Biographical Information:
Echo Lew was born in Taiwan and moved to USA in 1983. He is an international contemporary artist located in Los Angeles, California. His artworks are featured in galleries and private collections throughout the United States, Japan, Italy, Taiwan and China. Echo is aself-taught artist and his style went from early 20th century inspiration into totally contemporary work. He is one who invented the “Light drawing” which he uses digital camera with long exposure to catch his “Drawing in the Space” or “Dancing with Lights”. It becomes his signature for contemporary world.

Artist Statement:
"The Light Drawings"
After several hours of preparation, I use just a single shot to complete each image. During an exposure time of approximately one minute, I manipulate lights in front of the camera to create “Light Drawings.” Sometimes I invert the positive image to a negative one on a computer but otherwise the “Light Drawings” are not manipulated. Sometimes I put the same positive and negative images side-by-side in the finished piece.

I have been drawing with traditional mediums for twenty-eight years. I used oil painting to explore the effects of light in a 2006 solo exhibition, “See the Light,” at the Little Tokyo Cultural Center, partnered with Helen Keller International. I became curious about the effects of lights in motion. Could this become the basis of a new kind of drawing? I experimented with cameras and lights until I was able to spontaneously tap into decades of drawing experience while the camera’s shutter was open, bringing life to a series of “Light Drawings.”

The technique originated in 1914 when scientists Frank and Lillian Gilbreth used small lights and an open shutter to track the motions of factory workers. My light drawings are inspired by Jackson Pollock and Cy Twombly whose paintings are composed with spontaneous actions, performances traced in time.

In my Zen Buddhist meditation practice, the lights bend like a reed in the breeze, or soar freely as a bird above a cliff, thousands of lights dancing in my mind. The inner world is clean, clear and full of fresh air. Thousands of lights move as a wave. The secrets of the universe are revealed.

Music, especially classical symphony, also shapes these visions. I draw the feelings the music brings forth, the expansive sense of flying over mountains, rivers, and oceans.

I have been an abstract painter for many years, concerned with line, shape, composition and concept. Digital photography allows me to expand creatively while using an ultra-contemporary medium with limitless potential.
Art for me is an experimental adventure, a profound form of play.

Solo Exhibitions:
2014 - Exhibition at SCA Gallery (Southern California Art Project Gallery), Pomona, California.
2013 - Exhibition at ArtCore Gallery (Brewery Annex), Los Angeles, California.
2012 - Exhibition at Museum X of Contemporary Art, California.
2011 - Exhibition at TECO (Taiwan Economical and Cultural Office) gallery in LA, California.
2010 - Exhibition at Taiwan Center, in Los Angeles, California.
2009 - Exhibition at Land Bank Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
2009 - Exhibition at Museum X of Contemporary Art, California.
2008 - Exhibition at Sun-Tien Museum in Irvine, California.
2007 - Exhibitions in Kaohsiung, Taichung and Taipei of Taiwan.
2006 - "See the Light" Solo Art Exhibition in Japanese Cultural Center, Partner with Helen Keller International (and Published Art Book), Los Angeles, USA.

Group Exhibitions:
2015
● “Neo-Art”, at global Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan.
2014
● “Neo-Art”, at Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan.
● “PRESENTARTXV”, at Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
● "Aurora" at LAAA (Los Angeles Art Association), Los Angeles, California.
● "Drawing Backwards" at The Heritage of the Americas Museum in Cuyamaca College, Rancho San Diego, California.
● “Ink & Clay 40”, Kellogg University Art Gallery at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California, Curated by Dave Lefner.
● “The Art of Stem Cells” at OCCCA (Orange County Center for Contemporary Art) in collaboration with the scientists of the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UCI (Univerity of California, Irvine)
● “Non-Objective Moment” at Gallery 825 (Los Angeles Art Association), California. Curated by Cynthia Penna.
● Museum of Fine Art, 29th Tallahassee International at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, Curated by FSU Art Department Associate Professors Carrie Ann Baade and John Mann.
● “LATITUDE 34-40” Curated by Cynthia Penna at Villa Di Donato in Napoli, Italy.
● The Masur Museum (Monroe, Louisiana) 51st Art’s Annual showcases contemporary artists, Curated by Kelly Shindler, Associate Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM), Missouri.
● “Spectrum-Gestalt” with (MOPLA) at bG Gallery (Bleicher/Golightly/Gorman), Santa Monica, California.
● "SQUARED" at The Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado, Curated by
Mr. Eric Berkemeyer, Curatorial Assistant, Denver Art Museum (Denver, Colorado) and Mr. Randy Pijoan, a visual artist, lecturer, educator and founder of Ventero Open Press Fine Art, San Luis, Colorado.
● Exhibition with WCD (West Coast Drawing) at Wells Fargo Bank-CAP Gallery in Laguna Beach, California.
● "Honest Media" exhibition at Pacific Beach Library in San Diego, California.
● "InMotion" exhibition at South Bay Lexus in Torrance, California.

