Hung Yi

Recognized as one of Taiwan's most influential artists, holding solo exhibitions across various countries.

Defying the conventional definition of an artist, Hyng Yi follows his own unique path and passion for art, often described as an "art entrepreneur."

With a bold personality shaped by a wealth of life experiences, he tackles setbacks with resilience and enthusiasm. His empathetic nature allows him to share life lessons generously and connect people, fostering an exchange of resources and ideas.

His artwork, characterized by vibrant energy and meticulous observation, delivers visual experiences that are passionate, vivid and engaging.

He confidently presents symbols of Taiwanese local sentiment and uniqueness in his creations, with titles often featuring playful wordplay and thoughtful connections, such as the artwork named "Make Money Immediately" of a diamond on a horse (as "make money" and "immediately" also sound like "diamond on a horse"), along with other artwork that reflect his ingenious interpretation of local language and culture.
Solo Exhibitions
2002

"All Beings" Solo Exhibition, Dimension Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2004

"Ever-Changing Bride Hung Yi Works Exhibition" Solo Exhibition, Taishin Bank, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
"Taiwan Has Art, Taiwan Is Interesting" Solo Exhibition, Huashan Art District, Taipei, Taiwan

2008

"Encountering Hung Yi" Solo Exhibition, Xue Xue Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
"Encountering Hung Yi" Solo Exhibition, Thai Yuck Aesthetic Hall, Chiayi, Taiwan

2009

"Colorful Dynamic New World" Solo Exhibition, Dehong Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
"Gods. Tigers. Dogs." Solo Exhibition, Impression Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2011

"Life, Art, and Prosperous Dragon" Solo Exhibition, Impression Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2013

"Animal Party" Solo Exhibition, Taipei Expo Park, Taipei, Taiwan
"Happy Animal Party" Solo Exhibition, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Marine Animal Party" Solo Exhibition, Keelung Ocean Plaza, Keelung, Taiwan
"Hung Yi's Fantasy World" Solo Exhibition, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taiwan

2014

"Happy Animal Party" Solo Exhibition, Taichung Cultural and Creative Industries Park, Taichung, Taiwan
"Zodiac Welcoming Blessing Horse" Solo Exhibition, Tsing Yi Town, Hong Kong, China
"Art Sharing - Hung Yi's Animal Fantasy World" Taichung City Government Plaza, Taichung, Taiwan
"Skirt Swinging Golf Tournament - Hung Yi Installation Art", Merced Lake Golf Course, San Francisco, USA
"Hung Yi Happy Animal Carnival", Miaoli Hakka Culture Park, Miaoli, Taiwan
"2014 Taoyuan Landscape Square Art Festival", Navy Taoyuan Base, Taoyuan, Taiwan
"Joyful Sheep Landscape Installation Exhibition", Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2015

"Hung Yi Year of the Sheep Art Sculpture Exhibition", Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taiwan
"Three Sheep Kaitai New Spring Master Exhibition" Joint Exhibition, Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
"Hung Yi Flower Splendor Animal Carnival", San Francisco City Hall Plaza, San Francisco, USA
"2015 Skirt Swinging Golf Tournament Hung Yi Installation Art Exhibition", Merced Lake Golf Course, San Francisco, USA
"Hung Yi's Artistic World", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

2016

"Joyful Journey to the West" Olympic Park, Yanqi Lake, Ditan Park, Beijing, China
"2016 Skirt Swinging Golf Tournament Hung Yi Installation Art Exhibition", Merced Lake Golf Course, San Francisco, USA
"Hung Yi Flower Splendor Animal Carnival" Solo Exhibition, New York Fashion District Broadway, New York, USA
"Animal Fun Journey", Taipei Contemporary Craft Design Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
"Hung Yi Art Center" Opening, Guilin, Guangxi, China

2017

"Hung Yi Happy Animal Party Installation Art Exhibition", New Taipei City Government Civic Plaza, New Taipei City, Taiwan
"Hung Yi Flower Splendor Animal Carnival" Solo Exhibition, Washington DC City Center, Twin Oaks Garden, Washington DC, USA
"Hung Yi Painted Sculpture" Three Sheep Kaitai Competing in Maryland, Annmarie Sculpture Park, Washington, USA
"2017 Skirt Swinging Golf Tournament Hung Yi Installation Art Exhibition", Miramar Golf Country Club, New Taipei City, Taiwan

