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Chang Yi
Born in 1951, Taipei Taiwan
The Shih Chieh (World) School of Journalism
New York Experimental Glass Workshop
CEO of Liuligongfang
Honorary Professor at the Glass Art Studio of Tsinghua University
At 19, Chang Yi became a well-known short story writer twice with a story of his voted as the Best Short Story of the Year. After graduation from the “Shih Hsin University”, he began his career as a film director. The film “Kuei-Mei, A Woman” which he directed won him the Best Director Prize of both the Golden Horse Film Award and the Asian Pacific Film Festival Award. The grand finale to his film-making career, the film “My Love”, was cited by the Variety International Filmguide as one of the ten masterpieces of a century (1895–1995) of film-making in Taiwan.
In 1987, Chang decided to blaze a new trail in the Chinese art of Liuli, a definition for beautiful glass in ancient Chinese, by founding the first-ever Liuli Art Studio in Taiwan--Liuligongfang. With this unique Liuli workshop, he has opened up new possibilities for this traditional Chinese artistic handicraft and led the way in a new direction. In his artistic designs, he not only lays stress on the fundamental concepts of creation in contemporary art but also incorporates and embodies strong sentiments of the national heritage of China, including ancient totemism that inheres in peculiar Chinese ethical codes and concepts of the universe. In his designs, they can be seen a deep love for the Chinese nation. |
