He specializes in figure painting. Shieh paints in the traditional Chinese fine-brush technique
gongbi, however his works concern themselves with contemporary themes, primarily identity, dress and the body. In 1997, he was winner of the painting category in the Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition. Shieh emerged in the 1990s with solo shows
Femme Fatales: Drawings by Shieh Ka Ho (Fringe 1995) and
Fleshly - Chinese Fine-brush Paintings by Wilson Shieh (1998). More recent works include
Chow Yun Fat Fitting Room in 2009. His work is part of public collections including those of the
Heritage Museum and
Museum of Art in Hong Kong, the
National Gallery of the United States,
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the
Queensland Art Gallery. He was Artist Associate of the
Hong Kong Sinfonietta in 2015. In the 2010s, his work has become more subversive, making jabs at politicians like
Stephen Lam Sui-lung and protesting
Hong Kong's lack of autonomy. ==References==