複合體 2025-1
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:80cm x 80cm x 10cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2025
Personal simplicity
Su Xiaobian
Born in Tainan, female
Learning
●MFA (MFA) National Tainan University of Art
Metal Arts and Headquarters Creation Group, Institute of Applied Arts
●Bachelor University Popular Design Business Department
1997 ●Taiwan Institute of Technology and Arts Training and Metal Engineering
●Tainan Women's Technical College Business Design Group
experience
2020~So far ●Special Associate Professor Zheng Xiu University of Science and Technology Department of Visual Translation Design
2018~2020 ●Special Associate Professor Zheng Xiu University of Science and Technology Department of Fashion Life Creative Design
2013~2017 ●Special Assistant Professor Zheng Xiu University of Science and Technology Department of Fashion Life Creative Design
2012~2013 ●Special lecturer Zheng Xiu Technology University Department of Fashion Life Creative Design
2010~2012 ●Special lecturer Zheng Xiu Technology University School of Technology Creative Design Program in Fashion Life
2005~2015 ●Talenter Tainan Community University
2008~2010 ●Parent lecturer Kaohsiung University of Teachers Industry Design Department
2009~2010 ●College Artist Zheng Xiu University
2005~2010 ●Parent lecturer, Tainan University of Science and Technology Department of Art
2008~2010 ●Parent lecturer, Tainan University of Science and Technology Department of Beauty
2007~2008 ●Present lecturer, Department of Popular Design, University of Science and Technology
2005~2006 ●Parent lecturer, practical university, clothing business department
2004~2006 ●Concurrently serve as a lecturer, Oriental Technical College, Department of Arts and Arts
2003~2006 ●Parent lecturer, Shude Technology University, Department of Life Product Design
2005 ●Talenter Zeng Wen Community University
2002~2004 ●Taiwan Institute of Technology and Arts "Missue of Art" Shinkwang Mitsukoshi Arts Teaching Shop Teacher
2004 ●Taiwan Institute of Technology and Arts "Taiwan Department of Technology" Teacher of the Arts Education Works Education Workshop
2004 ● "No. 46 Dong'an Road" Art Classroom Teacher
Win the prize
2018 ●The 49th International Exhibition of Japan Enameling Artist Association Select Japan
●2018 Seikado Ima-Kara Mame-sara metalworks exhibition Selected Japan
2017 ● "The 19th International Pocket Product Exhibition" Selected by Slovakia
●Arts & Crafts Design Award Opportunities Germany
●Beijing International First Art Exhibition Selected Beijing, China
2014 ●2014 Itami International Craft Exhibition
“Shuki-Shuhaidai”
2012 ●Chapter 46 Japan Seven Treasure Writers Conference International Exhibition Selected
2010 ●SOFT 4 Spain's fourth international standard fashion accessories double-year competition
2005 ●The Eighth Encouragement Award-Good Works
● "Taiwan Creative Products" National Taiwan Institute of Technology
2004 ●The Fourth National Work and Art Award-Second Class Award
●Fucheng Art Exhibition Traditional Arts Classics Advantages
2003 ●The Seventh Editorial Arts Award-Good Works
●The third national labor award-winning prize-metalworking category selection
●The 11th Taiwan Industrial Art Design Competition "Missary of the Art" was selected
2002 ●Second National Work and Art Award-Enterprise for Metalwork
●The tenth Taiwan Industrial Art Design Competition "Missary of the Art" was selected
2001 ●The First National Work and Art Award-Enterprise for Metalwork
●The Fifty-fifth Provincial Art Exhibition-Engineering Class Excellence
●Tainan City Fourth Fucheng Traditional Civilian Industry Exhibition - Silver Category Opportunities
2000 ●The third SWATCH metal creation competition is excellent
●The 8th Taiwan Industrial Art Design Competition "Missary of Art" Outstanding
●Tainan City Third Fucheng Traditional Civilian Work Exhibition-Silver Category Opportunities
●Tainan Fucheng Art Exhibition-Selected
1998 ● "1999 China Baby Pearl Coral" Design Competition-Selected
●Tainan City’s First Fucheng Traditional Civilian Work Exhibition-Silver Category Advantage
