Hsiao Chin
(1935)
Hsiao Chin (蕭勤) was born in Shanghai in 1935. His father was a renowned musician. He immigrated to Taiwan in 1949. In 1952, he joined the studio of Lee Chun-Shan on Antung Street, in Taipei, where he followed the teachings of the master for a few years. In 1956, he actively participated in the foundation of the “Ton Fan” group. During the same year, he received a scholarship to study art in Spain. Despite his remoteness, he remained very active within the group. At the time, information on contemporary Western art was very sketchy in Taiwan, but Hsiao Chin regularly sent articles that were published in the newspaper of Taipei (the United Daily News). He also corresponded regularly with his fellow artists of the “Ton Fan” group. In 1959, he moved to Milan where he founded the “Punto group” and became friends with Lucio Fontana. He left to the US where he lived from 1967 to 1972 and taught painting in various prestigious art schools. There, he became acquainted with artists such as Mark Rothko and William de Kooning. In 1973, Hsiao Chin returned to Milan. A great retrospective of his work was held at the Kaohsiung museum in Taiwan in 2010.
Personal exhibitions
—| 2015 | – National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2011 | – Liege Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Belgium |
| 2010 | – Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan |
| 2009 | – Marconi Foundation, Milan Triennal, Italy |
| 2007 | – Mazzotta Space, Milan, Italy |
| 2006 | – National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China |
| 2005 | – Guangdong Museum of Art, China – Acquaviva Palace (Scuderie ducali) Atri, Italy – Zhongshan Museum of Art, Guangdong, China |
| 2004 | – Shanghai Art Museum, China |
| 2002 | – Mudima Foundation, Milan, Italy |
| 1998 | – Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany – Galerie Di Meo, Paris, France |
| 1997 | – Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1996 | – Dimensions Endowment of Art, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1995 | – Taipei Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan |
| 1993 | – Alisan Fine Arts Ltd., Hong Kong, China |
| 1992 1994 |
– Marconi Studio, Milan, Italy |
| 1992 | – Taiwan Art Museum,Taichung, Taiwan – Sicard-Iperti Foundation, Vallauris, France |
| 1990 | – International art Centre of Yun-Han, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1986 | – Nikolaj contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark – AM Niemeyer Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
| 1985 | – Institute for the promotion of Chinese Culture, Hong Kong, China – Waterland Museum, Pumerend, Holland – Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan |
| 1979 | – Pinacotheque Municipal, Macerata, Italy |
| 1978 | – National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1975 | – Civil Modern Art Museum, Modene, Italy |
| – Palace of Diamonds, Ferrara, Italy | |
| 1974 | – Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France |
| 1972 | – Brechbühl Gallery, Granges, Switzerland |
| 1967 | – Brechbühl Gallery, Granges, Switzerland – Marconi Studio, Milan, Italy |
| 1966 | – Signals Gallery, London, England |
| 1965 | – Galerie Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France |
| 1961 | – Hilt Gallery, Basel, Switzerland |
| – Galerie Di Meo, Paris, France | |
| 1959 | – Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, Italy |
| 1957 | – Municipal museum of Mataro, Barcelona, Spain |
Public exhibitions
—Selected works
Interview of Hsiao Chin