Leigh Wen Fine Art presents ”Four Earth,” a group exhibition of four master sculptors-Chen-Long Lin, Li-Jen Shih, Shelley Robzenand Leigh Wen. Four sculptors use simple earth elements to create their works, utilizing clay, marble and bronze. Not only are the works masterful in their execution, they are also a crosscurrent between Eastern and Western culture. They are modern, yet also classical. They are romantic and masculine. This body of work is simple and direct as the minimal masters.

Shih Li-Jen was born in Changhua County, Taiwan, 1955, and is a celebrated art curator and art manager in China and Taiwan. In 2004, Mr. Shih won a major award of the “Art and Business Aware” from the Council for Culture Affairs, Taiwan. Working with international master artists such as César, F. Arman and P. Hiquily, aroused his creativity. His paintings and sculptures present family affection between animals. The works of Rhino Family express his views toward life and the world. Through the roles of a family, Mr. Shih’s characters characterize both strength and tenderness, paying homage to the eternal aesthetics of classics.

His works have been included in more than 100 private and public collections in major institution and parks in Asia. This is his first exhibition in New York

Shelley Robzen graduated from Syracuse University College of Visualand Performing Arts with a B.F.A. in sculpture in 1974.Two commissions in August of 1974 allowed her to go to Pietrasanta,Italy renowned as an international center for sculptors who work in marble and bronze. She has lived and worked in Pietrasanta for the past 38 years.

Robzen has been exhibiting nationally since 1976 and internationally since 1980. Her sculpture has been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Italy, France, England, Norway and Hong Kong.

She was invited to exhibit at the Grand Palais,Paris, France in the exhibition “Grands et JeunesD’Aujourd’Hui” and was invited to participate in the “Art is Everywhere” exhibitionat the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2001; and in 2003 and 2007 she exhibited in “Sculpture in the Garden 2003″ and”Sculpture in the Garden 2007” at the University of Leicester, Leicester, England.Since 2004, Robzen has been a member of the Royal British Society ofSculptors. Robzen has sculpture in the Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington,Delaware and the MuseodeiBozzetti and MuseodeiBozzetti 2,Pietrasanta, Italy.

Chen Long Lin is a master ceramicist from Taiwan. He has been working with clay since 1973. He is the director of Tze-Young Kiln,which is considered one of the most reputable artist kiln in the world. He has been included in many major ceramics exhibitions and has won a numbers of major awards. Currently, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor in De-lin Institute of Technology. And Lin is also a lecturer in the School of Continuing Education, Chinese Culture University.
He is a member of the Committee on Selection, National Science and Technology Museum, member of the Committee on Selection, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, and the commentator, Kaohsiung Art Exhibition

Leigh Wenresides in New York City as a full time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since early 1980’s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong.
In 1999 and 2005 she was awarded Artist Grants by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Since 1999, her paintings have selected to be part of the Art in Embassies Program of the United States Department of State and have exhibited in the U.S. Embassies in Jordan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Botswana, Barbados, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In 2005, the Art in Embassies Program purchased the three paintings were exhibited in Barbados Embassy, for their permanent collections. Leigh was awarded a 1997 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. And, in 2000, she was honored both New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and The Helena Rubinstein Fellowship.

Hundreds of her works were included both private and public collections. Her works had been featured in many major magazines included Art in America, New American Paintings, Art in Asia, Asian Art News, Vogue, Better home and Gardens, Harper’s Bazaar, Architecture, Water Front Home and Design, San Diego Home and Garden and Interior. This is the first time show is showing a large body of her porcelain pieces beside her main body of works in painting.

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