Born in Hsinchu. A graduate of Hsinchu Normal College, Hsiao has won a series of awards including the Excellent Work Prize at the Taiyang Show, the Literary Award and the Chairman Award presented by the Fine Arts Exhibition of Taiwan Province, the Art by the Rotary Club of West Taipei, and the Golden Belt Award given by the Art Society of China in 1972 for the most excellent watercolourist. He has been invited to participate in the Seibum Show, the Exchange Exhibition of Fine Arts between China and Japan, the Jointed Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Artists in Newport, Rhode Island, U. S. A. as well as in the Chinese Culture Show in Philadelphia. A member of the Art Society of China, the Taiyang Fine Arts Association, and the Blue Cloud Fine Arts Association, he serves as supervisor of the Fine Art evaluation member in Hsin Chu County, the teacher at the East Hsin Chu High School, and jury of the Fine Arts Show in Hsin Chu County.