Yoshio CHANG

Taiwanese　1914 - 2016

Chang spent twelve years in Japan, from 1928 to 1940, and was educated at some of the most esteemed institutions in Japan including the Musashino Univerity, Kansai Fine Arts College,Kawabata Panting lnstitute and the Tokyo Fine Arts lnstitute. Chang spent two years in Beijing after graduation before moving back to Taiwan in 1945. While in Taiwan, Chang taught at the National Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan Academy of Art. He has won First Prize three times for works included in Taiyang Fine Arts Exhibitions. 1n 1994, the Taipei Fine Art Museum organized an eight-year retrospective exhibition of Chant's work. Chang moved to Janpan in 1960 and subsequently to Paris in 1980 where he resides to this day. He has held several solo exhibitions in Paris and is regula participant of the Paris Salons.