Lee Long Looi (Malaysian, b. 1942)

Lee Long Looi was born in 1942 in Kedah, Malaysia. After graduating from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, Lee Looi moved to New York to further his studies at the Art Students League, and later received a scholarship and studied at Pratt Institute. Looi has had a series of solo and group exhibitions both in the U.S. and Internationally. His work contains elements of his Asian heritage, in addition to a strong technique derived from western teachings resulting in a style uniquely his own.

Art Education:
1973 Pratt Institute Graphics, New York
1970 Foreign Student Program, Art Students League, New York
1964 Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

Solo Exhibitions:
1997 The Art Gallery, Penang
Art Salom, Kuala Lumpur
1996 The Art Gallery, Penang
1995 The Art Gallery, Penang
1992 Rosards's Gallery, Palm Beach
1988 Humewood 11 Art Gallery, Toronto
1979 Chung-Cheng Art Gallery, New York
1973 Cooper Square Art Gallery, New York
1970 Jarvis Art Gallery, New York

Awards:
1994 First Prize, South Miami Hospital Art Exhibition, Miami
1992 Best in Show (Mixed Media), Chicago Tribune Art Exhibition, Chicago
1987 Best in Mixed Media, 3 Artists' Exhibition, Art Post Magazine, Toronto
1987 Best in Show (Mixed Media), Fort Lauderdale Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale
1981 1st Prize - Watercolour, W.S.O.A.E. Award, USA
1987 Best in Show Mixed Media, Fort Lauderale Art Guild, USA
1987 Best in Mixed Media Discovery, 3 Artists' Exhibition, Art Post Magazine, Toronto,