Separation. Ju was awarded third prize for sculpture in the 22nd Taiwan Art Exhibition. 1976 Arts Award from the Chinese Cultural Arts Association. 1976 Recognized as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons from Taiwan by the Junior Chamber of Commerce International. 1976 The National Award of Literature and Arts from the National Culture and Arts Foundation of Ministry of Education. 1998 Accolades for a life's work and his contributions to the arts from Fok Yin Tung Award From The Fok Yin Tung Foundation Of Hong Kong. 2000 Ju Ming Museum won the 14th Tokyo Creative Award, Foreign Award. 2002 The Enku Grand Award in Gifu, Japan. 2003 An Honorary Degree of Doctor of Art At Fu Jen Catholic University at Taipei. 2004 The Lifetime Executive Yuan Cultural Award. The Executive Yuan Cultural Award is to honor a person who has made special contributions towards maintaining or enhancing culture. It is a lifetime achievement award, and the highest award in Taiwan for a cultural figure. The President of the Executive Yuan, You Si-Kun, awarded the medal and certificate to Ju Ming. He also lauded the way Ju Ming had turned his life experience into artistic achievement, combining life and art and integrating art and culture into life through his works. We can feel Ju Ming's curiosity and love of life in his works. Chen Ci-Nan praised Ju Ming as “a genuine and unique world artist from the land of Taiwan. “This award,” he went on, was to salute “the leader of the world of sculpture.” 2007 The 18th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, Art and Cultures Prize. Exhibition 1976 Individual Exhibition at the National Museum of History, Taipei. On the occasion of his first woodcarving exhibition at the National Museum of History, reviews were universally laudatory. From staunch old-guard traditionalists to members of the avant-garde, all were captivated by his pioneering creative style. The China Times newspaper introduced him to its readership in a series of special articles published over five days. On the strength of this exhibition, Ju Ming became an important symbol of the Taiwan Nativist Movement in the 1970s. 1977 Individual exhibition at the Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo 1978 Individual exhibition at the Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo 1978 Solo exhibition at the Spring Gallery, Taipei 1980 Solo exhibition at the Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong. Ju Ming's exhibition sent an unprecedented shock through the Hong