A painter of boldly staged, surreal images, Joyce Ho was born in Taiwan in 1983 and moved to the United States when she was fourteen. After receiving her B.A. from
the University of California, Irvine, she returned to Taiwan, where she worked as a scenic artist for Riverbed Theatre, an avant-garde theatre company; eight years later she returned to the United States where she received her M.A. in painting from the University of Iowa in 2010.
Joyce Ho’s involvement in the theater had a strong influence on her painting. According to the artist, “I think like a director of the stage and often use theatrical metaphors
to describe my work.” She paints with strong yellows and warms hues, which she combines with distorted and oddly angled images to create what she calls “peaceful violence.”
Ho has exhibited at the Venice Biennale; Kobe Biennale, Japan; Animamix Biennale, Beijing; Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai; Today Art Museum, Beijing;
Kaohsiung Fine Ares Museum, Taiwan; the Museum of Fine Arts, Shanghai; and many other venues.
In addition to painting, Ho continues to work as a scenic painter for Riverbed Theatre Company.
Artist CV
Joyce Ho (b. 1983)
Born, Taiwan, China, 1983
Received MA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 2010
Received BA, University of California, Irvine
SELECTED Solo Exhibition
L’orange Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, “Transitions,” 2010
Praxis International Art, Miami, “Transitions,” 2010
Animamix, Beijing, China, “In Between,” 2008
SELECTED Group Exhibitions
Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York, “Fifteen Contemporary Artists Represented by
Spanierman Gallery,” 2012
Abbazia di San Gregorio, 54th Venice Biennale Collateral Events, Venice, Italy, “Future
Pass,” 2011
Hous Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, “Depict: Here and Now,” 2011
Kaohsiung Fine Ares Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2011
La Chambre Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, “Ambiguousness,” 2011
Kaikai Kiki, Taipei, Taiwan, “The World Next Door,” 2010
Big Ten Conference Headquarters, Chicago, “Big Ten Exhibition,” 2010
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, “Super Generation @Taiwan,” 2010
Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan, Metro Public Art Project, 2010
Museum of Fine Arts, Shanghai, China, “Super Generation @Taiwan,” 2009
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, “Animamix Biennale,” 2009
Merikan Park, Kobe, Japan, “Kobe Biennale -Art in Container Exhibition,” 2009
Praxis International Art, Miami, “MFAnow Award Winning Exhibition,” 2009
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, “Merging Emerging,” 2009
Quad City Arts Art @ the Airport Gallery, Quad City, Illinois, “Displacement,” 2009
Stock 20, Taipei, Taiwan, “Dreaming between Cats and Minkowski,” 2008
Linda Gallery, Shanghai, China, “Surfing Animiamix,” 2008
Beyond Artspace, Beijing, China, “Waiting in the Wings,” 2008
Art Seasons Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, “Super Girls,” 2008
Moon River Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, “Origin-Annual Moon River
Sculpture Festival,” 2008
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, “From Modernity to Eternity,” 2007
Award and Grants
2011 Finalist, Kaohsiung Fine Arts Award
2009 Prize Winner, Kobe Biennale Art in Container Competition
2009 Ester Madison Painting Scholarship, University of Iowa
2009 University Travel Grant, University of Iowa
2008 MFAnow International Painting Competition
