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"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people"
-Mahatma Ghandi
李寶怡 – 剪紙藝術工作者
2015年5月
2015年5月
Bovey Lee, The Ribbon Dancer, 2015, courtesy of artist
李：在我早期的作品當中，充滿著不同的文化色彩實況以及自傳元素。我認為主力創作現代剪紙的藝術家在創作過程中自省，尋找求靈感以及建立個人表達方式是很自然的事。所以我希望透過我的作品去表達一些我關注的議題，例如：力量，犠牲和生存。我最近創作的作品探討了城市化所帶來的問題。這是受到我今年(2015年)由美國東岸遷到西岸的旅程的啟發，我現在正進行了一些新的創作關於該次搬遷之旅。因為我從美國東岸開始我的生活，它見證著我的艱苦跋涉，所以我對這個新方向感到非常興奮。
Bovey Lee, Vase-Ivorybilled Woodpecker 2013,
courtesy of artist
李寶怡小姐是一位定居於美國加州洛杉磯的剪紙藝術家。生於香港的李小姐自十歲便開始練習中國書法，於香港中文大學完成了藝術系的學位課程。她更於加州大學柏克萊分校完成碩士課程。其後亦在紐約普瑞特學院修讀了第二個藝術系的電腦繪圖及互動媒體碩士課程。其後在２０００年，她遷至匹茲堡，在２００５年創作了她的第一份剪紙創作。 李小姐的作品曾於內華達州藝術博物館、梅薩當代藝術博物館、西雅圖翼路博物館、布魯克林藝術博物館、謝爾本博物館，以及香港，日本等地的藝術博物館展出。
*想知道更多有關李寶怡小姐的作品資訊，可前往她的官方網站www.boveylee.com
About Bovey Lee:
Bovey Lee is a cut paper artist based in Los Angeles, California, USA. Born in Hong Kong, Bovey has practiced Chinese calligraphy since the age of ten, and completed her BA degree in Fine Arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She earned a second MFA in computer graphics and interactive media at Pratt institute in New York, and in 2000 relocated to Pittsburgh where she created her first cut paper work in summer 2005.
Exhibitions include Nevada Museum of Art; Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Arizona; Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, Washington; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Shelburne Museum, Vermont; Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland; National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK; Blackburn Museum, UK; Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China; Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands; among others.
You can check out more of her work on her website, www.boveylee.com
Exhibitions include Nevada Museum of Art; Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Arizona; Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, Washington; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Shelburne Museum, Vermont; Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland; National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK; Blackburn Museum, UK; Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China; Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands; among others.
You can check out more of her work on her website, www.boveylee.com