美国知名华裔艺术家、学者、当代烟灰墨绘画最重要的艺术实践者和这一领域世界最杰出的领先人物艾米·贝斯克（即艾米·李·濑上）正式受邀担任IAI联盟设计教育专委会国际部主任，同时兼任IAI中美文化交流特使，她表示未来将通过IAI联促进中美设计、教育、文化艺术交流方面扮演桥梁的角色，协助IAI联盟在北美设立分支组织机构，提升IAI联盟在北美乃至全球地区的影响。

 

艾米·贝斯克（即艾米·李·濑上）是一个领导者，机械工程师和一个获奖的艺术家。她把水当作作画的画布，创造性地把日本古代烟灰墨绘画术转变为水上作画的现代技艺。她交互式的演示风格把东西方文化融合到了一起。她已在10个国家进行了水上作画表演，召开研讨会，并在创造力和领导会议上发表了主题演讲。

 

她的作品打破了艺术的历史疆界，通过重新界定科技的表达形式扩展了科技的含义。独特濑上风格和特色为她赢得了无数包括很多评委会评奖的重大奖项。艾德·施克，已故著名画家，称她为一个有极强的艺术敏感度和鉴别能力的艺术家。

 

她的作品除了被许多私人收藏，也被新墨西哥博物馆和美国库珀-休伊特国立设计博物馆和纽约的史密森学会永久收藏了。英国广播公司电台称她的艺术作品是一项重大艺术成就。克雷恩芝加哥商业杂志认为她是烟灰墨绘画最重要的艺术实践者和这一领域世界最杰出的领先人物。

 

她是即将举行的美国艺术科学学习大会全国理事会的成员之一。为基础的科学教育会议学习。除数次在美国芝加哥市戴利市长活动中担任负责人之外，她也曾在数个领域的团体中担任领导职务，例如：美术教学资源和国家议长协会芝加哥分会。艾米是位于芝加哥市中心—美国历史地标的建筑美术画廊的创始人。迄今，她已两次被芝加哥妇女列为“让世界从此变得不同的女性之一。”

 

在她获得的众多奖项之中，她得到了著名美国伊利诺理工大学的最高荣誉—表彰杰出IIT女性的朱丽亚贝弗里奇特别奖。美国移民法基金会因为艾米的创新艺术家卓越贡献，授予了她的移民成就奖。出身在中国，在香港长大，艾米在美国接受了本科和硕士阶段教育。她在对艺术和科技的结合方面有着杰出的能力。

 

Amy Basic (also known as Amy Lee Segami) is an executive, a mechanical engineer and an award-winning artist. Using water as canvas, she transforms the ancient Suminagashi art into the innovative contemporary art of Painting On Water™. With her interactive presentation style that bridges the cultures of East and West, she has given presentations in ten countries, conducted workshops at retreats and delivered keynote speeches at Creativity and Leadership Conferences.

 

Her work is noted for breaking historical boundaries of art and expanding technological limitations by redefining its expression. The unique and distinctive Amy style paintings have won numerous awards and inclusions in many juried competitions. Ed Paschke, the late renowned painter, called her an artist of extraordinary sensitivity and virtuosity. In addition to many private collections, her works are in the permanent collection of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution in New York. The BBC radio called her work a major accomplishment. Crain’s Chicago Business recognized her as the foremost practitioner of the Suminagashi art form and one of the region’s finest leaders in the field.

 

She is one of the National Council Members of the upcoming Arts-Based Learning in Science Education Conference. In addition to being Principal For A Day numerous times in Chicago Mayor Daley’s program, she had served on several community boards: Art Resources in Teaching and the Chicago Chapter of National Speaker Association. Amy was one of the founders of the Fine Arts Building Gallery, located in a National Historic Landmark in downtown Chicago. Today's Chicago Woman listed her twice as One of the “Women Making A Difference.”

 

Among numerous awards, she received the prestigious Julia Beveridge Award at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, the highest honor awarded to extraordinary IIT women. The American Immigration Law Foundation presented her the Immigrant Achievement Awards for her remarkable contributions as an innovative artist. Born in China, grew up in Hong Kong, she received her college education and postgraduate degree in United States. She is recognized for her extraordinary ability to bring science and art together.