The Four Elements of Leigh Li-Yun Wen

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Leigh Li-Yun Wen is a Taiwanese-American artist who resides in New York City. She received her MFA from the State University of New York at Albany in 1994 and served as a cultural ambassador envoy during the Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. She has exhibited in eighteen American embassies, consulates, and other government institutions located in countries such as Jordan, Malaysia, Singapore, Namibia, Botswana, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Denmark, and Poland. Wen was awarded a 1997 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and was honored to be the Artist of New York State by the New York State Legislature. In 2000, she was again awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and The Helena Rubinstein Fellowship. In 2001, She won the Lorenzo de Medici Award at the Florence Biennale. In addition, Wen was awarded Artist Grants by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 1999 and 2005 and was invited by then-First Lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell to visit the White House in 2005. A frequent nominee to a select list of sixty U.S. artists invited to the White House’s annual arts and culture reception, Wen is an artist held in high esteem not only across the U.S. but also internationally, in curatorial and collectors' circles, for her achievements and the unique character of her work. Wen’s works are held in many private and public museum collections, in the permanent collection of the United States Embassy in Barbados, and the American Institute in Taiwan.

出生於台北縣鶯歌鎮，紐約州立大學藝術碩士(Ｍ.A)及美術碩士(M.F.A)現定居美國紐約和台灣台北，專業畫家。

1980年在香港被列選國際亞洲十大傑出才藝青年，1983年前往美國留學。先後獲得1999與2005年美國傑克森帕洛克基金會藝術家研究獎、1997與2000年紐約藝術基金會(NYFA)藝術家聯盟獎得主、作品榮獲2001年義大利佛羅倫斯雙年展米提其獎章及2012年玉山獎。目前是美國聯邦政府合約畫家，作品展覽於世界各國的美國大使館，參與的國際展覽超過18次，曾經展出在波蘭、丹麥、約旦、菲律賓、新加坡、包貝多斯、博茨瓦納、賴比瑞亞、非洲的美國領事館，其中包貝多斯展出的三件作品, 和台灣美國在台協會AIT的五件作品，被聯邦政府收購為美國國家的永久典藏。