Mr. Lee Shi-Chi, a winner of the 2012 National Culture and Arts Awards, gave a lecture at TNUA on December 21, sharing his experience and discussing with others about his art.

The 74-year-old artist has worked with a wide range of media in different styles. He has expressed his art through wood, calligraphy, candles, printing, paint-brush and many others. The multiplicity has earned him the nickname,“Bird of Artistic Variations.”  

Mr. Lee's art not only reflects the changes in modern Chinese art over the years, but also underscores the sensitivity of an outstanding activist who has always been an avant-garde in the art scene.

During the talk, Mr. Lee recalled how he loved to draw and paint while growing up in the remote island county of Kinmen, and how he later came to Taiwan per se to study art.

Apart from creating works of art, Mr. Lee also ran an arts gallery for more than 10 years with another artist, Mr. Chu Wei-Bor. Their cooperation managed to give birth to the first exhibition in Taiwan of works by artists from China. They also helped many local artists establish a place on the international stage.

Mr. Lee stressed that the most important for an artist is to find his or her own style, rather than imitating other masters'.

In March 2011, a piece of Mr. Lee's work was the first to be showcased in the “One Piece Room” series at TNUA's Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (KdMoFA). In October 2011, he took part in KdMoFA's“Sky-2011”exhibition, and donated to the museum one of the artworks he created in 1962.