Collection of works
Collection unit: National Taiwan Art Museum Art Bank 2018
Work title: "Complex 2017-Sichuan"
Creation Year: 2017
Collection unit: National Taiwan Art Museum Art Bank 2018
Work title: "Complex 2017"
Creation Year: 2017
Collection unit: National Taiwan Art Museum Art Bank 2016
Work title: "Complex 2015"
Creation Year: 2015
Collection unit: Private Zhengxiu University of Science and Technology
Title of the work: "Simple and Play"
Creation Year: 2011
Collection unit: National Taiwan Institute of Technology
Work title: "Ruyi Phoenix Xiafeng"
Creation Year: 2004
Exhibition experience
An exhibition
2020 ● "College" Su Xiaomeng Li Yicheng Double Exhibition Kaohsiung Fo Guang Ying Art Museum
2018 ● "Release" Su Xiaomeng Metal Art Exhibition Taipei Beijing Huacheng
● "Micro-Shaped Perception" Su Xiaomeng Chen Huising Double Exhibition Kaohsiung Uncrafted Art
2017 ● "Shehua" Su Xiaomeng Metalwork Creation Exhibition Taichung Huludu Cultural Center
2016 ● "Ji End" Su Xiao Meng Exhibition Tainan B.B. Art Art Space
2015 ● "Complex" Su Xiaomeng Metalworking Exhibition Tainan New Business Culture Center
● "Jiu Shi" Su Xiaomeng and Xu Zhihuo Double Exhibition Kaohsiung New Thought Humanistic Space
● "The Three Exhibitions of Su Xiaomeng, Wu Yuling, and Chen Yafang" Tainan University of Applied Science and Technology Cultural Exhibition
center
2014 ● "Flower Silver" Su Xiaomeng Metalworking Exhibition Tainan Shiba Mao
2013 ●<Net. Bag>Su Xiao Meng Creative Exhibition Tainan Juzuo Joint Studio
2012 ●<Flower. Xiang>Su Xiao Meng Exhibition Kaohsiung Hokkien New Art Space
● "『Record』DOCUMENTARY-SUM MYDMA METATIER EXHIBITION" Tainan White House
2011 ● "The Light of the Scenery - Su Xiaomeng Metal Art Creation Exhibition" Kaohsiung Guangzhe Art Space
● "Simplified and air-conditioned exhibition - Luzhisong and Su Xiaomeng" Kaohsiung Repair Art Center
2010 ● "Between - Su Xiaomeng Metal Creation Exhibition" Taipei Beijing Huacheng
2009 ● "It's just a trace in the process - Su Xiao Meng Exhibition" Tainan Cultural and Painting Engineering Company
2008 ● "Complex...Su Xiaomeng Metal Creation Exhibition" Tainan Chengda Art Center Yunping Art Window
● "What story did you see...Su Xiao Meng Exhibition" Baoge Fuqi Taoyuan
● "The...Su Xiao Meng Metal Creation Exhibition" Kaohsiung New Thought Humanistic Space
●"Metal Art Creation Exhibition" Chiayi Taiyu Aesthetics Hall
2006 ●“Metalworking Creation Exhibition” Hongkong Art Center, Taichung
2005 ● "Metalworking Creation Exhibition" Chiayi Newport Education Foundation
2004 ● "Printing Notes - Su Xiao Meng Metal Works Creation Exhibition" Taichung ZAMAMA METAL ARTS
2003 ● "Su Xiao Meng Metalwork Creation Exhibition" Kaohsiung Chung-Cheng Culture Center
● "Sign up - Su Xiaomeng Metal Creation Exhibition" Tainan Art University South Gallery
● "Su Xiaomeng Metal Art Creation Exhibition" Tainan County South District Cultural Center
Exhibition
2020 ● "Rat Age News, Spring Festival Creation Exhibition" New Taipei City Fuqi Taoyuan
● "Phoenix Flowers Open, Butterfly Flying" Exhibition Tainan City Art Museum
2019 ● "Golden Pig Blessings" Tainan Tainan Cultural Center
●“2019 Bangkok Art Exhibition” Thailand Bangkok International Exhibition Hall
● "Women's Good Jobs - 2019 Women's Theme Creation Special Exhibition" Tainan New Business Culture Center
●"Episode 21 Tokyo Art Museum International Book Exchange Exhibition" Tokyo Art Museum Japan
● "South/23 degrees—multiple forests" Art Forest Exhibition Tainan Daxin Art Museum
2018 ● "Flowers' Celebration-The Four Art Museums' Joint Exhibition" Taichung National Taiwan Art Museum
●Chapter 49: Japan Seven Treasure Writers Conference International Exhibition Japan
●2018 Seikado Ima-Kara Mame-sara metalworks exhibition Kyoto Japan
● "2018 Happiness and Good" Industrial Exhibition Taipei General Palace Art Gallery
● "Artistic Travel" Student Exhibition of the Department of Fashion Life Creative Design at Zhengxue University Kaohsiung Foguang Arts Museum
