Shyh-Charng was
born in Nagano, Japan in 1945. He moved to Taiwan with
his parents in 1946 and arrived in Canada in 1974.
Shyh-Charng attended the National Taiwan University
where he received his B.A. in Anthropology/Archaeology
in 1970. Continuing his education in Canada, Lo received
his M.A. (Anthropology / Archaeology) from the
University of British Columbia in 1977, and M.M. St.
(Museum Studies) from the University of Toronto in 1983.
In addition to painting, Shyh-Charng Lo started to learn
lithography at Open Studio in Toronto in 1984. Due to
his life long devotion to fine art, finally in 1989,
Shyh-Charng resigned from the Royal Ontario Museum where
he had been working for a decade and moved to Vancouver
to become a full time artist.
Shyh-Charng Lo’s art reveals nature in a sophisticated
blend of insight and tranquility, combining the vast
with the intimate in his veiled view of the West Coast.
They are gentle yet persistent, muted yet referential
and commodious, while at the same time, restrained.
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Selected Solo
Exhibitions
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2024
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"Dialogue with Nature", Visual Space Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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2017
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"Forms of Nature", Art Beatus Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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2016
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"Blue Rest", 99º Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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2015
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Sunny Art Museum, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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2014
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"Shan-Shui", Howard Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
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| 2013 |
"In Search of Yi", Art Beatus Gallery, Peel
Street Space, Hong Kong
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2012
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Providence University Art Centre, Taichung,
Taiwan
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Museum of Fine Arts of Cultural Bureau,
Hsinchu, Taiwan
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2009
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"Natural Declaration", 99°Art Centre,
Shanghai, China
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Redhouse Art Gallery, Guangzhou, China
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2008
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Covan Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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"Solo Works of Lo Shyh-Charng", Art Beatus
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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| 2007 |
99° Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan |
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"Landscape Forever", Art Beatus Gallery,
Graham Street Space, Hong Kong
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Institute of Asian Research, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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2005
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Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Association
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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2004
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TaKu Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
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2003
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"Consciousness", Art Beatus Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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2002
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"Dialogue with Nature", Gallery OM,
Yokohama, Japan
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2000
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Institute of Asian Research, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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"Dialogue with Nature", Cambridge Art
Centre, Vancouver, Canada
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"Dialogue with Nature", Richmond Art Gallery
(at Gateway Theatre), Vancouver, Canada
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1998
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Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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"Dialogue with Nature", Malaspina Printmaker
Society, Vancouver, Canada
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Caves Art Center, Taipei and Hsinchu, Taiwan
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1997
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Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Association
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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1996
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Caves Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Art Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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"Dialogues with Nature", Seymour Art
Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
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1994
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East Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
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Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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1993
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Different Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
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1992
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Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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1991
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Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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1986
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ROM Social Club, Royal Ontario Museum,
Toronto, Canada
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1984
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ROM Social Club, Royal Ontario Museum,
Toronto, Canada
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Selected Collective Exhibitions
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2018
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"Summer Group Exhibition", Art Beatus Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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2016
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"Summer Group Exhibition", Art Beatus Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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"Landscape +", Two Person Exhibition with
Qiu Shihua, Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong
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2014
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"Asia Hotel Art Fair", Marco Polo Hotel, Art
Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong
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2013
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"Asia Contemporary Art Show 2013", Art
Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong
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"Asia Hotel Art Fair", Mandarin Oriental
Hotel, Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong
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"Melt", Winter Group Exhibition, Art Beatus
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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2012
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"Art Taipei", Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong
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"Asia Contemporary Art Show", Hong Kong
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"Spoon Art Fair", Art Beatus Gallery, Hong
Kong |
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"Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair", Art
Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong |
2010
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"Golden Age Artists Group Show", 99 Degrees
Art Center, Shanghai, China
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2009
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"Drawn Together", Art Beatus Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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"Remarkable Taiwanese Artists", 99 Degrees
Art Center, Shanghai, China |
2008
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"Taipei Art Fair", Taipei, Taiwan
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"Hong Kong Art Fair 2008, Hong Kong
Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
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2006
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"Organic Relationship", Burnaby Art Gallery,
Burnaby, Canada
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Asian Heritage Month 10th Anniversary
Exhibition (invited to a two person show), Roundhouse
Community Centre, Vancouver, Canada
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"30 x 30: New Direction in Printmaking",
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
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2005
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"Two Person Show", CCM Centre, Burnaby,
Canada
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"New Life", Seven Artists Exhibition,
Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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2004
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"Blissful Weeds", Art Beatus Gallery,
Exchange Square Podium, Hong Kong
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"Unusual Suspects", Gallery One, Toronto,
Canada
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2003
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The International Print Biennial of Beijing
2003, Beijing, China
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2002
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"Pacific Printer", SNAP Gallery, Edmonton,
Canada
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Twelve Chinese Canadian Artists Exhibtion,
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
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"Personal Landscapes", Malaspina Printmakers
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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2001
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Malaspina Printmakers Society Prints
Exhibition, Gallery OM, Yokohama, Japan
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"Painted Landscape", Richmond Art Gallery,
Richmond, Canada
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"Shan-Shui: Landscape", Chinese Cultural
Centre Museum and Archives, Vancouver, Canada
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2000
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The Macau International Exhibition of
Prints, The Macau Museum of Art, Macau
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Malaspina Printmakers Society 25th Annual
Juried Exhibition, Gallery at Ceperley House, Burnaby,
Canada
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"Passage", UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver,
Canada
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1999
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Malaspine Printmakers Society 24th Annual
Juried Exhibition, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver,
Canada
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"Print and Sculpture", Cherng Pin Gallery,
Taipei, Taiwan
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1998
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Malaspine Printmakers Society 23rd Annual
Juried Exhibition, Havana Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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"Time and Place", Small Prints Gallery, City
of Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
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1997
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"In/Flux '97", Asia Pacific Artist Group
Exhibition, UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver, Canada
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"Fine Editors X File", Cherng Pin Gallery,
Taipei, Taiwan
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Malaspine Printmakers Society 22nd Annual
Juried Exhibition, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam,
Canada
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Canada's Year of Asia Pacific/Taiwanese
Cultural Festival, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts,
Burnaby, Canada
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"Latitude 49: Prints from Canada", The Watch
House, Balmain, Australia
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1996
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Malaspine Printmakers Society 21st Annual
Juried Exhibition, Foto-Base Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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"The Joint Exhibition of Lotus", UBC Asian
Centre, Vancouver, Canada
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"West Coast Scrolls", Engramme Gallery,
Quebec City, Canada
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1995
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National Taiwan Arts Education Gallery,
Taipei, Taiwan
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Malaspina Printmakers Society Celebrating 20
Years of Original Printmaking, Burnaby Art Gallery,
Burnaby, Canada
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1995
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First International Triennial of Graphic
Arts - Sofia '95, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Malaspina Printmakers Society 20th Annual
Members' Show, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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Simon Patrich Galleries, Vancouver, Canada
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Citibank Private Banking Centre, Vancouver,
Canada
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1994
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Malaspina Printmakers Society 19th Annual
Members' Show, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, Canada;
Studio B, Burlingame, California, USA; The Downstairs
Gallery, Chilliwack, Canada
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Malaspina Printmakers Society Exhibition,
the Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
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1993
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Malaspina Printmakers Society 18th Annual
Members' Show, Community Arts Council Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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The First International Print Biennial
Maastricht 1993, the Netherlands
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"Spring Winds", Simon Patrich Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
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1992
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Malaspina Printmakers Society 17th Annual
Members' Show, Community Arts Council Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada |
1991
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5th International Biennial Print Exhibit:
1991 ROC, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
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Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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China/Canada Cultural Exchange (organized by
the Surrey Art Gallery), Cultural Center, Zuhai, China
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El Institute Culturale Norteamericano, Lima,
Peru
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1990
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Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver,
Canada |
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Grabados Canadian, Centre International de
Recerca Grafica, Calella, Barcelona, Spain |
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Mini print Portfolio, Malaspina Printmakers
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada |
1989
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4th International Biennial Print Exhibit
1989 ROC, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
1988
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Gallery Hittite, Toronto, Canada |
1986
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Weller's Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
1985
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Discovery/1 - First Toronto Artist's Fair,
Toronto, Canada |
1984
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Gallery Jarmain, Toronto, Canada |
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Awards
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| 1996 |
Bronze Medal from The Lexicographical Work
Editorial Department of China International Famous Person Research
Institute, Beijing, China |
| 1985 |
The
"Best Landscape" award from the Willowdale group of
Artists show, North York YMCA, Toronto, Canada |
| 1963
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The
1st place award of the Student's Fine Arts Contest of the
Provincial Hsin-chu High School, Taiwan |
| 1954
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The
1st place award of the Student's Fine Arts Contest of the
Hsin-chu county, Taiwan |
Publications |
1988
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"I-wen te chui hsun" (Paterson Ewen's
search). I Shu Chia (Artist Magazine), #157, 1988, pp.