2018

"Hung Yi Animal Carnival", New Taipei City Government Civic Plaza, New Taipei City, Taiwan

2019

"Animals Come to Pilgrimage - Contemporary Artist Hung Yi Sculpture Exhibition", Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan

2020

"Hung Yi - Chinese Zodiac", Impression Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"Intimate Art Exhibition - Pulling at the Heartstrings Lab", Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Tainan Ximen Store, Tainan, Taiwan
"Joy Unthinkable Rat - Hung Yi Lunar New Year Space Exhibition", Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taiwan
"20 Years Art Journey Solo Exhibition", Hung Yi Art Museum, Taichung, Taiwan
"Winter Joy", ART SPACE K, Hong Kong, China
"Jingmao × Hung Yi Art City Joint Exhibition - Qingpu Station Special Exhibition", Jingmao Ruihe Reception Hall, Taoyuan, Taiwan
"Spring Welcome Party 101 - Hung Yi Sculpture Art Solo Exhibition", 101 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"Galaxia Galaxia Hung - Hung Yi Sculpture Art Solo Exhibition", City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain
"2021 Lunar New Year - Chinese Year, View Xi'an Series Cultural Tourism Activity Art Exhibition", Datang Everbright City District, Xi'an, China

2021

"Galaxia Hung Hung Yi Galaxia Hung - Hung Yi Sculpture Art Solo Exhibition", Benidorm, Spain
"Colorful Art World - Hung Yi Sculpture Art Solo Exhibition", Taipei 101 Shopping Center, Taipei, Taiwan
"Creative Spring Ox Beating, Gashapon for New Luck", Changhua County Art Museum Plaza, Changhua, Taiwan
"MGM Chairman's Collection Special Exhibition - Awakening - MGM Family Party", MGM Cotai Vision Plaza, Macau, China

2022

"Nantou Lantern Festival Art Exhibition", Nantou County Convention Center, Nantou, Taiwan
"Art Tour Lee Garden. Blooming Flowers Welcoming Fortune Art Exhibition", Lee Gardens Mall, Hong Kong, China
"Year of the Tiger Brings Good News and Fortune to You", Changhua County Government, Changhua, Taiwan
"Taichung Hospital Courtyard Plaza Beautification Art Installation", Ministry of Health and Welfare Taichung Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
"Meifu Food Collection Welcomes Spring with the Tiger", Meifu Group Headquarters, Taipei, Taiwan

Group Exhibitions
1996

"All Flowers in Bloom - Dadushan Humanities Workers Group Exhibition", Dadushan Art Neighborhood, Taichung, Taiwan

1997

"X Generation Gallery Three-Person Joint Exhibition", Taichung, Taiwan

2000

"10+10=21 Taipei, Taichung Joint Exhibition", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
"Rebirth from Desperation - No. 20 Warehouse First Resident Artists Opening Joint Exhibition", No. 20 Warehouse, Taichung, Taiwan

2001

"Trajectories - No. 20 Warehouse First Resident Artists Final Joint Exhibition", No. 20 Warehouse, Taichung, Taiwan
"Midway Station - No. 20 Warehouse Second Resident Artists Opening Joint Exhibition", No. 20 Warehouse, Taichung, Taiwan

2002

"Demons Dancing - Taiwan Contemporary Sketch Exhibition" Joint Exhibition, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"The Third Wave - Third Resident Artists Opening Joint Exhibition", No. 20 Warehouse, Taichung, Taiwan
"No. 20 Warehouse Romantic Revolution - Non-Site Art Troupe Construction Second Resident Artists Final Joint Exhibition", No. 20 Warehouse, Taichung
"Taichung Nice Place International Art Festival", Taichung, Taiwan

2003

"Deconstruction Climax - Third Resident Artists Final Joint Exhibition", No. 20 Warehouse, Taichung, Taiwan
"Wild. Play. Paradise", Kaohsiung International Container Festival, Taiwan
"Valley of Love: A Rondo of Taiwanese Contemporary Painting" Joint Exhibition, Gwangju, South Korea

