In 1982, Wang first entered the Taiwan Provincial Exhibition of Fine Arts and earned a silver medal. Back then the rules of the contest stated that artists who participated three years in a row and always placed among the top three finishers would earn a commendation that meant they no longer needed to submit their work for preliminary judging in order to enter the competition.
1982 年，王秀杞參加全省美展獲得第 2 名，當時美展簡章中規定，參賽藝術家若連續 3 年進入前 3 名，就可獲得「永久免審查作家」的特殊榮譽。