BIOGRAPHY
1910 Born in Henan, China
1920 Started studying painting with his father
1932-34 Studied at the Department of Art, Henan Teachers Normal School
1935 Studied in the Department of Art, Hangzhou National College of Art (now China Academy of Art), Hangzhou, China
1937 Exhibited at the 1st National Art Exhibition in Nanjing and won a figure drawing prize in watercolour
1939 Graduated from Hangzhou National College of Art
Joined the production of government propaganda during the Sino-Japanese War
1940 Appointed leader of painting, Northwest China Artefacts Survey Group
1941-47 Appointed Head of the Department of Fine Arts, Northwest China Training League
Art editor in Political Office of Air Force 11th wing
1948 Left China for Taipei
1951-55 Associate Professor of Arts, National Normal University and concurrently at College of Politics and Combat, Taipei, Taiwan
1956 Received a scholarship from the Spanish Government and left Taiwan to study in Madrid
1957 Became a permanent member of the National Art Association of Spain
1958 Toured Paris and Europe for six months and left for New York, USA
1959 Won the Non-Member Award at the 92nd Annual Exhibition of the American Watercolour Society, New York
Met Franz Kline, Sam Francis, Mark Rothko in New York, USA
1962 Lecturer at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA
1965 Lecturer at Ulster County Community College, State Universities of New York, USA
1972 Won the Creative Artists Public Service Program Award, New York State Council on the Arts, USA
Lecturer at Garrison Art Centre & Russell Sage College, New York, USA
1974 Lecture series on Comparing Eastern and Western Art, at the invitation of Maryland University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Selected by the Israeli Government to submit 30 works to appear in its educational film Art Around the World
1974-75 Lecturer at Department of Art, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, USA
1980 Selected by Viyella Fabrics, New York City to provide its colour of the year
Lecturer at State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
1981 Returned to Taiwan for the first time since 1965
1984 Established a studio in Taipei
1982-83 Visiting Professor, Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
1984-89 Travelled between Taipei and New York
1990 Moved from New York to Chengdu in March
Came to Hong Kong in May, where he showed his works to Professor Michael Sullivan and Laurance Tam, Curator, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Settled in Miaoli, Taiwan in November
1991 Passed away in December in Miaoli, Taiwan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
2019
- The Distant Planet: Chao Chung-Hsiang, Museum of Modern Art, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
2017
2014
- The Odyssey of a Master: Chao Chung-Hsiang, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
2006
2004
2001
- Chao Chung-Hsiang: 10th Anniversary of His Death, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
1999-2000
1999
- Chao Chung-Hsiang Solo Exhibition & Symposium: Celebrating the Centenary of Lin Fengmian, Chinese Painting Academy, Shanghai, China
1997
1995
- Solo exhibition, Notices The Gallery, Singapore
- Eastern Philosophy, Western Language, solo exhibition & symposium, Dimension Endowment of Art, Taipei, Taiwan
1994
- The Art of Chao Chung-Hsiang, Godfrey Far Eastern Art, London, UK
- Chao Chung-Hsiang Retrospective Exhibition, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
1993
- Solo Exhibition, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chao Chung-Hsiang: East-West Synthesis, Gallery 21, Singapore
1992
1991
- Solo exhibition, Miaoli Cultural Centre, Miaoli, Taiwan
1985
- Paintings by Chao Chung-Hsiang, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
- Solo exhibition & lecture, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1983
- Solo exhibition, Apollo Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1981
- Solo exhibition, Hwa Kang Museum, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Paintings by Chao Chung-hsiang, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
1980
- Solo exhibition, Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1977
- Solo exhibition & lecture series (11 times), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows, New York, USA
- Solo exhibition, Nassau County Fine Art Museum, Long Island, New York, USA
1976
- Solo exhibition, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
1975
- Solo exhibition, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York, USA
1973
- Solo exhibition & lecture, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York, USA
- Solo exhibition, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, USA
1972
- Solo exhibition, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, USA
- Solo exhibition, The New Gallery, Russell Sage College, Albany, New York, USA
1971
- Solo exhibition, Norwalk Museum, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
1969-70
- Solo exhibition, Hemingway Gallery, New York, USA
1968-78
- More than 10 solo & group exhibitions, Couturier Gallery, Stamford, USA
1968
- Solo exhibition, Frederick-Nila Gallery, Texas, USA
1941-47
- 3 solo exhibitions, Shaanxi, China
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary, Hollis Taggart, New York, USA
