Biography
Joseph Chiang, born in Taiwan in 1980, moved to Belize with his family in 1995. In 2001, he was one of the 20 artists included in “20/20″, an exhibition hosted by Image Factory that celebrates Belize’s 20th birthday. He is also the designer of The Visible Hand, a 20-foot monument gifted to Belize by Taiwanese government for the friendship the two country share. He went to the USA in 2003 to study painting at Savannah College of Art and Design and finished as one of the top three art students as he received his BFA degree in 2006. He was invited again to participate in “We are Belize”, an Exhibition held in Taiwan in 2006 that celebrates Belize’s 25th anniversary of independence. After graduation he stayed in New York for 2 years working as a full time, self-representing, watercolor artist and established his personal website: www.floatingpaint.com.
He came back to Belize in 2008 and had two solo shows in 2009, one at Art Box and another at Image Factory. Living in Belmopan, he established his own watercolor studio and private art classroom and hold watercolor workshop occasionally. He is also a contributing digital illustrator to Cubola Publication.
| Education | |
| 2006 BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA
2003 Certificate of Master Art, Thomson Education Direct, PA, USA 2002 Associate Degree in Arts, St. John’s College, Belize City, Belize |
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| Exhibition Record | |
| 2009 Watercolor Solo Show, Art Box and Image Factory, Belize
2006 We Are Belize, invited as one of 25 Belizean artists in an exhibition held in Taiwan to celebrate Belize’s 25 years of independence and its good relationship with Taiwan, Kaoshiung Museum of Fin Art, Taiwan 2006 Icarus, group exhibition, SCAD Atlanta Campus, GA 2006 Watercolor Solo Exhibition, invited, Starbucks, Savannah, GA 2006 Juried Senior Group Exhibition, SCAD, Savannah, GA 2006 North Valley Art League’s 22nd Juried Annual National Show, Redding, CA 2005 Fall Open Studio, Alexander Hall, SCAD 2005 Far From Home Juried International Student Exhibition, SCAD 2004 Juried Group Exhibition, “Natural Selection”, SCAD 2004 Foundation Studies Honor Show, SCAD 2004 Far From Home International Student Exhibition, SCAD 2001 20/20 Invitational Group Exhibition, Image Factory, Belize (Recognized as one of the twenty artists selected for the special art exhibition, 20/20, which celebrated Belize’s 20th anniversary of independence) 2000 Art for the People Group Exhibition, National Museum, Belize. 1991 Chinese Painting Group Show, Cultural Center, Hualien, Taiwan |
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| Achievement/ Awards received | |
| 2005 SCAD Undergraduate Studio Award Recipient
2005 2nd place, Savannah Sidewalk Art Festival 2004 National Dean’s List Honoree 2003 Portfolio Scholarship with total of $5000 per year, SCAD 2001 Designer of The Visible Hand, a 20-foot, Steel national monument presented to Belize Government by Taiwan as a gift of Belize’s 20th anniversary of independence 1999 Grade 1(highest), high school level examination of Visual Arts, 1997 1st place, the national poster competition in relation to the preservation of natural environment of Belize |
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Hello J,
I have had to take up a hobby and chose to try water colours as apposed to ojls and have found this site on the internet and found your paintings so nice.
I am struggling to come to terms with watercolour but i am determined to stay with it because I find it very calming.
I cannot sit long without some discomfort as I am suffering from prosate cancer and it is also in my bones too.
Enough of my complaint but I wish you well for the future and thanks for demonstrating your paintings, they are most satisfying.
By the way, you will find my web page quite different to what you are expecting but I thought it would be added interest.
Sicerely,
Charles – Wrexham -North Wales – U.K
Thank you!