Dora Hsiung  李南琛  pinyin  Li Nanchen

1939

Dora Hsiung  李南琛 whose real name is Nan-son Lee, was born in Shanghai  China.

1947

The family settled for five years in Hong Kong, then in Brazil and in the United States.

She studied at the University of Illinois.

Graduated with a Bachelor's degre in Fine Arts, she continued her studies at Boston

University and obtained a diploma in Commercial Art and Design.

Married to a student, she worked on silkscreen prints then experimented off-loom-weaving.

1975

First major exhibition, during the bicentennial celebration of the city of Boston.

Her wall hangings of various shapes (circles, triangles, cubes, tetrahedra) large-scale  

installations and sculptures, play with contrasts.

Numerous exhibitions in The United States and abroad.

She lives and works in Newton  Massachusetts  United States.

Danièle Sicard

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                          Dora Hsiung - fiber artist                                                             www.hsiung.net/dora/

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