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Born in 1977 in Taipei, Taiwan, Hsi Shih-Pin received an MFA degree of Plastic Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA). He specializes in sculpture and installation of mixed media. The variety of Hsi’s works shows in the combination of variable media, colors, size, and modes. Inside of his works, the artist focuses on structures and appearances of daily objects, then transfer them into peculiar shape and space by deconstruction and recombination. Hsi tries to keep those memories that experienced by objects far from our perception with the practice of classical techniques and his imagination. Based on his life experience, the artist expects to experiment more possibilities in the future.

Hsi’s has participated in several important public projects and international artist-in-residence programs for years. His works once earned him 2012 the Asian Cultural Council Taiwan Fellowship Program, Hsi’s works has been exhibited in Beijing Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, South Korean Haslla Art World, San Francisco Headlands Center for the Arts, and Taipei MOCA. He also had been sponsored and invited to art projects by Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp, Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Ferrari in 2011. The artist currently lives and works in Taipei.

birth year
1977
Place of Birth
Taipei
Taiwan
Place of Residence
Taipei
Taiwan
education
2007
MFA Plastic Arts
Taipei National University of the Arts
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2014
The Memory Palace
MOCA Taipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
A horoscope built out of our chariots
Liang Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Mercury
Arttime Art Foundation , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2011
Drama of Horse
Hermès store(Taiwan) , Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2011
The Attack of Resources
Tung Ho Steel enterprise corporation , Miaoli , Taiwan
2010
Blood Crossed Taipei, Shanghai
Hong-gah Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2009
Beatting me
S.L.Y Art Space , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
Art Basel HK
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre , Hong Kong
2013
Inter-vision A Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Strait
Nation Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2012
Miami Scope 2012
Miami , U.S.A
2012
CRUSH on EMU
MOCA Taipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2011
Art Taipei 2012
Taipei world Trade Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
Super Generation@Taiwan
Today Art Museum , Beijing , China
2008
The 13th Wang-san International Art Festival
Haslla Art World Korea
2012
Asian Cultural Council Taiwan Fellowship Program
 
 
2011
Made in Taiwan-Young Artist Discovery
Art Taipei 2011
 
2010
Louis Vuitton Open Call for Emerging Artists
Selected Prize
 
2007
2007 Outstanding Art Work Prize of Fine Arts Department, Taipei National University of the Arts
 
 
KEYWORDS
SELECTED ARTWORKS
stainless-steel , mechanic , crystal , paint , , Titanium plating , aluminum , glasses ,
100 x 700 x 700cm
stainless-steel , mechanic , crystal , paint , , Titanium plating , aluminum , glasses ,
100 x 700 x 700cm
stainless-steel , mechanic , crystal , paint , , Titanium plating , aluminum , glasses ,
100 x 700 x 700cm
stainless-steel , mechanic , crystal , paint , , Titanium plating , aluminum , glasses ,
100 x 700 x 700cm
stainless-steel , mechanic , crystal , paint , , Titanium plating , aluminum , glasses ,
100 x 700 x 700cm
01 / 10
The Beauty of Spiral Flower
Installation Art , Sculpture ,
stainless-steel , Titanium plating , paint ,
331 x 175 x 10 cm
stainless-steel , Titanium plating , paint ,
331 x 175 x 10 cm
01 / 10
Circus Maximus
The first ancient Roman stadium and the largest, Circus Maximus, is situated between a valley in Rome, with it regarded as a quintessential model for ancient Roman stadiums. The stadium was where chariot races took place back in the days, filling the arena with power and beauty. However, all that is left now is the ruins of the racetracks. While researching for information on the location, different data were discovered regarding its active years, specifications, dimension, space, and other d ...
Installation Art , Sculpture ,
stainless-steel , paint , Titanium plating ,
227 x 108 x 60 cm
stainless-steel , paint , Titanium plating ,
227 x 108 x 60 cm
stainless-steel , paint , Titanium plating ,
227 x 108 x 60 cm
stainless-steel , paint , Titanium plating ,
227 x 108 x 60 cm
stainless-steel , paint , Titanium plating ,
227 x 108 x 60 cm
stainless-steel , paint , Titanium plating ,
227 x 108 x 60 cm
01 / 10
Polyhedron Lion
A powerful lion with a sad face leaping out of a cave by 17th century Italian master sculptor Giovanni Bellini I saw at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2012 is an artwork that left a memorable impression in me and that lion is the saddest I’ve ever seen. A leading figure of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci held serious interest in polymorphs and ratio, and created a series of manuscripts on the subject matter, which was quite fascinating to me due to my applied math and ar ...
Installation Art , Sculpture ,
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
stainless-steel , paint , wood ,
330 x 550 x 200 cm
01 / 10
Plato's Carriage of Soul
In his dialogue Phaedrus, Plato compares the souls of gods and men, both immortal, to chariots pulled by two horses each. While both horses of a god are good, a man's soul is pulled by a good horse and a bad one. Zeus leads a procession of gods' and fairies' chariots, each pulled by two flying horses, to the pinnacle of heaven: their colorless, shapeless and intangible dwelling place. On the contrary, all men are impeded by the uncontrollable ups and downs of a bad horse that plunge them into ...
Installation Art , Sculpture ,
HSI Shih-Pin, 2014, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2014, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2014, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2014, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2014, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2013, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2013, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2013, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2013, Installation Art , Sculpture
HSI Shih-Pin, 2012, Installation Art , Sculpture
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