Sunken Gold · Drifting White – A Duo Exhibition by Jin Tang and Li-Chung Chen
Experience a visual dialogue on nature and spirituality at art exhibition Sunken Gold · Drifting White, featuring Jin Tang’s thunder-struck landscapes and Li-Chung Chen’s serene, minimalist abstractions.
May 21 – June 13, 2026 (By Appointment Only)
This May, the duo exhibition “Sunken Gold · Drifting White” will open in Richmond, showcasing the new works of contemporary artists Jin Tang and Li-Chung Chen. The exhibition invites viewers into a contemplative space where the physical traces of nature meet the minimalist pursuit of spiritual clarity.
The Concept: A Dialogue of Resilience and Serenity
“Sunken Gold” (沉金) refers to the deep, metallic, and grounded energy found in Jin Tang’s textured landscapes, while “Drifting White” (浮白) captures the ethereal, minimalist breathing room within Li-Chung Chen’s monochromatic compositions. Together, they explore the boundary between objective reality and the “inner landscape.”
Jin Tang: A Vancouver-based artist with over 40 years of experience. His acclaimed “Thunder-Struck Landscapes” series finds inspiration in the lightning-scarred trees of Vancouver’s Pacific Spirit Regional Park. By merging Western oil and mixed-media techniques with Eastern spatial rhythms, Tang transforms nature’s destruction into a powerful visual language of renewal and resilience.
Li-Chung Chen: An M.F.A. graduate from Kaohsiung Normal University and a dedicated art educator. Chen’s current practice “White in Quiet Drift” utilizes a monochromatic vocabulary of ink and white acrylic. His process involves repetitive layering and erasing, which is a meditative act that reduces the “clutter” of the mind into a serene, minimalist realm where branches and mountains emerge.
The exhibition will be held at Lipont Gallery and is available for viewing by appointment only.
Phone: 604-285-9975
Address: Rm218 (no elevator), 4211 No.3 Road, Richmond, BC V6X 2C3
【沉金 · 浮白】—— 汤剑台、陈立中双人画展
2026年5月21日 – 6月13日（需预约参观）
2026年初夏，一场名为【沉金 · 浮白】的当代艺术双人展将于列治文三号路力邦美术馆拉开帷幕。本次展览汇集了两位当代艺术家汤剑台 (Jin Tang) 与陈立中 (Li-Chung Chen) 的最新作品，呈现一场关于自然印记与极简哲学的视觉对话。
展览主题：在色彩的沉潜与留白间对话
展览标题“沉金”对应汤剑台笔下深沉内敛、如金石般坚韧的“雷激山水”；“浮白”则呼应陈立中作品中轻盈流动、如呼吸般纯净的极简意蕴。两位艺术家在“心象山水”的探索中殊途同归，将自然的物理形态转化为内在的艺术语言。
汤剑台 (Jin Tang)：拥有逾四十年创作经验，其「雷激山水」系列灵感源自温哥华太平洋公园的雷击木。他将西方的油彩、混合媒材与东方的山水气韵相结合，把雷击留下的焦灼纹理转化为生命重生的视觉比喻。其作品曾多次在加拿大和亚洲展出并荣获国际奖项。
陈立中 (Chen Li-Chung)：作为艺术家兼教育家，陈立中的创作致力于探索心灵纯粹性。在「漂浮的白」系列中，他通过墨色与丙烯白色的运用，将复杂的思绪沉淀为极简的黑白演奏。对他而言，创作是一场修行，线条与留白之间隐现的风景，是内心宁静与自由的投射。
展期从5月21日持续至6月13日。仅接受预约参观。
电话： 604-285-9975
地址： Lipont Gallery, Rm218 (无电梯), 4211 No.3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6X 2C3
Jin Tang – Artist Biography
Jin Tang is a contemporary artist born in Taiwan and currently based in Vancouver. With more than forty years of painting experience, his early works focused on the observational depiction of nature. Through luminous colors, light tonalities, and soft atmospheric light, each brushstroke carefully captured the delicate and captivating qualities of Taiwan’s landscapes.
