Jason Shih
Artist Profile
Jason SHIH was born in 1972 and grew
up in Lu-kang Town, Chang-hua County, Taiwan, which was
a district prospered with traditional folk arts and crafts. He
was so fascinated by those ancient temples, paintings, ceramic and wood figures
that motivated him to pass a special test for a fine art class in an elementary
school in the capital,Taipei. Following the fine art class in junior and senior high school, Jason SHIH studied atTaipei National University of the Arts for the BFA
program and graduated as a Metal Sculpture-major (1996).
After 15 years fine art school training and widely exploring in the area of arts, Jason SHIH was confirmed the passion to the creation of form. In order to
become a professional sculptor, after 2 years army service in duty, he studied abroad at School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA, and majored in Metal Sculpture. After graduating with the MFA degree (2001), Jason SHIH worked for Albert Paley, a world-renowned metal sculptor in New York, as an assistant to learn more technology and practical experience of public art and metal craft.
In 2002, after well prepared, Jason SHIH decided to come back to the artist's
hometown, Taiwan, to begin his professional sculptor career. 20 years so far, he
has completed more than 80 public art works. During this period, Jason had also participated in the artist residency programs of Wangsan Festival in Gangneung, South Korea (2003), JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design in Adelaide,
Australia (2004) and New Taipei City Goverment Gold Museum, Taiwan (2008).
While developing his professional sculptor career, Jason SHIH never forgot
to pursue the nourishment of academic theories. He obtained his Art Ph. D. from
China Academy of Art, China (2015) and a MBA from National Taiwan Normal
University, Taiwan (2022). Now, Jason SHIH and his twin boys live in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, and consistently engages in the both areas of sculpture and public art.
Exhibition
2001
Sculpture solo exhibition "Impromptu Dream" at Gallery Upstairs, Rochester, USA
2002
Selected for the National Culture and Art Foundation's 91-2 Art Creation Award
Selected in the three-dimensional creation category of Taiwan Art New Look Exhibition, Taichung County Port Art Center, Taichung
2004
Selected as the Best Award in the Sculpture Department of the 67th Taiyang Art Exhibition, Taipei
2005
Selected as the artist-in-residence at the JamFactory in Adelaide, Australia by the National Taiwan Institute of Technology
2008
Selected as the resident artist of the New Taipei City Gold Museum for the "Golden Beast Manufacturing Project"
2010
Winner of the Innovation Design Group of the Year in Taiwan Craft Competition, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Taipei
2018
Won the Open Call for Art Bank's 107 Annual Works Purchase Program, Taichung
Won the Outstanding Sculpture Award at the 36th Taoyuan Art Exhibition, Taoyuan
2019
Won the Outstanding Sculpture Award at the 37th Taoyuan Art Exhibition, Taoyuan
public art
2012
"Song of the Forest", National Taiwan Arts and Crafts Research and Development Center "Art Forest" public art, Nantou
2013
"Sit and Enjoy", Yunlin County Government "Grassroots Art Festival Art Action Plan", Yunlin
2014
"Bear's Good Day", public art of the Southern Science Park of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung
"Listen to the Sea", Jiaang Construction's new project "Qinghai", New Taipei
"Mountain Tour" and "Dreamland", Jiatai Construction Co., Ltd.'s new project "Daji Panfeng", Hsinchu
2015
"Phoenix Dance to the Sun", MTR Property Shenzhen New Project "TIARA", Shenzhen, Guangdong
"happiness. Calling", Tainan City "321 Lane Art Village Entrance Image Sculpture", Tainan
2016
"Taiwan", Public Art of National Taipei University Sanxia Campus, New Taipei
2017
"Relying on Benevolence‧Traveling in Art", Public Art of Bihua Elementary School, Sanchong District, New Taipei City, New Taipei City
2020
"United Will - Conquer the Enemy - 33rd Wing" & "United as one - Conquer the Enemy - 34th Wing", Air Force Sixth Mixed Wing "Shenou Base New Construction Phase II and Phase III Public Art Installation Plan (Project A)" , the first place in the public selection, Pingtung City, Pingtung County
