In 1964 he went to Paris to study art and in 1968 he moved to America, where he has lived ever since. Although Shaih has been abroad, both his art theory and criticism have been frequently seen in the domestic media, and he is not an unfamiliar figure in the art scene here.
民國五十三年赴巴黎學「藝」，五十七年轉往美國迄今，謝里法雖身在異鄉，但其藝術理論或評介，經常見諸國內媒體，台灣藝術界對他並不陌生。