As his artistic journey evolved, Tang gradually shifted from the representation of nature’s outward appearance toward a deeper exploration of its inner spirit. In recent years, his work has moved away from the faithful depiction of natural scenery and instead emerged from a personal sensibility and contemplation of nature. The external forms of landscape are transformed into a series of inner landscapes—visualizations of perception and emotion rather than literal representations. Through the gradual loosening of form and the restraint of color, Tang reduces reliance on objective depiction while allowing personal reflection and poetic expression to play a more central role. His works now embody a balance between subjective imagination and lyrical expression, reconstructing nature through a deeply personal visual language.
Tang’s artistic practice spans realism, symbolic imagery, and contemporary abstraction. After relocating to Vancouver, he further developed his long-standing artistic exploration into a distinctive body of work titled “Thunder-Struck Landscapes.” In this series, the forces of nature and inner spiritual transformation converge. The works reflect a quiet yet powerful visual language—one that is restrained, contemplative, and mature—allowing Tang’s practice to occupy a unique position within the context of contemporary art.
汤剑台 – 艺术家简介
汤剑台是一位台湾出生，旅居温哥华的当代艺术家。汤剑台从事绘画创作逾四十年，早期的作品偏重于自然形象的纪实表现，明亮色彩、轻盈色调与柔和的光影，一笔一画忠实刻画着台湾风景细腻迷人的一面。
随着创作历程的推进，汤剑台逐渐从对自然外在形貌的再现，转向更为内在的精神探索。近年来的作品，一改先前自然风景形色光影的真实捕捉，转而透过自我对自然的感应与体悟，化为一幅幅纯粹的心象风景，不被造型之外的形色所局限，转换成深沉的内在景致。形的解构与色彩的退却，淡化客观写照的依赖，加重融入个人情思，从心意而出、顺势而为，一一重塑自然的形象意涵，是以现在的作品有了更多主观想象与抒情表现。从形的松动到色彩的沉潜，从自然再现到内心景观，汤剑台的创作逐步走向一种更为自由与抒情的表现方式，使作品在主观想象与诗性抒情之间取得新的平衡。
汤剑台的创作历程横跨写实、意象与当代抽象语汇。旅居温哥华后，他更进一步在长年的创作积累之上，逐步发展出凝聚个人风格、且具有清晰创作脉络的系列作品——「雷激山水」。在这一系列中，他将自然的震动与内在精神的转化融为一体，形塑出一种沉稳、内敛而成熟的艺术语言，也使其创作在当代艺术语境中展现出鲜明而独特的面貌。
Jin Tang – Artist Statement
The Thunder-Struck Landscapes series was inspired by lightning-struck trees I encountered in the forests of Pacific Spirit Regional Park in Vancouver. When I first stood before these ancient trees marked by lightning, the fissures in their trunks, the charred textures, and the traces left by time deeply moved me. What I saw was not merely the surface of a wounded tree, but the imprint of a powerful natural force. That moment became the starting point for the way I began to reconsider the meaning of landscape.
Within the textures of these lightning-struck trees, I began to perceive the rising contours of mountains, the extension of geological veins, and the rhythm of flowing water. Rather than depicting recognizable natural scenery, I sought to discover a more inward structure of landscape within these naturally formed marks. Through painting, the patterns of forest wood and organic textures are transformed into a contemporary visual language of landscape, allowing nature itself to become the primary source of the work.
In the process of creation, I employ Western painting techniques and materials—including oil paint, contemporary mixed media, layered surfaces, and textural treatments—to express the spatial rhythm and flowing energy inherent in the spirit of Eastern landscape painting. Through layered color and surface textures, I hope the paintings convey a quiet yet profound inner force, where the tremors of nature, the sediment of time, and the resilience of life gradually emerge.
For me, Thunder-Struck Landscapes is not simply a reinterpretation of natural scenery, but a reflection on nature, time, and transformation. Lightning represents both destruction and renewal. Through these works, I hope to express a state of spirit that continues to grow and transform even after experiencing disruption. Rooted in the natural environment of Vancouver, these works also resonate with the inner stillness and life force embodied in the tradition of Eastern landscape philosophy.
