Shyh-Charng Lo was born in Japan, raised in Taiwan, and immigrated to Canada in 1974.

 

He was educated in Anthropology at the National Taiwan University (1970), received his MA at the University of British Columbia (1977) and a Masters of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto (1983). A self-taught painter, he left a position at the Royal Ontario Museum in 1989 to pursue a career in art. He has exhibited widely, including such galleries as Art Beatus Gallery in Vancouver, Gallery OM in Japan, Caves Art Centre in Taiwan and the Macau Museum of Art.

 

Shyh-Charng Lo strives to use his paintings as an expression of his mood. His color-rich softly muted landscapes are created based on the feelings and sentiment his holds for the world around him. Loosely depicting images of mountains and water, Lo's paintings abandon realism and meditate on his relationship with his surroundings, articulating a perspective of inner peace, serenity and sometimes solitude.