My work explores the nature of the self, emotional struggle, and the spiritual ideas I draw from metaphysics and Buddhism. After stepping away from painting for ten years, the complexity of human relationships prompted me to reflect on themes of loss, attachment, separation, and the search for my inner truth. This process eventually led me back to art-making, where I regard each work as a mirror of my evolving emotional and spiritual state.
Biography
I Chin Sung is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer born in Taipei, Taiwan, and currently residing in New York. Her work primarily consists of oil paintings, but she also explores various other creative media, including sculpture, installation, and video. Her creations are inspired by her life experiences in Taiwan, as well as the religious cultures of Buddhism and Taoism. Through her art, she aims to convey cultural themes while allowing the audience to experience a sense of healing.
I Chin earned a bachelor's degree in fashion design from Taipei Shih Chien University in 2020. Her fashion designs have been showcased on the runway at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park and exhibited in the Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX) and The Arts of Fashion Foundation in San Francisco. While studying fashion design, she also taught painting at Meihouse Art Studio. After graduating, she took on graphic design projects. In 2021, she served as a graphic designer for the For1Dream International Cultural Corporation and Pronovias Taiwan.
In 2024, I Chin enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in New York, where she is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree and is expected to graduate in 2026.
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b. 1997, Taipei, Taiwan
Lives and works in New York, NY, USA
EDUCATION
2026 MFA, School of Visual Arts, NY, USA
2020 BA, Fashion Design Department, Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
A Story That Lives Within US: Ada — Volume II, Crossing Art, New York, NY
Project 001 Scenic Viewpoint, Hello Market, New York, NY
Special Project, TAAC House #17 on Governors Island, New York, NY
Fault Lines — “Where tension becomes form.”, Online, Rexhibit Online Gallery
ISLAND REVERENCE | TAAC House #17 on Governors Island, New York, NY
Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month: Between, Across, Within, Online, Artsy
Compounding Interest-SVA Thesis Show, New York, NY
smoke break, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
In The Mood For Love 2026, VillageOneArt, New York, NY
Thermocline溫耀層, Space Matter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
When Memory Ticks, Helm Contemporary, New York, NY
Next Up: Twisted Vines, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
A Lure, A Lament (豔麗與哀情), CAAC Gallery 456, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES
2026
2026 Governors Island Exhibition and Residency Program, New York, NY
PRESS
2026
Meet I Chin Sung, CanvasRebel, July 16
透視內心光亮 走入紐約總督島藝術家的創作世界 ,The Epoch Times, July15
Featured Interview with I Chin Sung, Rexhibit Online Gallery, June 23
台美文藝協會「島嶼禮讚」繪製傳統臉譜 探索總督島故事, Worldjournal, June 13
Lingering Prayers: In Conversation with I Chin Sung, ArtEchive, May 31
Governors Island Exhibition and Residency Program, Taipei Cultural Center in New York, May 16
Thermocline, TUSSLE, February 26, 2026
Art Show | “A Lure, A Lament”, Group Exhibition at Gallery 456, Li Tang Community, January 28
A Lure, A Lament at Gallery 456, Art Spiel, January 23
456畫廊新展子史女藝術家詮釋「靈、仙、鬼」, WorldJournal, January 17
趙梓均宋宜靜與李一可「艷麗與哀情 」456 畫廊舉行聯展」,SingTaoDaily, January 15
華人女性藝術家群展<豔麗與哀情>華埠456畫廊展出, QiaoBao, January 15
CERTIFICATE & AWARD
2019. Certificate of Selection, International Fashion Student Competition, Arts of Fashion Foundation
Certificate of Completion, Summer Intensive Fashion Course, Bunka Fashion Graduate University
Makalot Award, 2019 Graduate Fashion Show, Shih Chien University