Lampo Leong
Chair, Department of Art
Columbia, Mo.
Well-known internationally for his abstract painting that synthesizes Chinese calligraphy with Abstract Expressionism, Leong uniquely incorporates his profound knowledge of classical and contemporary Western art, Asian brush painting, calligraphy, Western Aesthetics, and Chinese Daoist philosophy into his mixed media acrylic and oil paintings. He has been recognized as a pioneer in integrating digital technologies with fine art creation. Leong’s painting and calligraphy have been exhibited extensively worldwide in more than 55 solo and 250 group exhibitions, featured in many important museum collections as well as hundreds of corporate and private collections internationally, earning him more than 35 awards. His 26-foot-diameter calligraphic granite inset medallion is permanently installed in a San Francisco city park by that city’s Arts Commission. Besides teaching at MU, Leong has been invited for more than 80 lectures at universities and museums across the United States and Asia and served as judge for many art competitions nationwide. As an artist and educator, Leong’s achievements have been featured in more than 800 reviews and publications in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and on television internationally, including a PBS documentary and the U.S. Congressional Record. In 1999, the Mayor of San Francisco proclaimed Nov. 19 to be Lampo Leong Day.