Ying-Hsi LIAO

**Ying-Hsi LIAO**

Born in 1968

Master's Degree in Fine Arts, Tunghai University

**Artist's Statement: (By Wen-Hai Chu)**

In recent years, Ying-Hsi Liao's work has favored symbolic seeds (the "Rice Treasure" series) and the singular form of genes. The exhibited works continue his ongoing creative focus, shifting themes of love, hope, and harmony into more abstract and rational forms in the visual context. This abstraction and purification, while satisfying the artistic pursuit of purity, also reflect on the pollution, population growth, and the impact of commercial mechanisms on human food demand. The most fundamental change in this process begins with genetic modification. Thus, Liao combines the imagery of seeds, reducing them to basic shapes like circles and diamonds. This approach reveals purer forms, light, and colors, expressing the transformation of nature into artificial, rational aesthetics following genetic modification.

**Current Positions:**

- Art Consultant Director, Hua Cheng International Art

- Deputy Secretary-General, Taiwan Region, Fujian Sculpture Association

- Art Director, Taiwan Li Gallery

- Art Consultant, Anhui Tongling Copper Sculpture Art Research Institute

- Board Member, Taiwan Mo Hai Painting Association

**Important Group Exhibitions:**

- 2024 Taichung Art Fair

- 2023 Tainan Art Fair, Taichung Art Fair, Taipei Art Fair

- 2022 Taichung Art Fair, Taipei Art Fair, Kaohsiung Art Fair

- 2010 Taipei Art Fair, Taichung Art Fair

- 2019 "In the Name of Animals," National Palace Museum Multimedia Exhibition, Harbor Art

- 2018 26th Asia Sculpture Exhibition, Hainan Island, Singapore Art Fair

- 2018 Guangzhou Art Fair

- 2018 Malaysia International Art Fair

- 2018 Xiamen International Public Art Exhibition

- 2018 Xiamen Panji Art Festival

- 2018 Nanjing Jurong Cross-Strait Art Exhibition

- 2018 Shanghai "Turbulence and Penetration" Exhibition

- 2018 Beijing "She: Visual Female Art Exhibition"

- 2018 Tainan Art Fair

- 2017 Münster, Germany Large Exhibition (Other Stones)

- 2017 Fujian Master Joint Exhibition

- 2017 Tainan Waterfront City Exhibition

- 2017 Beijing Top City Sculpture Exhibition

- 2017 Xiamen Gaoqi Airport Golden Brick Conference Exhibition

- 2017 Art Xiamen

- 2017 Malaysia Yun Street Art Fair

- 2017 Taipei International Art Fair

- 2017 German Münster Sino-German Exhibition (Other Stones)

- 2017 Beijing Songzhuang Super Women Art Stars, Excellent Award

- 2016 Cologne Art Fair, Germany

- 2016 Taiwan 100 Years Abstract Sculpture Exhibition

- 2016 Chengdu Cross-Strait Art Exhibition

- 2016 Taipei International Art Fair

- 2016 Chengdu Art Fair

- 2016 Taipei Top 10 Beautiful Women Artists Exhibition

- 2016 Singapore Art Fair

- 2016 Taipei New Art Fair

- 2016 Hong Kong Art Fair

- 2016 Fujian Sculpture Masters Exhibition

- 2015 Shenzhen Art Fair

- 2016 Taipei Hanse Art Fair

- 2016 Seoul International Sculpture Exhibition, South Korea

- 2015 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

- 2014 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

- 2014 Wuri Lantern Art Exhibition

- 2014 EPA Art Exhibition

- 2014 Taichung City Cultural Bureau

- 2014 Sanyi Wood Carving Art Festival

- 2013 Taipei-Shanghai Contemporary Art Exhibition

- 2013 Taipei National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei Contemporary Art Exhibition (Modern Iterations)

- 2013 Taiwan Post-War 50 Years, Taipei Kai Architecture Space

- 2013 Kaohsiung Buddha Memorial Hall (Love and Peace Exhibition)

- 2013 Japan Ishinomaki (Spring Promise) Artist Residency

- 2013 Penghu County Qingwan Cactus Art Season Artist Residency

- 2013 Taipei International Art Fair

- 2012 "ART TAIPEI 2012 Taipei International Art Fair," Taipei World Trade Center

