Intrigued by Kafka’s work during his sojourn in France, Guo began exploring the notion of metamorphoses through his prints, which are accompanied by poems penned by his poet, traveler and director friend. In a world of metamorphoses, things are at once real and dreamlike, while individuals undergo various states of mind as they transform physically and perhaps psychologically.

• 1966 Born in Taipei, Taiwan
• 1984 Graduated from Fu-Hsin Trade and Arts School, Taipei, Taiwan
• 1990 Studied Ceramics and Drawing in ESCOLA MASSANA, Barcelona, Spain
• 1992 Went to Paris, France
• 1994 Graduated from Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français, Paris, France; Studied Print in Atelier Contrepoint, Paris, France

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
• “GUO Wen-Shyang: Metamorphoses Lecture Proposal”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan

2009
• “Under the Starry Night”, 107 Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan

2004
• “Blow Out”, Prototype Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
• “Guo Wen Shyang Print Solo Exhibition”, Safulak Art Café, Hsinchu, Taiwan

2000
• “Kazoo”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
• “Quartet of Print”, Pemalamo Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2009
• “EPREUVE V” (Print Exhibition), Safulak Art Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan

2002-2009
• Several Dozen Domestic and Foreign Joint Exhibitions

2002
• “EPREUVE III” (Print Exhibition), Howard Salon, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• “EPREUVE IV” (Print Exhibition), National Cheng Kung University Art Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Chung Hua University Art Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan

2000
• “TRACING 2000” (Print and Drawing Exhibition), Pan Pan Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
• “Territory” (Print Exhibition), Howard Salon, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• “EPREUVE II” (Print Exhibition), Sing Art Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan

1999
• “Singular˙Plural” (Print and Sculpture Exhibition), ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
• “Splendid Years—End of the Century Joint Exhibition”, Prototype Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan

1998
• “Horror” (Print Exhibition), Pan Pan Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan

1996
• “EPREUVE” (Print Exhibition), Paris, France

AWARD

1983
• Second Place, The 10th National Student's Art Contest of Watercolor, Taiwan