● "Rice-International Contemporary Art Exhibition" Taipei Taiwan Industrial and Art Research and Development Center
2017 ●“The 19th International Pocket Product Exhibition” Slovakia
●SNAG Appropriated adornment Online Special Exhibition United States
●"2017 Beijing International First Art Exhibition" Beijing, China
●"Japan Tokyo International Home Life Design Exhibition" Tokyo Japan
● "Oppose-Taiwan Wedding Creative Exhibition" Caotun Taiwan Industrial Art Research and Development Center
● "Art Talent" Zhengxue Teaching Student Creation Exhibition Kaohsiung Zhengxue University Art Center
● "2017 Tianjin Port Lights" Rainbow Cloud Tainan
● "2017 Tianjin Port Lights" Peach Blossom Land Tainan
● "Shan Zhihui-20th Anniversary Exhibition of Nanyi Metalworking and Handcraft Creation" Taichung Z Bookstore
● "2017 Chicken Dog View International Design and Art Exhibition" National Kaohsiung University Art Center Gao
male
2016 ●“2016 Korean Industrial and Art Trend Exhibition” Seoul Korea
● "2016 Tianjin Port Lights" sunset lotus Tainan
● "International Monkey Art Design Special" Exhibition Kaohsiung Advertising Creative Association
● "Female Idea Reappears-2016 International Female Artist Taitung Invitation Exhibition" Taiwan Life
Aesthetics
● "Jin Shuiyang - Huang Jianan and Su Xiaomeng Art Exhibition" Great Beauty and Wordless Art Space Taichung
●"Flowers bloom and butterflies come by themselves" device design Tainan production capacity construction Tainan
● "Dream Art/Food Art/Enjoy Art" restaurant Pasadena French Restaurant Kaohsiung
● "Craftsmanship Research and Development-Putian City's First Non-Product and Art Exhibition" China Putian City
2015 ● "Pearls on the Crown—Taiwan New Creation Exhibition of International Industrial Arts Competition" Caotun Taiwan Industrial Art Research
● "My Lady-Six-Person Exhibition of Contemporary Women's Art Creation" Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Art Center
● "2015 Tianjin Port Lighting Festival" is blooming and rich Tainan
●"Taiwan, Taiwan. Classic Art - Decoration Arts" Taipei General Palace Art Gallery
● "Foreign Sheep Delicious" Year of the Sheep Creative Exhibition Kaohsiung Advertising Creative Association
● "2015 Kaohsiung International Women Artists Invitation Exhibition-Paris Tour Exhibition" Paris 59 RIVOLI "chez Robert, electrons libres"
2015 Exposition internationale Kaouhsiung femmes artistes-Exposition de Paris Visite
●"2015 Kaohsiung International Women Artists Invitation Exhibition" Kaohsiung Women's House, Taiwan
2015 Kaohsiung International Women’s Art Exhibition
2014 ●"Iron and Steel Tenderness - Steel Fantasy Journey" exhibition in Taichung, Kaohsiung, Taipei
●"2014 Contemporary Metalworking Composite Media Creative Art Exhibition" Caotun Taiwan Arts Research and Development Center
●2014 Itami International Craft Exhibition
"Shuki-Shuhaidai, Japan
● "Strange Garden" Su Shixiong, Lai Meihua, Su Xiaomeng, and Sanyi Fugui Pottery Garden
●【Collection】Pocket Boutique Exhibition Kaohsiung New Thinking Humanistic Space
● "2014 Jingang Lantern Festival" Xinglong scenery Tainan
●"The Voice of the Golden Cockroach - Metalworking Creation Exhibition" Tainan Shin Kong Mitsukoshi West Gate Store
●"Positive Cultivation Fun Creativity" - Fashion Life Creative Design Department Teacher and Student Creation Joint Exhibition Tainan New Eastern Elementary School
● "Surprise Horse 15×15" Year of the Horse Creative Exhibition Kaohsiung Advertising Creativity Association
●"Metal Creation Contemporary Metalworking Composite Media Creative Art Exhibition" National Taiwan Engineering Research and Development Center
2013 ●"Changeable Heart, Love Well 2013 Creation Exhibition", Tainan Juzuo Joint Studio
●"Thirty Gatherings of Weaving Products" - Department Friends Exhibition Department of Textile Strains of Furen University
● "Taiwan's Contemporary Prime Minister Future Faction 2013 International Craft and Art Competition Taiwan Candidates United Exhibition" national stage
Wan Museum
●"Shaoguang Rumeng - Seven Girls Exhibition" Tainan Cheng Kung University Art Center
