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YU Peng (1955-2014)

Born in Taipei, Yu Peng was a self-taught maverick artist much admired worldwide for over three decades. Creative and impulsive, he studied with the artist Chen Yigeng and explored various visual arts media from in and oil, to woodblock printing and clay. At age twenty he joined the military and from then on travelled extensively, making his living as street artist. In the 1980s, his world travels inspired him to reflect on his cultural origins and to investigate the visual environment and spirit of traditional literati culture. He has had innumerable solo and group exhibitions worldwide including, and his art has been collected by major museum institutions, including the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.