非池中藝術網

台灣中生代極具代表性的抽象藝術家，宋曉明1967年生於花蓮，1994年畢業於國立臺灣師範大學美術系後，赴美國紐約市立大學城市學院（City College of City University of New York）完成藝術創作碩士；之後又於英國國立蘭卡斯特大學當代藝術學院（LICA, Lancaster University）取得視覺藝術博士。

宋曉明的最新系列作品，為英國時期從事博士研究的創作實踐之延續，針對寫實主義的傳統立論與爭議提出個人的見解。其作品中以純粹的元素：純亞麻布、土質顏料、純白底漆與紙膠帶，展現美學與智識的真切連結，以虛構形式表現出畫室生活中具體的現實。幾可欺騙觀眾眼睛的膠帶，勾勒出畫面所呈現的顯著特徵，例如光與影的交互影響與變化。紙膠帶意指過程，並提醒了觀者，所有藝術都是幻象、是正在過渡的圖像，其不可預測性、或說不確定性，乃是一種魔幻的特質。

宋曉明以看似極其逼真的影像，挑戰著觀眾的視覺，也傳達了某些抽象的思維。整體創作以橫跨了視覺性與概念性的寫實形式，並結合繪畫語彙中的物質性及精神性，在「真實」（the real）與「虛構」（the fictional）之間、在「認知」（the cognitive）與「想像」（the imaginative）之間。宋曉明的作品除了提供當代繪畫的另一種契機，同時也令人重新反思「視覺幻象的產生，是否正好揭示了人們對於事物表象的慣性與偏執？」。

Song Sheau-Ming is a highly representative abstract artist among Taiwanese mid-generation artists. He holds a MA in Art from the City College of City University of New York, USA, and a PhD in Visual Art from the Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA) of Lancaster University, UK.

Song’s latest Series is created over the past few years; the series conceptually continues his imagery of masking tape, a response to conventional (two-dimensional) realist art that he formulated since he was living in the UK. In Song’s works expresses a telling conjunction of the aesthetic and intellectual, with the concrete realities of studio life: raw linen, earth pigments, blank-white ‘primer’ and masking tape - in fictional form. The tape signifies process, and reminds the viewer that all art is an illusion, an image in transition, its unpredictability or uncertainty a magical property.

This latest exhibition captures Sheauming Song playing down his irreverent delight in subversive realism in favour of a closer relationship between underlying image and surface illusion. The significant change is partly due to the minimalist genre Song examines, which has the effect of reducing the level of irony in favour of a subtler dialogue. Perhaps more surprisingly, from within the philosophical rigour, the change has allowed authentic themes of healing and of resolution to emerge, to give these works a newfound intimacy.

-

-

宋曉明 SONG Sheau-Ming (1967- )

出生於台灣花蓮

.

學歷

2008　英國國立蘭卡斯特大學當代藝術學院視覺藝術博士

2002　美國紐約市立大學城市學院藝術創作碩士

1994　國立臺灣師範大學美術學士

.

個展

2020　「潮間帶─宋曉明」，采泥藝術，台北，台灣

2017　「Chapter」，大趨勢畫廊，台北，台灣

2014　「獨白」，恆畫廊，台北，台灣

2013　「海洋」，The Solo Project，巴賽爾，瑞士

2011　「宋曉明 2011─恆畫廊首展」，恆畫廊，台北，台灣

2008　「浮生若夢」，Peter Scott Gallery，蘭卡斯特，英國

2002　「與影共生」，Compton-Goethals Gallery，紐約，美國

.

聯展

2020　台北國際藝術博覽會，采泥藝術，台灣

2018　「低限‧冷抽‧九人展」，采泥藝術，台北；耘非凡美術館，台南，台灣

2018　「水果、花朵、物與其它」，双方藝廊，台北，台灣

2017　福爾摩沙國際藝術博覽會，台北，台灣

2015　台北國際藝術博覽會，台灣

2015　光州國際藝術博覽會，韓國

2015　倫敦國際藝術博覽會，英國

2014　科隆國際藝術博覽會，德國

2014　倫敦國際藝術博覽會，英國

2012　「聚焦亞洲」，多倫多國際藝術博覽會，加拿大

2012　全國百號油畫大展，台中市立港區藝術中心，台灣

2012　府城藝術博覽會，台南，台灣

2010　「游移的灰」，名山藝術，台北，台灣

2010　「一花一世界」，名山藝術，台北，台灣

2009　Blackheath Gallery春季展，倫敦，英國

2009　名山藝術中心（華山藝文特區），台北，台灣

2000　應邀參加921賑災義賣，景薰樓國際拍賣公司，台中，台灣

1999　應邀參加蔡瑞月舞蹈研究社重建義賣，台北，台灣

1999　「歷史現場與圖像─見證、反思、再生」，臺北市立美術館，台北，台灣

1998　油畫小品展，台北富邦銀行城中分行，台北，台灣

1996　五月畫會年展，臺北市立美術館，台北；名展畫廊，高雄，台灣

1995　五月畫會年展，中正藝廊，台北；印象畫廊，台北，台灣

1994　應邀代表師大美術系參加亞太地區藝術學院交流展，香港中文大學

.

