Lee Jinn-Shyan (Stone Lee) | |
Born | 1957
Madou Township, Tainan County, Taiwan |
Died | March 4, 2019 (aged 61-62) |
Residence | Kaohsiung City, Taiwan |
Nationality | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Alias | Censer Master |
Language | Taiwanese Hokkien, Standard Chinese, English |
Education | Division of Western-style Painting, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University |
Occupation | Artist, Teacher, Editor, Curator |
Relatives | Younger Brother: Lee Jun-Du |
Lee Jinn-Shyan (Taiwanese Hokkien: Lí Tsùn-hiân, English: Jinnshyan Lee, alias Censer Master [Taiwanese Hokkien: Lôo-tsú], 1957 – March 4, 2019) was a Taiwanese painter, art critic, curator, and magazine editor. Lee was born in Madou, Tainan County and came of age in the port area of Kaohsiung City. His paintings mainly portray the labor class, the ambience of the port city, and the Austronesian culture. They are rough and uninhibited in style, interlaced by nativist imagery and brimming with quotidian elements. He was an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at Kao Yuan University and the director of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.