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Leland Lee (李柏毅)

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Leland Lee (李柏毅)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Leland Lee
  • Chinese: 李柏毅
  • Era: 1989
  • Geography: Los Angeles, California
  • Core roles: artist
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Born in 1989 in Los Angeles of a Taiwanese American family, Leland Lee was diagnosed with autism at an early age. He exhibited talents for the arts at age four and was acknowledged by the experts in his school district as a highly gifted young artist at age eight. As he developed his arts, a channel began to open-up for revealing his secretive world to others. His paint brushes substituted for his lips and tongue as a means to depict his experiences of the world around him. The use of bright, bold colors encompassing the entire spectrum of the rainbow, and dark lines defining the borders of forms and spaces established a unique style all his own. Having been born in America and lived in Asia, his paintings took on an exotic aura. Even an ordinary live sketch could turn into a dramatic blend of colors and shapes, a movement of intense colors and curvy lines, resulting in an experience of the space and time that was quite different than the world around him.

Timeline

  • 1989 — born in Los Angeles to a Taiwanese American family
  • early childhood — diagnosed with autism; painting becomes his primary means of expression
  • age 4 — artistic talent first exhibited
  • age 8 — acknowledged by school-district experts as a highly gifted young artist
  • 2019-03-18 — featured in TAH encyclopedia profile #267
  • 2021/04 — featured in TAH #172 program 《天才雨人》with 簡靜惠 and 李永碩

Style

Bright, bold colors spanning the full spectrum with dark lines defining forms and spaces — a style shaped by being born in America and raised partly in Asia; even live sketches resolve into intense color movements and curvy lines.

TAH documentation

Leland Lee’s life and art are recorded in three vault holdings: an artist profile ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/artist14-leland-lee|TAH #14]]), encyclopedia profile #267 featured on 2019-03-18 ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ota-267|TAH #267]]), and the TAH #172 program 《天才雨人》 (2021/04) with 簡靜惠 and 李永碩 ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/videos-172|TAH #172]]).

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Vault Holdings

TAH records held in this vault:

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/artist14-leland-lee|TAH #14 — 李柏毅 Leland Lee]]
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ota-267|TAH #267 — Leland Lee 李柏毅 (2019/03)]]
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/videos-172|TAH #172 — 天才雨人~簡靜惠 李永碩 李柏毅 (2021/04)]]

Sources

Corpus cross-reference（deepen 2026-09-14）

  • HOLD: conflict — 語料庫唯一其他hits [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-373|TAH #373 The Overseas Taiwanese Student Movement And Its Impact on Post-Sunflower Movement Politics]]（New Bloom, 2021/06）提及「Lee Bo-yi (李柏毅)」為倫敦 Formosa Salon 發起人之一、後當選台湾國家建設聯合中心常務委員；以其留英學生背景與本頁 1989 年生洛杉磯自閉症藝術家之生平無法對應，疑似同名異人，不併入本頁。

Corpus recheck（deepen-x slice 09141400-8, 2026-09-14）

  • SKIP-with-reason：本頁已於先前 deepen pass 吸收全部語料（[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/artist14-leland-lee|TAH #14]]、[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ota-267|#267]]、[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/videos-172|#172]] 三頁均已載；[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-373|#373]] 同名異人 HOLD 已載）。本次重掃 hits 僅同批既有條目與 index 列表，無新社群事實可吸收。

Corpus recheck（deepen-x slice 09142319-6, 2026-09-15）

  • SKIP-with-reason：重掃（李柏毅／Leland Lee）命中不變——本人三筆 TAH 記錄（#14、#267、#172，均已 wikilink 載入）、同名異人 HOLD 條目 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-373|#373]]、index 目錄行與 MANIFEST 書目行。無新社群事實可吸收。

From the record

Corpus recheck（deepen-x slice 10081018-3, 2026-10-09）

  • SKIP-with-reason：重掃（李柏毅／Leland Lee／柏毅）命中不變——本人三筆 TAH 記錄（#14、#267、#172，均已 wikilink 載入）、同名異人 HOLD 條目 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-373|#373]]、index 目錄行與 MANIFEST 書目行。新增命中皆為同名異人政治人物報導，無本人社群事實：筱君台灣PLUS 2023-09-20、中央社 2023-11-13、中央社 2025-09-06、中央社 2023-10-17 之「李柏毅」為民進黨高雄市立委參選人；中央社 2022-08-17 之「李柏毅」為國民黨籍台北市議員（與既有 HOLD 同一人）。與本頁 1989 年生洛杉磯自閉症藝術家生平無法對應，不併入本頁。

Corpus recheck（deepen-x slice 10100700-10, 2026-10-11）

  • SKIP-with-reason：重掃（李柏毅／Leland Lee／柏毅）命中不變——本人三筆 TAH 記錄（#14、#267、#172，均已 wikilink 載入）、同名異人 HOLD 條目 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-373|#373]]、index 目錄行與 MANIFEST 書目行。新增命中皆為同名異人政治人物報導：筱君台灣PLUS 2023-09-20（邦聯制激辯） 與 太陽花佔立院報導 之「李柏毅」分別為政論節目來賓與國民黨台北市議員（與既有 HOLD 同一人），與本頁 1989 年生洛杉磯自閉症藝術家生平無法對應，不併入本頁。

Corpus recheck（deepen-x slice 10110315-12, 2026-10-12）

  • SKIP-with-reason：重掃（李柏毅／Leland Lee／柏毅）命中不變——本人三筆 TAH 記錄（#14、#267、#172，均已 wikilink 載入）、同名異人 HOLD 條目 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-373|#373]]、index 目錄行與 MANIFEST 書目行。新命中 TJJ root 轉載 2023-11-13 魚叉飛彈營區報導 之「李柏毅」為民進黨高雄市立委參選人，與既有 HOLD 之中央社 2023-11-13 報導同一人同一事件，與本頁 1989 年生洛杉磯自閉症藝術家生平無法對應，不併入本頁。

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