Ruey-Shiann SHYU was born in 1966 in Taipei, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in New York and Taipei. Shyu is known for creating machine-like art work. By using mechanical form as an abstract art language to express his various ideas and feelings towards life, memory, and issues concerning the environment, society, and politics. A work of art may be composed of a single or hundreds to thousands of different components, 95% of which he designs and makes himself, Despite this massive complexity, visually his work leaves an impression of simplicity. (http://www.rueyshyu.com/)
