LIANG G A L L E RY Taipei
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LIANG G A L L E RY Located in Neihu Technology Park, Taipei, Taiwan. The 21-year-old Liang Gallery has a three-story building offering high-ceiling and well-lit exhibition space up to almost 2000 square meters. With its focus on Taiwan’s modern and contemporary art, it has worked with foundations or families of artists such as Chen Cheng-Po, Yang San-Lang, Chen Jr-Chi, Lee Mei-Shu, Chin Jun-Tso, and Paul Tien-Sheng to present art exhibitions of Taiwanese modern art masters, acknowledging their unreplaceable roles in Taiwan’s art history.
In recent years, Liang Gallery has also regularly presented highly acclaimed exhibitions featuring Taiwanese contemporary artists, including sculpture installations by Hsi Shih-Pin and Hsu WeiHui, photographic art by Hsieh Chun-Te and Wang Chien-Yang, as well as paintings by Huang YiSheng, King Fen-Hwa, Chang Tsui-Jung, Lin Hung-Hsin, Liu De-Lang, and Leo Wang between 2011 and 2013. It has indeed become one of the major private art sectors systematically promoting Taiwan’s contemporary art.
With our curatorial experiences for years, we wish to continuously further the internationalization of Taiwan’s contemporary art, providing well-organized exhibition plans, academic publications, and cultural exchanges among nations to lead artists as well as art lovers into a more expansive world of art. 4
Ab out LIA NG GA LLERY
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Liang Gallery the 20th Anniversary The Origin of Taiwan Art: Taiwan Master Cheng-Po Chen Solo Exhibition 2012
A Place to Turn Around: Hung-Hsin Lin Solo Exhibition 2012
The Tender Counteroffensives: Wei-Hui Hsu Solo Exhibition 2013
Visual Frontier: Leo Wang Solo Exhibition 2013
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LEO WANG Leo Wang was born in Taipei in 1981, and currently lives and works in Paris, France. In 2012, he finished his master’s degree of Contemporary Art and New Media in Université de Paris VIII, France. Wang has exhibited in Art en Capital Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'Eau at Grand Palais, France from 2006 to 2011. And Wang participated in designing art wall murals in Palais de Chine Hotel in Taipei. His artworks have been exhibited in Taipei and Paris. He follows the trail on old buildings, streets, light and music in different city, dismantles and reconstructs the images of a new parallel world. The atmosphere in Leo Wang’s artworks is full of elegant and welcoming.
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EDUCATION 2012
MSc, Contemporary Art and New Media, Université de Paris VIII, Paris, France
2006
MSc, Plastic Arts, Université de Paris VIII, Paris, France
2004
BA, Plastic Arts, Université de Paris VIII, Paris, France
2003
CAS, Printmaking, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
2002
BA, Oil Painting, École des Beaux-Arts de Versailles, Versailles, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013
“Visual Frontier”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007
“Impréssion”, Galerie Étienne de Causans, Paris, France
2006
“Distance”, Galerie Étienne de Causans, Paris, France “Distance”, Galerie La Compagnie des Arts, Paris, France
2005
“Impréssion”, Galerie La Compagnie des Arts, Paris, France
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Leo Wang Travers No.2 2012 Mixed media 80×200cm (40F×2)
Leo Wang Rugir 2013 Mixed media 162×260cm (100F×2)
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JAM WU Jam WU was born in Tainan in 1979. He obtained BA on Architecture Design at Shih Chien University, Taiwan, and studied on Experiment Art at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China. He is a poet, a photographer, a theatre designer, and an artist. WU regards paper cutting techniques as his unique feature for over 10 years. In 2006, he received Cloud Gate’s Wanderer Program Grant, headed to North Shaanxi to learn paper cutting and how to convert folk paper cutting techniques into the language of contemporary art. WU’s works are inspired from childhood memories at his hometown from Yun-shui Stream, Taiwan. The forms of his works are diverse, expressed through installations, lighting, images, public art and other fields. In recent years, he has been comparing and reflecting on the histories of Taiwan and China, emphasizing the value of a self-identity and the position of modern art. WU also obtained CITE residency program in Paris, traveled to the Arctic and Switzerland for learning European folk paper cutting culture.
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EDUCATION 2012
Studying for an MA, Experiment Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2006
BA, Architecture Design, Shih Chien University, Taiwan
EXPERIENCE 2010
Artist in Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2009
Artist in Residence, Watermill Centre, New York, USA
2007
Camping Artist, Juming Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan Stage Design, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Golden Bough Theatre, Little White House, Taipei, Taiwan Stage Design, Legend of the White Snake, Theatre Company of Lee Qing-Zhao, First Asia City Youth Drama Festival, Avant-garde East Theatre, Beijing, China Showroom Design, “Exhibition Of Paper Craft in Taiwan”, National Centre for Traditional Art, Yilan, Taiwan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012
“(Happy or Back Book) for Farmer”, NHCUE Art Space, Hsinchu, Taiwan “Working Table Of An Artist”, Eslite Xinyi Bookstore Art Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
2010
“If You See A Young Shepherd”, Louis Vuitton Cultural Space, Taipei, Taiwan “Trilogy of Jam Wu's Solo Exhibition 3: Blossoms Mean Decay, Brilliance, and Destiny”, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan “Trilogy of Jam Wu's Solo Exhibition 2: He is the Flowers Filled with the Mountain (Anonymous Flowers are Dedicated to Life)”, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Centre, Taipei, Taiwan “Trilogy of Jam Wu's Solo Exhibition 1: Visiting Her With A Basket of Fruit (for Grandma, Yanshui River and Those Aunties I met in Xanxi Province)”, Eslite Dunan Bookstore Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan 15
Jam Wu
Jam Wu
Photo-cutting Collection-Snow congeal like the cloth
Photo-cutting Collection-Time fragments in the Arctic
2012 Print on P-Tex 180×100cm
2012 Print on P-Tex 180×100cm
Jam Wu The Little Paper-cutting Doll and Eight Horses 2013 Thin and Tough Red Silk Fabric 54.5Ă—39cm
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HUNG-HSIN LIN Born in Yunlin, Taiwan in 1975, Lin Hung-Hsin received his MFA from the Graduate Program in Fine Arts at National Taiwan University of Arts.
Before being devoted to artistic practice as a full-time artist, Lin had been working as an advertising designer for almost 15 years. His paintings feature a realistic expression but are different from the objective representation of the American photorealism. Instead, he adopts a strong subjective perspective while combining two-dimensional vector symbols and images of visual spaces with his personal experiences and illusions. In his works, he intentionally simplifies the colors and the composition. Through the objects, the symbols, the colors, and the contours in the paintings, Lin creates a connection with the realistic subjects (figures) to visualize his inner perception of the surroundings.
He borrows the character “flâneur” from Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)’s works as the main subject in his works. With the face painted with white powder and the costume corresponding to the environment, the flâneur anonymously observes the city. The “flâneur” in Lin’s paintings is a complicated self-reflection of the artist, through which the artist offers himself a temporary getaway from the reality so that he can take shelter in his subconscious self-indulgence. Through these portraits in various sizes, Lin attempts to challenge viewers’ visual experience and the way they see a painting, creating a connection beyond time and space.
Lin Hung-Hsin has participated in many art competitions and received several awards in Taiwan. In 2011, he started to work with Liang Gallery to present exhibitions. He currently lives and works in Taipei. 18
EDUCATION 2011
MFA, National Taiwan University of Arts, Department of Fine Arts
2004
BFA, National Taiwan University of Arts, Department of Fine Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012
“A Place to Turn Around”, Liang Gallery, Taipei
2011
“Flâneur”, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei
2004
“Gray Poetry”, UNO Resturant, Taipei
AWARDS 2012
A Place to Turn Around I, Selected Award, Young Artist Collection Program, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
2010
Stroll: Monologue, Selected Award, Kaohsiung Awards
2009
Stroller I: Stagnation, 3 rd Place, National Taiwan University of Arts Graduate Work Publication
2004
Longing, Merit Award in Water Color Painting, 58th Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition Gray’s Poetry, Merit Award in Oil Painting, The UBF Rising Artist Award by Union Culture Foundation, Taiwan
2003
Old Dog: Incomplete, 2 nd Place in Oil Painting, Student Teacher Group Exhibition of National Taiwan University of Arts
2002
Expectation, 2 nd Place in Water Color Painting, 56th Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition
2001
Quiet Room, Merit Award, National Taiwan University of Arts Campus Anniversary Exhibition Secret Fragrance, 1 st Place, The Art Exhibition of Chiayi City, Taiwan
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Hung-Hsin Lin Skyline I 2013 Oil on canvas 80Ă—200cm
Hung-Hsin Lin East Central Avenue 2013 Oil on canvas 130Ă—162cm (100F)
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I-CHUN CHEN I-Chun CHEN was born in Nan-Tou, Taiwan in 1980 and is currently PhD candidate at Tainan National University of Arts and artist in residence in Kansai, Japan. In 2010, she finished Graduate School of Arts and Technology, National Taipei University of Arts. Chen devoted herself to painting and video art, and has been developing interactive new media projects with artist He-Lin LOU for a long time. Chen’s work has been selected for numerous international art exhibitions and festivals, including Illuminations – Taiwanese Media Art Exhibition (Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, 2013), Taiwan Biennial (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2012), FILE – Brazil Electronic Language International Festival (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, 2012, 2011, 2010), Cologne International Video Art Festival (Beirut, Budapest, Riga, Cologne, 2011) and PIXILERATIONS [v.8] (Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island, 2011). Her work is collected by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taipei Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Dr. Sun YatSen Memorial, and private art collectors.
