Hsiao-Wen Hou

HSIAO-WEN HOU

Hsiao-Wen Hou

Born in Tainan in 1972, she graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, National Taipei University of the Arts (B.F.A.) in 1998 and from the Graduate Institute of Fine Arts, National Tainan University of the Arts (M.F.A.) in 2003.

Since 2014, her work has primarily used acrylic paint combined with glass rhinestones, developing a highly recognizable visual style. Twenty years of experience studying ballroom and modern dance has translated into a keen grasp of rhythm, body movement, and composition, allowing her works to present a delicate and orderly sense of flow within a static framework. Rhinestones, originating from stage costumes, shape a viewing experience that combines sensory appeal with an inner sense of order through the refraction and layering of light.

  • 2025 The work was selected for the “Glory of the Chinese People: Global Ambassadors for the Promotion of Chinese Culture” world stamp album published by the Yanhuang Kyushu Cultural and Art Exchange Center, and was featured on stamps in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan
  • 2025.7.1 The work was exhibited in Times Square, New York.
  • 2025 Art Future, Grand Hyatt Taipei
  • 2025 Contemporary Taiwanese Women’s Art Showcase, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (Central Corridor, 1st Floor), Taipei
  • 2025 Bank Art Fair, SETEC Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
  • 2025 Asia Network Beyond Design, 2025 Jeju Special Exhibition, Seogwipo Arts Center, Jeju, Korea
  • 2024 Asia Network BeyondDesign, 2024 Special Exhibition, School of Design and Media, ITE College Central, Singapore
  • 2024 Asia Network Beyond Design, 2024 Tokyo Exhibition, A&D Gallery, Nihon University, Tokyo
  • 2024 Asia Network Beyond Design, 2024 Seoul Exhibition, Dream Gallery, Dream Forest Art Center, Seoul
  • 2024 Asia Network Beyond Design, 2024 Bangkok Exhibition, Suan Sunandha Art Gallery, Susan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok
  • 2024 亞洲聯盟超越設計高雄展 高雄市文化中心至高館
  • 2023 New Creativity X Life Exhibition, Taiwan Women’s Arts Association, Kaohsiung Exhibition Center
  • 2023 New Creativity X Life Exhibition, Taiwan Women’s Arts Association, Kaohsiung Exhibition Center
  • 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale Satellite Exhibition, Traveling along with art Building a dream in Venice, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello
  • 2023 Korea-China-Japan Cultural Cooperation Art Festival, Seoul, South Korea, Maru Art Center
  • 2023 “Beautiful Romance, Radiant Colors” Chen Mei-chen, Wang Chao-wang, Ho Wen-chin, Huang Ming-shu, Hou Hsiao-wen Joint Exhibition, Zengwen Reservoir, Zengwen Eye Visitor Center, 2nd Floor
  • 2022 Radiant Light, Hou Hsiao-wen Creative Exhibition, Tainan City Government Finance and Taxation Bureau, 2nd Floor Art Corridor
  • 2022 Taiwan Women’s Arts Association “Love and Hope 2022 World Women’s Arts Convergence Art Festival” Blooming Everywhere, Fusai Experimental Kitchen, Taitung


2020
Acrylic color, acrylic rhinestone, glass rhinestone
60 x 51.7 cm


2020
Acrylic color, acrylic rhinestone, glass rhinestone
60 x 51.7 cm

流光輝映
2020
Acrylic color, acrylic rhinestone, glass rhinestone
90 x 90 cm

昇華

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綠意

《Love and Hope》2022 World Women’s Art Festival
Blossom Everywhere
2022.06.25 – 09.04
Fourteen art and cultural spaces in Taitung