Background
Leong, Lampo was born on July 3, 1961 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Leong, Lampo was born on July 3, 1961 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Chinese Brush Painting, Guangzhou Academy Fine Arts, China, 1983. Master of Fine Arts in Painting with high distinction, California College of Arts, San Francisco, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy in Art Theory and Practice, Central Academy Fine Arts, Beijing, 2009.
Professor University Missouri, Columbia, 2001—2004, chair art department, 2007—2009. Guest speaker University California, Berkeley, 1997—1998, 2001, 2006—2007, University Minnesota, 2005—2006, 2008, Asian Art Museum San Francisco, 1997—2001, Stanford University, 1999—2000, National Taiwan Normal University, 2005, Guangzhou Academy Fine Arts, 2008—2009, Luxun Academy Fine Arts, Shenyang, 2010, Master of Fine Arts Mentor University Arts, Philadelphia, since 2010. Exhibit curator Chinese Artists in Academia, Columbia Art League, Missouri, 2004, International Modern Brush Painting, Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, 2007.
Judge Selection Panel for Public Arts, San Francisco Art Commission, California, 1998, Best of America, Lake Ozark, Missouri, 2003, Visual Arts Panel, Missouri Arts Council, 2007—2008, 2010, 47th Annual International Juried Exhibit, Sumi-e Society America, Lorton, Virginia, 2010.
One-person shows include Markings Gallery, Berkeley, 1984, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, 1986, University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1986, Patrick Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1986, Museum Macao Luis De Camoes, Macao, 1986, Guangzhou Fine Arts Museum, 1988, Moy Ying Ming Gallery, Chicago, 1990, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, 1991, Sanuk Fine Asian Collectables, San Francisco, 1992, Michael Thompson Gallery, San Francisco, 1995, China Art Expo '95, Guangzhou, China, 1995, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong, 1997, d. P. Fong Galleries, San Jose, California, 1997, 2000, Institute Cultural de Macau, 1998, Santa Catalina Gallery, Monterey, California, 1999, Legacy Art, Columbia, Missouri, 2002, We.
Illinois University, Macomb, 2002, Kotinsky Gallery, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, 2003, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, 2003, St. Louis University Museum Art, 2003, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois, 2003, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 2004, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 2004, Living Green, San Francisco, 2004, Elizabeth Rozier Gallery, Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City, Missouri, 2004, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, 2005, Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee, 2005, Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, 2005, Macau Cultural Center, Macao, 2006, San Antonio Company, 2007, University California, Berkeley, 2007, Sun Gallery, Minnesota, 2006, 2008, University Missouri, Columbia, 2009, University California, Davis, 2010. Exhibited in over 320 group shows at National Tainan College Arts, Taiwan, 2005, Cheng Shiu Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung, 2005, National Taipei University of Technology, 2006, Towson University Maryland, 2006, Asian Fusion Gallery, New York, 2006, Asian Cultural Center New Jersey, 2006, State University New Jersey, 2006, Art Center Highland Park, Illinois, 2006, Chinese Culture Center San Francisco, 2006, California State University, 2006, Reed Whipple Cultural Center Gallery, Nevada, 2006, Galeria Tap Seac, Macao, 2006, Galeria de Exposicoes Temporarias da Camara Municipal Macau Provisoria, Macao, 2006, Changfugong Center, Beijing, 2006, First Taipei International Modern Ink Painting Biennial, National Doctor Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Taipei, 2006, Han Zi Reinvented: The Rhythm of Chinese Script, Cal-State, Fullerton, California, 2006, Culture Conflict? No, Thanks!, Raab Galerie, Beijing, 2008, 2nd Taipei International Modern Ink Painting Biennial, Doctor Sun Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008, Missouri Top 50 Competition, Sedalia, 2008, Exposicao Annual Artes Visuals, Institute Cultural do Governod a R.A.E. de Macau, 2008, Across the Divide III, Pei Ling Chart Gallery, Savannah College Art and Design, Georgia, 2008, Missouri Art Professors Show, Columbia Art League, 2008, 2nd International Modern Ink Painting Biennial, Dongmen Art Museum, Tainan, 2009, Confluence: Exposicao da Coleccao de Arte do Macao Art Museum, National Museum Fine Arts, Beijing, 2009, 11th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, Nevada, 2009, Mind of Being, 798 DAX Art Space, Beijing, 2009, From Nature to Mind: A Joint Exhibition from New Intellectual Artists, Huantie Times Art Museum, Beijing, 2009, 20th Annual Missouri Top 50 Exhibition, Sedalia, Missouri, 2009, The 11th National Fine Arts Exhibition, Shantou, China, 2009, Sumi-e for Today: An International Juried Exhibition Ink Paintings and Calligraphy, Japanese Canada Culture Center, Toronto, Canada, 2009, Scenes Transformation: Art Education and Practice in the Times Synthesis Media, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 2009, Exposicao da Coleccao de Arte do Macao Art Museum, Museu de Arte de Macau, Macao, 2010, 31st Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Missouri, 2010, International Contemporary Masters, Museum Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, 2010, China International Gallery Exposition, China World Trade Center, Beijing, 2010, Hong Kong and Macao Visual Art Biennial, Beijing World Art Museum, The China Millennium Monument, Beijing, 2010, XXVI Exposicao Colectiva dos Artistas de Macau, Macao, 2010, 3rd Taipei International Modern Ink Painting Biennial, National Museum History, Taipei, 2010, Axiom of Gesture, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, 2010.
Work represented in various museum, corporation and private collections including Stanford University Museum Art (Cantor Center for Visual Arts), Asian Art Museum Art,San Francisco, Minneapolis Institute Arts, St.Louis University Museum Art, We. Illinois University Museum Art, Macomb, Guangzhou Arts Museum, Museum Guangzhou Fine Arts Institute, Macao Museum Art, University Missouri Columbia, Cathay Bank, California, Boone County National Bank, Columbia, Missouri, Hotel East 21, Tokyo, Tokyo Westin Hotel, East West Bank, San Francisco, Westin Surabaya, Indonesia. Author: The Common Ground of Light and Gravity: Lampo Leong's Contemplation Forces, 1998, Sublimation: Calligraphy by Lampo Leong, Creative Macau, Institute European Studies of Macau and Macau Cultural Center, 2006.
Illustrator: Brushstrokes: Styles and Techniques of Chinese Painting, 1993, public art (granite medallion design) Woh Hei Yueh Park, San Francisco, 1999, public art City Hall, Columbia, Missouri, 2010.