Lee Shi-chi (; 1938–2019) was a Taiwanese artist.
Lee Shi-chi was born in Kinmen in 1938.[1] His early years were marked by war and death, and he later described his childhood as a lottery.[2] The Battle of Guningtou took place when he was in fourth grade, and his grandmother and elder sister were killed in 1953, during Lee's second year at . Lee Shi-chi later met Lee Chao-lan, who nurtured his interest in art,[3] and made it possible for him to enroll at the Department of Arts within Provincial Taipei Normal College between 1955 and 1958.[1] [4] Lee remained in Taipei County, teaching at Hsinchuang Elementary School, as the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis had broken out in Kinmen.[3]
Lee cofounded the Modern Print Society in 1958,[1] [4] alongside, Chen Ting-shih and Chiang Han-tong.[5] In 1963, Lee joined the Eastern Art Association,[1] [3] [4] an avant-garde artists' collective.[6] He moved from print artwork to painting with airbrushes throughout the 1970s.[7] Lee opened his first art gallery in 1978,[4] and later operated two more through 1990.[8] Considered one of the first installation artists in Taiwan,[5] Lee has also worked in mixed media.[8] [9] His abstract paintings have been featured in many exhibitions.[10] [11] During his early career, Lee was exposed to Western art styles, and those influences remained in his work alongside East Asian art styles, such as Chinese calligraphy.[12] [13] He was a recipient of the in 2012 and served as a national policy adviser during Ma Ying-jeou's presidential administration.[14] [15]
He sought medical treatment for a brain hemorrhage on 19 March 2019 and died at Taipei Medical University Hospital on 22 March 2019, aged 81.[16] [17]