Lee Hansheng Studios

Hansheng Lee (李翰昇) is a multimedia Taiwanese American artist currently based in Richmond, Virginia. A lifelong creative, Hansheng’s passion for art began in childhood and has since evolved into a practice that bridges fine art, storytelling, and culture. He holds a BFA in Art Education and Illustration with minors in Painting & Printmaking and Ceramics, as well as an MFA in Illustration.

Hansheng works fluidly across both digital and traditional mediums, including watercolor, acrylic, gouache, and oil, as well as stained glass, ceramics, and enamel. His art reflects a fusion of Asian and Western aesthetics, often drawing on themes of nature, memory, environmental balance, and the imagined future. His current bodies of work explore temple forms, emotional landscapes, and celestial dreamscapes.

Outside the studio, Hansheng is also a dedicated home-chef and gardener, weaving the rhythms of nature into his creative life. From seasonal harvests to traditional recipes, his culinary and horticultural practices are an extension of his art~ nourishing, intentional, and rooted in culture. These facets of his life are fully integrated into his creative identity as part of Art Collective International (ACI), where he serves as a studio founder, art educator, and advocate for sustainable, accessible creativity.

He has exhibited in galleries and community spaces, including VCU and the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center, and continues to engage with local and global audiences through artisan markets, classes, and community collaborations. Hansheng believes in the enduring power of art to connect people across differences, foster understanding, and remind us that beauty~ like life, can be both fleeting and forever.

Instagram: @LeeHanshengStudios

Before fully dedicating himself to visual arts, Hansheng and his husband Chris Foster had been planning to open a tea house~ an intimate space blending culture, design, and hospitality. The vision was a natural extension of their shared love for food, plants, and community. However, when the pandemic struck, those plans were put on indefinite hold.

Rather than pause his creative life entirely, Hansheng redirected his energy into his personal art practice. After years of working under restrictive corporate structures~ often silenced by NDAs and creative limitations~ he chose to reclaim his voice and focus on building his own studio. This shift allowed him to fully explore his interdisciplinary interests and build something with lasting impact, free from the confines of someone else’s brand.

Hansheng Lee and Husband Chris Foster

李翰昇 – 求學過程中

李翰昇（Hansheng Lee）是一位居住於美國維吉尼亞州里奇蒙的多媒體台美藝術家。從小便對藝術充滿熱情，在學術過程中不斷深入探索。他擁有藝術教育與插畫學士學位，並輔修繪畫、版畫與陶藝，後續取得插畫碩士學位。

李翰昇擅長運用多種媒材創作，包含水彩、壓克力、廣告顏料、油畫、彩繪玻璃、陶藝與琺瑯。他的作品融合東西方藝術風格，經常圍繞自然、生態平衡、記憶與想像中的未來等主題。他目前正致力於一系列關於寺廟意象、情感風景與宇宙夢境的創作。

除了視覺藝術的實踐之外，李翰昇也是一位熱愛料理與園藝的家庭主廚。他從事的園藝與飲食活動反映出對季節與自然的敏銳感知，而這些日常實踐也成為他創作的一部分——真誠、有意識且扎根於文化之中。這些生活面向完全融入於他在**

國際藝術共創社群（Art Collective International, ACI）**中的身份，他是ACI的共同創辦人、藝術教育者與永續創作的推廣者。

他的作品曾在多個展覽與藝術空間中展出，包括VCU與Glen Allen文化藝術中心。他也積極參與手作市集、課程與社區合作計畫，持續與本地與國際觀眾連結。李翰昇相信藝術擁有跨越差異、促進理解與創造連結的力量，而這些情感的傳達正是藝術永恆價值的體現。

Instagram: @LeeHanshengStudios

在全心投入視覺藝術之前，李翰昇與他的丈夫 Chris Foster 曾計畫開設一間茶館~ 一個融合文化、美學與款待精神的親密空間。這個構想源於兩人對食物、植物與社群的熱愛，是他們生活哲學的延伸。然而，隨著疫情爆發，這項計畫不得不無限期延後。

面對這樣的轉變，李翰昇沒有讓創作停擺，反而將精力重新投入到個人藝術實踐中。在多年服務於限制性極高的企業藝術體系後~ 其中許多作品都因保密協議而無法對外展示~ 他決定重新找回自己的創作聲音，並專注於打造自己的工作室。

這樣的轉變讓他得以真正探索跨領域的創作興趣，並以自由、真誠的方式，建立起具有長遠意義的藝術事業，而不再受限於他人品牌之下的框架。