Karen Chiu

From Cross-Disciplinary Practice to Artistic Essence
Born in Taiwan, Karen Chiu moved to Shanghai during her university years, where she lived and worked for a decade. Driven by a quest for deeper artistic practice, she returned to Taiwan and founded the art education brand "Painting Stage." As a creator from a non-academic background, she leverages the independent thinking cultivated by her multi-disciplinary journey to develop a creative logic and unique visual language unconstrained by traditional frameworks.
The Weight of Time: Constructing Layers of Oil and Lithic Texture
In her methodology, Chiu excels at constructing compositions through delicate and profound layers of oil paint. She prefers mixing colors directly on the canvas, allowing the medium to evolve through cycles of shifting, layering, wiping, and drying to generate a complex interplay of light and pigment. The resulting rock-like textures—born from repeated waiting and sculpting—endow the surface with a palpable weight and the traces of time. This serves as a metaphor for the accumulation, pressure, and sedimentation of emotions in modern life.
Interventions of Reality and Illusion: The Gentle Healing of Symbols
Her work focuses on the psychological paradox of "al...

Shanghai Fudan University

2022 Solo Exhibition
2024 Group Exhibition
2024 Vibrant Diversity Taiwanese Artist in Sydney Ｍ2Gallery
2024 Singapore Bank Art Fair
2025 International Zurich Art Fair
2025 Setec Seoul Bank Art Fair
2025 Miami Red Dot
2026 International Zurich Art Fair
2026 Taiwan Whatz Art Fair