獲獎紀錄

2013　英國Aesthetica Art Prize 2014評選為百位當代藝術家之一

2013　論文：〈To what extent is Realism in painting a relevant and vital force in contemporary art?〉收錄於英國大英圖書館

2008　英國國立蘭卡斯特大學當代藝術學院研究生獎學金

2007　英國高等教育研究協會獎學金

2007　英國國立蘭卡斯特大學皮爾獎學金

2006　作品〈灰色太多了〉入圍英國利物浦國家沃克美術館John Moores 24

2001　美國紐約市立大學康納研究生秋季獎學金

2001　美國紐約市立大學康納研究生春季獎學金

1997　第三屆台南美展油畫入選

1996　中華民國八十七年度花蓮洄瀾美展油畫首獎（洄瀾獎）

1994　國立台灣師範大學，廖繼春教授獎學金

1994　國立台灣師範大學美術系畢業展油畫第二名，水彩第二名

1994　國立台灣師範大學美術系第四十四屆系展油畫第三名，水彩第二名

1985　花蓮縣全縣美展高中組水彩第二名

-

-

Born in Hualien, Taiwan

.

Education

2008　PhD, Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University, UK

2002　MFA, City College, City University of New York, US

1994　BFA, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

.

Solo Exhibitions

2020　Intertidal, Chini Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2017　Chapter, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2014　Soliloquy, Galleria H., Taipei, Taiwan

2013　The Ocean, The Solo Project, Basel, Switzerland

2011　Sheau Ming Song 2011, Galleria H., Taipei, Taiwan

2008　Fu Sheng Ruo Meng (The Vanity), Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, UK

2002　Living With Shadows, Compton-Goethals Gallery, New York, US

.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020　ART TAIPEI, Taiwan

2018　Minimalism．Cold Abstraction – Contemporary Abstract Art in Taiwan, Chini Gallery, Taipei; Remarkable Cultivation Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan

2018　Fruit, flower, object and others, Double Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2017　ART FORMOSA, Taipei, Taiwan

2015　ART TAIPEI, Taiwan

2015　Art Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea

2015　Art15 London, London, UK

2014　ART FAIR, Cologne, Germany

2014　Art14 London, London, UK

2012　Focus Asia 2012, ART TORONTO, Toronto, Canada

2012　Invited to join National Oil Paintings Exhibition 2012, Taichung City Seaport Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan

2012　Art Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan

2010　Wavering Gray, Mingshan Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2010　A World in a Flower, Mingshan Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2009　Spring Show, Blackheath Gallery, London, UK

2009　Mingshan Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2000　Invited to join the charity art auction for Sept. 21, 1999 Earthquake Rescue Foundation at Laurels Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan

1999　Invited to join the charity art auction for rebuilding the municipal historic spot: Tsai Jui-yueh Dance Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan

1999　Historical Event Remapping in Memory of the February 28, 1947, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan

1998　Oil painting collected and exhibited in Taipei Fubon Bank, Taipei, Taiwan

1996　Invited to join the Fifth Moon Art Group Exhibition at Taipei Fine Arts Museum and Mingchan Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

1995　Invited to join the Fifth Moon Art Group Exhibition at National Zhong Zheng Art Gallery and Image Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

1994　Participated in Asia-Pacific Region Art College Exchange Exhibitions at Chinese University, Hong Kong

.

Awards

2013　Selected as one of 100 Contemporary Artists by Aesthetica Art Prize 2014, York, UK

2013　Thesis: To what extent is Realism in Painting a relevant and vital force in contemporary art? is reposited in The British Library, UK

2008　Award of PGR Hardship Funding, Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University, UK

2007　Award of International Graduate Insight Group Scholarship, UK

2007　Award of The Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Studentship, Lancaster University, UK

2006　Too Much is shortlisted for the Prize of John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

2001　Connor Awards (Fall), The City College of the City University of New York (CCNY), US

2001　Connor Awards (Spring), CCNY, US

1997　Oil paintings collected and exhibited in Tainan City Fine Arts Competitions III, Tainan, Taiwan

1996　First Place of Huilan Prize in painting, Huilan Fine Arts Competitions, Hualien, Taiwan

1994　Award of Professor Liao Chi-Chun Scholarship, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Taiwan

1994　First Runner-up in Painting, First Runner-up in watercolour, Graduation Fine Arts Competitions, NTNU, Taiwan

1994　Second Runner-up in painting, First Runner-up in watercolour, The 44th Department of Fine Arts Competitions, NTNU, Taiwan

1985　First Runner-up in painting, Hualien County-wide Fine Arts Competitions, Hualien, Taiwan