Yi Shin Chiang

Yi Shin (Nora) Chiang, born in Taiwan in 1987, is a Fine Art artist now based in San Francisco. Her love in painting started at the age of 16. In 2005, the winning of 2nd place of Canada B.C. Annual Memorial Contest was a milestone for Yi Shin and this encouraged her to receive her B.F.A. in Illustration from Academy of Art University. After graduation, her passion in art led her to pursue her MFA in Fine Art in Academy of Art University. In 2013, she got the opportunity to go to Italy for a summer-term program at Santa Reparata International School of Art. She currently emphasizes on oil medium and is knowledgeable in watercolor, gouache, acrylic, etc. Majority of her works focus on poortraiture, figurative, landscape, and cityscape.In addition, she is currently doing a portrait series, "Half Empty, Half Full" that examines the critical moment when two opposing emotions coexist in competition, the depiction of an unresolved dilemma as revealed in the facial expression of someone paused at a turning point.

“This ambiguous moment is both optimistic and pessimistic at the same time,” explains Chiang. “There must be times in life when you hit a crossroads. Any kind of decision you make can change your life completely, but there wo...

2014 MFA Painting Academy of Art University
2013 Summer Italy Exchange Program Santa Reparata International School of Art
2010 BFA Illustration Academy of Art University

Currently represented by:
。Saatchi.
。ZK Gallery
。Lotus Asian Art Gallery

2016 6th SF ArtMarket, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
2015 19th Annual de Young Showcase “Divergence: Emerging Legacies”, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2015 Expressions West 2015 Exhibition, Coos Art Museum, OR
2015 3rd Annual Nude Attitude Exhibition, Peoria Art Guild Gallery, IL
2015 Small Works 2015 Exhibit, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015 Ninth Annual International Juried Exhibit Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century, Clatsop Community College's Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR
2014 The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 118th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, National Art Club, New York, NY
2014 Dab Art's International Juried Show, HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA