Taiwanese artist Chiu Ya Tsai specializes in portraits. In general Ya Tsai paints cultural figures or people of the bourgeois class, including poets, artists and professors. These people are located in places of classical beauty. Instead of just representing the facial expressions of the models, Chiu Ya Tsai focuses on their minds, which are refined by their cultural activities.

1953 Born in Taipei
Besides being a painter, Chiu Ya Tsai is also an active writer who has published numerous novels in recent years.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2000
Idle Indulgence in Objects Wears Out One's Spirits, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei
1998
Kingstone Gallery, Taichung_- Why Not Go Touring by Candlelight, Lin & Keng Gallery, TaipeiHanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1997
One More Tour in Taiwan, Hanart Gallery, Taipei
1996
Personal Retrospection, Hanart Gallery, Taipei
1995
Ceramics by Cheng Tsai-tung, Ray Hughes, Australia
1994
Till the End of the World, Hanart Gallery, Taipei Beautiful Life, Crown Art Center
1993
Sailor and Box, Hanart Gallery, Taipei_- Peitou Romance, Hsiung Shih Gallery, Taipei
1992
Taipei Oblivion, Hanart Gallery, Taipei
1991
The Tour in Taipei Suburbs Taipei, Hanart Gallery, Taipei
1990
Apparitions, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong_- Cheng Tsai-tung's Recent Work, Hanart Gallery, Taipei
1988
Ink Painting, Wisteria Teahouse, Taipei_- Yun-Non Teahouse, Taipei
1987
Sherkat Gallery, East Village, New York, U.S.A.
1986
Taichung Art Center, Taichung_- A vacant house, Taipei
1984
Cheng Tsai-tung, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1983
Cheng Tsai-tung, Wisteria Teahouse, Taipei
1981
Cheng Tsai-tung, American Cultural Center, Taipei
1980
Cheng Tsai-tung, American Cultural Center, Taipei