Artists

Hsieh, Yi-Yu
I was born with hearing-impaired in Dadu Township, Taichung County; I started learning pottery very early, and my father is a well-known ceramic artists –Hsieh, Zhi-Feng, where I only could learn a tiny part of it; further, I began learning calligraphy and won the second place in the 11^th Calligraphy Competition of Central Region at National Chinese Contest, Hearing Impaired Group; Meanwhile, I started learning painting in Gimei Workshop of Teacher, Tseng, Shi-Kai; with his guidance, my ability to draw grew from null where I not only learned ways to use crayons, watercolors and other tools, but also knew the way to take advantage of their relationship, at that time, illustrator or children's painting style were the mainstream. When I studied in the junior high school, the passion for painting remained, even won Best Selection of Illustrator in the campus exhibition.  When I studied in the senior high school, Teacher, Tseng, Shi-Kai had taught me oil painting that he thought it was the best chance for me to deal with where I should go toward at university and I took part in Art Society of this school, which aimed to get a clearer picture how far my level of painting was supposed to go; meanwhile, I had fewer chances to use crayons, but, on the contrary, I had more chances in practicing sketches, which was because I started to learn sketch and water color painting from Teacher, Wang, Hsing-Chi of Pingtzi Painting Studio, and he thought that I should improve my painting which was also a factor to prepare the technical examination, then, he taught me for two years. When I studied at 12^th grade of senior high school, that was my first time having Teacher and Student’s Joint Exhibition with Teacher, Tseng, Shi-Kai, in Culture Center of Taichung City.  After graduated from senior high school and I prepared for university with first choice was my own decision and the rest were decided by my parents.  As a result, I passed the exam and entered into my first choice smoothly – National Taiwan National Taiwan University of the Arts, meanwhile, my water color painting was selected for Beauty Exhibition held in Taichung County, which I should thank Teacher, Hsieh, Ming-Tsang’s instruction; at that time, l was used to have practical style plus that the skills of using water color were quite acquaint and I had confidence in every portion of content that not only I should put everything into the picture, but also I need to improve and increase the correspondent strength, just like lyrical story.  When I was a sophomore, I won the first prize of Chen, Ting-Shi Scholarship, but the oil painting remained practical style that no more than unique styles were discovered and kept myself under a conservative state, until the moment when I read a book – Chen, Ying-Huei Painting Collection that I was keenly interested in his contemporary works, and obtained some knowledge of lines and modeling; when I was a junior, my work – Door God won the Best Works of Art Craft Prize under Disabled Group of Taipei Fu Bon Commercial Bank, in which it was the most obvious proof of my starting point of understanding modeling and further development.