●"2013 Metalworking Creation Exhibition" Kaohsiung Art Center
2012 ●"The 46th International Exhibition of Japan Enameling Artist Association" 46th National Exhibition of the Seven Treasures Writers Association of Japan
●"2012 Women's Metalworking Art Exhibition" Tainan Municipal Cultural Center
2011 ●"In Place. Original. Original Flavor - Centennial of the Founding of the People's Republic of China
The National Taiwan Engineering Research and Development Center is located in the Taipei OEM Design Branch
●"100 Taiwan Cultural Creations Exhibition" National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center
2010 ●"Fiber. Fashion. Green Crafts - 2010 Taichung Weaving Art Festival" Taichung County Cultural Center
● "2010 First Taiwan International Cultural Creative Industry Expo" Taipei World Trade Center
●"Blessed Land" joint exhibition in Kaohsiung
2009 ●"Cuiyu Yinhua Su Xiaomeng Metalworking Creation. Lai Mei Hua Silver Collection Exhibition"
Tainan Chia Nan Culture and Art Museum
●"2009 Shanghai Ethnic Folk Culture Expo" Shanghai
●"2009 Arts and Crafts Collection Special Exhibition", Taipei World Trade Center
●"Golden Bow - Contemporary Metalworking Pearl Treasure Creation Exhibition", Yayi Art Center, Taipei
● "Pusher" Professor of the Department of Fine Arts of Tainan University of Science and Technology jointly exhibited at the Tainan Dongmen Museum of Fine Arts
●"Craft Stage: Taiwanese Women's Gifts and Autonomy" Special Exhibition, National Taiwan Institute of Craft
2008 ● "Detachment - Creation Exhibition", Taipei Howard Sharon
●"2008 TADA Designers Exhibition", Taichung, Taiwan Architecture. Design & Art Exhibition Center
●"Sculpture Sketch Creation Exhibition" Chiayi Taiyu Art School
2007 ●"The Scene in the Multi-Treasure Grid" Metalworking Creation Exhibition, Taipei Cultural Conference
-- The "Ninth Weaving Art Exhibition" was invited to exhibit at the Taichung County Cultural Center
●"Taiwan Metalworking Special Exhibition" Yilan National Center for Traditional Arts
●The Combination of Arts - "Revitalization and Development of Traditional Art Assets" Exhibition Taipei Cultural Conference
●"Deep Love in the Art Network-Su Shixiong, Lai Meihua, Su Xiaomeng Three-person Exhibition" Tainan Municipal Art Center
●『『Fang Sibao Creation Exhibition, Taipei, Chengpin Painting Gallery
-- "Activating Xierte -- Five Senses General Mobilizer" Education Exhibition at the Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung
●"The Power of Roses ~ Women's Crafts and Crafts Exhibition" Tainan Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
2005 ●"Tao Jinzhi - Forward Governor's Palace", Taipei Presidential Palace Art Gallery
●"The 8th Weaving Art Exhibition" Taichung County Cultural Center
● "We are all art families" Kaohsiung New Thinking Humanistic Space
●"Southern Star, Scorching Its Glory" National Tainan University of the Arts Alumni Exhibition Elephant Art Center
2004 ●"Fucheng Art Exhibition", Tainan Municipal Art Center
●"Metalworking Creation Exhibition" Taipei Exhibition Center, Taiwan Institute of Craftsmanship and Craft
●"Presidential Mansion Art Gallery-Tainan Local Arts and Crafts Exhibition" Taipei Presidential Palace Art Gallery
● "The 4th National Craft Award Tour" National Taiwan Institute of Industry and Craft, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
●"Render Gold Color! - Metalworking Exhibition" National Taiwan Institute of Industry and Art
● The drama "Soaring High" is designed and produced with a golden incense handcuff and a picture production
2003 ●"Art Jiao - Historical Street Landscape Art Reconstruction Project", Minquan Road, Historical Street District, Tainan City
● "The 7th Weaving Art Exhibition" Taichung County Cultural Center
●"Mao Mao Exhibition" ZAMAMA METAL ARTS GALLERY, TAICHUNG
●"The 3rd National Craft Award Tour", Taipei National Institute of Craftsmanship and Design, National Taiwan Institute of Craftsmanship
●"The 11th Dream of Craftsmanship and Ingenuity Exhibition" Taipei, Tainan Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
