IChin Liao 廖以歆

廖以歆，1987年生於臺灣新北市，2014年畢業於舊金山藝術大學美術研究所西畫創作組。曾於2016年及2019年分別赴韓國與匈牙利布達佩斯參與藝術駐村計畫，並於2025年獲選芬蘭 Arteles 藝術進駐計畫。藝術家曾於臺灣、韓國、美國、歐洲及斯里蘭卡等地展出，現工作與生活於臺灣與芬蘭。

對廖以歆而言，創作是透過抽象語彙詮釋生命經驗的方式，同時也是對自身思考的回應。其藝術實踐長期關注社會秩序與混亂之間的矛盾與共存，探索精神欲望與時空對話的可能性，並從日常生活中捕捉直覺與感性的視覺記號。她的創作深受旅途中的自然景象、哲學、心理學與詩歌文學影響，甚至延伸至潛意識與夢境的探討，以探究感知與生命變遷的關聯。廖以歆擅長以直覺性的筆觸與畫布進行對話，在畫面中有意識地保留塗抹的痕跡，以強調創作過程中時間與空間維度的流動，以及矛盾情緒的張力。她的作品形塑出記憶與感知的符號，同時刻意留白，邀請觀者透過自由詮釋與作品展開深層對話，進一步延伸藝術的敘事空間。

IChin Liao (b. 1987, New Taipei City, Taiwan) received her MFA in Painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2014. She participated in artist residency programs in South Korea and Budapest, Hungary, in 2016 and 2019, respectively, and was selected for the Arteles artist residency in Finland in 2025. Liao has exhibited in Taiwan, South Korea, the United States, Europe, and Sri Lanka. She currently lives and works between Taiwan and Finland.

For Liao, artistic creation is a means of interpreting life experiences through an abstract visual language and serves as a response to her own introspection. Her practice explores the tensions and coexistence between societal order and chaos, delving into the dialogue between spiritual desires and temporal-spatial dimensions. She captures intuitive and emotional visual symbols drawn from daily life, weaving them into her creations. Deeply influenced by natural landscapes encountered during her travels, as well as philosophy, psychology, and poetry, her work even extends into the realms of the subconscious and dreams, examining the relationship between perception and the transformation of life.

Liao engages in a dynamic interaction with the canvas through her intuitive brushwork, preserving the traces of her strokes. Through this process, she highlights the fluidity of temporal and spatial dimensions of artistic production and the tensions between conflicting emotions. Her work constructs symbolic representations of memory and perception, while intentionally leaving space for interpretation. This openness invites viewers to engage in a profound dialogue with the artwork, further expanding its narrative possibilities.

大河美術將舉辦聯展《Shift》，邀請到三位來自不同國家的藝術家，包含加拿大籍印尼華裔藝術家 Tessar Lo、日本藝術家小池一馬，以及臺灣藝術家廖以歆。展覽以哲學悖論「忒修斯之船（Ship of Theseus）」的概念，貫穿三位藝術家的創作，藉以探討身份、記憶與變遷的關係。

RIVER ART GALLERY is pleased to present the group exhibition “Shift,” featuring three artists from different cultural backgrounds: Chinese-Indonesian Canadian artist Tessar Lo, Japanese artist Kazuma Koike, and Taiwanese artist I-Chin Liao. This exhibition is conceptually framed around the philosophical paradox of the “Ship of Theseus,” weaving together the artists’ works to explore the relationships between identity, memory, and transformation.