Lectures The process of art-making is like a trail to uncover the truth. Layers of brush strokes leave bloody wounds and drying scars when increasing stories that would make the abstract phenomena virtualized. As I keep on working with oil paint, the bloody scars and the visual presentations reword me with endless victorious smiles. Visible and invisible awareness is thus purified and makes my life cleaner and more peaceful.
Biography
Born in Miao-Li, grown up in Taipei, matured in New York, return to Taiwan.
Education & Experiences
1995, Doctor of Arts, New York University, New York, USA.
1989, M.F.A., Pratt Institute, New York. USA.
1984, B.F.A., National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.
1995-now, Professor of Department of Arts and Design, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
2004-05, Adjunct Professor of Taipei National University of the Arts
2003, Adjunct Professor of Graduate School of Plastic Arts, Tainan National University of the Arts
2001, Adjunct Professor of Taipei National University of the Arts
1995-2001, Adjunct Professor of Graduate Department of Fine Arts, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
1995, Adjunct and Associate Professor of Taipei Municipal University of Education
Concept
In order to visit the archetype of motherhood—"Female Genealogy", I practice the mythology which belongs to the pre-history world, as well as the chaotic world which belongs to the pre-mythological world. Through the study and research, I tried to re-construct the told mythological stories and a new myth also appeared in a series of paintings I made since. On the process of visiting the "Female Pedigree", I realized the way I was brought up by my mother —an unusual woman who used to combine avant-garde as well as traditional thought in my education. . I actually don’t want to raise Yuan-Hao, my daughter, the same way my mother hadraised me, yet no matter what I had decided, I found my mother’s shadow behind. Maybe by keep on telling stories and keep on recording the stories in my painting will this problem be solved.
The process of art-making is like a trail to uncover the truth. Layers of brush strokes leave bloody wounds and drying scars when increasing stories that would make the abstract phenomena virtualized. As I keep on working with oil paint, the bloody scars and the visual presentations reword me with endless victorious smiles. Visible and invisible awareness is thus purified and makes my life cleaner and more peaceful.
Owner
2004, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
2003, National Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
1996, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
1993, Howard Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo Exhibitions
2006, "Yuan-Hao: Yuan-Hao: From Chora to Female Genology", IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2005, "Chora", Arts Center of NCTU(National Chiao Tung University), Hsinchu, Taiwan
1989, "MFA Solo Exhibition", Pratt Institute, New York, USA.
Group Exhibitions
2006, "Joint exhibition of female artists", CYCU Art Center Art center, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2006, "Macro Vision, Micro Analysis, Multiple Reflections—Contemporary Art in Taiwan since 1987", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2006, "Contemporary sketch in Taiwan - exhibition of black and white", Art Center of Chienkuo Technology University, Changhua, Taiwan
2005, "Educational Exhibition--See‧Play", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2005, "The 2005 Kuandu Extravaganza - Exhibition of Modern Art in Taiwan", Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2005, "Reveal of feminine concept - Awakening of consciousness", Art Center of Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2005, "Under the Voice", Taiwan New Arts Union, Tainan, Taiwan
2005, "Art and Sex – Dialogue between Female Artists and the World", Art Center of Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2004, "Fiction Love – Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art", Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2004, "Eye Dream, Multiple realities in Contemporary Photography and Painting", Centre Culturel de Taiwan a Paris, France; City Hall Gallery, Ottawa City Hall, Canada; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2004, "The Multiform Nineties: Taiwan’s Art Branches Out", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Teipei, Taiwan
2004, "Scylla and Charybdis in Love: The Challenges Facing Contemporary Taiwanese Artists", Gwangju Art Museum, Korea (7/9~8/1); National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung; Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2004, "Contemporary Taiwanese Art in the Era of Contention", Herbert E. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornel U., USA.
2004, "Drawing", Howard Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
2003, "Archetypes of Gender Writing - Juin Shieh vs. Pedro Tseng", Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center of Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
2003, "Discourses on Love: 64 Conversation in SARS" Era", IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2003, "Living in the Technological Age - The First International Women’s Art Festival in Taiwan, (curated by Elsa Chen), Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2003, "LIS loves you! part II", Hong Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2002, "Mulan Anniversary Extravaganza: Explore Visual Frontier-Art Works on Paper", Mulan Arts Co., Taipei, Taiwan
2001, "Absolute Body: Female Perception of Contemporary Taiwanese Art", Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2001, "Sour and Sweet Yeast Fungus", Hua-Shan Art District, Taipei, Taiwan
2001, "Zone of Myth: Between Tenderness and Tension", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; Eslite Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2000, "Capturing Phenomena and Imagination: Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing", Eslite Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2000, "Journey of the Spirit: Taiwanese Women Artists and Contemporary Representations", Kaohsiung Museum of Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2000, "Zone of Myth: Between Tenderness and Tension", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1999, "Visions of Pluralism, Contemporary Art in Taiwan, 1988-1999", China Art Museum, Beijing, China; Mountain Art Museum, Kaohsiung; National Museum of History, Taipei; Art Centers of Tsinghua U., Chiaotung U. and Hsin-Chu Teachers College.