● "Elephants" Art Center Opens Vine Pattern Project Design and Production Tainan University of the Arts
●""Art" Metal Crafts and Crafts Exhibition" Tainan "Art" Art Center
●"Looking for the Vitality of Taiwanese Aesthetics - Materials and Creative Research Joint Exhibition", Taipei Trend Gallery
2002 ●"Presidential Mansion Art Gallery-Tainan Local Arts and Crafts Exhibition", Taipei Presidential Palace Art Gallery
●"Studio! "Applied Art Research Institute exhibits at Tainan National University of Arts
●"National Tainan Academy of Fine Arts Teachers and Students Exhibition Center Opening Exhibition" National Tainan University of Fine Arts
●"Equipment and New Art Exhibition" Tainan Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
● "2002 Kaohsiung International Steel Sculpture Festival" Kaohsiung Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center
●"The 10th Craftsmanship Dream and Ingenuity Design Exhibition" Taipei, Tainan Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
●"Shape. Heavenly workmanship. Thing-Metal Crafts and Crafts Joint Exhibition" Taipei Xingtian Palace Art Space
● "Dialogue Joint Exhibition between Gold and Fiber" in Qiaozitou Sugar Factory Art Village, Kaohsiung County
●"Private Property" Tainan University of the Arts, Institute of Applied Arts, Metallic Engineering and Art Creation Group, Faculty and Students, Jointly Exhibition Taipei Dadongshan Pearls
●"The 2nd National Arts and Crafts Award Touring Exhibition", Kaohsiung History Museum, National Taiwan Institute of Industry and Craft, National Palace Museum, Taipei
2001 ●"Four Cases in Combination" Applied Art Research Institute Exhibited at Tainan National University of the Arts
●"The 9th Craftsmanship Dream and Ingenuity Design Exhibition" Taipei, Tainan Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
●"Cultivative Addiction-Metallic Craft and Art Creation Exhibition" Tainan Fanhua Art Center
●"Kaiwu" Metal Crafts Creation Exhibition, Taipei, Taste Gallery
●"The First National Arts and Crafts Award Touring Exhibition", National Taiwan Institute of Arts and Crafts, National Palace Museum, Taipei
● "The 55th Provincial Art Exhibition of Taiwan Province" Taichung
● "Tainan City Fourth Prefecture City Traditional Folk Arts and Crafts Exhibition" Tainan City Art Center
●"Open Things‧Taiwan Contemporary Metal Crafts and Crafts Creation Exhibition" ARTEMISIA Gallery, Chicago, USA
● "Coral Pond 2000 Art Season Exhibition", Tainan National University of Arts, Tainan
●"The 3rd SWATCH Metal Creation Exhibition", New York, Taipei, New York Shopping Center
●"The 8th Taiwan Craft Design Competition" "Dream of Crafts" touring exhibition
●"Tainan City 3rd Prefecture City Traditional Folk Arts and Crafts Exhibition" Tainan City Art Center
●"Tainan Fucheng Art Exhibition" Tainan City Art Center
●"Furen University Pop Design Management System Graduation Exhibition" Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei Tainan Municipal Art Center
● "230 Decorations" Metalworking Creation Exhibition, Taipei Furen University
● "Tainan City's First Prefecture City Traditional Folk Arts and Crafts Exhibition" Tainan City Art Center
In the process of forming a unique style by acquiring skills on my creative journey, every reflection and each rearrangement of my works has surprised and moved me. I deem the marriage between Eastern culture and modern creations of metal handicraft a necessary condition to breathe new life into traditional metal handicraft. This tradition lasts only via a continuous transformation of rearranging customs. My quest is to maintain the existence value of my cultural root as I create a new style of art out of it. Hence, in my late works, I continuously endeavor to combine my cultural background with these modern creations, as I probe into the historical context of metal handicraft culture, along with their connections to and differences from contemporary metal art work—including its historical meaning in the context of the traditional society and lifestyle, and the symbolic meaning of applying metal handicraft.
