Li Ching Accurso
20197 Gibbs Dr., Sonora, CA 95370 USA
(209)588-1530 [email protected]
IG: lichingaccurso FB: Li Ching Accurso
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Painting, University of California, Berkeley, 1990
B.A. Art, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
A.S. Biology, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA 1983
HONORS
First Place in Oil Painting, Annual Art Show, El Cerrito Art Association, CA, 2022
Honorable Mention in Painting, Lutheran Brotherhood Show, Minneapolis, MN, 1995
Fulbright Grant, Taiwan, 1991-1992
Eisner Prize in Painting, Berkeley, CA, 1990
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AWARDS
Gallery West Art House, Davenport, IA, 7/20/1993-8/31/1993
Kalani Honua, Kalapana, HI, 7/1/1992-7/11/1992
The Island Institute, Sitka, AK, 3/15/1991-4/28/1991
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
"Li Ching's Retrospective," Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA, 1/8/25-2/9/25
"Small Wonders of Watercolors", Tuolumne County Library, 3/9/24-4/30/24
"Blooms as Landscape," Albany Community Center Foyer Art Gallery, Albany, CA, 2/3/24-5/23/24
"Jubilant Season," Tuolumne County Library, Sonora, CA, 1/13/24-3/8/24
"Oil Paintings & Watercolors," Columbia College, Sonora, CA, 1/8/24-4/30/24
"Intimate Watercolors," Columbia College Library, 3/2/23-9/20/23
“Li Ching World,” Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA, 3/1/2023-4/22/2023
“Passion to Glory,” Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA, 1/17/23-2/9/23
"Small Wonders of Watercolors", Tuolumne County Library, 1/3/23-1/31/23
“Paint & Beyond,” Columbia College, Sonora, CA, 9/20/2022-11/18/2022
“Water & Sky,” Great Wall Restaurant, Sonora, CA, 3/2022-7/2022
“The Wonder of Ceramics,” Tuolumne County Public Library, Sonora, CA, 2/2022
“The Beauty of Painting,” Columbia College, Sonora, CA, 10/2021- 2/2022
“Eight Paintings,” Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, Sonora, CA, 11/2021- 2/2022
“First Year in Iowa,” Gallery in the Atrium, Forest City, IA, 11/1995-12/1995
“Abstract Expressionist Paintings,” Shaklee Building, San Francisco, CA, 2/1994-3/1994
Women’s Art Project, San Francisco, CA, 8/1993
Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, 5/1991
Centennial Building, Sitka, AK, 4/1991
Alexander’s Art Gallery, Sitka, AK, 4/1991
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Guest Artist, Aloft Art Gallery, Sonora, CA, 11/1/23-1/30/24
"Interior Show," Mother Lode Art Association, Tuolumne County Library, Sonora, CA, 9/18/23-11/20/23
"Faculty Show," Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA, 9/11/23-10/5/23
"Two Person Show," Richmond Public Library-West Side Branch, Richmond, CA, 5/1/23-5/31/23
"Landmarks," Mother Lode Art Association, Tuolumne County Library, Sonora, CA, 5/1/23-6/24/23
Mother Lode Art Association 68 Juried Fine Art Show & Exhibit, Sonora Opera Hall, Sonora, CA, 4/7/23-4/15/23
"Plein Air & Flowers," Mother Lode Art Association, Tuolumne County Library, Sonora, CA, 2/8/23-3/20/23
Yosemite Renaissance 38, 2023 Traveling Exhibit, Yosemite Gateway Art Center, Oakhurst, Kings Art Center, Hanford, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite and MCAC Circle Gallery, Madera, CA 3/18/23-3/8/24
“Winter Blues,” Mother Lode Art Association, Tuolumne County Public Library, Sonora, CA, 11/1/2022-1/7/2023
“2022 Annual Art Show,” El Cerrito Art Association, El Cerrito Community Center, El Cerrito, CA, 9/30/2022-10/2/2022
“Something Red,” Mother Lode Art Association, Tuolumne County public Library, Sonora, CA, 1/2022-3/2022
“Process,” Manzanita Rotunda, Columbia College, Sonora, CA, 2/6/2012-3/7/2012
“Two Person Show,” Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA, 1/1998-2/1998
“Faculty Show,” Columbia College, Sonora, CA, 9/1996-10/1996
“Li Ching Accurso & John Accurso,” Central Sierra Arts Council, Sonora, CA,11/1995-12/1995
