Taiwan Painting Stage Teacher-Student Joint Exhibition "Show Time!": A Visual Feast by 23 Artists
The stage for contemporary art is set on the banks of the Seine in Paris. Taiwanese art education brand "Painting Stage" will host its faculty and student joint exhibition, "Show Time!" (Paris Group Art Exhibition by Painting Stage), from June 12 to 16, 2026, at Espace Sorbonne 4, located in the heart of Paris's cultural district.
This exhibition is led by artist Karen Chiu, who comes from a non-academic background and possesses interdisciplinary independent thinking. Karen's work consistently focuses on the psychological paradox of "alienation and the desire for connection" in the contemporary social era. She excels at building rock-like textures with delicate oil paints and incorporating surreal symbols such as floating balloons. This time, she leads 22 energetic Taiwanese artists in an overseas exhibition, metaphorically transforming the venue into an art theater. Each piece is a unique visual performance, with artists imbuing their paintings with protagonist roles and inner dramas, inviting Parisian audiences to witness the spectacular "Show Time."
Monologues on Canvas: Exhibiting Artists and Their Creative Concepts
AIO
Through delicate and emotionally rich imagery, AIO depicts the exclusive and intimate universe between people, exploring the subtle states of love, companionship, and emotional connection amidst soft colors and gazes. (Exhibiting 1 piece: "In Our Own Universe / Dans notre propre univers")
Celine Ma
Celine Ma blends fantastical narratives with pop culture elements, creating dreamlike visual stages through opulent and dramatic compositions, showcasing vibrant vitality between childlike wonder and surrealism. (Exhibiting 1 piece: "The Jungle Lord's Amazing Party")
DIANA TAI
Drawing inspiration from Eastern mythological characters, DIANA TAI uses dynamic tension and vivid colors to portray the courage and strength required to break free from the shackles of fate and confront one's life challenges. (Exhibiting 1 piece: "Fearless")
Fendi Su
Fendi Su's works navigate between dreams and reality, depicting emotional flows within scenes of maidens, warriors, and nature, revealing an inner world where vulnerability and resilience coexist within a poetic atmosphere. (Exhibiting 2 pieces: "Whispers of a Dream", "The Weight of Reality")
Gaga Wang
With a perspective imbued with cultural metaphors and contemporary humor, Gaga Wang explores the transformation of individual identity within globalization and cultural frameworks, presenting a stage-like sensibility that is both illusory and real. (Exhibiting 1 piece: "Scaled for the Stage")
Hsin-Yi
Starting from Taiwan's land and geopolitical realities, Hsin-Yi's works use imagery with childlike symbols to subtly convey contemporary anxieties, juxtaposing daily life with the shadow of war, thereby presenting a complex and sensitive perception of the era. (Exhibiting 1 piece: "Ping Pong Hill")
Iris Chang
Iris Chang excels at constructing joyful scenes with vibrant colors and character narratives, depicting free spirits amidst animals, music, and parties, showcasing a charm where innocence and madness intertwine. (Exhibiting 3 pieces: "Walking Towards the Light", "Tipsy Moments", "Accomplice in the Bathtub")
Juliet Lin
Through portraits imbued with light and a sense of tranquility, the artist showcases the power of women blossoming from within, conveying the steadfastness and gentleness of becoming light itself. (Featuring 1 piece: "The moment she becomes the light")
Julinan Chung
Drawing from childhood memories and experiences in nature, the artist reconstructs carefree moments of growth using rich oil paints and vibrant brushstrokes, evoking a resonance with an era of innocence in viewers. (Featuring 1 piece: "Naughty Boy")
Kate Chen
Depicting life's waiting and companionship with warm and sincere emotions, the artist conveys the happiness of family, love, and the arrival of new life through gentle imagery. (Featuring 1 piece: "I am waiting for you")
LEU,JENG-MING
Combining cultural imagery of Taiwanese indigenous peoples with contemporary artistic language, the artist presents, through images full of light and energy, the profound emotions of ethnic spirit, land memory, and cultural heritage. (Featuring 1 piece: "The World Blossoms in the Palm of Your Hand")
Melody Lu
Using soft, dreamy colors to depict inner emotions and memories, and amidst an atmosphere interwoven with flowers and scents, the artist conveys feelings of longing, memory, and gentle blessings. (Featuring 1 piece: "Blue Dream")
Pauline