- 2012 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

- 2012 "Asia Contemporary Sculpture Joint Exhibition," Korea Heari Art Village

- 2012 "Minjin-Taiwan Cultural Exchange Exhibition," Fujian, Shanxi

- 2012 "Bai Wu Project: Paper Church Artists Relay"

- 2012 "T-ART in Taichung, Taichung Art Fair," Evergreen Laurel Hotel, Taichung

- 2012 "Love City – Where is the Heart?" Urban Art Studio, Tainan City Government Cultural Bureau

- 2012 "Cross-Strait Thinking, Contemporary Dialogue – Dialogue Series," A-7958 Gallery, Taichung

- 2012 "Cross-Strait Thinking, Contemporary Dialogue – Taiwan Series," A-7958 Gallery, Taichung

- 2012 "ART TAINAN, Fucheng Hotel Fair," Deyi Liche Hotel, Tainan

- 2011 "Four Great Cities Modern Sculpture Exchange Conference," Fukuoka Asia Art Museum, Japan

- 2011 "26th Asia International Art Exhibition," Seoul, South Korea

- 2011 "ART TAIPEI 2011 Taipei International Art Fair," Taipei World Trade Center

- 2011 "Taiwan's Local Colors Correspondence (Gan)," 2nd Art Gallery Fair, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Ximen Store, Tainan

- 2011 "Cross-Strait Contemporary (He in China)," Xi'an, Beijing

- 2011 "Spring Tribute," Cross-Strait Contemporary Exchange Invitation Exhibition, Quanzhou

- 2010 "Taichung Winery Artist Fair"

- 2011 "Min-Tai Crossing," Cross-Strait Contemporary Exchange Invitation Exhibition, Kinmen, Matsu, Quanzhou, Fuzhou

- 2010 "Red River in China," Cross-Strait Contemporary Exchange Invitation Exhibition

- 2008 "Bursting Forward – Contemporary Art Trend Group Exhibition," A-7958 Gallery, Taichung

- 2006 National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

- 2005 Guangxi Guilin Cross-Strait Exchange

**Solo Exhibitions:**

- 2019 Kaohsiung "New Thinking - My Love"

- 2019 Xiamen "Without Dimension"

- 2019 Taipei "Qianfeng Art Museum"

- 2018 Taipei International Art Fair

- 2018 Taipei 99 Art Gallery

- 2018 Taipei Li Gallery

- 2018 Singapore WeMe Gallery

- 2018 Kuala Lumpur Wei Mei Gallery

- 2017 Kuala Lumpur Westin Hotel

- 2017 Taiwan Art Fair

- 2017 Taichung Art Fair

- 2017 Kuala Lumpur Wei Mei Gallery

- 2017 Singapore Wei Mei Gallery

- 2017 Beijing First Public Art

- 2017 Nanjing Art Fair

- 2017 Art Xiamen Art Fair

- 2017 Taiwan Creative Art Fair - Ying-Xi Yao Zhi

- 2016 Sun Moon Millennium Five-Star Hotel Art Domain

- 2016 New Art Fair - Life Unceasing

- 2016 Taipei Modern Motor Supercar Flagship Art Museum - Art World Vision

- 2015 Fujian Quanzhou International Sculpture Camp

- 2015 Taoyuan Film Festival Main Visual Installation Art

- 2015 Laojie Hotel Solo Exhibition - Horse Encounter

- 2015 Taichung Chungyo Department Store Solo Exhibition - You and Me

- 2015 Sun Moon Millennium Hotel Solo Exhibition - The Origin of Life

- 2015 Taipei New Art Fair Solo Exhibition - Harmony

- 2014 Asia Sculpture Exhibition, Kaohsiung Pier-2 Art District - Hope

- 2014 Taipei New Art Fair Solo Exhibition - Embrace

- 2014 Chungyo Department Store Solo Exhibition - Completion

- 2013 Taichung A7958 "Illusionary Mountain Water" Sculpture

- 2012 Taipei International Art Fair

- 2012 "Human Nature Series II" Ying-Hsi Liao Sculpture Exhibition, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei

- 2012 "Human Nature Series I" Ying-Hsi Liao Sculpture Exhibition, Kuan Long Construction, Zhubei

- 2011 "The World After Adam and Eve's Encounter," Dadun Art Gallery, Taichung City Cultural Center

- 2011 Taipei International Art Fair

- 2011 "Adam and Eve," A-7958 Gallery, Taichung

- 2011 "Adam and Eve and the Peach Blossom Garden" Solo Exhibition, Chungyo Department Store Fashion Art Gallery

