Taiwan, collaboration with Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan, 2011
Card project, collaboration with Taiwanese American organizations nationwide, 2003, 2004, 2005
The Other Side of the Ocean, published by 巧明堂,Japan, 2012 ( Illustration)
折折記, published by 巧明堂, Japan, 2012n (Illustration)
Folk Stories of Taiwan, Festivals in Taiwan, published by HTSLC, Houston, 1995 (Illustration)
Public Art and Community Projects
The Talking Door, Vietnam War Memorial,
The Talking Lantern, Taiwanese Community Center
Design of the Professor Ya-Yen Lee Memorial Library
Culture programs for Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston
New Dimensions of Taiwanese American Heritage (collaboration with Houston Grand Opera)
NEA Big Read, 2007 (collaboration with Harris County Libraries)
Portraits of Women in Transition, North America Taiwanese Woman’s Association
Film documentaries for the immigrant and refugee communities:
Echoes of Language
Becoming American - The Taiwanese Experience.
Odyssey of Taiwanese Food
The Game Called by Many Names
The Talking Door
Other Culture/Community Activities
Cultural Committee chair, Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston
Cultural Director, Taiwanese School of Languages and Culture
Steering Committee, City of Houston Citizenship Month Art Exhibition
Development Committee, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX
Art Director, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, Houston, TX
Art Teacher, Yen-Ping High School, Taipei, Taiwan
BFA /Teaching Certification, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
Exhibitions / Projects Presentations
Time in a Tide Pool, Mural Project, Houston Taiwanese Community Center, 2019 -2020
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, 2018
Lives matter, The Art Cycle Project, Art Car Museum, 2016, 2017
Human Right Art Festival, Green Island Taiwan, 2017
Visual Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, 2015,2016 (with Honor mention)
The Talking Lantern, TCC, 2015 (annual update for the art work)
The Talking Door, Vietnam War Memorial, 2015 (annual update for the art work)
Arts for Citizenship month, Houston City Hall, 2009–2015
Community Kite Project, Children’s Museum of Houston, 2014
Texas Sculpture Group - A Panoramic View, Lawndale Art Center, 2014
The Talking Lantern – TCC, 2014 (HAA Art Grant presentation and installation of public art)
The Talking Door, Vietnam War Memorial, 2014 (installation of public art)
Echoes of Language – Collaboration with the Texan French Alliance for the Arts, 2013
Echoes of Language (art on loan), Houston City Hall, 2007–2009, 2010–2011, 2012
Community Kite Project, Asia Society Texas Center, 2012
To Fly a Mockingbird, Neighborhood Centers Inc. Art Exhibition, 2012
To Fly a Mockingbird, Houston City Hall Art Exhibit, 2010–2012
Houston Arts Alliance, Artist Demo, Bayou City Art Festival, 2011
Florescence: Elements, Art by Invitation, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2009
To Fly a Mockingbird/NEA Big Read 2009 Project, Harris County Libraries
Asia Society Texas Center/Harris County Public Library, Art by Invitation 2007
Florescence: Cosmos, Art by Invitation, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2007
Individual Artist Grant Public Presentation, Space 125 Gallery, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, 2006
Community Kite Project
Asia Society Texas Center, 2012
Children’s Museum of Houston 2014
Neighborhood Center Inc
Houston City Hall Annex Exhibit
To Fly a Mockingbird/NEA Big Read 2009, Harris County Libraries
Other Exhibitions
The Worlds of Yu-Ru Yeh, Solo exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
The APAHA Art Show, Art Institute of Houston, Houston, TX
Coexistence Views from Houston Artists, Space 125 Gallery
THSH Art Exhibition, Taiwanese Community Center, Houston, TX
Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
The Future of Taiwanese Artists, United States Information Service, Taipei, Taiwan
Grants/Awards
Citizen of the Year Award, City of Houston 2016
Honor Mention, Visual Art Alliance Exhibition, Houston, 2016
Art Project Outreach Grant, Houston Arts Alliance / THSH, 2014
DW(2), Creative Capital Development Workshops, Diverse Works, Houston, 2011
Individual Artist Grant, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, 2005
ADDY Award, category-Sales Promotion/Trade Show and Convention, 1987, 1988
Publications
Echoes of Language, Project Catalog, 2014
Envision Taiwan, collaboration with Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan, 2011
Card project, collaboration with Taiwanese American organizations nationwide, 2003, 2004, 2005
The Other Side of the Ocean, published by 巧明堂,Japan, 2012 ( Illustration)
折折記, published by 巧明堂, Japan, 2012n (Illustration)
Folk Stories of Taiwan, Festivals in Taiwan, published by HTSLC, Houston, 1995 (Illustration)
Public Art and Community Projects
The Talking Door, Vietnam War Memorial,
The Talking Lantern, Taiwanese Community Center
Design of the Professor Ya-Yen Lee Memorial Library
Culture programs for Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston
New Dimensions of Taiwanese American Heritage (collaboration with Houston Grand Opera)
NEA Big Read, 2007 (collaboration with Harris County Libraries)
Portraits of Women in Transition, North America Taiwanese Woman’s Association
Film documentaries for the immigrant and refugee communities:
Echoes of Language
Becoming American - The Taiwanese Experience.
Odyssey of Taiwanese Food
The Game Called by Many Names
The Talking Door
Other Culture/Community Activities
Cultural Committee chair, Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston
Cultural Director, Taiwanese School of Languages and Culture
Steering Committee, City of Houston Citizenship Month Art Exhibition
Development Committee, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX
Art Director, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, Houston, TX
Art Teacher, Yen-Ping High School, Taipei, Taiwan