Born 1953 in Taoyuan, Taiwan

Education
Graduates from Fu-Hsin Trade and Arts School, 1972
Graduate from National Taiwan College of Arts, 1975

History
1992 
Gives up business to pursue painting career
2000
Travels and paints scenes in Xinjiang and Qinghai
2001 
Ventures into Tibet to paint scenes from life
2002 
Reenters Tibet for further exploration and painting
2002 
Featured Eastern Broadcasting television special, "Eminent Men and Women"
2003 
Featured second time Eastern Broadcasting interview special
2003 
Travels to paint in India, Nepal, and Kashmir
2003 
Travels to paint scenes deep in Xinjiang
2004 
Travels and paints scenes in unpopulated areas of Ngari (Ali) and northern Tibet
2004 
Featured artist in Taipei City Public Access Channel's "Glimpses of the Heart"
2004
Two hour Eastern Broadcasting television special features Chiu's painting journey through northern Tibet
2005
Travels and paints in China's great northwest
2005
TVBS News interview
2005
TVBS Weekly interview
2006 
Ventures into Tibet to paint from life
2006
Asian Art News interview

Solo exhibitions
1974 
First showing of watercolors at National Taiwan College of Arts
1999
Solo watercolor show at National Taiwan Normal University Gallery
2001
Solo show by invitation at the Tamsui Center of Arts and Culture
2002
Solo show by invitation at the Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center of Tamkang University
2003
99° Art Center inaugural exhibition
2004
Solo watercolor show, "Taiwan's Beauty in Sketches," at 99° Art Center
2004
Solo watercolor show at 99° Art Center
2005
Solo show at Nobu Gallery, New York
2005
Solo show at 99° Art Center
2006
Solo show at 99° Art Center

Publications
2003
Vast Tibet: Adventures of a Roving Taiwanese Artist
2003
Collected Sketches of Chiu Hsiente
2003
Collected Watercolors of Chiu Hsiente
2006
Celestial Realm—Journeys in the Qinghai-Taibet Plateau
2006
Collected Paintings of Chiu Hsiente, 2007