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Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
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ART SG 2024, Alisan Fine Arts, Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2023
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2009
- Hong Kong International Arts & Antiques Fair, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Centre, Hong Kong
2008
2007
- 3rd Shanghai Ink Biennial, Exploration: New Ink Art Shanghai, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2006
- 20th Century Chinese Landscape Painting, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1999
- Pioneers of Chinese Abstraction: New York School: Chao Chung-Hsiang, John Way; Paris School: Chu Teh-Chun, Zao Wou-Ki, Asia Art Centre, Taipei; Pun Art Gallery, Tainan; New Age Gallery, Taiching, Taiwan
1998
- China 5000 Years, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
1997-99
- Asian Traditions: Modern Expressions, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey; Chicago Cultural Center; Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California; Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Taipei Fine Arts Museum; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts; Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum; Fukuoka Asian Art Museum; Akita Senshu Museum, Japan
1997
- The Chinese Roots: Works from Mainland and Chinese Overseas Artists, Alisan Fine Arts, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Tresors, Alisan Fine Arts, World Trade Centre Singapore, Singapore
- Chinese Abstraction & Beyond, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1996-97
- Milieu: Part II, Asian American Arts Center, New York, USA
1996
- International Asian Art Fair, Alisan Fine Arts, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, USA
1995-96
- Twentieth-Century Chinese Painting: Tradition and Innovation, Travelling exhibition, British Museum, London, UK; Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, Germany; Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1995
1994
- Art Taipei, Alisan Fine Arts, Taipei World Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
1993
- Tresors, Alisan Fine Arts, World Trade Centre Singapore, Singapore
1992
- Art Asia Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
1985
- Modern Chinese Paintings, Abstract Expression of the Brush, Warwick Arts Trust, London, UK
1984
- Group exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1980
- Group exhibition, Gallery 80, Toronto, Canada
1978
- Ancient Heritage New Directions, Alternative Centre for International Art Inc, New York, USA
1977
- International Artists’ 77 Exhibition, New York, USA
1973
- Chinese Arts and Culture, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA
1970
- Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Hemingway Gallery, New York, USA
- 1st International Art Show, New York, USA
- Contemporary Chinese Artists, Art Society of International Monetary Fund, Twelfth Floor Gallery, Washington DC, USA
1968
- Contemporary Paintings Exhibition: The Wellington-Ivest Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
1967
- Group exhibition, Contemporary Galleries, New York, USA
1966
- Group exhibition, Stamford Museum, Stamford, USA
1965
- Meet the Artists Series, Ulster College, State University of New York, New York, USA
1959
- 92nd Annual Exhibition of the American Watercolour Society, American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
1957
- Group exhibition, Layetanas Galarias, Barcelona, Spain
- Group exhibition by special invitation, Museum of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1951
- Exhibition of Modern Painting, Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
1939
- 1st National Art Exhibition, Nanjing, China
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Queens Museum, New York, USA
Columbia University, New York, USA
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, USA
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, USA
Russell Sage College, Albany, USA
Norwalk Museum, Norwalk, USA
Stamford Art Museum, Stamford, USA
University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai China
Zhejiang Westlake Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
M+, Hong Kong
Selected Publications
Rediscovering Chao Chung-Hsiang, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 2022
Chao Chung-Hsiang, Vol 1, 2,3, 4, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2004
Chao Chung-Hsiang Retrospective Exhibition, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, 1994
Chieh, Kathy, An Absolute Artist: The Artistic World of Chao Chung-Hsiang, Locus Publishing, Taipei, 1997
Chieh, Kathy, The Artistic World of Chao Chung-Hsiang, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, 1998
Zhu Qi edited, Essays on Chao Chung-Hsiang, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, 1999
Chao Chung-Hsiang: An Eternal Searcher, Taipei Museum of History, Taiwan, 2004
Wang Yong, Transplantation and Variation, China Renmin University Press, Beijing, 2005
Syncretic Visions: The First Generation of Chinese Diaspora Artists in America, booklet, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 2015
Kuo Bor-Jou, Chao Chung-Hsiang, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, 2019
