*May artist--Todd Hackwelder

Hack is a New Yorker currently living in Ilan. He has been living and working as a graphic designer in Taiwan for over six years. He started Discontinued Magazine in 2003, a free art magazine in Taiwan. The magazine has been on hold for two years, but it will be making a comeback this summer. (www.discontinuedmag.com) Hack decided to start painting fulltime last year. He has completed over 350 paintings and he says it is just the beginning. He had a solo show called "Blues 53" at the Beat Studio Gallery in August 2007. He was also featured at the "Wild East Art Show" in Janurary 2008. On May 3rd you can see his first reggae art show at the River Bar in Chungli. On May 31st Hack will be back at Beat Studio, teaming up with Tim Nathan Joel to put on a show called "Numbers" - A creative expression of how numbers can be interpreted as art. There will be hundreds of paintings and drawings at the show, all at very affordable prices. These artists want everyone to be able to buy art, so get there early. In July Hack will be going back to Syracuse, New York to participate in a very large art festival. He will return again in August to continue his painting and shows all over Taiwan. Keep your eyes open and visit his website for details on upcoming events. (www.haikeha.com) The above painting is called "escape dream." It is four canvases(74x91cm) put together to form one painting. They can be displayed separately but were intended to be one large painting. He chose to use the black and red color scheme of Alleycat's Pizza in Taipei. 海克哈．紐約客，目前落腳於宜蘭地區，已經在台灣居住超過6年以上的時間，是一位平面設計師。2003年，他開始在台灣發行"停刊"這本免費贈閱的藝術雜誌。雜誌暫停發行將近2年的時間，今年暑假將會再重新開始發行。 (www.discontinuedmag.com) 去年海克哈決定給自己一段時間當一位全職的畫家，他完成了350幅作品，可是別急，這只是個開頭喔。2007 年8月，他在藝廊"the Beat Studio"發表"藍53"個展。2008 年1月，在同一個藝廊他也是"Wild East Art Show"的其中一位藝術家。今年的5月你將可以在中壢的"the River Bar"一睹他第一次雷鬼風個展 - "雷鬼瘋 藝術展"。今年5月31號，他將與提姆在"the Beat Studio"攜手展覽 - "數字/號碼"，你將會意外而且驚喜，數字也可以如此藝術而且富有創意！這個展覽中會有上百幅作品發表，如果您喜愛收藏藝術，海克哈與提姆希望人人都可以 買到自己喜愛的藝術品，所以這場展覽中的藝術品也會十分平價，一定要及早過來搶購！ 通過了評審嚴格篩選，今年6月，海克哈將會回到紐約雪城，他將參與當地一年一度最大的藝術節慶博覽會並發表個人作品， 8月份他會回到台灣繼續創作並且在全台灣展出新作。歡迎瀏覽海克哈的個人網站，隨時會有作品更新及最新消息。(www.haikeha.com) 上面的作品名稱為"escape dream"，由4個74公分x91公分的畫布組成。原意是將4片組合為一件作品，但是4片分開也個別可以是一件作品。海克哈運用了Alleycats的元素色彩 - 紅與黑。與其由他來解釋整件作品，他更希望由觀賞者自由發揮！