Chuang Ming-Ta(1966-)
The first Chinese sand painting artist, performs dynamic sand paint sand draw sand drawings. After graduating from the fine art department of senior high school and discharging from the military service, he joined TTV as an art director. Later, he moved to an advertising agency as a planning director and thus entered the field of body painting. He actively investigated the field of niche makeup, becoming one of the earliest body makeup artists in the Chinese community. In 2002, he came across the idea of sand drawing in the video of the World Cup in Korea and was inspired to take a try. Later, he came across a sand painting video titled “Genesis” by a Hungarian sand painter circulating on the Internet, which further aroused his interest in developing it. Since there was no relevant know-how as the reference in Taiwan, he relied on the Internet to search for new creative concepts and techniques. He treated his dining table and living room coffee table glass as drawing boards, surrounding them with partitions and tape to work diligently on his paintings. To compensate for the limitations of one-handed painting, he shifted his habit of hand movements, inserting his right hand into his pocket and allowing himself to use his left hand in daily life to paint with both hands. He considers sand painting to be much more complex than human body painting, as human body painting and drawing can be done slowly without time constraints, but sand painting cannot be done within one minute. In his opinion, there is no sense of accomplishment in the process of learning sand drawing because the work cannot be kept forever. It is like a process of life, where one can only do well in the moment. Therefore, he is currently still pushing forward a new creative process.
Experience
| 1987 | Worked as an art director for a Taiwanese TV company (Batter Up) |
| 1989 | Specialized in the study of unique makeup and disguise for movies |
| 1991 | Served as the director of project production for Guihua TV CF advertising company; assisted a French wine manufacturer in organizing a press conference in Taiwan, which started the trend of body painting in Taiwan and China. |
| 1997-2007 | Began to hold courses of aesthetic education in Taiwan and trained hundreds of leading lecturers in the field of education, and published the first Chinese book on body painting (Beautiful People) with international superstar Shu Qi as the cover girl. |
| 2001-2007 | Began lecture tour at colleges and vocational schools to share the theme of “Aesthetics and Humanity” |
| 2002.10.22 | Established Singular Arts Co., Ltd. and collaborated with numerous domestic and international top companies as well as nearly a hundred renowned artists and government officials in styling, painting and specialized make-up, which has been officially displayed at the 44th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony in Taiwan, bringing to light for the first time on TV with dynamic sand drawing performances. |
| 2002 | Began to explore the study of producing animations with sand |
Shocked and heartbroken to learn about the accident of the Taroko train; it made his eyes drop like rain.
Big hands holding small hands ~ Famine event theme song
Jeremy Lin sand drawing: altar of NBA basketball court
Happy Father’s Day to our dear fathers
Japanese anime sand painting 13: how many can you guess
Dear mommy! I love you & Mother’s Day sand drawing for mom
Bless Asia
Peaceful Kaohsiung – Christmas Love – Believe in Love
Merry Christmas! No Santa Claus (◕‿◕.) but still healthy and happy
This Generation official lyric for gospel sand drawing music video, Praise, a fantastic work
