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Luchia Meihua Lee (AKA Luchia Lee-Howell) Ms. Lee is the founding Executive Director of Taiwanese American Arts Council(TAAC). She is a distinguished curator, and has successfully curated many significant exhibitions and events at museums, art organizations, and galleries, such as Zhang Hongtu’s retrospective exhibition at the Queens Museum. Ms. Lee is deeply involved in the contemporary art scene in the New York metropolitan area, and she has published numerous catalogues and other written works. She is co-editor of the book entitled Zhang Hongtu: Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World co-published by Duke University Press and Queens Museum. She was Director and Chief Curator of the Exhibition Department of the National Taiwanese Museum of Art, Cultural Specialist at the Council for Cultural Affairs in Taiwan, and curator at the Chinese Information and Cultural Center Taipei gallery in New York City. Her exhibitions have received international acclaim from leading media venues including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Ms. Lee studies History of Art and Architecture at the Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland, and studied Art History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Critical Art at New York University. She serves as committee member and art consultant for various organizations.

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Selected Exhibitions and programs: •	Its Happened!- Celebrating 50 Years of Public Art in NYC Parks, “Taiwan Tribal Spirits Updated”, Central Park, New York City, October 21, 2017 •	Fully Loaded: New York – Tainan exhibition and artist residency exchange program, Pfizer Building(Brooklyn), July 26 – September 10, 2017. Shoulong Park, Tainan (Taiwan) November 2017 •	Ai and Sensui Calligraphy & Kyoto Culture, Queens Museum, May 21, 2017 •	Light Year 24: Passenger Moment, Manhattan Bridge, Dumbo, Brooklyn(NYC), Feta Mogana Gallert (Berlin), April 6, 2017 •	Rewoven: Innovative Fiber Art, Rewoven-I QCC Art Gallery/CUNY (March 30-June 17, 2017), Godwin Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY(April 6 –May 26, 2017), El Museo de Los Sures, Brooklyn NYC(April 20-June 30, 2017) •	NYFA 2017 Joanne Y Chen Taiwanese American Artist fellowship program, 2017 •	Zhang Hongtu, Queens Museum(New York), October 18, 2015-February 28, 2016 •	The Moment, New York Hall of Science, Queens Botanical Garden, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park (NYC Parks), Tenri Culture Institute,(New York) August,8th, 2015-February, 29, 2016 •	TAAC Recognition: Taiwanese American Artists, Queens Museum(New York), July 25-August 17, 2014 •	Raising the Temperature: Art in Environmental Reactions, Queens Museum (New York), February 2nd -March 2, 2014 •	Arts in Motion: Contemporary Taiwanese American Art, Passport to Taiwan, Union Square(New York), May 2013 •	Kotaro Fukui, INart, Tainan(Taiwan), August 30-September 28, 2012 •	Kill Me or Change: An Interactive Performance by Chin Chih Yang, Queens Museum of Art(New York), July 28-29, 2012 •	My Brave New world + Mercy to the Earth, Union Square(New York), Contemporary Arts program in Passport to Taiwan, May 12, 2012 •	A lecture of Mu Xin and Zhang Hongtu, Contemporary Chinese Art, Columbia University (New York) March 28, 2012. •	The Legacy of Mu Xin, film screening and panel discussion, Queens Museum of Art(New York), February 18, 2012.

•	Ostrich and Silent Flower. Memmingen Miele, Memminger Kreuzherrnsaal, Germany, July 10-July 30, 2011 •	World of Joblins, Liang Chang Sheng, Chelsea art Museum(New York ) June 17–August 30, 2011 •	Liao Shiou Ping: The Pioneer of Taiwan Modern Printmaking. Chelsea Art Museum, (New York) March 3 –May 7, 2011 •	Meditation in Contemporary Landscape: 7 Asian Artists. Towson Asian Arts and Culture Center, Maryland State University.(Maryland), February 12-March 27, 2011 •	Kotaro Fukui: Silent Flowers and Ostriches. Chelsea Art Museum (New York) March –May 1, 2010 •	Dream in a Contemporary Secret Garden: Mixed Media from 24 Asian Artists. Chelsea Art Museum (New York), Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York, 	Elga Wimmer Gallery(New York), THE Gallery (New York), April /May/June 	2009. •	Reason’s Clue. Queens Museum of Art (New York), September 2008-January 12, 2009. •	Ostriches and Silent Flowers: Japanese Painting by Kotaro Fukui. Asian Arts and Cultural Center, Towson University (Maryland), Feb/March 2009. •	Meditation in contemporary Chinese Landscape. Godwin-Ternbarch Museum, Queens College, CUNY (New York), September -December, 2008. •	Forces of Nature: Marlene Tseng Yu. Crossing Art (New York), August/ September 2008. •	Ostriches and Silent Flowers: Kotaro Fukui. Crossing Art (New York), June/July 2008. •	Back to the Garden: Daily Life to Spiritual Vision. Queens Crossing Art (New York), March-June 2008. •	Outside in: New Realms for Taiwan Art. Columbia University (New York), Taipei Cultural Center (New York), February-March, 2008 •	When Purify Meet Filthy. Artist Yang Chin Chih. Ralph Bunch Park, United Nation (New York), October 2007 •	Beyond Measure: 8 Contemporary Artists. Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in NY. Amerasia Bank Gallery (New York), December 2006/January 2007. •	Manjusaka: YoYo Xiao New Works. Elga Wimmer Gallery (New York), June 2007. Directions: Lin shih Pao, Elga Wimmer Gallery (New York), July 2007. •	Message, not Messenger: Amerasia Bank Gallery (New York), December 2006. •	Nexus: Taiwan in Queens, Queens Museum of Art (New York), April-July 2005. •	Parallax, Amerasia Bank Gallery (New York), November 2003. •	Win Ten: 10 International Artists, Flushing Mall Art Gallery (New York), 2003. •	The Golden Age: Lin Shih Pao. Masson Gallery (New York), November 2002. •	Deep Space. Masson Gallery (New York) October 2002.

