Martino Yu
Martino Yu (; born 1977), a Taiwanese artist, who was born in Taoyuan, North Taiwan. He had studied Chinese calligraphy and painting since the childhood. In Taipei, he majored in Chinese painting for the B.F.A and M.F.A. degree. Also good at singing, the artist obtained the certificates of classic vocal in Spain and Italy, respectively. After completing the PhD. study of design in 2010, he was awarded the Golden Melody Awards in 2011 with his falsetto tutor, Wen-bin Chou. Both of them are the rarely seen falsetto tenors in Taiwan. Art characteristics. The artist had been studied the  Chinese calligraphy and painting for the decades. He tends to read some Chinese philosophy classics and Buddhist ones for the knowledge or meditation. The life issues deeply inspire him, so the motifs of his art creations are always familiar to people. Besides, he admires the bold colours used by the Fauvists as well as the mortality concept expressed from Edvard Munch's works. He takes for granted that the ink painting is able to combining the traditional Chinese art spirits with the contemporary art ideology. In recent years, the artist starts to work oil/acrylic paintings with Chinese painting skills  (e.g. The solo exhibition “Happiness. Rhythm of Flora” in 2011). He would like to discover an innovation for the contemporary art as well as the ink painting. Art experience. Had engaged in the tutor of Taipei Mayor's Residence Arts Salon; Taiwan Police college; Department of Visual Communication Design at Jinwen University of Science and Technology; Department of Visual Communication Design at Huafan University; Department of Industrial and Commercial Design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. The current tutor of Department of Digital Literature and Arts at St. John's University.