48-52, Taipei |
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"Ta-wei sha-erh te mi ma" (The code of David
Salle). I Shu Chia (Artist Magazine), #153, 1988,
pp. 42-45, Taipei |
1987
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"Hsu Pei-hung i tso chan te kuan kan yu hui
hsing" (Reflections on the art of Xu Beihong), I Shu
Chia (Artist Magazine), #150, 1987, pp. 118-123, Taipei
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1986
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"I wei pei i wang te ta shih mo-li-shih" (A
forgotten master: James Wilson Morrice), I Shu Chia
(Artist Magazine), #138, 1986, pp. 40-44, Taipei
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"Meng-k'e tai kei wo men shen me" (What did
Edvard Munch bring to us?), I Shu Chia (Artist
Magazine), #136. 1986. pp. 46-49, Taipei
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"Tan po ning ching te Ai-fu-li" (The life
and art of Milton Avery), I Shu Chia (Artist Magazine),
#133, 1986, pp. 56-59, Taipei |
1985
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"Ou-chou ping shan te chen han" (The impact
of the "European Iceberg" Exhibition), I Shu Chia
(Artist Magazine), #127, 1985, pp. 72-79, Taipei
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"Ke ching te hsian shih chu i hua chia
Tu-mi-ai" (Honore Daumier: the respectable realism
artist), I Shu Chia (Artist Magazine), #126, 1985, pp.
42-47, Taipei |
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"K'an To-lun-to te Hui-si-le t'ung pan hua
t'e chan" (Whistler's prints exhibition at Toronto), I
Shu Chia (Artist Magazine), #119, 1985, pp. 44-47,
Taipei |
1984
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"Ta shih Hao-k'e-ni lai fang chi" (A note on
David Hockney's visit), I Shu Chia (Artist Magazine),
#114, 1984, pp. 40-43, Taipei |
Catalogues |
2012
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"Searching Through Time", Providence
University Art Centre, Taichung, Taiwan
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"Shyh-Charng Lo's Art", Hsinchu County
Cultural Affairs Museum of Art, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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2009
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"Natural Declaration" Shyh-Charng Lo, 99º Art
Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
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2007
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"Dialogues with Nature" Shyh-Charng Lo, 99º
Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
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"Landscape Forever" Shyh-Charng Lo, Art Beatus
Gallery, Hong Kong
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2004
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“Dialogues with Nature” Shyh-Charng Lo, Taku
Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan |
2003
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Shyh-Charng Lo “Consciousness”, Art Beatus
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada |
1998
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Shyh-Charng Lo “Dialogues with
Nature”, Cave Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan |
1996
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"Dialogues with Nature", Cave Art Centre,
Taipei, Taiwan |
1993
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The Dialogue of Mountain and Water,
Different Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
1991
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Recent Works by Shyh-Charng Lo, Asia Art
Centre, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Public Collections
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Burnaby Art Gallery,
Canada
Institute of Asian Research, The University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Citibank, New York, USA
Citibank, Toronto, Canada
Citibank, Singapore
Toronto Dominion Bank, Vancouver, Canada
National Taiwan Art Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal
University, Taiwan
Museum of Fine Arts of Cultural Bureau, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Art Center of Providence University, Taiwan
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Artist Statement
From the very
start, I have always strived to express my mood in the
landscapes of my paintings. Over thirty years later, the
mood in the paintings is still the subject of my art,
but the details of the landscapes are much less
important than the feeling itself.
I started to learn lithography at "Open Studio" in
Toronto in 1984. Since then, I have fallen in love with
this medium and pursue the same goal with it as I do in
my painting.
My art is created with the feelings and sentiment I hold
for the world around me. The images of mountains and
water especially have always moved me and lie close to
my heart. My art does not chase after realism or any
current art trend, but is simply an expression of my
innermost peace of mind.
For further
information, please contact:
Canada: tel: (1) 604.688.2633,
fax: (1) 604.688.2685
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