Biography / Artist Statement / CV/ Press & interviews
EDUCATION
2020 Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture- The State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts- Tainan University of Technology (TUT), Tainan, Taiwan
TEACHING
2021-22 Adjunct Instructor, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY, USA
*ART 4016 Studio Art: Modern Approach of Making Art
*ART 1020 Basic Drawing Techniques
2017 Teaching Assistant, The State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
*ARS 170/ ARS 270 Intro and Basic Sculpture
2014-15 Art Teacher, Tainan Municipal Dagang Elementary School, Tainan, Taiwan
*Performance Art in the classes for 3rd grade
*Visual Art in the classes for 5th and 6th grades
*Led two hundred 6th grades students on the 8.2' x 23' mural public art project
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Newburgh Now!, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Beacon, NY, USA
2021 Contempo: East to Perform, The Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, USA
2021 11th Annual Art & Earth Juried Exhibit, Berkeley Arts Council, Martinsburg, WV, USA
2021 Exchanging Texture, Taina; Mbmore, Taipei; Taichung Municipal Wen-Hua Senior High School,
Taichung; Graphics Life Studio, Tainan, Taiwan
2021 PLAY, The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2020 Let the Good Times Roll, ArtPort Kingston, Kingston, NY, USA
2020 Breaking Through, SUNY New Paltz MFA Thesis Exhibition, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art's
Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery and North Gallery, New Paltz, NY, USA
2020 Big Read Art Exhibits, Adriance Memorial Library and Boardman Road Branch Library,
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
2020 Art Show in celebration of Local Art, Wired Gallery, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz NY, USA
2020 Other Worlds Are Possible- SUNY New Paltz Spring 2020 MFA Thesis show,
the online gallery at http://sunynpmfa.com/
2020 The Idea Puzzle Cube, Kingston Library, Kingston, NY, USA
2020 Time, BAU Gallery, Beacon NY, USA
2020 Outdoors In, Unison Art Center, New Paltz, NY, USA
2019 The Shape of Memories, The Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT, USA
2019 Entomology, Manny's Art Supplies, New Paltz, NY, USA
2019 Composed to Decompose outdoor exhibit, Unison Art Center, New Paltz, NY, USA
2019 Eye of the Beholder, MD Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, USA
2019 Exchanging Texture, Texture Studio, Taina; Mbmore, Taipei; Taichung Municipal Wen-Hua
Senior High School, Taichung; Error 22, Tainan, Taiwan
2019 Recycle 2019 Art Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019 The Earth Speaks V, Dunning Art Gallery, Tannersville, PA, USA
2019 Sublime Concepts, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY, USA
2019 2019 SUNY Student Art Exhibit and Best of Show Awards-
SUNY System Administration, Albany, NY, USA
2018 President's Residence, New Paltz, NY, USA
2018 What’s Next? The experimental outdoor exhibition, Unison Art Center, New Paltz, NY, USA
2018 International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2018 ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2018 Recycle 2018 Art Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY, USA
2017 ReUse Sculpture, Clean Water Park, New Paltz, NY, USA
2017 Installations in White Cube, SUNY New Paltz Fine Art Building Rotunda, New Paltz, NY, USA
2015 The Pastel Art Work Group Exhibition, Art Center of Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan
2014 The 2014 Graduate Exhibition, Kaohsiung Cultural Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2014 Love Art in Life, Art-Gate Group Exhibition of Oil Painting,
National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Unfathomable Mystery, Exhibition of the Art Education on Surrealism in Taiwan,
PingTung Art Museum, Ping Tung, Taiwan
2013 Tainan Local Fine Arts Exhibition, Tainan Municipal Culture Center, Tainan, Taiwan
2012 The 13th Huang Shi Art Exhibition, Changhua County Culture Affairs Bureau, Changhua, Taiwan
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COMPETITIONS & AWARDS
2020 Maxine Leu's been nominated by the associate professor of critical studies, Matthew Friday
and associate professor of Art, Emily Puthoff as the SUNY Chancellor’s Award 2020, NY, USA
