[Artist Profile] Hsin-Yao Tseng 曾新耀

Hsin-Yao Tseng b. 1986, Taipei, Taiwan; currently living and working in San Francisco, CA Around the age of ten, he started painting in watercolors, as well as other mediums, outside of school. The early exposure instilled in him the foundation needed to excel at a very early age. He received both . and . in Fine Art Painting from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco in 2009 and 2012. Hsin-Yao, having already developed a signature style, has had his work recognized by the major art magazines of today, as well as by an unprecedented number of highly prestigious galleries, especially at his young age. Hsin-Yao’s technique in oil is brilliant and sure; he paints in a Romantic, expressive manner that honors the Western tradition while signaling an edgy, contemporary complexity. Hsin-Yao has a curiosity and energy that propel him toward experimentation and innovation; accordingly, he works in a range of genres: from lush evocations of San Francisco and other cities to expressive po