2013
● Exhibition at Photo L A with Gallery 825 in Los Angeles, California.
● “Beyond the Naked Eye” at bG Gallery (Bleicher/Golightly/Gorman), Santa Monica, California.
● "LAAA Open" Curated by Jenny Gheith, Asst. Curator at SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
● "In Motion 2013” at South Bay Lexus Service Center, Torrance, California. Curated by Max Presneill, director of TAM (Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, California).
● "Made in California" at Brea City Gallery, California. Curated by Meg Linton (curator and the director at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles).
● "Gleaming Apollo" at Gallery 825. Curated by Shula Nazarian (Director of Shulamit Gallery).
● "Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2013" at Grunwald Gallery of Art (Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana), Curated by Nan Brewer, Lucienne M. Glaubinger (Curator of Works on Paper at the Indiana University Art Museum).
● "11th annual ArtFutura" at Ryan Family Atrium, Northwestern University Lurie Center, Chicago, Illinois. Curated by James Rondeau, (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago).
● "Out There" at Gallery 825, Los Angeles. Curated by Noted Collectors Francisco George and William Escalera.
● "How Simple Can You Get" at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut. Curated by Robert Storr, Dean of Yale university School of Art.
● “Constellations” at Lot 613 Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Curated by Michelle Berc, Director of Create:Fixate.
● “Conversation and Dialogue” at Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
● "LBA Open" Curated by Peter Mays, Director at Los Angeles Art Association.
● "The Search", Collaborative Exhibition at OCCCA(Orange County Center for Contemporary Art) inspired by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

2012
● "Contemporary Art Ruhr" (C.A.R.), Ruhr, Germany. Curated by Silvia Sonnenschmidt and Thomas Volkmann.
● "Drifting Time" at Taiwan National Chia-Yi University Art Center, Taiwan. Curated by Art Professor Hsieh, Chi-Chang of the Chia-Yi University.
● “LAAA Open” at Gallery 825 (Los Angeles Art Association), California. Curated by Rebecca Morse, Associate Curator, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles.
● “Terrestrial Life” at Gallery 825, California. Curated by Whitney Carter of Carter & Citizen Gallery.
● “Out There” at Gallery 825, California. Curated by Francisco George and William Escalera.
● “Show us Your Best Shot”, at OCCCA (Orange County Center for the Contemporary Art), California. Curated by Susan Spiritus, Owner of Susan Spiritus Gallery, Gina Genis, Photographer/Curator, Jeff T. Alu, Photographer/Curator.
● “California Open” at TAG Gallery (Bergamot Art Center), California. Curated by Meg Linton.

2011
● Exhibition at LBA (Long Beach Art Association), California.
● French-Salon Taiwan Artists Art Exhibition in Taipei and Hawaii.
● Exhibition with Taiwanese American Photographic Association in Los Angeles.
● Exhibition with Taiwanese American Art Association in Cultural Center.

2010
● French-Salon Taiwan Artists Art Exhibition in Taipei and Los Angeles.
● Exhibition with Taiwanese American Art Association in Los Angeles.
● Exhibition with Long Beach Art Association in Long Beach, California.

2009
● Exhibition at PhotoTaipei, Taiwan.
● "USA-Taiwan-China" Cross-Cultural Art Exhibition in Pomona, California.
● French-Salon Taiwan Artists Art Exhibition in Taichung, Taiwan and Shar-Men, China.
● Overseas Cultural Exchange Art Exhibitions in Japan, Taiwan and USA.

