MODERN ART ASSOCIATION OF KAOHSIUNG

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"Resilient Island" captures the rugged landscapes and natural beauty, tracing the peaks and shores beyond the bounds of the earth and sea. Let art create spiritual value, where the choices are not just black or white, but rather, an aspiration for a vast blue ocean and clear skies. - Shiu I-Nan - Education: Graduate program in Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University - Specialties: Multimedia art creation, public art, art education, and graphic design - Professional Experience: - Over a decade of experience in art education at junior high, elementary, and high school levels - Over forty years of experience in art creation, art brokerage, and over twenty years in curating - Member of the Curatorial Board at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts - Advisory Board Member for the Historical Museum - Served as a Public Art Review Committee Member in Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung County, and Penghu County - Juror for various art awards including the Nanying Award, Kaohsiung Award, Taipei Award, and Taiwan National Exhibition - President of the Pier-2 Art Center Development Association - Executive Director of the Hasegawa Cultural and Educational Foundation, Board of Directors of the Modern Painting Society, Executive Director of the Seiryo Art Society - Artistic Director of Jichan Art - Full-time practicing artist - Participated in the Peninsula Art Season, Kinmen Battlefield Art Camp, Rainforest USA Touring Exhibition, Asian New Idea Art Exchange Exhibition, and the World Watercolor Exhibition in South Korea - Awards: - Received over ten awards for public art creation - Recipient of the Art Education Teacher Award in 1975 and 1989 - Received the Large-scale Oil Painting Cross-Strait Creation Award in 2010 - Honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from National Tainan University of Education in 2012 The artist's works are widely collected by art museums and collectors, and they encompass themes that pay homage to the nurturing and cultural foundation of the homeland. Centered around the fleeting moments that capture the essence of eternity, the artist employs bold and expansive color tones to create a powerful atmospheric expression, encapsulating an irrepressible aspiration to shape the surges of the inner self, achieving the sacred realm of art's truth, goodness, and beauty.

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