HSIAO CHIN


Hsiao Chin was born in 1935, in Shanghai, China. His father, Hsiao Yu-Mei, was an important initiator of modern Chinese music and a founder of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Hsiao came to Taiwan in 1949 and entered the Department of Arts at Provincial Taipei Teacher’s College (now National Taipei University of Education). In 1950s, he studied sketching briefly under Chu Teh-Chun and joined Lee Chun-Shan’s studio on Andong Street. In 1956, he co-founded the “Ton Fan Group” which focused on the abstract painting, and also led Taiwan modern art. He was also the member of the “Eight Great Outlaws”.

Later he studied aboard in Spain and had once worked in Paris, London and New York. He created “Punto Art Movement” and launched “International Surya Art Movement” and “International Shakti Art Movement”. In 1996, he came back to Taiwan and taught painting at the Graduate Institute of Plastic Art at the Tainan National College of the Arts (now Tainan National University of the Arts). After his retirement, he was awarded “Italian Star of Solidarity” by Italian president.

Hsiao Chin’s paintings present Neo-Taoism and Idealism. He not only uses Western ideologies of color to illustrate Eastern philosophy, but also uses Grass script, the style of Chinese calligraphy, to create Zen atmosphere. His works show distinctive artistic style and philosophy of eastern refined scholars. Hsiao Chin continuously explores and deduces the power and character of life through unique painting language and endless passion for creation.

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COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

New York Public Library, New York, USA

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

Kaohsiung Fine Arts Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Stadtisches Museum, Leverkusen, Germany

Städtisches Museum, Bochum, Germany

Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany

Städtisches Museum, Monchengladbach, Germany

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit, USA

Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Shanghai Art Museum, China

Guangdong Museum of Art, China

Zhongshan Museum of Art, Guangdong, China

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Centro Storico d’Arte Visiva dell’ Università di Parma, Italy

Galleria Civica di Cagliari, Italy

Museum d’Arte Moderna, Italy

Galleria Civica, Marsala, Italy

Galleria Civica and Università di Macerata, Italy

Galleria Civica, Gibellina, Italy

Palazzo Diamante, Ferrara, Italy

Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain

Randers Museum of Art, Denmark

Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Contemporary Art Museum, Skopije, Macedonía

Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Vilafamés, Spain

Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, San Gimignano, Italy

Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di San Marino

National Library of Wales Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Museo Brindisi, Italy

Kunstverein, Dusseldorf, Germany

Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Milan

Dimension Endowment of Art Foundation

Fondazione A. Calderara, Vaciago(NO), Italy

3812 Gallery, Hong Kong, China

M+, Hong Kong, China

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