Hi, I am Shih-Bo
I am a Graphic Designer and Visual Artist with 15 years of experience in the industry. With an Industrial Design background, I later experienced different fields of Design and cultivated a unique point of view on things. [CV]
Education
BSc in Industrial Design, National Cheng Kung University, 2007, Tainan, Taiwan
MA in Graphic Design, The University of Edinburgh, 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland
MRes in Communication Design Pathway(Voluntary Suspension), Royal College of Art, 2017, London, England
Certificate in Profession Floristry Business, Judith Blacklock Flower School, 2017 London, England
Diploma in Int’l & Advanced Dutch Floral Design, Boerma Instituut, 2018, Aalsmeer the Netherlands
Certificate in Japanese Language Study, Kyoto Institute of Culture and Language, 2020, Kyoto, Japan
MA in Photography(Voluntary Suspension), FAMU, 2023, Prague, Czechia.
Experience
Editor and Graphic Designer, Tonsan Publications Inc., 2007-2009, Taipei, Taiwan
Visual Communication Designer, AECOM Asia, 2011-2014, Hong Kong / Taiwan
Senior Graphic Designer, VEP-Touch Design and Branding Consultancy, 2015, Shanghai, China
Intern Florist, Mary Jane Vaughan Design in Flowers, 2017, London, England
Graphic Designer, Frontier Consulting, 2021, Tokyo, Japan
Graphic Designer, Taiwan Statebuilding Party, 2022, Tainan, Taiwan
Mandarin Instructor(Remote), Taiwan Kurokuma Taiwanese Mandarin Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan
Mandarin Instructor, Formosa Taiwanese Mandarin Classroom, Osaka, Japan
Skills
illustration, Painting, Graphic Design, Floral Design, CI/VI/Branding Design, Editorial Design, Packaging Design, Spatial Design, Design Thinking, Font Design, Teaching Chinese
Tools
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Audition, Lightroom, XD, After Effects
Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Mac OS Pages, Keynote, Numbers
Rhinoceros, AutoCAD
Figma, Premiere Pro
Awards
TIVAC Young Photographers’ Award, 3rd Prize, 2011, Taipei Taiwan
Golden Butterfly Award, New Generation Book Design Competition, Creative Prize, 2011, Taipei Taiwan
Collections
Photographic Work” Constellations” collected by TIVAC, Taiwan,2011
Painting Work” Dawn blossoms plucked at Dusk” collected by Wingrow Art Gallery, Taiwan.
Photographic Work” Constellations” collected by the Art Bank of the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Certificate
Certificate of Qualification to Teach Mandarin Chinese as a Second / Foreign Language, Ministry of Education of Taiwan, 2023
Certificate of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL), 2023
Diploma in Int’l & Advanced Dutch Floral Design, Boerma Insituut, Aalsmeer the Netherlands, 2018
Languages
English: Advanced (IELTS 7.5, TOEIC 915)
Chinese : Native(Taiwanese Mandarin)
Japanese: Advanced (JLPT N1, BJT J2)
Taiwanese: Native (Intermediate)
Interests
Painting, Photography, Travelling, Movies, Floral Design, Human Behaviors, Podcasting
Publications
Constellations, 2017, Tainan Taiwan
Homelands, 2021, Tainan Taiwan
Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.
-Agnes Martin
Group Exhibitions
2007 Yodex Design Exhibition, TICC, Taipei
2011 Postgraduate Degree Show, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
"Formosa Show 100" Taiwanese Designers' Group Exhibition, London Design Festival, London
TIVAC Young Photographers Award Winners' Group Exhibition, Taipei
2012 "Typephoon" Typographic Design Work Group Exhibition with TienTien Circle Work Group, URS21 ChungShan Creative Base, Taipei
2014 Young Art Taipei Art Fair with Wingrow Art Gallery, Regent Taipei Hotel, Taipei
Art Tainan Art Fair with Wingrow Art Gallery, Tayih Landis Hotel Tainan, Tainan
2018 “Borderless“Taipei Photo Int’l Festival, Taipei
2020 “Under the Pandemic: The Metaphor of Virus and Others Group Exhibition”, ArtBank of Taiwan, Taichung
Solo Exhibitions
2013 "Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", Wingrow Art Gallery, Taipei
2021 “Homelands““Solo Photography Exhibition, PlaceM, Tokyo
“IRODORI““Solo Painting Exhibition, Primart, Tokyo