In Hsiao-Meng Su’s creative world, metal is no longer a hard/cold or indifferent/senseless material, but a weaver of dreams.
The works of the Complex series are like those of a weaver of dreams, knitting with metal threads, turning every emotion and every strand of dreams into moving pictures.
Every metal wire or thread is a string of her soul. These metal threads turn and twist slowly, but also dance along with her figures as if they acquire life and resonate with each other.
The seemly cold and hard metal becomes soft and alive in her hands, leading us forward in a dream journey, into a world abundant with feelings and dreams.
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:80cm x 80cm x 10cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2025
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:40cm x 40cm x 15cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
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Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 40cm x 10cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
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Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 30cm x 10cm
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WorkYear:2025
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:40cm x 40cm x 9cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2024
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 30cm x 10cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2024
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:8cm x 15cm x 20cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 30cm x 12cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 30cm x 8cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 40cm x 15cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:45cm x 45cm x 15cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:45cm x 45cm x 15cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:90cm x 90cm x 25cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:90cm x 90cm x 25cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 30cm x 12cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 30cm x 12cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 30cm x 12cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 40cm x 15cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:45cm x 45cm x 15cm
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WorkYear:2022
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:120cm x 100cm x 37cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2021
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:120cm x 100cm x 37cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2021
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:24cm x 14cm x 7cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:20cm x 20cm x 0.6cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:40cm x 12cm x 5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 25cm x 18cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:20cm x 25cm x 15cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:18cm x 26cm x 2cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:10cm x 7cm x 2.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 17cm x 3cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:26cm x 15cm x 3.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:20cm x 13cm x 2.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:14cm x 23cm x 2.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:11cm x 18cm x 1.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:20cm x 11cm x 2.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:11cm x 16cm x 2.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:5cm x 3.5cm x 1.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:7cm x 2.8cm x 2.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:7cm x 2.5cm x 2cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:3cm x 4.5cm x 3.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:3cm x 2.5cm x 3.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:5cm x 2.5cm x 3.5cm
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WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:30cm x 15cm x 18cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:28cm x 22cm x 16cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2020
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:60cm x 45cm x 40cm
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WorkYear:2019
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:25cm x 3.5cm x 1cm
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WorkYear:2019
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:20cm x 2cm x 0.5cm
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WorkYear:2019
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:4.5cm x 3cm x 3.5cm
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WorkYear:2019
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:3.5cm x 3.5cm x 3cm
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WorkYear:2019
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:12cm x 15cm x 10cm
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WorkYear:2018
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:15cm x 3.5cm x 5.5cm
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WorkYear:2018
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:18.5cm x 2cm x 1.5cm
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WorkYear:2018
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:18cm x 6.5cm x 2cm
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WorkYear:2018
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:18cm x 6.5cm x 2cm
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WorkYear:2018
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:16cm x 18cm x 1cm
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WorkYear:2018
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:8cm x 4.5cm x 3.5cm
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WorkYear:2018
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:18cm x 18cm x 12cm
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WorkYear:2017
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:16cm x 12cm x 10cm
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WorkYear:2016
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:9cm x 7cm x 6cm
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WorkYear:2015
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:10cm x 8cm x 7cm
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WorkYear:2015
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:35cm x 9cm x 8cm
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WorkYear:2015
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:25cm x 18cm x 65cm
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WorkYear:2015
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:8cm x 7cm x 5cm
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WorkYear:2014
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:50cm x 40cm x 40cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2012
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:25cm x 17cm x 30cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2012
Artist:Hsiao-Meng Su
WorkSize:45cm x 50cm x 10cm
WorkType:Mixed Media
WorkYear:2008-2010
Composite - Su Xiaomeng created a solo exhibition
Text: Zhang Congxian
Su Xiaomeng, an artist who is full of creativity and empirical spirit in the field of contemporary art, this creative exhibition showcases her diverse artistic practices, especially steel, aluminum, and red copper as the main media, pushing the boundaries between vision and material to a new peak. This exhibition is not only a reinterpretation of material, but also a profound reflection on the relationship between "substance" and "form" in the contemporary art language. Through her unique visual language, Su Xiaomeng fuses materials from everyday life with craftsmanship to create a space of intersection between figuration and abstraction, between craftsmanship and art.
