LI Szu-Hsien is an art critic, curator, Ph. D. candidate in art history at Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), Chair of the Department of Fine Arts, Tunghai University, and the Director of the Taiwan Fine Arts Research Center. His areas of study include contemporary ink paintings, contemporary calligraphy art, art criticism, curation, Taiwanese art history, comparative studies in Chinese and Western art, and public art, etc. Li's writing and essays on art mainly focus on the essence of art and criticism on cross-disciplinary practices of art and language. With succinct language, incisive style, and unique insights, he is one of the most important art critics of the middle generation in Taiwan. In 2010, his book A Theoretical System for Chinese Contemporary Calligraphic Art in Taiwan was awarded publication of excellence in the Golden Tripod Awards for Publication by the Government Information Office of Taiwan. Li is also a representative curator of the middle generation in Taiwan. Like his art critiques, his curation work covers various aspects and poses close and comprehensive questions. His recent curation work focuses mostly on the examination of local art systems and contemporary aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy and painting. He studied the Taiwanese ink painting environment, contemporary interpretation of classical aesthetics, and the development of regional styles, contributing to important references.