Pao Hui Kao 高寶惠 (TW/ NL) is deeply influenced by innovative materials, traditional craftsmanship, social issues, and ecological concerns. Through objects, sculptures, and installations, she transforms everyday materials and surroundings into extraordinary aesthetic experiences. Her projects merge the forces of nature with human artifacts, creating a dialogue between the organic and the constructed.
Her studio serves as a platform for ongoing research in experimental design, where sculptural forms and installations take on deeper meaning through their interaction with nature and its elements. This evolving process allows her to craft narratives in which the natural and the artificial merge, shaping conceptual landscapes that invite reflection on the philosophical questions surrounding the human condition.
In 2020, Kao created two collections —Paper Pleats and Lacquer Leaf—exploring the symbiosis of organic and mineral elements through materials such as paper, rice glue, Urushi lacquer, color pigments, and kintsugi. She was a finalist for the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize in 2022 and presented her solo exhibition, 25 Seasons, Landscapes of Paper and Lacquer, at Spazio Nobile in the Winter of 2023-2024.
Her work has been acquired by private and institutional collections, including the POC Foundation and the Boghossian Foundation, among others.
Experience
2022
LOEWE Craft Prize Finalist
Seoul Museum of Craft Art
South Korea
2019
MJ AIR Art Residency
Lacquerware in Fukushima
Japan
2019
Artist Residency
Kiyoshi Saito Museum of Art
Japan
Qualifications
2014-2016
Design Academy Eindhoven,
MA Contextual Design
The Netherlands
2006-2010
Hua-Fan University,
BA Industrial Design,
Taiwan
Exhibition History
2025 NOMAD St. Moritz, group exhibition, Moritz, SW
2025 Craft Constellation: Toward the Path of Craftmanship,
National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Nantou, TW
2024 Collaboration O collectible exhibition, Eindhoven, NL
2024 PAD London, London, UK
2024 Spazio Nobile Summer Home, Tervuren, BE
2024 Design Miami Basel, Luni Solar, Duo Show, Basel, SW
2024 PAD Paris, Paris, FR
2024 Snowfield- Nevai group exhibition, NOMAD CAPRI, Moritz, SW
2023-2024 Spazio Nobile Gallery, Solo Show- 25 Seasons, Brussels, BE
2023 Salon Art +Design, New York, US
2023 PAD London, London, UK
2023 Spazio Nobile Summer Home, Tervuren, BE
2023 NOMAD CAPRI, Moritz, SW
2022 PAD London, London, UK
2022 LOEWE Craft Prize, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul, KR
2022 PAD Paris, Paris, FR
2021 Spazio Nobile at Home, Tervuren, BE
2021 Works on Paper. Galila’s Collection, Jewish Museum Belgium, BE
2021 Another Way to Draw, Art on Paper Duo Show, Bozar, Brussels, NL
2020 New Layer Taiwan the 4th Edition, National Taiwan Craft Center, Hualien, Taiwan
2020 Collectible Design Fair, Spazio Nobile Gallery, Brussels, BE
2019 Open Craft, Dutch Design Week, Temporary Art Center, Eindhoven, NL
2019 Tracing Borders, Temporary Art Center, Eindhoven, NL
2019 Dutch Design Week, Temporary Art Center, Eindhoven, NL
2019 Yanizu, Kiyoshi Saito Museum of Art, JP
2018 The Materialists presents leather,
2018 Dutch Design Week, TAC, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Design Drives Knowledge Drives Design, SZIDF, Shenzhen, CH
2018 Taiwan Design Expo' 18, Future Beyond Imagination, Taichung, TW
2018 From natural to natural, Taitung Design EXPO, Taitung, TW
2018 Rock Paper Salt Air/ MINT Gallery, London, UK
2018 Ventura Future, 2018 Milan Design Week, Milan, IT
2018 Made in Masstricht, Abtstraat, Maastricht, NL
2018 Paper Generations, Generations of Paper, YKSI expo, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Kunst Art, Amsterdam, NL
2018 TAC, Strength from paper, Solo show, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Collect 2018, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2018 Object Rotterdam, Rotterdam Art Week, Rotterdam, NL
2018 EMBRACING EXCHANGE, 2018 Furniture fair Koln, Passagen, GE
2017 Venice Design- Venice Art Biennale, Palazzo Michiel, Venice, IT
2017 CODA Paper Art, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL
2017 London Design Fair, Tent London, UK
2017 Made in Eindhoven, YKSI Expo, Eindhoven, NL
2017 Comfort Zone, Museum Panorama Mesdag, Den Haag, NL
2017 Festival Design Kwartier, Den Haag, NL
2017 Meta Craft, MINT, London, UK
2017 Ventura Project, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT
2017 Object Rotterdam- Rotterdam Art Fire, Rotterdam, NL
2016 Dutch Design 100 Years, Taipei, TW
2016 Crafting Complex Materials, MU art space, Eindhoven, NL
2016 In Need Of- Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL