Lihting Li Kostrzewa

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Lihting Li Kostrzewa is an artist who specializes in contemporary oil and acrylic painting. A cross-cultural artist came from Taiwan. Through a lifetime of learning in different art medium, she has held a MFA degree in Modern Painting, a MA degree in Computer Graphics, a BFA degree in Chinese Art. She utilizes many techniques to enrich her art. She also has a deep concern for humanity and through her senses she creates art to express human struggles as well as the love of mankind. Her color is expressive from the influence of study in German Expressionism, and her ink-like brush strokes on her painting is deep rooted in her Chinese culture and the years of training in Chinese Art. She loves nature and spends much time in northern Michigan where she enjoys her cottage by the water.

Highlight of Exhibitions: Solo exhibition – Somewhere in time-a celebration of new year, Midland Community Center, MI, 1/7 -2/18/10. Solo exhibition – a unique cross-cultural art, Midland Resort, MI, 11/9 -12/21/09. Solo exhibition, Oscars, Midland, MI, 10/2009 Personal exhibition, Midland Senior Center, Midland, MI, 7/2009.

State of the Arts 2009 Annual Michigan Juried Art Exhibit, Saginaw, MI, 5/2009. 25th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Midland Artists Guild, Midland, MI,3/2009. 10th Anniversary Best of the Best online international art exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE, 12/2008 (special recognition). Hibiscus Children’s Center 1th juried art traveling exhibitions, in Indian River, Martin and Palm Beach counties, FL. 2/2008. The 4th annual Judeo-Christian international art exhibition, & The 8 th annual abstraction international art exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE, 4/2007, 10/2006 (special recognition). Solo exhibition, invited by Art Reach of Mid-Michigan Exhibition Search Committee, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 8/2001. MFA thesis exhibition, University Art Gallery, C.M.U., Mt. Pleasant, MI, 4/1997. “Kremser Literaturforum” Invited landscapes exhibition. Krems, Austria, 6/15-7/3/199 34th annual Mid Michigan exhibition, Midland Dow center of art, Midland, MI, 11/1992 (outstanding award). MA graduation solo exhibition, University Art Gallery, C.M.U., Mt. Pleasant, MI, 12/1-12/11/1992 The way we are - 5 emerging artists exhibition, Hsinchu Culture Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 1991. Group Exhibitions/Agent: Healing Art Gallery artists group show, Midland Hospital, MI 11/2009. Midland artists group show, Griswold Communication Building, Northwood University, Midland, MI, 10/2009. “Outdoors in Michigan”, Clare Michigan Welcome Center on Hwy 127,MI, 5/2009. Two-women exhibition, Midland Senior Center, Midland, MI, 7/2009. State of the Arts 2009 Annual Michigan Juried Art Exhibit, Saginaw, MI, 5/2009. 25th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Midland Artists Guild, Midland, MI,3/2009. 10th Anniversary Best of the Best online international art exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE, 12/2008.

Hibiscus Children’s Center 1th juried art traveling exhibitions, in Indian River, Martin and Palm Beach counties, FL. 2/2008. The 4th annual Judeo-Christian international art exhibition, & The 8 th annual abstraction international art exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE, 4/2007, 10/2006. Art Reach on Broadway annual fund raising show, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 1995-2006. Marywood University faculty show, Contemporary Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA, 9/1997. Landscape exhibition, Art Reach Gallery of Mid-Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 7/1997. Art Walk of downtown business, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 6/1997, 2006. CMU art faculty exhibition, University Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 9/1996, 5/1997. NTNU College of Art, class76 (1987) celebrating 10 years of graduation show, Taiwan, 10/1996. Gallery Birmingham, Birmingham, MI (agent), 1996-98. Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI (agent), 1996. Creative Art Guild Spring Art Show, Ag-building, Breckenridge, MI, 4/1996. Macintosh Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant. MI (agent), 1992-94. 34th annual Mid Michigan exhibition, Midland Dow center of art, Midland, MI, 11/1992. Annual Regional Show, Hwalien Culture Center, Hwalien, Taiwan, 1990, 1989, 1988.

BFA graduation exhibition, University Gallery, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan, 6/1987. Two youngsters’ experimental show, University Gallery, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan, 1985.

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