a brief biography

KC Horng was born in China, educated in Taiwan (B.A. 1965 National Taiwan Normal University), and completed diploma training at Singapore Nanyang Arts Academy 1999-2002. After retirement from the National University of Singapore in 2004, she immigrated to the USA and has lived in Laguna Beach since 2007. She continues her arts studies following masters Lan Huang and Steven Wang.

KC’s participation in local and international art exhibitions has earned her many awards:

• In China, she exhibited at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Arts Exhibition (Fuzhou); her art is on permanent display in the Fuzhou Art Museum.

• In Singapore, she was a member of the Fujian Artists Association which exhibited annually at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

• Local/regional exhibits have included: Orange County Fair, Yuan Chinese Brush Painting Association Arts Exhibit (Claremont, CA), various venues with Orange County Chinese Artists Association, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach Library, solo exhibits at Mission Viejo Library, jointly with Lan Huang at Tustin Senior Center and Lakeside Senior Center in Irvine, CA, and other exhibits.

• In Laguna Beach, she has exhibited at Art-A-Fair, City Hall, Suzi Q, Wells Fargo Bank, Woman’s Club, and Sawdust Winter Fantasy. KC Horng offers workshops at Art-A-Fair and Sawdust Summer Festival and Winter Fantasy.