Since the autumn of 2022, a certain opportunity led me to embark on an artist residency journey in Japan, gradually transitioning into a lifestyle of creating while traveling between Taiwan and Japan. This is not my first time venturing far—having studied in Paris for five years, I returned to Taiwan only to find my once-familiar homeland had become strangely distant, filling me with a sense of alienation and solitude. Thus, I reconsidered the possibility of another journey: if settling down is difficult no matter where I am, perhaps in a new environment, I could once again reflect on the relationship between my art and myself.

When I first arrived in Japan, I came across Natsume Soseki's Kusamakura. The opening lines of the book perfectly echoed my state of mind at the time, offering a sense of solace:

"As I climb the mountain path, I ponder—
If you work by reason, you grow rough-edged; if you choose to dip your oar into sentiment’s stream, it will sweep you away. Demanding your own way only serves to constrain you. However you look at it, the human world is not an easy place to live.
And when its difficulties intensify, you find yourself longing to leave that world and dwell in some easier one— and then, when you understand at last that difficulties will dog you wherever you may live, this is when poetry and art are born. … Yes, a poem, a painting, can draw the sting of troubles from a troubled world and lay in its place a blessed realm before our grateful eyes."

These words seemed to articulate my own choices—to extract creative nourishment from the experience of migration, to paint the fleeting light and movement felt in a foreign land.

Breeze Through the Light presents works created between the summer and autumn of 2024 in Japan, including pieces developed during my residency at the Tsunagi Art Museum in Kumamoto Prefecture. The exhibition title conveys a refreshing sense of movement, as if sunlight flickers through swaying treetops, casting ever-changing shadows. Through landscapes imbued with wind and light, I attempt to encapsulate memories and emotions, distilling the essence of creating in a foreign place into my paintings.
Having navigated different cultures and languages for years, my work continuously seeks its roots amid transitions, preserving aesthetic experiences drawn from observation, sensation, and contemplation on canvas. These paintings not only capture the changing seasons but also reflect a mindset of traversing different lands, engaging in ongoing exploration and self-dialogue.

Breeze Through the Light is an exhibition about movement, transition, and perception. More than a presentation of landscapes, it seeks to express an artist’s internal state and life reflections through depictions of wind and light.

This exhibition conveys a sense of subtle yet profound emotions—not dramatic conflicts or intense expressions, but a quiet, flowing space rendered through delicate brushstrokes. Light filters through leaves, wind caresses the landscape—these images not only depict nature but also embody the passage of time, layers of memory, and reflections on "home" and "belonging" through migration.

Furthermore, the exhibition carries a poetic sense of documentation. The works do not merely replicate visible scenery but rather reflect an inner landscape—where past and present, memory and reality, Taiwan and Japan intertwine. It is not just an exhibition of landscapes but a distilled experience, a visual translation of poetic sentiments.

Breeze Through the Light is an exhibition filled with quiet movement, recording moments of creation in a foreign land. The interplay of wind and light invites the viewer to experience a gentle contemplation on existence.