Chemin Hsiao, My Journey to the West, 60"x144", acrylic, color pencil and pen on Canvas. Courtesy of the artist
Participating Artists:
1. Chin Pao CHEN 陳敬寳
2. Yu-Ting FENG 馮鈺婷
3. Chemin HSIAO 蕭喆旻
4. Scottie HUANG 黃致傑
5. Shih Chieh HUANG 黃世傑
6. Ming Jer KUO 郭明哲
7. Daniel LEE 李小鏡
8. HsiangLu MENG 孟祥璐
9. Hao NI 倪灝
10. Mennie Hsiu-Ying SHEN 沈秀穎
11. Amy ChingChun WEN 溫淨淳
12. Chin Chih YANG 楊金池
13. C.J. YEH 葉謹睿
14. Rosalie YU 余香瑩
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