2019 ARTSPACE Student Award of The Earth Speaks V, Tannersville, PA, USA
2019 $3,000 art grant for SunCommon’s Community Solar Array Project, NY, USA
2018 The First Place Award in Perifying Pumpkin of The Night of 100 Pumpkins, New Paltz, NY, USA
2018 Peoples' Choice of Recycle 2018 Art Exhibition, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2018 Selected Prize of International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2018 ROC, Taiwan
2018 The Best show in 2018 Group Award of Sculpture Jam, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, USA
2017-19 Graduate Student Research and Creative Project Award, SUNY New Paltz, NY, USA
2016-17 The First Place Award in Peculiar Pumpkin of The Night of 100 Pumpkins, New Paltz, NY, USA
2014 Merit Award of the Talking About Printmaking Art Exhibition, Tainan, Taiwan
2014 Perfect Attendance Award (2007~2014), Tainan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
2014 Outstanding Student Award of the 2014 Graduate Exhibition, TUT, Tainan, Taiwan
2013 Honorable Mention of the 2013 Tainan Local Fine Arts Exhibition, Tainan, Taiwan
2012 Silver Medal Award of the 3rd Southern Art Exhibition, Tainan, Taiwan
2012 Judges’ Award of the 13th Huangsi Art Exhibition: 3D crafts and photography, Taiwan
2012 Merit Award of the 27th Annual Exhibition of New Year Prints, Taiwan
COOPERATION & SERVICE
2021 Habitat For Artists 2021 - residency interview video producer for ArtPort Kingston, NY, USA
2021 PLAY @ The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - intro video editor for ArtPod Berlin
2021 Commissioned artist in The Rye'sAbove Project,
The Rye Arts Center and The Rotary Club of Rye, Rye, New York, USA
2021 Participating Artist in Rockland Virtual Art Festival, New York, USA
2020 Participating Artist in the collaboration of community, Community of Peace: An artistic study on
what brings us together, New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce, New Paltz, New York, USA
2019 Participating Artist in the upcycling crafts workshop, O+X= Do and Don't, and the walking tour,
Stories of Water and Waste, O+ Festival, Kingston, New York, USA
2019 Listen to them - four minutes intro video editor for the artist, Megumi Naganoma.
2019 Mushroom Shed Opening Ceremony photographer for the artist, Amanda Heidel.
2018-21 The cover page designer for the convention Chinese Institute of Engineers- the USA
2017 Identified the 19th Chinese painter, Ke-Chang Dai of a Mi Fu painting,
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, USA
WORKSHOP & FEATURED CLASS & ARTIST TALK
2021 Art Instructor in the class of Chinese Painting,
The Mid Hudson Chinese Language Center, NY, USA
2021 Teaching Artist in the workshop of Printcycling, The D.R.A.W Kingston, NY, USA
2021 Teaching Artist in the class of “Aha” moment- Event Documentary Tips,
The D.R.A.W Kingston, NY, USA
2021 Visual Arts Instructor in the class of Basic Chinese Brush Painting,
The Cornell Creative Arts Center, The Arc Mid-Hudson Kingston, NY, USA
2020 Visiting Artist in the NEA Big Read special talks of When Gnomes Need to Clean Their Homes
Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
2018 Teaching Artist in the workshop of Upcycling Recycling,
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, USA
2018 Volunteer Artist in Printmaking and Calligraphy of Chinese New Year Workshops,
Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, USA
2013 Teaching Artist Assistant in the printmaking workshop in Pingtung Asia Print Exhibition,
Pingtung Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
PUBLICATIONS
Leu, Maxine. HFA 2021 Project @ArtPort Kingston. YouTube. uploaded by Maxine Leu, 25 May, 2021
Leu, Maxine. Made in the USA, When gnomes need to clean their homes: MFA Thesis-Sculpture, SUNY
DSpace, May, 2020
Leu, Maxine. Earth Day Action - Two Hour Collection. YouTube. uploaded by Maxine Leu, 7 February, 2020
Leu, Maxine. Plastic bag mummy cleans streets, New Paltz Times, 25 April, 2019
Leu, Maxine. The Bags. YouTube, uploaded by Maxine Leu, 23 June 2018.
Leu, Maxine. How To Do Pumpkin Carving, THE ESL TIMES, May 2017
Leu, Maxine. Qiumei Lai Oil Painting Solo Exhibition, 476th Art Exhibition News, Artist Magazine, 2015
Leu, Maxine. Not Junk: Virtual Curation, Ph.D.Huang Chin Fu Academic Platform, 2013