Liao Penshen was born in Taichung in 1959, and graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Academy of Arts. Liao has been an art teacher at Datung Elementary School Art Class, resident artist at Hsiuping Institute of Technology, and founding instructor of Brut Art Association. He has been awarded Provincial Government Prize and Education Department Prize in Oil Painting at the 40th, 43rd, and 44th Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition, the Grand Prize in Watercolor at the 42nd and 50th Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition, First Prize in Oil Painting at the Sixth Kaohsiung Fine Arts Exhibition, Third Prize in both Oil Painting and Watercolor at the 13th Taipei Fine Arts Exhibition, and Honorable Mention in Watercolor at the 11th National Fine Arts Exhibition. Liao has held exhibitions including “Liao Penshen Solo Exhibition of Oil Paintings 2006” (2007, Taichung, Da-Ku Art Gallery), “Ambience – Image” (2012, Taichung, Fun Year Art Gallery), “Eastern Ambience – Western Image” (2014, Taichung, Taichung City Tun District Art Center).