Biography
Kuo Hsiang Liang is currently head of the Pali Painting School in Tamsui district, Taiwan; member of the judging panel at the National United University (Taiwan); an Expert Consultant for the Taiwan Association for Multicultural Art Exchange; Permanent Honorary Advisor for the Douhuanping Academy of Arts; a permanent board member of the International Calligraphy Association "Lanting"; member of the board of the Zhonghua Calligraphy Society and the Taipei Watercolor Association "Yachong". Member of the jury for the Ministry of National Defense's Jinxiang calligraphy competition.
Her works are created in a clear, quiet, powerful, and vivid manner and are famous for being "as beautiful as orchid flowers".
Participated in 34 solo exhibitions. Her calligraphic works can be found at the National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, the China Art Gallery (the Taipei 101 building), TransWorld University. She is among the world's most prominent cultural figures as listed by the Weifang Museum of Stone Steles and Tablets located in Shandong province, the People's Republic of China. Some of her works are in permanent storage at Yongquan Temple in Fujian province's capital city of Fuzhou; some have been given to Taipei Hospital as charitable donations. Her art pieces can be found in the collection of the Stele Forest Museum (Taijiquan Association, Yongnian city, Hebei province). Some of her works have been purchased by the Pacific Cultural Foundation Art Center. She participated in the writing of a 100-meter calligraphy scroll: the piece was created by artists from mainland China and Taiwan in the city of Zhangjiajie.
Among the biggest exhibitions she has been invited to participate in so far are: an exhibition organized by the Ministry of National Defense at the "Boai" gallery; the Global Chinese Art Exhibition; the Taiwanese Painting Exhibition which was held in a big hall on the 32nd floor of the Taipei 101 building; the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition in the city of Haikou, Hainan province; the "Art Sounds in the Clouds" exhibition at the Taiwanese Cultural Center (Canada); the Zhongtian Gallery's exhibition "Fo Guang Shan — Australia"; the Third Joint Asian Exhibition at the Pearl Art Gallery in Penang, Malaysia; Shenzhen International Cultural Industry Expo (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China); the Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition at the Hou Beiren Art Museum in Kunshan, Jiangsu province.
Awards
In 2015, she received the highest national "Chinese Literature and Art" award and the "Best Masterpiece in Five Continents" award. A medal and a Certificate of Recognition for her role as an Expert Consultant at the International Japanese exhibition "True Sun". A prize for serving as an Expert Consultant at the International Cross-Straits Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan). Certificates of Merit from French and Chinese cultural ambassadors.
