Spray paint artist Chen Jo-xin makes a splash with her urban murals
Spray paint artist Chen Jo-xin makes a splash with her urban murals
2026-05-26
Spray-painted graffiti can be seen around Taiwan’s streets and alleys, but did you know spray painting is a form of art? Spray paint artist Chen Jo-xin, who has formal art qualifications, takes commissions from clients and has been running her own studio for five years. She and her team have created spray paint murals in Miaoli, Wufeng and shopping malls in Hong Kong. Let’s find out more
Wearing a protective mask, she holds a spray paint can in one hand and a mobile phone in the other. She carefully looks at the image on her phone, before letting loose with her spray can.
She sprays black paint to outline the image, and then the artwork is complete.
Chen Jo-xin
Spray paint artist
This is considered small; there are also large ones that can be painted up to six or seven stories high. A pop star was celebrating the 10th anniversary since her solo debut, and fans were asking us to paint a wall for her. In the past this would have been done with advertising billboards, but now there are beginning to be different ways to express appreciation.
Chen Jo-xin studied art-related subjects throughout her student years. She’s also been a spray paint artist for five years. Initially Chen treated her creations as a hobby. Now she has set up a studio and formed a team. Her creative footprint can be found in Miaoli’s Xihu Leopard Cat Embankment, Taichung’s Wufeng District Farmer’s Association and even in shopping malls all the way over in Hong Kong.
The orange tiger against the red wall, with its tension-filled lines, makes the tiger seem as if it could burst through the wall at any moment. Spray-paint murals, whether on low walls or towering building facades, tested not only her skill, but also her courage.
Chen Jo-xin
Spray paint artist
One of the projects that left the deepest impression on me recently was a mural we painted beside National Freeway No. 1. It was in Changhua — we painted the Great Buddha of Changhua on a wall about six stories high. So the client asked us to paint a huge Buddha. I’m from Kaohsiung, and there aren’t any legal graffiti walls there. But there are in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Pingtung. Taipei also has a lot of places that are great for painting, so whenever I come here, I usually do some painting.
Different professions are worlds apart, as the saying goes. The teams’ photographer jokes that although she usually takes photos with the click of a finger, she found pressing on a spray paint can not an easy task.
Photographer
Part of art group
This part of my hand was really sore the next day because I’m used to pressing a camera shutter very lightly. At first, I could barely press the spray can down properly. And when I was trying to control the lines while filling in colors, the paint would build up really thick.
Member
Part of art group
I think the most difficult thing is the large murals that are done at high altitudes. People who are afraid of heights may need to receive training to overcome their acrophobia.
Spray painting art allows a creator’s canvas to push outside the limitations of paper. Instead it can extend to every corner of a city.
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整個城市都是畫布! 噴漆達人陳若欣創作遍布海內外
2026-05-26
街頭巷尾，常常可以看到噴漆塗鴉，這也成為一門藝術創作！噴漆創作達人陳若欣，科班出身，從事噴漆接案、成立工作室，已經第五年了。她跟團隊的創作，不僅有苗栗西湖的石虎堤防、台中霧峰的農會，還出現在香港的商場裡。
戴上防護面罩、一手拿著噴漆罐，一手拿著手機，仔細比對草稿，接著放膽噴下去。
噴上黑漆，勾勒出線條，一幅作品，大功告成。
[[噴漆達人 陳若欣]]
“這種算是小的，大的也有畫到六層樓七層樓。(有)偶像是剛好今年(出道)十週年，粉絲就會請我們幫他畫一個牆，像以前可能比較多會是那種廣告看板，最近就是開始有這種比較不一樣的方式(應援)。
從學生時代一路就讀美術相關科系的陳若欣，從事噴漆藝術已經邁入第五年。一開始，陳若欣把創作當作興趣，如今成立工作室、組成團隊。她的創作足跡，包括苗栗西湖的石虎堤坊、台中霧峰的農會，還有遠在香港的商場。
橘黃色的老虎，搭配紅色的牆面，充滿張力的線條，讓畫裡的老虎，彷彿隨時都會衝破牆面。噴漆創作的畫布，從低矮的圍牆，到高聳的建築外牆，同時也考驗創作者的膽識。
[[噴漆達人 陳若欣]]
“近期印象比較深刻的是我們在國道旁邊，國1旁邊畫了一棟大概六層樓高的牆，那邊是彰化，畫彰化的大佛，所以業主就請我們畫很大的大佛。我是高雄人，高雄沒有合法的塗鴉牆，可是台北有台中有，台南屏東都有。台北有很多也滿適合畫圖的，所以有來的話我都會來畫一下。”
俗話說，隔行如隔山，團隊攝影師笑說，雖然平常拍照，也是透過"一指神功"，但換成按壓噴漆罐，可不是一件輕鬆的事。
[[團隊攝影]]
“第二天這個地方很痠，因為我平常(按)快門比較輕。按不太下去一開始，然後要控制這個線啊，我在填色的時候，就會積很厚的漆。
[[團隊成員]]
“我覺得最困難的，就是那種比較高的高空作業的大型壁畫，怕高的人可能需要訓練恐高症。”
噴漆藝術，讓創作的畫布，突破紙張的侷限，延伸到城市的每個角落。
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