Hsiao Chin
1935 Born in Shanghai
1951 Entered the Art Department at Provincial Taipei Teacher’s College
1952 Joined Li Chun-shan’s Antung St. studio, commencing formal study of modern art
1956 Participated in the founding of the first Chinese abstract painting movement, the Ton-Fan Art Group
1967 Awarded Art Award, Province of Milan
1969 Tought painting and drawing at Long Island University’s Southampton College, USA
1969 Awarded Painting Award, Capo d’Orlando
1972 Tought painting and drawing at State University of Louisiana, USA
1975 Awarded medal “Maestri della Pittura Italiana”, Marsala
1976 Awarded 2° Premio Internazionale d’Arte, Filottrano
1978 Founded the international Surya movement from Milan together with J. Tilson, G. Robusti and Kengiro Azuma
1984 Awarded medaglia d’oro alla Norwegian International Print Biennial, Fredrikstad
1985 Awarded Premio Acquisto al XIII Premio Nazionale Città di Gallarate, Gallarate
1989 Awarded The First Achievement Award” della Li Chun-Shen Foundation of Contemporary Painting, Taipei
1994 Awarded 1° premio al XXI Premio Sulmona di “Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Sumona
2002 Awarded Premio di Belle Arti del VI Premio Nazionale d’Arte e di Cultura, Taipei
2002 Awarded Premio “Do Forni” di Stampe Originali Internazionali, Venezia
■ Solo Exhibitions
2008 Hsiao Chin, Salone delle Scuderie in Pilotta, Parma, Italy
2007 Spazio Mazzotta,Milan, Italy
L’universo nel cuore. Hsiao Chin, Associazione Culturale Atrium, Lecce, Italy
2006 Glory to the Source. A retrospective exhibition of Hsiao Chin 1955-2005, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2005 Hsiao Chin 1954-2004. A Journey back to the Source, Zhongshan Museum of Art / Guangdong Museum of Art
2004 The Journey of Hsiao Chin’s painting 1958-2004, Shanghai Art Museum
2002 Recent large size paintings, Mudima Foundation, Milan, Italy
Retrospective exhibit of works on paper from 1958 to 2001, Lattuada Gallery / Giò Marconi Gallery, Milan, Italy
Ceramic sculptures, Oberdan Space, Milan, Italy
1998 Retrospective 1958-1998, Institut Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, Germany
Galerie Di Meo, Paris, France
Galleria Il Ponte, Florence, Italy
1997 Dimensions Art Center, Taipei
1995 The Odyssey 1953-94, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Hsiao Chin: the Odyssey 1953-1994, Taipei Fine Arts Museum
1994 Retrospective exhibition, Beijing Central Art Accademy / Hangzhou Chinese Art Academy
China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Galleria Torso, Denmark
1993 Alisan Fine Art Ltd., Hong Kong
1992 Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Contemporary Gallery, Taipei
Contemporary Art Gallery, Taichung
Retrospective 1955-92, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung
Hsiao Chin Retrospective Exhibition, Taiwan Museum of Art in Taichung
Fondation Sicard-Ipert, Vallauris, France
1991 Pulitzer Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990 Yun-Han International Art Center, Taipei
Contemporary Art Gallery, Taichung
Galerie Feldmann, Bern, Switzerland
Hsin-Tsu, Chin-Hwa National University, Taiwan
Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin, Italy
Galeria Punto, Valencia, Spain
1989 Contemporary Art Gallery, Taichung
Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei
1988 Antologica 1959-88 Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
1987 Galleria Ideogramma, Turin, Italy
Alisan Fine Arts Ltd., Hong Kong
Pulitzer Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1986 Galleria Mercato del Sole, Milan, Italy
1985 Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Galerie Punto, Valencia , Spain
The Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture, Hong Kong
1984 Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
1983 Galerie Sanatore, Stuttgart, Germany
1981 Apollo Art Gallery, Taipei
1980 Printmakers Art Gallery, Taipei
Galleria Ideogramma, Turin, Italy
1978 Galeria Kandinsky, Madrid, Spain
National Museum of History, Taipei
1976 Galeria Punto, Valencia, Spain
1975 Museo Civico d’Arte Moderna, Modena, Italy
1970 Galerie Orez, Den Haag, Netherlands
Cetenary College, Hackettstown, N.J., USA
Galerie Falazik, Neuenkirchen, Germany
Galerie Fonke, Gent, Belgium
1969 Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Benson Gallery, Bridgehamptonm, N.Y., USA
Galerie Senatore, Stuttgart, Germany
1968 The Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Lawrence Stevens Gallery, Detroit, USA
1967 Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, USA
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Wirth, Berlin, Germany
1966 Galerie Falazik, Bochum, Germany
1964 Galerie Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Galerie Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan, Italy
1962 Galleria San Luca, Rome, Italy
1961 Galerie Senatore, Stuttgart, Germany
■ Selected Group Exhibitions
1978 National Museum of History and Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei
1974 Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
1973 Galerie Schubert, Milan, Italy
1966 Signals Gallery, London, UK
1961 Galerie Dorekens, Antwerpe