Bernice Bing  李玉冰 pinyin Li Yubing

1936

Bernice Bing  李玉冰 ( 1936 - 1998 ) was born on April 10 in Chinatown of San Francisco  

California. His father was from South China.

Following the death of her mother, when she was only six years old, she spent her

childhood in foster homes.

After high school, where she won several Art competitions, she joined the California

College  of Arts and Crafts.

There, she studied with two artists who were to be the source of her inspiration :

 -  the American painter Richard Diebenkorn with abstract expressionism

 -  and the Japanese painter Saburo Hasegawa who introduced her to Zen Buddhism,

Chinese philosophers and traditional calligraphy.

She continued her studies at the California School of Fine Arts.

1959

She graduated with a B.F.A.

1961

She graduated with a M.F.A.

Very active, she joined various Art organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

1980/1984

She was the Director of the South of Market Art Cultural Center.

1984

She traveled to China and studied calligraphy and Chinese traditional landscape

painting.

Upon her return, she moved to Philo California.

1996

She won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Women's Caucus for

the Arts.

1998

She died of cancer, at the age of 62, in Philo  United States.

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1961

Paintings and Drawings -1rst Solo exhibition Batman Gallery  San Francisco  United States.

1970

San Francisco Art Festival  United States.

1996

Collective exhibition The Rose Art Museum Brandeis University Waltham Massachusetts

2022

07 10 2022 26.06 2023  Into View : Berning Bing Asian Art Museum  San Francisco  

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Bernice Bing  李玉冰 - A Lady and a Road Map, 1962
Oil on canvas. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Museum purchase, 2020.26. © Estate of the Artist. Photograph © Asian Art Museum

Bernice Bing  李玉冰 - Mayacamas N°.6 March 12 - 1963

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