Lin Chang-Hu was born in Tucheng and was graduated with a master of arts at the National Taiwan Normal University and a doctorate from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. At a young age, he already received numerous awards from national organizations, and his skills in poems, calligraphy, paintings and seal carvings were well-acclaimed. His works were kept in collections of the National Dr Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He is the president of the Taiwan Academy of Fine Arts, an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts at the National Taiwan Normal University and a consultant of the HCS Calligraphy Foundation.