2004

"A Cup's Blessing", Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
"Asian Artists Joint Exhibition Past in Reverse", San Diego, USA
"The Third Art President" Joint Exhibition, Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan

2005

"Parallel Import - Pre-Hacker Art Joint Exhibition", Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
"Shanghai 'Cool' Card", Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
"Five Elements, Five Forms" Joint Exhibition, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
"Five Elements, Five Forms" Joint Exhibition, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
"Happiness Card, True Happiness", Taipei World Trade Financial Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
"Flower Cats and Dogs Tour Kuandu", Taipei National University of the Arts, Flower Expo
"Good to Have Buddha 2005 Asian Cities Network", Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
"Thoughts of Spring" New Thought Human Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2006

"Artists' Light and Shadow Party", Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"me2 Empathy. Child Sensation Contemporary Public Art Exhibition", Hong Kong, China
"Kenting Peninsula Art Season - Definitely Card (Card Kenting)", Pingtung, Taiwan
"Humanities Landscape" Huizhou Contemporary Sculpture Art Exhibition, Huizhou, China

2007

"FunTown 2" Taipei Eastern District Contemporary Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
"The Wizard of Oz" The Fantastical World of Taiwanese Contemporary Art, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
"China Art Expo International Gallery Expo", Beijing, China
"Love to Fight Big Action (Art in the Hospital)", Hong Kong, China

2008

"Public Art Joint Exhibition", Manhattan, New York
"Moving Zodiac" Charity Aid Project, Xue Xue Cultural and Creative Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
"2008 FunTown" Taipei Eastern District Contemporary Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
"Proximity Tide - New Directions in Cross-Strait Painting" Joint Exhibition, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
"The Empire Strikes Back - Part Two / Charge Ahead", Impression Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"2008 Fuxing International Biennial / Asia Contemporary Post-Colonial", Changhua, Taiwan
"New Interpretations of the World - Pro Culture and Taiwanese Contemporary Art", New York, USA
"Open Sesame‧Lots of Surprises" Joint Exhibition, New Thought Human Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2009

"New Animation" Joint Exhibition, Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"Asian Contemporary Classics Exhibition - Initiate, Continue, Shift, Conclude" Joint Exhibition, Sun and Moon Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"Moving Zodiac" Xue Xue Public Welfare Scholarship Program, Xue Xue Cultural Creative Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
"Talk and Narrate - 2009 Cross-Strait Contemporary Art Exhibition" Joint Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China & National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
"Legends of the Future" Joint Exhibition, Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"10:10 Laughter Efficiency" 2009 FunTown Taipei Eastern District Contemporary Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
"New Oriental Aesthetics" Opening Exhibition, Dahe Art, Taichung, Taiwan
"Mix and Match" Bopiliao Contemporary Art Exhibition, Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan
"Comedy" Special Exhibition of Guandu Art Festival, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
"One Day‧Ten Years" No. 20 Warehouse Joint Exhibition, No. 20 Warehouse, Taichung, Taiwan

2010

"2010 China International Gallery Expo (CIGE)", Beijing, China
"Sculpture, Nature and Architecture, Modern and Past Experiences" 6th Racconigi International Sculpture Biennale, Turin, Italy
"Art Taipei Taipei International Art Fair", Taipei, Taiwan
"2010 6th China Songzhuang Culture and Art Festival", Beijing, China
"Joyful Encounters" 2010 Fulushou International Biennale, Changhua, Taiwan
"2010 Gallery Expo", Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Tainan Ximen Store, Tainan, Taiwan

2011

"Impressive" Taipei Impression Gallery Opening Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
"T-ART Taichung Evergreen Hotel Art Fair", Taichung, Taiwan
"2011 Taipei New Art Expo", Taipei World Trade Center Hall 2
"KING Space Zhabei Shanghai Opening Exhibition", Shanghai, China
"2011 Shanghai Art Fair", Shanghai, China
"2011 Taiwan Hakka Charm Carnival" Hakka DNA+E Exhibition, Nangang, Taiwan
"Kinmen Steel Sculpture Festival", Kinmen, Taiwan

