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Bio

About

Chungying Hou (侯忠穎)is an artist who was born in 1983 in Taipei. He received his Ph.D. degree with a major in Art creation and Theory in Fine Art Department of National Taiwan Normal University. He is not only an artist associated with Beijing Parkviewgreen Gallery, but also an assistant professor teaching in Hsan- Chuang University. He studied the exchange MA program of Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London between 2013-2014. During that period, he was invited to perform his art in St. James’s Palace for Prince of Wales and got the prince’s praise. He also was rewarded the Pride of Taiwan in 2014 from British Office Taipei.

He is always fascinated with the altering world. He applies the symbol of Hand to represent the complicated world with a Chinese traditional concept that recognizing the whole universe from observation of part. In his works, the images of hand are extension of human that is able to perceive, measure, symbolize, and represent the relation between human and world. Further he Intend to redefine human self through the different forms of creation about hand. He also makes full-scale wood carving as well as mixed-media pieces, and performance. His work has been exhibited at alternative spaces, galleries, universities and museums in Taiwan, China, The UK, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Peru, etc. His works are collected by PSTA in London, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, National Dr. Sn Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Art Bank Taiwan, etc.

Chungying Hou/ Hou Chung Ying/ 侯忠穎

Photographed by Ming-Tsung Chen

Chung-Ying Hou CV

Education

2016 National Taiwan Normal University, Ph.D., Taipei, Taiwan

2012 The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, Doctoral Exchange Student Program, London, UK

2006 National Taiwan Normal University, M.F.A., Taipei, Taiwan

2004 National Taiwan Normal University, B.F.A., Taipei, Taiwan

         

 

Professional Experience 

2019- Assistant Professor, National Tainan University, Department of Visual Arts and Design, Tainan, Taiwan

2018- Assistant Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan

2018- Assistant Professor, National Taipei University of Education, Department of Arts and Design, Taipei, Taiwan

2016- Assistant Professor, Hsuan-Chuang University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

2018 Assistant Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

2018- Assistant Professor, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, Taiwan

2017- Director of Show Your Island Art Association, Taipei, Taiwan

2016 A Member of The Oil Art Society of The Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan

2013 A Member of British Iconography association, London, UK

2009 Associate Member of Chinese Asia-Pacific Watercolor Arts Association, Taipei, Taiwan

2008 A member of Taiwan International Watercolor Association, Taipei, Taiwan

2008 A member of The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan

 

Honors and Awards

2014 First Prize, CHIMEI Artist Award, Taiwan    

2013 First Prize, Grand View Fine Art Award, Taiwan  

2012 SPEY Scholarship for studying at P.S.T.A., UK

2010 First Prize, CHIMEI Artist Award, Taiwan    

2009 The Merit Award, Ping Tung Fine Art Exhibition, Taiwan

2009 National Taiwan Normal University Graduate Student Grant, Taiwan

2008 First Prize, 20th National Art Exhibition of Taipei County, Taiwan

2008 National Taiwan Normal University Graduate Student Grant, Taiwan

2007 Merit Award, Youth Arts Award, ABN AMRO Bank, Taiwan

2007 Excellence Award, 32th Youth Watercolor Painting Competition, Lions Club International, Taiwan

2006 First Class Award, Taiwan Art Exhibition, Taiwan

2004 The First Prize, National Taiwan Normal University fine arts graduate exhibition, Taiwan

2004 The First Prize, category of the oil painting in Fine Art Exhibition of National Taiwan Normal University Department, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

 

Solo Exhibition

2022 Mimesis, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan 

2021 The Margin of Hand, National Dr. Sun Yat- Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 The Creation of Adam, Parkview Green Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 Extension, Parkview Green Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2013 Invisible Hand, National Dr. Sun Yat- Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

2010 Poem, Space and Imaginary, Howard Salon N.T.N.U., Taipei, Taiwan

Group Exhibition  

2024 ideological resonance. 2024 New Taipei City Artists Joint Exhibition, New Taipei City Arts Center, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2024 Image of Democracy - Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Collection Exhibition, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Beauty. Cross-Domain - Joint Exhibition of Aesthetic Cross-Domain Association Members, Taoyuan Shifen Art Museum, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2023 Stimulating Rhythm - Wei Wei Ran Intertwined, Blueprint Cultural Park, SPACE ART SPACE, Tainan, Taiwan

2022 Taiwan-Australia International Watercolor Exhibition, Teh-Chun Gallery, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

2022 2022 Hong-mei Award Group Exhibition ,Wen Hua Xuan, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

2021 Cross-Strait Professors Contemporary Painting Exhibition, National Taiwan University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

2021 National Large-sized Oil Paintings Exhibition, Taichung City Seaport Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan

2021 WHAAAAAT'S International Contemporary Art Fair, Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

2021 Astonishing God of Painting, First Gallery NUTN, Tainan, Taiwan

2020 X≠Y, Group Exhibition of Show Your Island, Jing Lü Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2020 Possibility of Watercolor, Taoyuan Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Taoyuan, Taiwan

2020 100 Fortune Telling Sticks Project, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan

2020 Hundred Years, Cultivating Man, Tainan Culture Center, Tainan, Taiwan

2020 ART Taichung, Millennium Hotel Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan

2020 From Aura to Disposition, Cloud Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2019 See the Light, See the Shadow, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan

2019 I SEE YOU, Taichung Shiyakusho, Taichunug, Taiwan

2019 Art Kaohsiung, City Suits, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2019 Painting Journal, Xuan Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2019 Conservation in Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Bank Taiwan, Taichung

2019 On Sharks & Humanity, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sidney, Australia

2019 N.T.N.U. & Henan Art Museum, Henan Art Museum, Henan, China

2019 Hyperrealism in Taiwan, Chimei Museum, Tainan, Taiwan

2018 ART TAIPEI, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Fortune Telling Project, Shen Nong Village

2018 The Banquet of Design and Art, Culture Affairs Bureau, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

2018 Infinite Ingenuity-Chinese Contemporary Art South American Tour Homecoming Exhibition, Art Bridge Gallery

2018 National Large-sized Oil Paintings Exhibition, Taichung, Taiwan

2018 Infinite Ingenuity - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Cultural Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Peru, Foundation of Providencia Santiago in Chile

2018 Art Central Hong Kong, Central Harbourfront Event Space, Hong Kong

2017 Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 KIAF Art Seoul, Coex Convention Center, Seoul, Korea

2017 The Message from Future, King Car Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 Infinite Ingenuity - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Inca Garcilaso Cultural Center, Lima, Peru

2017 Academy Complex, Taiwan Art Academy Gallery, Taipei Taiwan

2017 On Sharks & Humanity, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Hong Kong

2017 Next Super Star, Cans Book Shop Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 Between The Vision and Image, Cathay United Bank Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 N.T.N.U. & Dongduk Women's University Exchange Exhibition, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2017 Balance Group Exhibition, Parkview Green Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 On Sharks & Humanity, Parkview Green Museum, Singapore

2017 Art Stage Singapore, Art science museum, Singapore

2016 The possibility of Contemporary Painting in Japan and Taiwan, Tokyo University of Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2016 KIAF2016-ART SEOUL, Seoul, Korea 

2016 Shin-Shin Exhibition, Parkview green Gallery, Beijing, China

2015 Art Taipei 2015, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2015 Sharks and Human, National Museum of China, Beijing, China

2014 Art Beijing, Agricultural Exhibition Center of China, Beijing, China

2013 Hou, Chung-Ying Solo Exhibition, Dr. Sun Yat- Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

2013 Final show- The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, London, UK

2013 Return to Innocent Sight—CHIMEI Artists Exhibition 25TH, National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

2012 Yong Art Taipei, Sheraton Grande Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2011 ICP2011-SEOUL&TAIPEI-Centenary Celebration for the Founding the Republic of China, SsamzieGil, Seoul, Korea

2010 Art Taipei 2010, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei

2009 Sung Kyun Kwan University and Taiwan Normal University exchange exhibition Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea

2009 College of Art Cho-Sun University and Taiwan Normal University Academic Exchange Exhibition, Cho sun University, Gwangju, Korea

2009 National Taiwan Normal University Institute of Fine Arts Exhibition, National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

2008 Contemporary National Watercolor Exhibition, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

2007 живопись Exhibition" Arts Center, Cathay United Bank, Taipei, Taiwan

2006 16 Graduate Students Fine Art Exhibition, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

 

Museum, Public & Corporate collection

2021 "Art Bank Taiwan, Ministry of Culture (One Painting), Taichung, Taiwan  

2019 Art Bank Taiwan, Ministry of Culture (One Painting), Taichung, Taiwan

2014 Parkview Green Museum(One Painting), Singapore

2013 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall (One Painting), Taipei, Taiwan

2013 Art Bank Taiwan, Ministry of Culture (One Painting), Taipei, Taiwan

2013 The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts (One Painting), London, UK

2012 National Art Museum of Fine Art (One Painting), Taichung, Taiwan

2010 CHIMEI Museum (One Painting), Tainan, Taiwan

2008 Plan for the Collection of 100 Democracy Sceneries in Taiwan, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (One Painting), Taipei, Taiwan

2007 32th Youth Watercolor Painting Competition, Lions Club International (One Painting), Taipei, Taiwan

2006 The British Consulate At Da-Kao (One Painting), Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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