Steel, bronze, and aluminum, as a common industrial material, were not only regarded as cold and hard substances in Su Xiaomeng's hands, but became an artistic tool that could express emotions and ideas. In this exhibition, steel is not only the carrier of the physical structure, but also Su Xiaomeng's interpretation of "space" and "time". A thin thread of steel can be bent, twisted, or extended at different angles to form a three-dimensional network, a structure that itself shapes space. Through these delicate lines, artists express the connection between man and nature, matter and spirit, and present to the viewer the complexity and fragility of steel silk art.
These creations of steel, bronze, and aluminum, whether in the delicate weaving process or under the strong interweaving of lines, Su Xiaomeng tried to challenge their inherent image. Steel is no longer just a cold industrial product, it has become a vehicle that can be endowed with emotions and stories under the operation of artists. Each arc of steel is like a subtle trace of life, showing irregularity and incertainty, which is also the theme that Su Xiaomeng often explores in his creations: how to present the connotation of softness under the seemingly tough appearance.
Su Xiaomeng's metalworking world
Text/Guo Lijuan
Su Xiaomeng, who is now a part-time lecturer at Shude University of Science and Technology and the Oriental Institute of Technology, has become the youngest national craftsman in the domestic metalworking industry with his youthful dreams and persistent creative attitude.
Su Xiaomeng, born in Tainan in 1974, his parents are both artists, and he likes to collect folk arts and crafts. The finely carved red bed, the bench decorated with beautiful tiles on the chair, the finely woven thorn, and the carved and lively ...... are not decorations, but the utensils of the daily life of the Soviet family. The spirit of the "Ruyi Phoenix Shawl" is a delicate silk from his parents' collection, which is finished with the traditional and time-consuming gold and silver thread craftsmanship.
●Embrace the metalworking dream
After graduating from the night department of business design at Tainan Women's Technical College, Su Xiaomeng actively sought a channel to learn metalworking, although Tainan's gold and silver craftsmanship technology can be called the first in Taiwan, but under the concept of "descendants are not passed on to outsiders", the old teacher refused to spread the word at all, and at that time, except for the Institute of Craftsmanship, there was no environment and opportunity to learn metalworking.
In 1997, Su Xiaomeng entered the Taiwan Institute of Technology and Art to study metalworking technology, and in the same year, he was admitted to the Department of Fashion Design and Management of Furen University, where he studied metalworking technology, starting from the most basic techniques such as hammering, welding, and beating.
Su Xiaomeng talked about the various encounters in the learning process, and how did she cultivate the patience that is rare among modern young people in the "sixth grade" when she sat for more than ten hours in the metalworking process? "Actually, everyone has something they want to spend time with, and I'm just putting my mind to metalworking."