汤剑台 –「雷激山水」系列创作背景与特色
「雷激山水」系列的创作灵感，来自我在温哥华太平洋精神公园（Pacific Spirit Regional Park）森林中所看见的雷击木。当我第一次凝视那些曾遭雷击的老树时，树干上留下的裂痕、炭化的纹理以及岁月沉积的痕迹，深深触动了我。那并不只是自然受创后的表面，而是一种自然力量留下的深刻印记，也成为我重新观看山水的起点。
在那些雷击木的纹理之中，我彷佛看见山峦的起伏、地脉的延展，以及水势流动的节奏。于是我不再试图描绘具象的自然风景，而是从这些自然形成的痕迹中，寻找一种更内在的山水结构。透过绘画的转化，原本属于森林与木质肌理的纹路，被重新组构为当代山水的视觉语汇，使自然本身成为创作最重要的来源。
在创作过程中，我运用西方绘画的技巧与材料——包括油彩、当代复合媒材、层次堆栈以及肌理处理——来表现东方山水所蕴含的空间节奏与气韵流动。透过层层迭合的色彩与质地，我希望画面能呈现出一种深沉而内在的力量，使自然的震动、时间的沉积以及生命的韧性，逐渐在画面中浮现。
对我而言，「雷激山水」不仅是对自然景象的再诠释，更是一种关于自然、时间与生命转化的思考。雷击既是破坏，也是重生的开始。我希望透过作品呈现一种历经冲击之后仍不断生成与转化的精神状态。这些作品既源自温哥华的自然环境，也响应了东方山水精神中所蕴含的内在宁静与生命力量。
Li-Chung Chen – Artist Biography
Chen graduated from the Graduate Institute of Fine Arts at National Kaohsiung Normal University. A high school art teacher, Chen is devoted to artistic practice, exploring personal visual language and inner perception through the dialogue between teaching and creation.
Chen’s artistic practice encompasses ink painting, acrylic painting, and digital art. The work primarily explores the relationship between the purity of inner spirituality and formal minimalism. In earlier years, Chen frequently participated in group exhibitions across various art and cultural venues in Taiwan. In recent years, Chen has been devoted to promoting art education and has served multiple times as a juror for art entrance examinations in Taiwan. In addition to artistic practice, Chen is also experienced in writing art appreciation essays and editing high school art textbooks.
陈立中 – 艺术家简介
陈立中，毕业于国立高雄师范大学美术研究所，现任高中美术教师，长期投入艺术创作，并于教学与创作之间持续探索个人视觉语言与内在感知的转化。
创作涵盖水墨、压克力绘画与数位艺术。作品主要探索「心灵内在的纯粹性」与「形式的极简化」之间的关系。早期常联展于台湾各地艺文场地，近年来致力于推广美术教育，曾多次担任台湾美术升学考试评委。除艺术创作外，亦擅于撰写艺术赏析文章，及编写高中美术课本。
Li-Chung Chen – Artist Statement
My current artistic practice focuses on exploring the relationship between the purity of the inner spirit and the minimalization of form, a pursuit rooted in the Eastern aesthetic philosophy of yin–yang correspondence and the interdependence of emptiness and substance.
Black and white are not merely contrasting colors; they symbolize a cosmic equilibrium, embodying the idea that “being and non-being give birth to each other”. Within this framework, creation transcends the depiction of images—it becomes a meditative process of contemplating both the world and the self.
For me, creation is a journey of reflection and introspection. Through a monochromatic dialogue of black and white, I attempt to open a conversation of the spirit using a minimalist visual language. The interplay of black and white signifies the mutual generation of yin and yang, the mirroring of emptiness and fullness. Within limited brushstrokes and intentional blank spaces, infinite streams of thought emerge and flow.
Such creation is not only a refinement of external form but also a reflection of one’s inner state of mind and spirit. By abstracting away the tangible appearance of objects, the work distills a tranquil and pure contemplative space, allowing the viewer to sense a subtle balance and breathing between emptiness and presence, stillness and movement.
Perhaps art can become a form of spiritual practice—each line and stroke an extension of self-reflection, revealing the artist’s pursuit of inner serenity and spiritual freedom.