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EDUCATION 2013
Tainan National University of the Arts, Doctor Program in Art Creation and Theory
2010
Graduate School of Arts and Technology, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
2005
B.F.A., Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
EXPERIENCE 2013
435international art village, Banciao City, Taiwan
2009
Asian Cultural Council, Tokyo, Kansai, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012
Bubble Society ,Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
Sculpture the Heavy industry, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei ,Taiwan Goodbye Little Factory Series – Portrait of a Factory, Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Epidermis Factory, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan Inorganic City, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2010
Measuring Distances Between The Self and Others, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung. Light Calligraphy, Eslite Gallery, Taipei ,Taiwan
2004
Pail bird- Goodbye my shadow, Paint House, Tainan, Taiwan Goodbye my shadow, Taipei National University of the Arts 8 1/2gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2002
The dissection of ontology, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
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I-Chun CHEN Shui Yuan Lin Legend –First Episode 2013 Color Video(loop) with sound 5min
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YI-SHENG HUANG Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1981, Huang Yi-Sheng graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University with a specialization in Western Painting. Having worked on realistic painting for many years, Huang is best known for his delicate expression as well as a gentle metaphoric narrative style. Throughout his artistic practice, Huang has expected that his works provide a spiritual consolation. It is not his intention to demonstrate the skillful technique in his paintings or to create the comfortable atmosphere through the images painted with various pinks. Instead, he believes that art-making should stir the space of imagination which used to be motionless but yet extensive, encouraging viewers to realize that how they can either meditate or take a break in this peaceful and undisturbed land.
After graduating from the graduate school, Huang started exploring new possibilities in the use of colors in the recent series works The New Alien Land. In the year of 2010, the artist demonstrated the series works in the solo exhibition A Sterile Room for the first time. Huang has received several awards, including National Taiwan Museum of Fines Arts’ 2008 Collection Project for Young Taiwanese Artists, the Bronze Medal at the National Oil Painting Exhibition, the Merit Award at Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition, the Merit Award at Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition, the Honorable Mention at Nanying Art Exhibition, and the Nomination Award of Union Fine Art Award. His artworks have been exhibited in Osaka (Japan), Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and included in the collections of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the Kaohsiung City Government's Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Union Culture Foundation, Taiwan National Exhibition Committee for Arts, and etc. Huang currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. 26
EDUCATION 2009
MFA, Western Painting, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University
2004
BFA, Art and Craft Education, Department of Education, National Tainan Teachers College
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012
“When the Door Opens—Huang Yi-Sheng Sole Exhibition”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010
“Sterile room— Huang Yi-Sheng Sole Exhibition”, A Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009
“Huang Yi-Sheng Oil Painting Exhibition”, LILI Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2008
“The Quiet Domain - Huang Yi Sheng Sole Exhibition”, National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taipei, Taiwan “Thinking Mark - Huang Yi Sheng Sole Exhibition”, Taipei County Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yi-Sheng Huang Departure and Arrival 2013 Oil on Canvas 40Ă—70cm
Yi-Sheng Huang Different Future 2013 Oil on Canvas 150Ă—150cm
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HAN-HONG TA I TAI Han-Hong was born in Taiwan in 1978. He obtained an M.F.A. from TNNUA, Architecture, Taiwan and was selected for “2012 Taipei Arts Awards” and “2012 Art Taipei Young Artist Discovery”. TAI is devoted to create spatial structures with architectural elements: doors, walls and windows, exploring the vague boundaries and valuing the interface between the margins by interactive movements with two endpoints. TAI held his solo exhibition, “Transitions between Dimensions” in Liouying, Taiwan in 2009. His works have been exhibited in Taiwan, Hungary, Spain, Hong Kong, Japan, and collected by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts from Taiwan and White Rabbit Gallery from Australia. He currently lives and works in Taipei.
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EDUCATION 2004
M.F.A.,TNNUA, Architecture, Taiwan
2000
B.S., DYU, Industrial Design, Taiwan
EXPERIENCE 2013
Koganecho Bazaar 2013 Artist in Residency, Koganecho, Yokohama, Japan
2009
HWEI-LAN international artists workshop, Hua-Lien, Taiwan KUAN-DU international driftwood sculpture festival & workshop, KdMoFA, Taipei, Taiwan
2006
The Metallicity Style - Kaohsiung International Steel & Iron Sculpture Festival & Workshop 2006, Singuang Pier, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009
“Transitions between Dimensions“, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan
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Han-Hong TAI
Han-Hong TAI
I open the door or close it #1
I open the door or close it #2
2013 Elements of furniture, acrylic color 26.5×4.5×94cm
2013 Elements of furniture, acrylic color 26.5×4.5×94.5cm
Han-Hong TAI Wall Cube #1 2013 Wood and acrylic 70.5×109×17.5cm
Executive Director Yu Yen-Liang
Publisher Liang Gallery Co., Ltd
Editor Liang Gallery
Printing Jih-Tung Art Pringting Co., Ltd.
Publishing Date First Edition, February, 2014
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