KAI'S Gallery 凱奧藝術

Education

• Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Western Painting Division, Chinese Culture University.
• Earned a master’s degree in Art Education and Creation from the Department of Arts and Design at National Hsinchu University of Education.

Experience

• Judge: Served as a jury member for the Nanying Art Award, Hsinchu County Student Art Exhibition, Miaoli County Student Art Exhibition, and multiple live painting competitions.
• Consultant: Art consultant for Hsinchu City Government and Hsinchu City Police Department.
• Affiliations:
  • Official member of the Asia-Pacific Watercolor Society.
  • Member of the Oil Painting Society of the Republic of China.
  • Member of the Taiwan North Coast Painting Association.

Teaching

• Adjunct watercolor instructor at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University.
• Instructor at Outstanding Studio No. 21.

Major Awards

• 1st Prize, Nanying Award, 5th Nanying Art Exhibition (Oil Painting Category)
• Grand Prize, 45th Provincial Art Exhibition (Oil Painting Category)
• 2nd Prize, 8th Kaohsiung Art Exhibition (Oil Painting Category)
• Honorable Mention, Ministry of Education Literary and Art Creation Award (Oil Painting Category, 1990)
• Excellence Award, 53rd Taiyang Art Exhibition (Western Painting Category)
• Gold Medal, 14th National Oil Painting Exhibition
• 1st Prize, 38th Central Taiwan Art Exhibition (Western Painting Category)
• Taipei County Cultural Center Award, 2nd Taipei County Art Exhibition (Watercolor Category)
• 1st Prize, 17th National Youth Watercolor Painting Competition (Social Group)
• 1st Prize, 18th National Youth Watercolor Painting Competition (College Group)
• 1st Prize, Hsinchu Art Exhibition (formerly Zhuzhan Art Exhibition, Western Painting Category)
• Honorable Mention, 2nd Zhongshan Rotary Club Art Newcomer Award (Watercolor Category)
• 1st Prize, Navy Cultural Gold Anchor Award (Watercolor Category)
• 1st Prize, Navy Cultural Gold Anchor Award (Chinese Painting Category)
• Special Excellence Award, 2016 Hsinchu Art Exhibition (Chinese Painting Category)
• Award Winner, 2018 IWS Malaysia World Watercolor Biennale

Solo Exhibitions

• 2001: “Taiwan Heart, Hometown Sentiment,” Hsinchu Cultural Bureau, Meiyuan
• 2002: “Yao Zhijie Western Painting Solo Exhibition,” Tainan County Cultural Bureau
• 2003: “Exploring Form and Color,” Taichung Dagu Culture
• 2004: Hsinchu Round Art Center
• 2005: Zhudong Mingguan Art Exhibition
• 2006: Hsinchu Jinbiantang Gallery
• 2008: “Painting and Talking,” TSMC
• 2011: “Yao Zhijie Western Painting Exhibition,” Hsinchu Round Art Center
• 2011: “Ordinary, Seeking Art,” Hsinchu Cultural Bureau Zhuxuan
• 2013: New Art Expo, Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 2
• 2014: Solo Exhibition at Baku Studio
• 2014: “State of Mind—Traveling with Colors,” Chung Hua University Art and Culture Center
• 2016: “Exploring with the Brush,” Hsinchu Cultural Bureau, Meiyuan
• 2017: “Exploring with the Brush 2,” Taichung Dadun Art Center

Group Exhibitions

• Participated in over 30 group exhibitions in private galleries and art museums, and invited to exhibit in past editions of the Wind City Art Exhibition.
• “Yao Zhijie and Students Exhibition,” Hsinchu Police Department; “Zhufeng Western Painting Group Exhibition.”
• 2010: Invited to the North Taiwan Eight Counties and Cities Artists Joint Exhibition
• Invited participant in the National 100 Oil Painting Exhibition at Port District Art Center (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017)
• 2014: Invited to the 1st Yuchi Art Festival
• 2014: Invited to the 2nd Xiluo New Discovery Exhibition
• 2016: Invited to the 4th Xiluo New Discovery Exhibition
• 2017: Invited to the 5th Xiluo New Discovery Exhibition