陈立中 – 艺术家陈述
我的艺术创作现阶段著重于探索「心灵内在的纯粹性」与「形式的极简化」之间的关系，主要是源于东方美学中「阴阳对应、虚实互生」的观念。黑与白不只是色彩对比，而是一种宇宙平衡的象征，蕴含「有无相生」的思想。在这样的思维中，创作不再只是形象的描绘，而是一种观照世界与自我的修行过程。
对我而言，创作是一种回望与沉潜的历程。我试著透过单一色系的黑白演奏，尝试以极简的语彙开启一场心灵的对话。黑与白的交错，象征著阴阳互生、虚实相映的东方哲思；在有限的笔触与留白之间，蕴藏著无限的思绪流动。
这样的创作不仅是一种对外在形式的精鍊，更是自我心性与精神状态的映照。作品藉由抽离物象的具体形貌，提炼出一种静谧而纯粹的凝思空间，让观看者在其中感受到一种介于「空」与「有」、「静」与「动」之间的平衡与呼吸。
或许艺术可以成为一种修行，一笔一线皆为自我观照的延伸，映现出作者追寻内在宁静与精神自由的生命姿态。
Li-Chung Chen – White in Quiet Drift
The works presented in this exhibition are primarily created with ink and white acrylic. Through the dialogue between black and white, I seek to evoke an inner state of contemplation and self-awareness. Creation, for me, becomes a process of immersion and cultivation—an inward journey that explores the order and balance dwelling within the depths of the mind through minimalist form.
Anchored in a monochromatic vocabulary of black and white, the works embody a language of minimalism, abstraction, and poetic expression. Yet the act of creation often begins in a condition of complexity and fragmented disorder. Repetitive gestures—layering, covering, erasing—emerge almost unconsciously. Through the accumulation of pigment and the passage of time, traces of emotion are embedded, thoughts are distilled, and the turbulence of excess gradually settles into stillness. From this process of reduction, the intricate transforms into the serene, converging toward an austere simplicity.
In this black-and-white dialogue, both elements interpenetrate and attract each other across the surface. White becomes a mirror that illuminates the layered realms of the inner psyche, allowing nuanced meanings to flow freely; black transforms into the depth of consciousness, the silent movement of thought. As representational imagery is withdrawn, what remains is a refined and understated visual presence—a distilled space of contemplation, where stillness, openness, and quietude coexist in subtle harmony.
Ultimately, the works aspires not toward the completion of an image, but toward a state of spiritual equilibrium and purification—a deep, unbounded breath residing within simplicity and refinement.
The branches or mountain-like forms appearing in this series are not depictions of natural scenery, but are transformed into the presence of lines and a field for projecting inner states. Through the rhythm, pauses, and direction of lines layered over time, mountain contours subtly emerge—forms that are not the starting point of creation, but visual perceptions that arise naturally through highly simplified structures. By abstracting from representational imagery, lines, ink tonalities, and negative space allow the work to move beyond narrative, returning to a restrained and pure state of abstraction that reflects the viewer’s inner sense of stillness and concentration.
陈立中 – 【漂浮的白】系列
本次展览的作品主要媒材是墨、压克力白，我希望透过黑与白的对话，回应内心的静思与自我观照。创作或许可以成为一种沉潜与修炼，我试著藉由极简的形式探索心灵深处的秩序与平衡。
作品以单一色系的黑白作为核心语彙，采取极简、抽象与诗性表现。然而，创作的初始往往陷入一种「繁复」与「琐碎」的浑沌之状，随之而起的是一笔笔反覆的涂抹、覆盖的无意识动作，藉著层层色料的堆积与随手上下的运作，在时间的流程中积澱感情印痕，沉澱思绪，抹去种种纷乱和芜杂；收拾不定的「繁琐」趋归静谧的简约之境。
是以，透过黑白演奏对话，让两者在画面中相互渗透、牵引，让白来揽照一切心灵内存的层层领域，让千般意蕴自由倾泻其间，黑则化为思绪流动的深层意识，从而在抽离物象形貌的表征样式中，精鍊出一种简约与低调的形相表呈，淬取出一处最为纯粹的凝思空间，或悠然，或舒放，或沉默的心境之所。作品最终所指向的，不是图像的完成，而是一种心灵的平衡与纯化——在简约与精鍊之中，蕴藏著深沉而自由的呼吸。