The works exude a theatrical brilliance and use a concise, direct visual language to convey confidence and the energy of being in the spotlight, encouraging everyone to be the protagonist of their own story. (Featuring 1 piece: "All eyes on you")
SHEENA
Through symbolic elements such as dolls and masks, the artist explores the roles women play amidst societal expectations and emotional suppression, revealing the hidden vulnerability and loneliness beneath a glamorous facade. (Featuring 2 pieces: "Doll", "Masquerade")
Shu Hua
Blending classical Eastern aesthetics with fantastical narratives, and through music, starry skies, and theatrical scenes, the artist depicts romance and imagination that transcend time and space. (Featuring 2 pieces: "Time-Traveling Circus", "Whispers to the Stars")
Sophia Hsu
Exploring the diverse possibilities of "self-shape" through light and soft imagery, the artist symbolizes the individual's free imagination of happiness and ways of being through bubbles and a sense of fluidity. (Featuring 1 piece: "A Shape of One’s Own")
Stella
Her works are full of elegance and a dance-like rhythm, using roses to symbolize women's resilience and blossoming on their journey to pursue dreams, showcasing a confident and romantic attitude towards life. (Featuring 1 piece: "La Danse de la Rose")
Wang Shu-Yun
Through dynamic and imaginative visuals, she expresses the infinite possibilities of life's stage, conveying a spirit of daring to break boundaries and fly freely. (Featuring 1 piece: "Infinity Stage")
WendyChiu
Using a fairytale-like visual language to depict dreams and adventures, through a fox and hot air balloon floating in the universe, she portrays a warm and free state of mind when pursuing ideals. (Featuring 1 piece: "The Fox Sailing Towards Dreams")
WT TINY
Skilled at depicting loneliness and courage through healing and poetic scenes, he portrays the process of self-growth amidst faint light and journeys, imbued with a fairytale-like gentle power. (Featuring 1 piece: "Descending Toward the Light")
Xilu
From a philosophical and futuristic perspective, he depicts the void state after a mission ends, exploring how individuals redefine the meaning of existence and stillness after losing direction. (Featuring 1 piece: "After the Mission")
Yu Wei Tung
Through dynamic sports imagery full of speed and explosive power, he captures the passion and glory of competitive moments, showcasing the tension between focus, strength, and victory. (Featuring 1 piece: "It Must Be Me")
Espace Sorbonne 4 Paris Gallery
Founded by Antonio FRANCICA, the gallery director, who has a passion for and interest in East Asian culture. He established this space to host various cultural and art exhibitions, photography, design, fashion, and music events. The gallery boasts an excellent location, situated in the heart of Paris's most culturally rich "Latin Quarter," near the world-renowned Notre Dame Cathedral, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Boulevard Saint-Michel, and the legendary Shakespeare and Company bookstore.
Even more significantly, the gallery is adjacent to the historic Sorbonne University (Université Paris-Sorbonne, also known as Paris IV University), renowned globally for its outstanding achievements in the arts and humanities. In such a historic district, rich in intellectual discourse and aesthetic heritage, the "Show Time!" joint exhibition by teachers and students is a profound dialogue between contemporary Taiwanese sensibility and centuries of Parisian humanism.
Exhibition Information / Informations sur l'exposition
- Exhibition Theme: Show Time! — Paris Group Art Exhibition by Painting Stage
- Venue (Lieu): Espace Sorbonne 4 (4 Rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris)
- Opening Reception (Vernissage): June 12, 2026 (Fri) 18:00 - 21:00
- Public Exhibition (Exposition Publique): June 12 - June 16, 2026, 14:00 - 18:00
- Admission: Free admission / Entrée libre. Soyez les bienvenus !
Founded in Taiwan, Painting Stage is an open studio that breaks away from traditional, rigid frameworks. It doesn't define standards, transforming the space into an artistic realm that fosters free spirits. In a quiet, well-lit, and open space, Painting Stage blurs the boundaries between different mediums such as oil painting, acrylics, alcohol ink, and fluid art, allowing concrete compositional layering and abstract paint flow to coexist in the same space and time. Here, creators can break free from the constraints of academic dogma, responding to the canvas intuitively and developing a unique personal language through a cycle of progression, expansion, and refinement. Painting Stage believes everyone possesses innate perception, helping individuals find their own stage on the canvas.
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