Born in 1957 in Hualien, Taiwan, YEH Tzu-Chi studied at Chinese Culture University in Taipei, Taiwan and then earned his Master's degree in Art Studies from Brooklyn College, City University of New York in 1989. After nearly 20 years of living in New York, he returned to his hometown of Hualien in 2006 and has been residing there since.
Yeh's still-life and landscape works share many characteristics with portrait paintings; For the artist, still-life is like an indoor scenery, while landscapes if as an outdoor still-life, both representing the vast and boundless world filled with treasure. They emphasize contrasts in lighting and atmosphere between background and foreground, which accents the development of space. He employs traditional techniques of egg tempera and oil painting to create delicate changes in tone and hue to express a unified sense of light, and employs a minimalist composition and subtle arrangement, creating a profound tranquility and deep nostalgia.
Drawing inspiration from the natural environment around him, Yeh portrays the slow changes in nature with intricate detail, such as the forming of mist or the colors of the sea before a typhoon. He elevates the "ever-changing" scenes of nature into sacred and transcendent images through his brushwork, infusing them with a solemn sentiment born from his deep love and nostalgia for his homeland, ultimately transforming them into "eternal" images of serenity, evoking profound silence and the comforting power that emanates from tranquility.
YEH Tzu-Chi has exhibited extensively, with shows held at prominent venues including the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Tainan Art Museum, Chimei Museum in Tainan, China Art Museum, Hong-Gah Museum, as well as various locations in New York such as the TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE, Alternative Museum, Helio Gallery, Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, and Westbeth Gallery among others.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 The Song of Time, Asia University Museum of Modern Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2022 Drifting Clouds，Flowing Water, Tso Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Flowers ． Landscapes, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2017 Song of Home Coming-HUALIEN”, Pine Garden, Hualien, Taiwan
2013 Monologue, Dialogue /Works from1980-2013, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 The Memory of Tainan, Inart Space Jali Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2009 Landscape．Taiwan, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 Landscape, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2007 Landscape, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1978-2007 Tzuchi Yeh's Selections, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
Tzuchi Yeh's Selections, Pine Garden, Hualien, Taiwan
2005 Monologue─Near and Far from Home, 1989-2005, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2004 Monologue─Near and Far from Home, 1989-2004, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2002 Landscape．Taiwan II, Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 Landscape．Taiwan, Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1998 Flowers I, Home Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Flowers II, New Phase Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
1997 Landscape 1988-96”, Home Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 The Sacrifice of Flowers, Home Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1994 Nostalgia from the Bathroom: Dialogue &Monologue, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1978-1993 Selections, Hualien County Cultural Center, Hualien, Taiwan
Monologue II, New Trends Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
1992 Monologue, The Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1989 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York, USA
1987 The Legend of Growth, Cultural Center of American Institute in Taipei, Taiwan
1985 The Legend of Life, Nan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 The Convergence of Painting- Paintings of Paris and New York, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
The Topology of Aesthetic, Hualien, Taiwan
2022 Earth Pulsing．Nurturing Life Exhibition, Asia University Museum of Modern Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2021 Since the Prime Meridian Is Met, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
New Perspectives of Hualien’s Landscape, Hualien Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
Matching of Arts and Walls: Group Exhibition of the 4th Anniversary of Whitestone Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Hyperrealism Art in Taiwan, Chimei Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2019 Taiwan Panegyric”, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2014 Jie: Boundaries of Self in Contemporary Art from Taiwan 1995-2013, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York State
2014 Hualien．New York．Paris, ip Gallery, Hualien, Taiwan
2014 Telling Details: Photorealism in Taiwan, The Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 Landscape, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, USA
2011 Dual Senses and Dynamic Views-Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Taiwan
Straits of 2011, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2002 Oeuvre of Contemporary Art in Taiwan, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Song of Clouds and Waters-New Realist Painting in Taiwan Since 1970s, Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 Force of Nature-Contemporary Paintings, co-curated by Ronny Cohen and Marlene Yu, Taipei Gallery, New York, USA
New York-Hualien, Neocitizen Gallery, Hualien, Taiwan
1995 Looking Through Lines, Dimension Endowment of Art, Taipei, Taiwan
ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
1994 Rereading Taiwan Modern Art-The Exploration of Style in Realistic Painting, Home Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 A Spark of Genius: Power/Strength/Movement, Atrium Gallery, General Electric Research & Evelopment Center, Schenectady, New York, USA
1990 Third Annual Dia De Los Muertos, Alternative Museum, New York, USA
New Talent, Alexander Milliken Gallery, New York, USA
Micro/Macro, Helio Gallery, New York, USA
National Competition, Lennart Anderson/Juror, First Street Gallery, New York, USA
1989 Second Annual Dia De Los Muertos-Los Angetitos, Alternative Museum, New York, USA
1987 The New Look of Chinese Modern Art, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
1986 Contemporary Arts Trends in the Republic of China in 1986, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The Style of Twenty-Two Artists, Taipei fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Contemporary Art Trends R.O.C.1986, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1984 101 Modern Art Group Exhibition, Taipei Social Education Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
New Trends Exhibition, Artist Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1983 101 Modern Art Group Exhibition, Culture Center of American Institute in Taipei, Taiwan
101 Modern Art Group Exhibition, Multi-media Art Square, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1980 Asian Young Artists Exhibition, Hong Kong, China
The Prospects of Taiwan’s Art World-Young Artists, Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
