BEN CHANG
Fine Artist
About
Ben Chang Yi-Hsuan is a fine artist with a specialization in realistic oils. Currently, Chang is pursuing his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the Pennsylvannia Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. His 21st century studies of the human form and still life are framed in the kind of light reminiscent of the theatre, and brings to mind works of the Baroque tradition yet with a contemporary edge.
2017 Special Recognition Award in Black & White National Juried Show, New York, USA
2016 American Artist Professional League 88th Grand Exhibition, Ridgewood Art Institute Award ,New York, USA
2015 Tainan Art Competition Western Media category, Honorable Mention, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Tainan Art Competition Western Media category, 2nd Place, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Tainan University of Technology Fine Arts Exhibition Judges’ Award, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Twelfth Meiling National Art Award painting competition, Honorable Mention, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Ninth Ya Disi Cup Painting Competition, Honorable Mention, Taipei, Taiwan
B.A. in Fine Arts (2008–2015)
Tainan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
MFA in Painting (2015–2017)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, USA
Education
Awards
2018 2018 Art of the flower exhibition, Philadelphia sketch club, PA
2017 Lore Degenstein Gallery Ninth Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition and
Exhibition, Selinsgrove, USA
2017 Black & White National Juried Art Show 2017, New York, USA
2017 116th Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy Of the Fine Arts, USA
2017 Philly Art School UNITY SHOW at Moore College of Art & Design, USA
2017 Heart and Soul : Portraiture and the Body in Flow Art Space Gallery, Minnesota,USA
2016 The Plurals: Duality, Identity and the Big Other, Pennsylvania Academy Of the Fine Arts
2016 Still Life –A group exhibition of 20 international artists in Gallery 25N, USA
2016 Bacchanal Wine Gala & Auction, Philadelphia, USA
2016 American Artist Professional League 88th Grand Exhibition, New York, USA
2016 Mother Nature Exhibition in Gallery 8, Philadelphia, USA
2016 Happiness, Liberty, Life America art and politics show in Gallery 128, Philadelphia, USA
2015 Joint Philly Arts School Show, Philadelphia, USA
2014 Tainan Cultural Center Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Tainan University of Technology Department of Fine Arts Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Class Achievements Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Solo Exhibition – "Artist Pavilion", Taipei, Taiwan
Exhibitions
Born in Taiwan, Chang has always loved Western art, particularly the High Renaissance masters like Titian and Vermeer. Conversant in sculpture, printmaking, and photography, he refined his technique and composition at Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan, a seven-year arts program which solidified Chang’s foundation in the Fine Arts. In 2013, Chang was an exchange student at the University Of The Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. There, he immersed himself in the ethnically-diverse Texan art scene.