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SHI Jin-Hua
LAST UPDATE : 2021.06.20 / EDITOR : tcaa
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Shi Jin-Hua’s performance art works can be divided into two major categories – pen walking and measuring.

When he performs the action of “pen walking,” each pen and each stroke become the metaphor of human life as well as all what they have experienced. In these works of pen walking, he expresses the void situation we live in and the helplessness when we face the transmigration of life. Sometimes it is represented as an individual ceremony of repentance and inner poise, while sometimes it reveals the inner feelings.

As a patient of type 1 diabetes, Shi Jin-Hua lives a life greatly influenced by blood sugar control. It even becomes the way for him to survive, to know himself, and to know the outer environment. In the beginning, he was forced to measure the level of blood sugar, and he soon got tired of such a rational, objective, and scientific measurement. Therefore, he reversed and challenged the concept by transforming the process of measuring into the reference of different meanings. He uses the body as his tool and medium, adopting various non-traditional ways to take measurement. Through the absurd, non-standard, and non-objective way of measurement, he rebels the oppression of the system and questions the existence of the objective and the Subject.

Just like how carefully he controls his blood sugar every day, Shi Jin-Hua also combines the persistent exercise (walking) with religious practice and art. The same behavior and product can demonstrate different meanings and values as long as we change a perspective and attitude. For him, one action is possible to satisfy multiple purposes, while life and art can exist together.

birth year
1964
Place of Birth
Penghu
Taiwan
education
1996
M.F.A. Studio Art Department
University of California at Irvine, USA
1990
B.F.A. Fine Art Department
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
experience
2002
Present Position
G8 Public Relations and Consultation of Art Corp., Taiwan President
2001-2002
Resigned
Fine Arts Department, Dong-Hai University, Taichung, Taiwan Lecturer
personal website
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2019
Homage to Masters
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
LINES - Shi Jin-Hua’s Contemporary Religious Art
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2017
Two Trees and A Mountain
TKG+ Projects , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Encounter with the Process
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2016
I Try
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2015
Pencil Walker
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2014
Unceasing Reincarnation
Showgallery , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2013
Indexing the Moon
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Launching Ceremony of Shi Jin-Hua’s Album and Art Today on View
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Bodhi Project•Midway – Shi Jin-Hua X Bodhi Trees Documenta
National ChanghuaUniversity of Education, Providence University , Changhua, Taichung , Taiwan
2011
Pass Through a Year – Shi Jin-Hua Solo Exhibition
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
The Trilogy of Contemporary Arts Alchemy
Inart Space , Tainan , Taiwan
2008
Pen Walking
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2008
Relative Measurement, Kuandu Biennale
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2008
Living Beyond Measurement
Taipei Artist Village , Taipei , Taiwan
2005
Jokes Project
Art Center of Providence University , Taichung , Taiwan
2000
Pencil Walker – The Performance and Documentation of Shi Jin-Hua
Hua-Shan Arts District , Taipei , Taiwan
1996
Watch Steps
The Art Gallery of University of California at Irvine , CA , USA
1993
Hsiung-Shih Project
IT Park , Taipei , Taiwan
1993
The Age of Disturbance
Doors Gallery , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
1992
Money for Nothing
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2019
Sports-themed Taiwanese exhibition
Taiwan Cultural Center, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery , Tokyo, Yokohama , Japan
2019
Awareness & Transfinite : Awareness Art - Speech on Existence and Time
Ming Yuan Art Museum , Shanghai , China
2018
Dialogue with the Nature
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2018
Still Water Runs Deeper
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2017
Power, Haunting and Resilience
Herbert F. Johsnson Museum of Art, Cornell University USA
2017
Self-Portrait
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
Transition of Times: 20 Years of Kaohsiung Awards
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2016
The Road Not Taken Ch.1
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
Half Drawing︱An Artistic Mode In Relation To The Drawing
Inno Art , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2016
Teaching and Healing
Lucie Chang Fine Arts Hong Kong
2015
ReVision: MSAC 5th Anniversary Special Presentation
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Inward Gazes: Documentaries of Chinese Performance Art 2015
Macao Museum of Art , Macao , China
2015
Body Art Stories - Marina Abramović and The others
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2014
Away From the Long Night
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
Fragments Refining – Variable and Invariable of Contemporary Art
NCTU Gallery , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2014
The Pioneers of Taiwanese Artists 1961-1970
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2014
Body/Narrator
Silverlens , Manila , Philippines
2013
Spring Trip - Contemporary Art Group Exhibition
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Near East Far East – Two Points 2012
Parco Contemporaneo, Forte Marghera , Venice , Italy
2011
Medi(t)ation – 2011 Asian Art Biennial
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2011
The 9th Taishin Arts Award
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2010
Utopia・Asian Contemporary Art Group Exhibition
Mind Set Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
Black . White . Gray
Sakshi Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
2010 Taipei Biennial
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
Continuation: Special Exhibition of LI Chun-Shen Modern Painting Award Winners
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2009
Chang-An Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Da Xiang Art Space , Taichung , Taiwan
2008
Second Vision
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2008
The 10th Li Chun-Shen Foundation Visual Arts Award Exhibition
Art Center of National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan
2008
Origin – The Way of Art for Pursuing the Nature of Life
Da Xiang Art Space , Taichung , Taiwan
2007
2007 Taipei Arts Awards
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2007
2007 Kaohsiung Award
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2007
Taiwan: From within the Mist
Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center Gallery of University of Indianapolis, Illeges Gallery of Columbus State University , State of South Dakota, Indianapolis, Columbus , USA
2007
Taiwan: From within the Mist
Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art , Vancouver , Canada
2007
Taiwan: From within the Mist
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2005
Trading Place: Contemporary Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2004
Past In Reverse – Ke Tsi-Hai Solo Exhibition (presented by G8 Public Relationship and Consultation of Art Corp.)
San Diego Museum of Art , San Diego , U.S.A
2004
Visa for Thirteen
MoMA P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center , New York , U.S.A
2003
Beads and Strokes
Tokyo Art Projects , Beijing , China
2002
Overture: Ke Tsi-Hai Solo Exhibition, Co2 Taiwan Avant-Garde Documenta (presented by G8 Public Relations and Consultation of Art Corp.)
Huashan Arts District , Taipei , Taiwan
2002
Contemporary Art of Taiwan 1980-2000
Hong-Gah Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2002
Art of Kaohsiung 2001: Art in Kaohsiung after the Lifting of Martial Law
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2001
Translation of Spirit
Cheng-Shiu Art Center , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
1996
Close Up
Huntington Beach Arts Center , CA , U.S.A
1996
Taipei Biennial: The Quest for Identity
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
1995
Of Ill Repute
Bergamot Station , CA , U.S.A
1993
New Art . New Tribes, Taiwan Art in the Nineties
Hanart gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
National Changhua University of Education
Changhua , Taiwan
2008
Taipei Artist Village
Taipei , Taiwan
2003
MoMA P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
New York , USA
1994
Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito , USA
2018
Book
Lines - Contemporary Religious Art by Shi Jin-Hua
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
2013
Book
Shi Jin-Hua
Mind Set Art Center
2008
Book
Pen Walking
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
2005
Book
Jokes Project
Providence University
1993
Book
Money for Nothing, a documentation of solo exhibition at Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Doors Art Company
2011
Finalist
The 9th Taishin Arts Award
Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture
Taipei , Taiwan
2007
First Prize
Taipei Arts Award
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Taipei , Taiwan
2007
First Prize
The 10th Li Chun-Shen Foundation Visual Arts Award
Li Chun-Shen Foundation
Taipei , Taiwan
2007
First Prize
Kaohsiung Award
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
Kaohsiung , Taiwan
1986
First prize
The 11th Hsiung-Shih New Artists Prize
 
Taipei , Taiwan
1986
First Prize
Taipei Arts Award
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Taipei , Taiwan
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Shoes Walking Project
Since the June of 2010 till now, I have been working on Shoes Walking Project. The concept of the work is to document the life of a pair of shoes with the help of ATM machines. In the beginning, I bought a new pair of shoes for the project and scanned the soles. I never wore the shoes in any other occasions except for the project. The second step was to open an account at Taiwan Cooperative Bank’s branch in Kaohsiung, on Mintsu Road and deposited 1001 NTD in the account. Meanwhile, I asked a ...
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Searching Center and Boundary (Taiwan)
In the work Searching Center and Boundary (Taiwan), I started with the filming of the whole body, continued with the filming of the center and the five ends of the body (navel, head, left hand, right hand, left leg, and right leg), and ended with the filming of the center as well as the five ends of the island (the geographical center, the north end, the east end, the west end, and the south end). I zoomed in the images to search for the central point of my body and the island, the boundary b ...
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Body Formula of Elevation - TAV Version
I was curious about the height of the main building of Taipei Artist Village, where I was the resident artist. I came up with the idea that the human body could be used to measure height as well as length. Therefore, I selected three parts of my body as a measure unit to measure the height of Taipei Artist Village’s building. The first was my forearm (making a fist to show a gesture of “cheer”); the second unit was the width between the tips of the index finger and the middle finger (the gest ...
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Spitting Johnnie - Civic Boulevard 2nd Section Project
In 2008, I made several measurement-related projects when I was a resident artist at Taipei Artist Village. In one of the project, I measured the length of Civic Boulevard’s 2nd Section which was next to Taipei Artist Village. I chose Johnnie Walker Black Label, a Scotch whisky, as my measure. I held the whisky in my mouth and spat it out. The distance of my spitting was defined as “one spitting Johnnie.” I started to spit at the intersection of Civic Boulevard’s 2nd Section and Chungshan Nor ...
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