2012

"East Meets West: An Exhibition of Fine Art from Asia", New York, USA
"Mingdao High School Distinguished Alumni Joint Exhibition", Taichung, Taiwan

2013

"FORMOSA Sculpture Biennale", Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2014

"Assassin's Chronicles" Taiwanese Artists Born 1961-1970, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

2015

"Three Sheep Kaitai New Spring Master Exhibition", Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
"Old Bottles, New Makeup: Aromatic Art on Historic Wine Barrels", Ministry of Culture Cultural Assets Park, Taichung

2016

"Hung Yi's Animal Fantasy World", Taoyuan Performance Center, Chungli Qingtang Park, Taoyuan, Taiwan

2017

"Lively Bones - Bouncing: Clouds Flying High" Joint Exhibition, Taichung Cultural and Creative Industries Park, Taichung, Taiwan
"Cultural and Creative Sweet Life - The Joy of Food and Color", Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

2018

"Crazy 94: 241 Heroes and Head Flowers" Joint Exhibition, Hsinchu 241 Art Space, Hsinchu
"Local X Other: Non-Dual Contemporary Art Exhibition", Pingtung Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
"Flora Contemporary Art Joint Exhibition", Cornell Art Museum, Florida, USA
"2018 Taoyuan Industrial Art Festival" RE:ART Remanufacturing, Zhongli Old Street Creek, Taoyuan, Taiwan
"20th Anniversary of No. 20 Warehouse 'Review and Prospect - Deconstruction and Regeneration'", No. 20 Warehouse, Taichung, Taiwan
"Guarding the Hometown" Guang'an Field Biennale, Guang'an, Sichuan, China
"The Moon Above the Sea - Public Art Festival", Maritime Silk Road Culture Plaza, Xiamen, China

2019

"All Things Auspicious - 2019 Hundred Families Art Spring Festival Special Exhibition", Fo Guang Yuan Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
"Animal Artistry - National Palace Museum New Media and Art Exhibition", Port Area Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
"2019 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Pingtung - Art Lantern Area - Barbaric Auspicious Beasts - Art Lantern Area", Pingtung, Taiwan
"Conversations: Contemporary Asian Art", Hermitage Museum, Virginia, USA
"2019 (23rd) Shanghai Art Fair", Shanghai World Trade Mall & Shanghai International Procurement Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
"Space Magician - Legend of the City of Sculpture", Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center Dadun Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
"ART TAIPEI 2019 Taipei International Art Fair", World Trade Center Hall 1, Taipei, Taiwan

2020

"2020 Spring Festival Special Exhibition - Money Rat Shakes Money, Treasure Comes from Trees", Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
"Shining Cultural Heritage • Artistic Innovation" Decorated Space Barrel Painting, Ministry of Culture Cultural Assets Park, Taichung
"Looking Towards Spain - Juan. Ripollés / Hung Yi and Taiwanese New Generation Artist Huang Baiwei Dialogue Joint Exhibition", Ministry of Culture Cultural Assets Bureau, Taichung, Taiwan
"2020 New Creation Life Exhibition", Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
"Stone Moves Mambo - 2020 Hualien Stone Sculpture Art Season Special Exhibition", Hualien County Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
"Art Taipei Taipei International Art Fair", Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1, Taipei, Taiwan

2021

"Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Spring Festival Space Art Exhibition - Dialogue Between the East and the West", Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taiwan
"Ink Sea Art Association International Exchange Exhibition", Dadun Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan
"MGM Macau Chairman's Collection Special Exhibition - Awakening: In the Pose of a Majestic Lion", MGM Macau, Macau, China

2022

"Ink Sea Art Association International Exchange Exhibition", Chienkuo Technology University, Changhua, Taiwan
"Myriad Forms of Life Blessing Art Joint Exhibition", 3812 Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Dreamy Ocean. Meeting the Tiger Brings Fortune - Art Joint Exhibition", Penghu Visitor Center, Penghu, Taiwan
"ART SOLO - Excellence in Art Art Fair", Taipei Expo Park, Taipei, Taiwan