Bibliography Edited Book •	Zhang Hongtu: Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World, Editors: Luchia Meihua Lee & Jerome Silbergeld, Co-published by Duke University Press (Durham, London) & Queens Museum (New York) October 2015

Selected Curatorial Publications •	Rewoven: Innovative Fiber Art, exhibition catalogue, March 2017 •	Art in Environmental Reactions, Raising the Temperature: Art in Environmental Reactions exhibition catalogue, New York, Queens Museum, Rainforest Art Foundation, Feb 2014 •	Arts in Motion, Passport to Taiwan brochure, May 2013 •	Kotaro Fukui, INart, Tainan(Taiwan), August 30-September 28, 2012 •	My Brave New world + Mercy to the Earth, Passport to Taiwan brochure, May 2012 •	World of Joyblins, Liang Chang Sheng, Today’s Museum, March 2012 •	Liao Shiou Ping. Taiwan Art Academy, Catalogue May, 2011 •	'Liao Shiou Ping': The Pioneer of Taiwan Modern PrintmakingItalic text. Chelsea Art Museum, exhibition booklet March, 2011 •	Kotaro Fukui: Silent Flowers and OstrichesItalic text. Exhibition booklet, Chelsea Art Museum, May, 2010 •	Dreaming in Asian Contemporary Secret Garden. Exhibition catalogue, New York/Taiwan: Council for Cultural Affairs, Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York. 2009. •	“a” Differences. Exhibition catalogue-Reason’s Clue. New York: Queens Museum of Art: 2008. •	Meditation in Contemporary Chinese LandscapeItalic text: Exhibition booklet. New York: Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY, 2008. •	Back to the GardenItalic text. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Crossing Art, 2008. •	A View from Outside. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, 2008. •	Beyond MeasureItalic text. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Arts Centre, 2007. •	Nexus: A Taiwanese Contact Zone- Exhibition catalogue. New York: Queens Museum of Art, 2004.

Selected scholarly Paper

•	“Sun Flower, Deterioration and Van Gogh’s Attachment,”2002. •	“Conceptual Art and Demolition,” 2002. •	“Art, Originality and Demolition” 2001. •	“Emptiness Inside and Outside; Dan Graham’s Two-Way Mirror,” 2001 •	“Demystifying the Concept of the Documentation,” 2001. •	“Artist Book-Baldessari,” 2001. •	 “On the Outré Edges -Maya Lin and Minimalism,” 2001. •	“Arguments For and Against Interpretation -A brief case study of Frank Stella’s Die Fahne Hoch (1959),” 2001 •	 “From Wei Jane Chir’s ‘Sacred Object” to Chinese Feet binding Relief,” 2000 Fall. •	“From Private to Public-Fran Cottel v.s. Wei Jane Chir,” 2000. •	 “ Chilkat Blanket,” 1999. Essay and reviews

•	“The Six Questions of Socrates” Great Light Magazine (New York). No.35-37 (November/December 2005/Janaury 2006). •	“London in the Wake the Bombing” Great Light Magazine (New York). No 31, (July, 2005). •	“A Clarifying Aspect of the Recreation of Nature: Sense of PeyChewen’s Artificial Nature.” “Out of Civilization, Return to Eden-Back to Nature.” exhibition catalogue (Taiwan). November 2005. •	“Nexus: Taiwan in Queens.” –Cans Magazine (Taiwan). May, 2004. •	“The Ideal and Strategy for International Cultural Exchange.” – Culture Perspective Magazine (Taiwan). June 1999. •	“About the International Cultural Exchange.” – Cultural Window Magazine (Taiwan). Volume 12. September 1999. •	“The Promotion and Execution of Public Art in Taiwan.” the Southern Arts Magazine (Taiwan). – November 1995. •	“Public Arts and Citizen Participation.” The Southern Arts Magazine (Taiwan). November 1995. •	“Great Britain’s Public Art and Operations.” The Culture and Arts Review (Taiwan). Dec. 1995 & Lion Fine Arts Monthly (Taiwan). Dec. 1995. •	“Interpretation of New York City Public Art in the United States.” The Culture and Arts Review (Taiwan). November 1995. •	 “Floating Line-The Digital Art of Artist YOYO.”- Great Light Magazine (New York). Vol. 1 no.1 (January 2003). •	“Minimalism’s Materialism.”- Great Light Magazine (New York). Vol. 1 no.2 (February 2003). •	“Double Negative and Double Emptiness-Land Art “-Great Light Magazine (New York). Vol. 1 no.3 (March 2003). •	“Dream and Conflict”- Great Light Magazine (New York). Vol. 1 no.4 (April 2003). •	Venice’s Dream and Conflict: Luxemburg E: conditionne”- Great Light Magazine (New York). Vol. 1 no.8 (August 2003). •	“Force of Nature: A female Artist Marlene Yu” Great Light Magazine (New York). Vol. 1 no.10 (October 2003). •	“Royal Art in Innsbruck” – Great Light Magazine (New York). Vol. 1 no.11 (November 2003). •	“A pilgrim in Aquarius”, “Conversation with God.” Book reviews -Art in Focus, Tao’s Culture Monthly (New York), 1998