Time Hung Cheng Lin

Time Lin was born in 1960, and he showed his talent since his childhood. When he studied in elementary school and junior high school, he won the first prize in every year’s art contest. Despite studying in the regular classes, his painting was selected in the Taiwan Fine Art Exhibition when he first submitted. Seeing his painting sized 16K made in senior high school, artist maestro Mr. Ru Song, Xiao praised him as “a genius ever seen in forty years.” He was admitted in the entrance examination of National Taiwan Academy of Art he spontaneously prepared for. But at that time, Taiwan society still deemed a painters’ career as unpromising, so he chose to turn down the opportunity and enlisted himself in military service. After he left army, he started his career in advertising industry. Then he was promoted with his artistic talents and persistent efforts, from designer, art director, producer to creative director throughout his career. In 2010, when he was 50, he picked up his paintbrush again and became a self-taught artist.