Background
Shih, Joan Fai was born on September 4, 1932 in Guangdong, China. Daughter of Henry Ken-Wai and Laura Suk-Wee (Chen) S. Student, Art Students" League, New York City, 1953.
Shih, Joan Fai was born on September 4, 1932 in Guangdong, China. Daughter of Henry Ken-Wai and Laura Suk-Wee (Chen) S. Student, Art Students" League, New York City, 1953.
Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1953. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, 1956. Master of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, 1961.
Postgraduate, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1959. Postgraduate, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1963.
Instructor art KansasCity (Missouri) The Art Institute of Chicago, 1959-1961, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina., 1966-1967. Lecturer painting Rosemont (Pennsylvania) College, 1969-1988. One woman shows include British Council, Gloucester Building, Hong Kong, 1956, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1969, Danville (Virginia) Museum Fine Arts, 1986, Penn Wynne Library.
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, 1991.
Exhibited in group shows including Nelson and Atkins Museum Art, Kansas City, Missoury, 1954, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1963, 69-70, 72, 74, 76, 81, 83, Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, 1970, 74, 79-80, 82, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, 1987, The Art Institute of Chicago Philadelphia, 1987, 90, 91, John Geiszel All Transparency Watercolor Show., Phila, 1988-1991, Plastic Club Annual Art Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1985, 89-91 (Marion Cohee Memorial award 1989), Philadelphia Watercolor Club 72d Annual Exbhn. ChesterCounty Art Association, 1991, Flum Gallery, Paoli, Pennsylvania, 1992.
Traveling exhibition National Association Women Artists, 1978-1980, 80-82, 83-85, 85-87, Huntington Museum, New York City, 1981, Bergen Museum, Paramus, New Jersey, 1983. Represented in permanent collections including Doctorate.W. Newcomer"s Sons Gallery, Kansas City, Missoury (Annual Show award 1960), Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, Arco Chemical Company, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, 1991.
Fellow: Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts (Philadelphia). Member: National Association Women Artists (Elizabeth Erlanger Memorial prize 1980), Hong Kong Art Club, Watercolor Club.