- 2011 "I Have Arrived," T-Art Hotel Art Fair, Evergreen Laurel Hotel

- 2011 "Human Nature," Babison Gallery

- 2010 "Art Reversal Series (I)," Warehouse No. 20, Taichung

- 2010 "Great Beauty Without Words" Solo Exhibition, Taichung

- 2009 "Wet Wonderland," A-7958 Gallery, Taichung

- 2008 "Nightclub Affairs," A-7958 Gallery, Taichung

- 2008 "Magnetic Symbiosis: K5225 File No. 1," Duo Solo Exhibition

- 2008 National Culture Association, Taipei

**Awards:**

- 2012 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Sculpture Category, Selected for "You Are My Everything"

- 2012 Cross-Strait Cultural and Creative Art Fair, Bronze Medal, "Red Gu Gui"

- 2013 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Sculpture Category, Gold Medal, "Clear Weather, Occasional Showers"

- 2014 Taichung City Government Fourth Floor Assembly Hall Public Art, First Place, "Momentum Like a Rainbow"

- 2014 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Sculpture Category, Gold Medal, "Hope"

- 2015 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Sculpture Category, Selected for "Embrace"

- 2015 Fujian Sculpture Exhibition, Art Xiamen, Bronze Medal, "Victory Goddess"

- 2016 Yunlin County Beigang Cultural Center Public Art, First Place, "Clear Weather, Rice Blossom Fragrance Tells of a Good Harvest"

- 2016 Honorary Award, Fujian Sculpture Master

- 2016 Cologne Art Fair, Germany

- 2017 Münster Grand Exhibition, Germany

- 2017 Beijing Songzhuang Super Women Art Stars, Excellent Award

- 2017 German Arts & Crafts Design Award, Excellence Award, "Clear Weather, Occasional Showers"

- 2017 ARTS & CRAFTS DESIGN AWARD, Certificate of Excellence

- 2017 Fifth Cross-Strait Arts and Crafts Award, Silver Award, "Rice Treasure, Flying"

- 2017 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Sculpture Category, Selected for "Mountain Water Series"

- 2017 London International Creative Awards, "Honorable Mention" Award, "Rainbow Feathers" and "Peace"

- 2018 Taichung 10th Army Corps A Case Public Art, First Place, "Protecting the Homeland"

- 2019 UK Sunshine Art Museum Honorary Award

- 2020 Shenzhen Design Week Art Forum, From Lingnan Painting School to Architectural Art

- 2020 Guangxi Liuzhou Steel Art Season, Creating an Industrial Park Transformation Art Park

- 2020 Guangzhou Art Hotel Renovation Plan

- 2020 Shanghai-Taipei Art Forum, From Offshore School to Island Culture

- 2020 Qinghai Zaduo Art Monk Project

- 2021 City Memory. City Epidemic Project

**Collection Records:**

- Fujian Dongshan Island Daya Street Art Planning

- Taichung City Government, Taiwan Land Development Corporation, Carrefour

- Nantou Niu'er Stone Sculpture Park, Beigang Cultural Bureau, Taizi Construction, Jingrui Construction, Shangyongjin Construction

- Taoyuan Shengjie Construction, Qingren Construction, Dengyang Construction, Liu Wei-Yan Architect

- Shengqun Enterprises, Xiamen Yongnian Development, Xiamen Lehai Tongda Group

- Guangzhou Zhongshan Leyi Jia, Guangzhou Daxin Art Museum

- Malaysia Wei Mei Art, Singapore WeMe, Taichung Chungyo Department Store, Taipei Xiyuan Hospital

- Han Zong Enterprises, Quanzhou Museum, Japan Miyazaki Prefecture Government

- Jinmen County Government, Taichung Chengqing Hospital, Ouyue Hotel Group, Bestar Advertising Company

- Qingren Construction, Baowang Construction, Xingfufa Construction

- Tanglin International, Big Block Interior Design, Huihong Advertising, Lihe Design, Rili Construction, Jiushang Construction

- Dijing Construction, Xinrong Building, Houdezhenku Lighting Design

- Gong Ruiqi Architect Office, Kaifu Building Development, Taipei Hezhu Development

- Former Taichung County Commissioner Liao, Shengqun Metals, Tianheyuan Construction, New Creation Real Estate Development

- Cangmei Art