“Holiday Arts Festival Exhibition,” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 11/1995-12/1995
“Faculty Show,” Columbia College, Sonora, CA, 9/1995-10/1995
“Two Ways to Play,” Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, 10/1995-11/1995
“Iowa Artists 1995,” Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, 8/1995-10/1995, Lutheran Brotherhood, Minneapolis, MN, 8/1995
“Life’s Beauty & Contradictions,” June Steingart Gallery, Laney College, Oakland, CA, 5/5/1994-6/2/1994
Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 4/1994
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 11/1993
Pro Arts Tempspace, Oakland, CA, 6/1991
Weir Gallery, Albany, CA, 12/1990
Oakland Museum, Collector’s Gallery, Oakland, CA, 11/1990
Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 10/1990
MFA/UCB, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, 5/1990
“Eisner Prize Show,” Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 10/1989
White Room, Wurster Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 10/1989
Moffitt Library, University of California, Berkeley, 4/1986
“A Show of Color,” Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2/1986
El Cerrito Library, El Cerrito, CA, 10/1983
PUBLICATION
Columnist for The Herald, a Chinese Christian monthly newspaper, which distributes throughout the west coast of the US
since 8/2023.
Li Ching and Gary Lawless, Sitka Spring, Nobloeboro, Maine: Blackberry Books, 1991
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Couples Join Forces in ‘Unions’,” The Union Democrat, 1/20/2002, p.3
“Art Exhibit,” Staff Bulletin Columbia College, vol. XVIII, No.10, 1/29/1998, p.3
“Ceramics and Drawings Take Center Stage a College,” Merced Sun-Star,
XVII, No.3, 12/7/1995, p.3
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, The Forum, 1996, p.3, p.34
Art, The Union Democrat, 12/8/1995, p.5
“Accurso Display,” Staff Bulletin Columbia College, vol. XVII, No.3, 12/7/1995, p.3
“Sonora Duo Stars in Exhibit,” The Union Democrat, Sonora, 12/1/1995, p.7
“Artist’s Photos, Paintings on Iowa at Gallery,” The Forest City Summit,
10/31/1995, p.A-11
“Two Ways to Play Exhibit Opens at Blanden,” The Messenger, Fort Dodge, 10/5/1995
Jay Black, “Art of Original Expression,” The Sunday Globe, 8/13/1995
Group Shows, Datebook, 5/15/1994
Art, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 5/11/1994, p.63
Holly K. Schroeder, “Odyssey in Iowa,” Slow Fish, 8/19/1993, p.8
Carol Edson, “Maine Title of the Month,” Maine in Print, 10/1991, p.5
Paul Karr, “When Maine Writers Travel,” Blackberry Books, 1991
Carolyn Gan, “Bay Area Merry-go-round,” Asian Week, 6/1/1990, p.23
Carolyn Gan, “Recent Paintings by Li Ching,” Asian Week, 5/11/1990, p.21
Chinese World Daily Newspaper, 4/4/1990
ART TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Columbia College, Sonora, CA, Art Professor, teach Painting, Figure Drawing, Color &
Design, Mixed Media Painting, Art Appreciation, and Western Art History:
Renaissance to Modern, 8/1995-present
Waldorf College, Forest City, IA, Assistant Art Professor, Chairperson, and Gallery
Director, taught Painting I & II, Drawing I & II, Survey of Fine Art, Photography
and Sculpture, 9/1994-4/1995
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese
TRAVEL
Hawaii Islands, 5/1/23-6/30/23
Hawaii Islands, 8/1/2021-9/30/2021
British Isles and Amsterdam, summer 2019
Hawaii Islands, summer 2011-2014
Ireland & England, summer 2013
Italy, Spain, France, and England, summer 1997
New York, Northeast and Southwest of the United States, summer 1995
Southwest and Midwest of the United States, summer 1993
Alaska, Hawaii, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand,
3/1991-7/1992
New York and Washington, D.C., winter 1990
France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, summer 1988
Vancouver, Canada, summer 1986
Hawaii, 1977-1978