I was born in Taiwan and I came Britain in 1997. My unique experiences of different countries and working environments have encouraged me to take a further step and explore new aspects of my ability and myself. Together with collective memories of my life, they fuse into one inspiration of my artistic creativity.

I lost my hearing due to an illness when I was one year old. Communication has therefore always been a central issue for me. As I live in a world of no sound, paint allows me to record what I hear in my mind and my soul. I can then invoke this in colour on canvas and paper; I express my feelings in a graphic way.

As an artist, I want to look into my soul and search for an inner meaning through the exploration of different personal experiences. Paintings contain the language and emotions of the artist's creative processes, reduced and confined from the mental images and inner characteristics of the individual.

When I create works of art I am doing so in my own space and time. As a deaf person, my awareness of the world is more informed by what I see. There is one less sensory facility to distract me. When in remote, deserted landscape I am an individual with my own feelings and fears. The exception to this is my more recent experience of hearing the waves bashing onto the Cornish coast, which I only experienced after receiving new digital hearing aids.

The work of an artist is the manifestation of the painting skill, and the unique characterisations of the individual. From the inspiration of external beauty the artist can be moved and inspired to develop art that is both spiritual and functional. Spiritual in the sense that it transcends the everyday and explores inner space and time. Functional in the sense that it can be read as a literal interpretation of events and objects in the real world.

By identifying these fundamental essences, I am aiming to surmount the fears and uncertainties of my own feelings, and reach peace of mind. The achievements of which will be revealed as simplicity and strength in my work.

2004-2007

Professional Doctorate in Fine Art at University of East London

2006

BTEC Photography Course for Deaf People, level 2

2005

British Sign Language Tour Guide Training, Tate Modern, London

2002-2004

MA in Fine Art at University of East London

2000-2002

MA in Fine Art at Canterbury Christ Church University College

1992-1996

BA in Fine Art at Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

1989-1992

National Feng Yuan High Senior School, Taiwan, Fine Art Experimentation Class

May 2009

Oxfordshire Artweeks

January 2009

BT Headquarters, London

June 2008

BT Headquarters, London

May 2008

Oxfordshire Artweeks

January 2008

The Oxford Open, Modern Art, Oxford

June 2007

Clin d’oeil Festival, Rheims, France

June 2007

The Professional Doctorate Exhibition, University of East London

April 2007

Shortlisted and exhibited :Annual Art Awards, London City Airport

March 2007

4th International Miniart Exchange, the Waterfront Hall, Belfast

February 2007

10 years in Britain, Alternative Family Law, London

January 2007

Vision, ICA, London

June 2006

3rd International Miniart Exchange, Queen Charlotte City, BC, Canada

May 2006

Shortlisted and exhibited :Annual Art Awards, London City Airport

March 2006

Deaf Wish, Woburn Gallery, London

May 2005

Shortlisted and exhibited :Annual Art Awards, London City Airport

January 2005

Anthony Gold Solicitors, London

September 2004

MA Fine Art Degree Show, University of East London

February 2004

MINIART EXCHANGE 4 to 22 February 2004 at the Gomboc Gallery, Western Australia

August 2003

MINIART EXCHANGE 5 to 31 August 2003 Ibere Camargo Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brazil

April 2003

METROSPECTIVE Old Aldwych Station, Strand and Surrey Street, London

April 2003

RECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES The Jersey Galleries, Osterley Park House, Jersey Road, Isleworth, Middlesex

March 2003

Selected student exhibition, Oscar Gallery, UEL, London

September 2001

MA SHOW Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent

June 1996

BA SHOW Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan