Biography

Joseph Chiang

Biography

Joseph Chiang was born in Hualien, Taiwan in 1980. He later moved to Belize with his family in 1995. In Belize, he is recognized as one of twenty artists to be included in "20/20", an exhibition that celebrates Belize’s 20th birthday in 2001. He is also the designer of The Visible Hand, a 20-foot national monument gifted to Belize by Taiwanese government for the friendship the two country share. He came to the USA in 2003 to study painting at Savannah College of Art and Design, and received his BFA degree in 2006. He is invited again to participate in "We are Belize", an Exhibition held in Taiwan in 2006 that celebrates Belize’s 25th anniversary of independence and friendship of two nations. Currently he lives in New York and works as a full time, self-representing watercolor artist.

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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

Exhibition Record

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 Juried by Cindy Brabec-King

2005 Fall Open Studio , Alexander Hall, SCAD

2005 Far From Home Juried International Student Exhibition, SCAD

2004 Juried Group Exhibition, !¡±Natural Selection!¡L , 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

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, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)

1997 1 st place, the national poster competition in relation to the preservation of natural environment of Belize

1991 1 st place, National Art Competition of Taiwan in the category of western painting

Collection

2006 The Tree With Human Spirit , private collection, Baltimore, MD

2005 Squeezed Mint Ivy Packed In Wal-Mart Frames, Distributed by Joseph, in the permanent collection of SFPS company, Stage Front Presentation Systems, Savannah, GA

2002 20 pieces of paintings were collected by Yasser Musa, President of National Institution of Culture and History of Belize and director of Image Factory, the nation’s leading gallery in Belize.