2008
● Selected at The American Juried Art Salon as Master Class, Texas, USA.
● “Neo-Art” Exhibition at Fun Year Art Gallery in Taichung, Taiwan.
● Exhibition with International Photography Artist Society, Los Angeles, California.
● French-Salon Taiwan Artists Art Exhibition in Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan.

2007
● Selected at Salon des Artistes Francais, Paris, France.
● Selected in "TechArt III" at South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts, Juried by Carl Fudge.
● Honorable Mention at International Photography Award (IPA), USA.
● Selected at The American Juried Art Salon, Texas, USA.
● Group Photographic Art Exhibition at Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China.

2006
● Art Exhibition with TAAA (Taiwanese-American Art Association) in Los Angeles, California.
● Exhibition with TAPA (Taiwanese-American Photographer Association) in Los Angeles, California.

2005
● Taiwanese-American Artist Exhibition in Los Angeles.
● TAAA Cross-Country Art Exhibition in Taipei, Kaohsuing, and Taichung, Taiwan.
● Exhibition at Taiwan Normal University Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

Awards & Honors:
2014
● Third place at "Art Riot" at Escondido Municipal Gallery, in Escondido, California. Curated by Ted Washington.
● Honorable Mention at “Ink & Clay 40”, Kellogg University Art Gallery at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California, Curated by Dave Lefner.
2013
● Second place at "LBA Open" in Long Beach, California. Curated by Peter Mays, Director at Los Angeles Art Association.
● Second place in "Big & Small" at Long Beach Art in Long Beach, California. Curated by Ron Linden.
● Third place in “2013 Juried Open” at Topanga Canyon Gallery in Santa Monica, California. Curated by Om Navon Bleicher, Director of BG Gallery.
2012
● Honorable Mention at "IPA"(International Photography Awards).
2009
● Best of the Show at Multi-Associations Photographic Exhibition in Los Angeles, California. Curated by Per Volquartz
2008
● Award of Excellence by American Juried Art Salon, Texas, USA.
● Honorable Mention at "IPA"(International Photography Awards).
2007
● Honorable Mention at "IPA"(International Photography Awards).
2005
● Award of Distinction – Photography Competition for Hsi Lai Temple’s 40th anniversary celebration - Los Angeles, California.
● Honorable Mention – Annual Contest at Photographic Society of America – Minneapolis, Minnesota.
● Honorable Mention – Annual Contest at Hong Kong International Photography Salon – Hong Kong, China.

Affiliations:
2015
● Pasadena Society of Artists
2008-2009
● President of Taiwanese American Photographic Association in Los Angeles, California.
● President of Taiwanese American Art Association in Los Angeles, California.
2007-2008
● Art Counselor at Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
2004
● A-Team Photography Reporter for Taiwan’s 2004 Presidential Election.

Publications
2013
● INDA8(International Drawing Annual) Manifest Annual Book, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2012
● INPHA1(International Photography Annual) Manifest Annual Book, Cincinnati, Ohio.
● INDA7(International Drawing Annual) Manifest Annual Book, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2011
● International Tour Exhibition of French-Salon Taiwan Artists Association.
● Bi-Annual Book of International Photographers Federation (IPF), Taiwan.
2010
● International Tour Exhibition of French-Salon Taiwan Artists Association.
● Taiwanese American Art Association Exhibition Book.
● International Joint Exhibition Book of Art Photographer’s Federation in Korea.
2009
● International Tour Exhibition of French-Salon Taiwan Artists Association.
2008
● French-Salon Taiwan Artists Exhibition items Historical data Research Collection by Council for Cultural Affairs of Taiwan.
● Annual Book of Asia Photographer’s Federation in Korea (APFK).
2007
● "Univers Des Arts, 2007" Paris, France.
● Bi-Annual Book of International Photographers Federation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2006
● "See the Light" Solo Art Exhibition Book.
● Bi-Annual Book of Asia Photographers Federation Conference and Exhibition, Taiwan.
2005
● Taiwanese American Art Association Exhibition Book.