Lin Chin-Tien | realart-x-gallery

藝術家林金田

林金田先生，1955年生，南投草屯人，從事創作將近二十年，曾跟短暫隨名師學畫，之後靠著自學探索藝術世界的奧妙．2013年由文化部政務次長職位退休後，全心投入創作，成為專職畫家．其作品曾獲中央機關美展水彩佳作（2003）、中央機關美展油畫入選（2004/2005/2006/2007）、第一屆台灣國展油畫優選（2005）、南美獎西畫第三名（2006）、大墩美展油畫第一名（2006）、青溪新文藝金環獎第一名（2007）、全國公教美展第二名（2009）、全國百號油畫展優選（2009）等獎項榮譽，同時舉辦過數十場聯展與全國性個展．此外，退休後他仍關心台灣藝文發展，擔任「台灣藝術家法國沙龍學會」、「南投投緣畫會」等協會理事長，積極參與並推動國際交流活動．2017年4月策劃「印象–福爾摩沙：台灣藝術家法國交流特展」，帶領台灣藝術家前往法國進行展覽與交流活動，與國際接軌．

About Lin Chin-Tien

Lin Chin-Tien was born in Nantou, Tsaotun in 1955. He had worked as a public servant for 34 years and had been the vice chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Literature Council and the curator of Academia Historica. In 2011, he had been appointd to be the vice chairman of the Council for Cultural Affairs and in 2012 the first deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture Affairs, Taiwan.

Lin Chin-Tien has been an amateur painter since 2001. In 2013, when he was at the peak of his official career, he decided to apply for retirement. He has devoted himself thoroughly to art since then and works as an professional painter until now. Konwing that it is late for him to start a career as a professional artist, he makes full use of time to create artworks and wins many prizes in important competitions in Taiwan, for exsample, the first prize of Dadun Fine Art Awards in 2006. Since 2015, he holds travel exhibitions regularly and also engages himself in national art projects in USA, France, Japan, Korea and China.