Po Shun Leong
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b. 1941, Northampton, England
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Delaware Art Museum, DE
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Boxes & Their Makers, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, ME
Vida y Diseno en Mexico, Formento Cultural, Mexico
Transformation 7, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Invitational Exhibition, Judy Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Masters of Disguise, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
2006 Show Us Your Drawers, Furniture Society, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2005 Good Wood: Furniture & Objects from Sustainable Materials, Pasadena Museum of
California Art, Pasadena, CA
Curious?, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI
2004 Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
California Design 2004, Baulines Craft Guild, San Francisco, CA
White House Collection of American Crafts, Jimmy Carter Library, Atlanta, GA
Craft Showcase, Museum of Crafts & Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
2003-04 Into The Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2003 Cabinets of Curiosities, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Designing Futures, Craft West, Perth, Australia
2002 Clay & Wood, Fine Arts Federation, Burbank, CA
Solo Exhibition, Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Solo Exhibition, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997-02 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2001 International Box Exhibition, Tullie House Museum, Scotland, UK
Feast On Art, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Chair Show 4, Southern Highland Craft Guild, NC
Anything With A Drawer, Mesa Arts Center, AZ
The Birthday Party, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
Solo Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
2000 Turning Wood Into Art: The Arthur & Jane Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
1999 Chair Show 3, Southern Highland Craft Guild, NC
Forest Expressions, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
The Circle Unbroken, Furniture Society, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
1998 LA Modern & Beyond, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Invitational Exhibition, America House, Piermont-on-Hudson, NY
Solo Exhibition, Lindsey Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Solo Exhibition, Artful Image Gallery, Concord, MA
1996 Just Add Water: Artist’s and the Aqueous World, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine
Arts, Racine, WI
1995 The White House Collection of American Crafts, Smithsonian Museum of American Art,
Washington, DC
Let’s Play House, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2008 500 Chairs: Celebrating Traditional & Innovative Designs. Hemachandra, Ray & Nutt,
Craig. Lark Books, Sterling Publications, New York, NY.
2004 400 Wood Boxes: The Fine Art of Containment & Concealment. Gunter, Veronika. Lark
Books, Sterling Publications, New York, NY.
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions. Wallace, Kevin. Craft &
Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2003 Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture. Meilach, Dona. Schiffer Publications,
Westchester, PA.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My architectural training was key to the development of this recent sculptural work. I thank Naum Gabo the sculptor and one of the fathers of Constructivism who encouraged me as a high school student in England. His influence was very important to the development of modernism.
In 2009 I devised a system of construction that produces a sense of elegance. Creating sculptures that though fragile are balanced and give us a sense of delicately holding turmoil at bay. These sculptures initiate a connection between what is tangible and intangible, between what is both simplistic and complex.
The real stuff of my sculptures is not the physical materials, but the perception of space, time and movement.
In "Blue Triangles", you can sense the calmness of the space in between. It seems to have continuous growth and a strong rhythm, more implicit and deeper than the chaotic patterns of life itself. The form leads the viewer to imagine journeying into, through, over and around the sculpture.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Delaware Art Museum, DE
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Boxes & Their Makers, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, ME
Vida y Diseno en Mexico, Formento Cultural, Mexico
Transformation 7, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Invitational Exhibition, Judy Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Masters of Disguise, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
2006 Show Us Your Drawers, Furniture Society, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2005 Good Wood: Furniture & Objects from Sustainable Materials, Pasadena Museum of
California Art, Pasadena, CA
Curious?, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI
2004 Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
California Design 2004, Baulines Craft Guild, San Francisco, CA
White House Collection of American Crafts, Jimmy Carter Library, Atlanta, GA
Craft Showcase, Museum of Crafts & Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
2003-04 Into The Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2003 Cabinets of Curiosities, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Designing Futures, Craft West, Perth, Australia
2002 Clay & Wood, Fine Arts Federation, Burbank, CA
Solo Exhibition, Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Solo Exhibition, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997-02 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2001 International Box Exhibition, Tullie House Museum, Scotland, UK
Feast On Art, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Chair Show 4, Southern Highland Craft Guild, NC
Anything With A Drawer, Mesa Arts Center, AZ
The Birthday Party, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
Solo Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
2000 Turning Wood Into Art: The Arthur & Jane Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
1999 Chair Show 3, Southern Highland Craft Guild, NC
Forest Expressions, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
The Circle Unbroken, Furniture Society, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
1998 LA Modern & Beyond, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Invitational Exhibition, America House, Piermont-on-Hudson, NY
Solo Exhibition, Lindsey Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Solo Exhibition, Artful Image Gallery, Concord, MA
1996 Just Add Water: Artist’s and the Aqueous World, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine
Arts, Racine, WI
1995 The White House Collection of American Crafts, Smithsonian Museum of American Art,
Washington, DC
Let’s Play House, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2008 500 Chairs: Celebrating Traditional & Innovative Designs. Hemachandra, Ray & Nutt,
Craig. Lark Books, Sterling Publications, New York, NY.
2004 400 Wood Boxes: The Fine Art of Containment & Concealment. Gunter, Veronika. Lark
Books, Sterling Publications, New York, NY.
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions. Wallace, Kevin. Craft &
Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2003 Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture. Meilach, Dona. Schiffer Publications,
Westchester, PA.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My architectural training was key to the development of this recent sculptural work. I thank Naum Gabo the sculptor and one of the fathers of Constructivism who encouraged me as a high school student in England. His influence was very important to the development of modernism.
In 2009 I devised a system of construction that produces a sense of elegance. Creating sculptures that though fragile are balanced and give us a sense of delicately holding turmoil at bay. These sculptures initiate a connection between what is tangible and intangible, between what is both simplistic and complex.
The real stuff of my sculptures is not the physical materials, but the perception of space, time and movement.
In "Blue Triangles", you can sense the calmness of the space in between. It seems to have continuous growth and a strong rhythm, more implicit and deeper than the chaotic patterns of life itself. The form leads the viewer to imagine journeying into, through, over and around the sculpture.