1999, "Erotic Art", Tai-Chung Culture Center, Taichung, Taiwan.
1999, "Four Men Show", Howard Salon, Taipei, Taiwan.
1999, "Magnet Writing / Marching Ideas", IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan.
1998, "New Drawing I", Casa de solo, Taipei, Taiwan.
1998, "5th ’98 Pyongtaek International Art Festival", Pyongtaek City, S. Korea
1997, "Tunghi University Faculty Exhibition", Tunghi University, Taichung, Taiwan
1996, "Wome-Women", International Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1995, "Drawing Exhibition", Howard Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
1994, "Small Works", De-Man Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1990, "Artist in the Marketplace 10th Annual Exhibition", Bronx Museum of Arts, New
1990, York City, USA.
1990, "41st Annual Art of Northeast USA", Silvermine Guild Art Center, Connecticut, USA.
1990, "China June 4th, 1989", P.S.1 Museum, New York City, USA.
1990, "National Exposure", Wether Holt Gallery, Washington DC, USA.
1990, "The Annual Juried Competition", Islip Museum of Art, Long Island, New York, USA.
1989, "China June 4th 1989", Blum Helman Warehouse, SoHo, New York City, USA.
1987, "The Exceptions and the Exceptionals", Pratt Institute, New York City, USA.
Prize Winning
1996, Scholarship, National Science Council, Taiwan
1990, Best in the Category of Oil Painting, Annual Competition sponsored by Islip Museum of Art, Long Island, New York, USA.
Artist in Residence
1999, The 3rd Artist Residency, Ma-Tzu, Taiwan
1990,"Artist in the Marketplace" Program, Bronx Museum of Arts, New York City, USA.
Bibliographies
Publish
Yuan-Hao—From Chora to Female Genology, Commercial Press, Ltd., 2006
A Remark on Femininity and Queerness for Emerging Artists, Artist Publisher, 2003
"Searching for the path in Mythology for women", Net and Book, 2004
Floating in the "Chora"—A Remark on Pregnancy, a thesis in "Living in the Technological Age—The First International Women’s Art Festival in Taiwan" Symposium, Kaohsiung Museum, 2003
The The Contradition and Pleasure of Teaching Studio Art—Dancing in Art and Humanities, "Teacher’s Words", Art Education, May. 2003
"A Woman Artist’s Confession", "Open Discussion", Artist Magazine", Aug. 2002
"A Post-Modern View of Art and Humanities", NHCTC Acadamy, Oct. 2002, p.19-28
"Run Away", Juin Shieh’s Art in 2002,Providence U. Art Center, Taichung, 2002
"Classicism", Contemporary Woodcut Speech, Miaoli Cultural Center, 2001, p.142-154
"Classical Sensibility in the Postmodern Era", Chu-Ming Museum Season, Autumn, 2001, p.8-12
"Love is the Mythology, Art is the Witness", Eslite Reading, Autumn, 2001, p.23-25
"Why not try "Female Writing"？", Artist Magazine, Sept. 2001, p.124
"German Neo-Expressionism", Chu-Ming Museum Season, Summer, 2001, p.6-9
"Woman’s laughter, Can You Hear？", Eslite Reading, March Issue, 2001, p.76
"Images of Young Girl in the Western Art History", Eslite Reading, May Issue, 2000, p.8-9
"We are all Guerrilla Girl", Pots, 2000
"A Post-Modern Way of Art Apreciation", NHCTC Acadamy, 12th Issue, 1999, p.347-368
"Why Do we Care About Woman’s Art？", NHCTC Magazine, 1999, pl28-35
"Sublime from the Power and the Sensation", Central News, 22 Feb. 1999
About "Woman’s Issue", Central News, 1 Dec. 1998
"Anatomy 2000", Painting Catalogue, 1998
"A Post-Modern Way of Art Apreciation", sponsored by National Culture and Art Foundation, Taiwan, 1998
"A Study of Humanities and Art Creation Curriculum", Teaching Century, 1996, p.12-17.
"I Say, Painting Catalogue, 1995, p.7
"Looking for a Balance", Artist Magazine, April 1995, p.262-263
"Allegorical Mannerism: Classicism/Anti-Classicism in the Post-Modern Painting", a dissertation for Doctor of Arts, New York University, UMI, 1995
"An Argument Between Apollo and Dialyses", Art Elite Magazine, May.1993, p.54-55.
"Post-Modern Spirit in Mannerism: Giolio Romano’s Fresco in Mantua", Art Elite Magazine, Nov. 1992, p.32-35
"The Post-Modern Allegory in Arnold Mesches’s Painting", Art Elite Magazine, Oct. 1992, p.78-81
"Classicism in the Post-Modern Era", Lion Art Magazine, June 1992, p.83-85
"Classical Spirit in Contemporary Art World", Artist Magazine, June 1991, p. 234-236
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