系列中出现的树枝或山形，并非自然景物的描写，而是被转化为线条的存在与心境投射的场域。线条的节奏、停顿与方向在层层堆叠中隐约生成山的轮廓，这些形象并非创作起点，而是在高度简化的形式中自然浮现的视觉感知。透过对物象的抽离，线条、墨韵与留白共同使画面脱离叙事，回归至纯粹而低调的抽象状态，映照观看者内在对静默与凝聚的感受。
Jin Tang – CV
EDUCATION：
Painting Division, Fu-Hsin Trade & Arts School
Applied Arts, College of Design, Shih Chien University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS：
1992 First solo exhibition (Taipei Municipal Library, Taiwan)
2024 Thunder-Struck Landscapes, Interweaving black and gold Solo exhibition (Formosa Pearl Art Museum, Taiwan)
2024 Thunder-Struck Landscapes, Interweaving black and gold Solo exhibition (TCCS Art Gallery, Canada)
2026 Thunder-Struck Landscapes, Interweaving black and gold Solo exhibition (TCCS Art Gallery, Canada)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS：
2018-2026 Taiwan Art Society Exhibition (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taiwan)
2019-2026 Taiwan-Japan Art Association Exhibition_ZENTEN Exhibition (Ueno Tokyo Art Museum, Japan)
2023-2025 Taiwan-Japan Art Association Exhibition (Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Japan)
2022 The Power of Light Four Artists Joint Exhibition (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taiwan)
2023 The Tao [Way] follows nature Art creation Exhibition (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taiwan)
2024 The 1st Asia International Art Exchange Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Japan)
2025 Art Revolution Taipei(Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan)
Major Awards
First Prize, Taiwan National Oil Painting Competition, 2011
Art Forest Award, Taiwan-Japan Art Association Exhibition, ZENTEN Exhibition (Tokyo), 2022
Critics’ Award, Taiwan-Japan Art Association Exhibition, ZENTEN Exhibition (Tokyo), 2024
Examiner’s Special Award, The 1st Asia International Art Exchange Exhibition (Taiwan–Japan–Korea), 2024
NHK Kitakyushu Broadcasting Station Award, Taiwan-Japan Art Association Exhibition, Kyushu ZENTEN, 2025
汤剑台 – CV
学历：
复兴美工绘画组、实践设计管理学院应用美术
个展：
1992台北市立图书馆首次个展
2024「雷激山水 沉墨识金」掌上明珠美术馆个展
2024台加文化协会台加艺廊个展 (加拿大温哥华)
2026台加文化协会台加艺廊个展 (加拿大温哥华)
联展：
2018-2026台湾美术协会联展 (中正纪念堂)
2019-2026台日美术协会联展 (日本上野东京都美术馆)
2023-2025日台国际交流展_九州岛全展 (日本北九州岛美术馆)
2022「光之力」四人联展 (中正纪念堂)
2023「道法自然」创作展 (中正纪念堂)
2024第1届アジア国际美术交流展 (东京芸术剧场)
2025台北新艺术博览会(松山文创园区)
重要得奖纪录
2011建国百年台湾国展｜油画类 第一名
2022第 58 届台日友好全展（东京）｜美术の社赏
2024第 60 届台日友好全展（东京）｜审查员赏
2024第 1 届亚洲国际美术交流展（台・日・韩）｜审查员特别赏
2025第 44 回日台国际交流展・九州岛全展｜NHK 北九州岛放送局赏
Li-Chung Chen – CV
学历/EDUCATION
中华民国（台湾）国立高雄师范大学美术系研究所硕士班毕业/
M.F.A., Graduate Institute of Fine Arts, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
创作媒介 | Medium / Media
水墨、压克力绘画与数位艺术 / Ink, Acrylic Painting, and Digital Art
展览经历 | Exhibitions
个展 Solo Exhibitions
2024 《浮动的白》，（台加文化协会艺廊），加拿大
2024 《Floating White》，Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society，Vancouver CANADA
2002 《简域》，（高师大画廊），高雄市‧台湾
2022 《Domain of Simplicity》， National Kaohsiung Normal University Art Gallery，kaohsiung,Taiwan.
Group Exhibitions 联展
2025 加拿大中华文化艺术总会春节联展，加拿大
Chinese Canadian Cultural and Arts Association Spring Festival Group Exhibition
2014～2019 《师生联展》，艺文沙龙，台北市‧台湾
2014～2019 Teacher-Student Joint Exhibition, Art Salon, Taipei, Taiwan.
2002《回归‧抽离》，驳二艺术特区，高雄市‧台湾
2022《Return · Detachment》， The Pier-2 Art Center, kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Publications出版品（目录）
2019年，《高中美术》（High School Art），编辑之一One of the editors，华兴文教出版社(Hwashing)。
