b. 1986, Taipei, Taiwan; currently living and working in San Francisco, CA
Hsin-Yao paints oil in a Romantic, expressive manner that honors the Western tradition
while signaling an edgy, contemporary complexity. He has a curiosity and energy that
propel him toward experimentation and innovation; accordingly, he works in a range of
genres: from lush evocations of cityscapes to expressive portraits, and lustrous interiors
and exteriors in which multiple figures enact a story, and finally to his recent new
exploration in bright colors of flower paintings. Hsin-Yao’s prose testifies to the fact that
he is ambitious in the best sense; he is eager to push his art beyond what’s immediate and
popular toward the timeless and real.
Hsin-Yao has recognized by the Art Renewal Center as an ARC Living Master in 2014.
He received the Signature Status recognition by the Portrait Society of America in 2018. He
has won many national and international awards including the First Place award at
Southwest Art Magazine Artist Excellence competition in 2016., He received both
Exceptional Merit Award and Certificate of Excellence in International Portrait
Competition from Portrait Society of America, in 2012 and 2010. He was honored to
receive the Honorable Mention Award and finalist awards in ARC Salon over the years. His
work is on the 2016 November cover of the Southwest Art magazine and the 2012 December
of the Artist’s magazine. He has exhibited his artworks in a huge number of group shows
across the United States, Europe, and Taiwan including solo shows, two-man shows, and
many group shows.
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