HSIAO MING-HSIEN

Hsiao Ming-Hsien grew up in the taiwanese countryside and drew his first sketches in appreciation of the beauty of nature. In 1952, he enrolled in the Department of Fine Arts in the National Taipei University of Education, where he met Hsiao Chin, who encouraged him to join Lee Chun-Shan’s studio. During his time in the studio, his discovery of abstraction introduced him to a different approach to painting and opened up other avenues. In 1955, he became the youngest of the eight founding members of the Ton Fan Group.His work received a prize at the São Paulo Biennal in 1957. This distinction was both an encouragement for him and for contemporary Taiwanese art, which had gained international recognition. During this period, he discovered the work of Paul Klee, in which he found similarities with ancient Chinese oracular characters that he is particularly fascinated by. In 1964, his interest in French painting led him to settle in Paris, where he lived for five years. Curious to learn more and integrate into Parisian artistic circles, he enrolled at the École des Beaux- Arts.In 1969, he flew to New York, where he took part in several exhibitions. In 1973, he settled for good in New Jersey, where he worked as a painter in a famous porcelain 
studio. His expressive and spontaneous style is closely related to his love of classical music, which he always listens as he works, creating in his painting a veritable sense
of rhythm that echoes the music.