After graduating in 1999, he was immediately admitted to the Metal Engineer Entrepreneurship Group of the Institute of Applied Arts of the National Tainan Academy of Arts, and obtained a master's degree in 2003. In 1998, when he participated in the first Fucheng Traditional Folk Arts and Crafts Exhibition in Tainan City and won the silver instrument selection, Su Xiaomeng began to write a diary with his works, telling about his life and experience through metals that are both hard and soft, and through his works, we can also see a "sixth-grader" introspection and confusion about life.
"Metalworking takes a lot of time to accumulate bit by bit, and in the case of 'Skeleton - Sentimental Dialogue', the empty parts are piece by piece, and it took nine months to slowly pull them out, completely with a sense of stupidity."
● Traditional thinking
Each nation and culture has its own images and patterns, and the patterns are often endowed with many special historical and regional meanings, telling different myths, religions, and customs, forming a broad cultural code. In "Reflections on Tradition", Su Xiaomeng uses a lot of traditional decorations; The peony symbolizes "flowers bloom and are noble", the butterfly means "blessing", the combination of the joyful fish and the plum blossom is "happy eyebrows", and the unicorn contains the meaning of "unicorn sending children". These decorations are all happy and auspicious pictures in the traditional meaning of Taiwanese society, and the form of "lock" is because the early medicine was not developed, and the parents hoped to lock the life of their children with the help of divine power to ward off evil spirits, so the silver lock is also called the long-lived lock.
In traditional society, women's status in the family is often forbidden to the shackles of inheritance and inheritance, so the decoration of "happy eyebrows" in this work is made into the shape of "lock", "Necklace is an ornament often used by women, and the way the necklace is worn around the neck with traditional patterns is a metaphor for women who are often framed by many worldly norms and trapped in the prison of beautiful appearances." Su Xiaomeng skillfully attaches a hand-shaped object to the bottom of the chain, "the little hand that curls presents the action of grabbing; Seizure is the meaning of attacking, acquiring, possessing." The norms that tradition has given to women have been reinterpreted by female artists with modern ideas.
●Eyes that gaze at memory
"The Eye of Memory" is a combination of different materials, colors and other modeling elements to create five different eyes, using not only pressure molding, but also gold and silver thread working, chemical dyeing, 琑瑑, coral ......, and even the corpses of geckos that have been flattened in the school garden, "The changes in the emotions of people are closely related to the surrounding environment, so the materials that are picked up and discovered at random during the life cycle are expressed in the works, and they can express different emotional states through the combination of different objects."
In a group of five works, the hollow eye has become a symbol of death destruction; Full of fiery red corals, like blood-filled eyeballs, staring fiercely; The remains of the gecko freeze in the sunken deformed eyes; Tiny little hands like ants climb and beg, wriggling to satisfy an endless stream of desire; However, when all is meaningless, all that remains is complete darkness and despair of no way to reach upward.
"Many things or feelings in life are like 'imprints', interspersed with smells, light and shadows, emotions, colors, sounds, temperatures, and eyes, sometimes shining and sometimes retreating, but they must not help but look directly at and face their own emotions." Su Xiaomeng's words made people have to stare calmly at the world in their eyes.
● Love that doesn't have time to grow
The creation of the "body protector" is made of silver, copper, acacia beans, and acrylic, and the acrylic is sealed with a dry bird corpse, "The bird corpse is picked up in the school garden, and the bird that has not had time to grow is like a love that has not had time to grow." Su Xiaomeng said sadly that the acacia beans representing the "heart" were wrapped and guarded by silver and bronze and other metals, and the bird corpse in the back was the lost love, symbolizing the past is the foundation of the future and the present, and her heart should be well protected.
The work "Forbidden" is based on the concept of "restrictions"; The bronze hollow square object package is attached to a square hexahedron made of acrylic like a dice, and the dice can roll in the square object, but no matter how it is turned, it can only present these six sides, but the question of which side of chance arises, just as everything in human life is also a limit, and can only be walked back and forth between them. "The dice originally printed six facets, and replaced them with symbols that represent the dependence of life: heart, hands, brain, eyes, ears, and the question sign for 'unknown.'"
Su Xiaomeng absorbed the traditional craftsmanship of the East with one hand, but was eager to break free from the shackles of traditional thinking with the other. Between tradition and modernity, between rigidity and innovation, Su Xiaomeng skillfully uses tradition and innovation to find his own balance in metalworking creation.
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