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Ho Kan (1932 - ) was a founding member of the seminal "Ton Fan Art Group", where he was instrumental in the development of modern art in Taiwan. Ho was born in Nanjing, China, in 1932, and graduated from the Art Department of Taipei Teacher's School in 1953. Read the full biography

Ho Kan (1932 - ) was a founding member of the seminal "Ton Fan Art Group", where he was instrumental in the development of modern art in Taiwan. Ho was born in Nanjing, China, in 1932, and graduated from the Art Department of Taipei Teacher's School in 1953. He then studied extensively in Milan, during which he established his unique approach towards abstraction geometric in which oriental calligraphy and seal carving are poetically integrated. He started from the simplest yet universal elements of signs to create his own lexicon in the arrangement of image and form, incorporating Eastern philosophy into the Western framework of abstraction, resulting in a forward-thinking and universal aesthetic. Kan currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. There have been many personal exhibitions dedicated to him both in his country of origin and in Italy and Europe. His work has also been collected by museums including the Berkeley Art Museum, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, among others. Ho Kan received the 5th Lee Chun-Shan Foundation Modern Art Achievement Award, the 1st Giuseppe Mori Prize and the International Art Prize of Development.