Xiu-Qin Zhang’s Creative Philosophy
The use of cloth collages triggers a chain reaction of shapes, affects the consciousness, and leads to associations, just like the creation of abstract art, discovering space wave after wave, and then opening up space…
The space I have created is mainly based on the combination of human body shapes. They meet unexpectedly and connect together for no apparent reason, which produces the effect of “connecting form and meaning”, which makes me endlessly imagined. Picasso has a famous saying: “Art creation is not exploration, but discovery.” The art of cloth just provides me with endless space for imagination. In the shape, color and line of countless floral cloths, it leads me to constantly discover and explore. Searching for and catching chance brings me infinite creative inspiration.
These floral cloths seem to be able to speak, one by one telling different stories and different life experiences, and all kinds of ups and downs are expressed in the paintings. My mentor often said: “My heart is the universe”, this sentence has deeply influenced me, and now my creative path is free and free, and I no longer rely on natural objects (reproduction of nature), but capture the needs of the soul and give myself To have one more spiritual window with the viewer, this is my concept of creation.
- 1956 Born in Yunlin County, Taiwan Province
- 1983 Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, National Normal University
Incumbent
- Director of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Association
- Supervisor of Taiwan Watercolor Association
- Director of Taiwan International Watercolor Association
- Member of Kaohsiung Art Union
- Member of Yilan Art Society
- Member of Taiwan Women’s Art Association
- Member of Cross-Century Oil Painting Research Association
Solo Exhibitions
- 2022 Cloth Talking Canvas Painting – Zhang Xiuqin’s Creation Exhibition at Yin Art in Taoyuan
- 2020 Tamsui Art Residency Program Participating Artists
- 2020 The 40th World Audio and Art Exhibition at Yuanshan Fan
- 2019 Hubei Wudang Mountain Geological Museum Zhang Xiuqin Watercolor Exhibition
- 2018 Love in the World – Zhang Xiuqin Solo Exhibition Taoyuan Airport Cheng Art Space
- 2017 Bubu Weiying – Zhang Xiuqin Solo Exhibition Dazhi Index Wenchuang
- 2017 Detonate the Power of Art-Taiwan Art Fair at World Trade Center Hall 1 (Art Expo Taiwan 2017)
- 2016 Detonate the Power of Art-Taiwan Art Fair at World Trade Center Hall 2 (Art Expo Taiwan 2016)
- 2015 Let Cloth Speak_Zhang Xiuqin’s Creation Exhibition at Cuiheng Art Gallery of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall
- 2015 Cloth and Walking Feet _ Zhang Xiuqin Painting Diary Exhibition in Jilin Art Gallery
