ARTISTS
Artists ─ Represented
Wu Chia-Yun
Known for :〈Lonely Island〉〈A Song for Loss〉
(b.1988 in Taiwan) Lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. With a BFA in Motion Picture & BFA in Fine Art, the National Taiwan University of Arts, and a MFA in Motion Picture, Wu further completed an MA in Visual Communication at Royal College of Art, London in 2016. During which she was also an exchange student in Photography at Ecole nationale supérieure des arts visuels of La Cambre. Her works have been collected by The European Independent Film Channel, Taiwan Art Bank, and Tainan Art Museum. Wu’s artistic practice, with the essence of lens-based works, explores memory, reflections, and delicate fragments of her surroundings through film, image installations, and photography.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
on the way home, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, TW
2023
Five, Four, Three, Two, Yiri Arts, Taipei, TW
2022
In Desert, Hong Foundation, Taipei, TW
Borderless Place, Amber Museum Gallery, Nida, LT
Taipei-Québec Exchange Program, La Chaufferie, Montréal, CA
2021
Inexhaustible Empty, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, TW
Moldy Walls, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, TW
The Moment of Consciousness, Powen Gallery, Taipei, TW
2020
A Song for Loss, Yiri Arts, Taipei, TW
2019
darkness within darkness, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
2018
Next Art Tainan Award, Art Tainan, Tainan, TW
2017
In Search of Inexistent Time, Art Taipei, Taipei, TW
Group Exhibitions
2024
ASSEMBLY curated by Katie A. Pfohl, New Art Dealers Alliance, New York City, USA (online)
Wish You Were Here: The Second Best Time Is Now, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City, USA
Shared Spaces, International Center of Photography, New York City, USA
Correspondence, Baxter St at CCNY, New York City, USA
A Decade Ago, Yiri Arts, Taipei, TW
The Interval, Pingtung Art Museum, Pingtung, TW
Immemory I’m Memory, Keelung Art Museum, Keelung, TW
2023
Taipei Art Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
Treasure Hill Light Festival, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, TW
EXiM Experimental Video Screening Festival, CCCN, Macau
Fever Genesis, Culture Lab LIC, New York City, USA
Experimental Film and Video 2023, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, KR
197th RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
Loops.Expanded, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT
Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York, UK
2022
Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York, UK
2021
Biennial International Paper Fibre Art, National Taiwan Craft Institute, Nantou, TW
2020
National Art Exhibition, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
2019
Sealed Landscapes, Records of Anomalies, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, TW
Let us return home, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, TW
Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, TW
2018
Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award, Taoyuan Arts Center, Taoyuan,TW
YES TAIWAN VII, AKI Gallery, Taipei, TW
The Metamorphosis, Asir Art Museum, Tainan, TW
Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, TW
Original Macao Video Festival, Espaço Video, Macao
2017
PLAY, Vertical Gallery, Hong Kong
Under the Radar, Hangar Art Center, Brussels, BE
Fun Young, Taiwan Art Bank, Taichung, TW
2016
A Piece of Daily, Yiri Arts, Taichung, TW
ShowRCA, Royal College of Art, London, UK
#WRITTNE, Finishing Touch, London, UK
2014
TRINITY, Redtory, Guangzhou, CN
FREEDOM, namGallery, Tokyo, JP
2013
WAALAND, Taiwan Women’s Art Association, Taipei, TW
2012
Poetry & Installation Art, Yo-Chang Art Museum, Taipei, TW
2011
Snapshot Awards, Taiwan Photo Museum, Taipei, TW
Artist Residencies & Academic Exchanges
2023
Ambisonics Taiwan-France Exchange Program, Paris, FR – granted by Bureau Français de Taipei
2022
International Symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography for Artist Residency, Nida, LT – granted by Lithuanian Photographers Association
Taipei-Québec Exchange Program for Screenwriting Residency, Montréal, CA
– granted by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec & Ciné Tapis Rouge
Selected Screenings
2023
36th Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, FR
30th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, USA
15th Video Art Miden Festival, Kalamata, GR
40th Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, IT
28th New Jersey International Film Festival, New Brunswick, USA
2022
15th Proyector Festival de Videoarte, Madrid, ES
9th Fine Arts Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
20th Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, AL
– qualified by Academy Awards & European Film Awards
19th London Short Film Festival, London, UK
– qualified by British Academy Film Awards
11th BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao, ES
– exhibited at BilbaoArte Fundazioa
2021
19th International Festival Signs of the Night, Bangkok, TH
– exhibited at Thai Film Archive (online)
22nd Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Berlin, DE
– exhibited at Haus der Kulturen der Welt
22nd Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris, FR
– exhibited at Louvre Museum
17th Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata FestiFreak, Buenos Aires, AR
2020
33rd European Media Art Festival, Osnabrükc, DE
2019
12th Proyector Festival de Videoarte, Madrid, ES
2015
37th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Market, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
5th Chinese Visual Festival, London, UK
2014
17th Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai, CN
21st Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taipei, TW
14th Kaohsiung International Film Festival, Kaohsiung, TW
36th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, Taipei, TW
Selected Art Fairs
2024
Art Basel, Hong Kong
2023
Art Jakarta, Jakarta, ID
2022
Art Taipei, Taipei, TW
2019
FLAME Video Art Fair, Hong Kong
Awards & Collections
2023
Finalist, Taipei Art Awards from Taipei Fine Arts Museum, TW
Director’s Fellowship, International Center of Photography, USA
Ministry of Culture Annual Book Art Competition Award, LT
Longlist, Aesthetica Art Prize, UK
2022
Longlist, Aesthetica Art Prize, UK
Third Prize, BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, ES
Nominated, Taishin Arts Award, TW
2020
Finalist, National Art Exhibition, TW
Longlist, FOAM Talent Amsterdam, NL
2019
Shortlist, FOAM Talent Amsterdam, NL
First Prize, Kaohsiung Award from Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, TW
2018
Excellent, Brainstorming Contemporary Arts Awards, TW
Finalist, Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award, TW
Finalist, Kaohsiung Award from Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, TW
Next Art Tainan Award, TW
2017
S-AN Cultural Foundation Award, TW
Ministry of Culture Emerging Artist Award, TW
2015
Ministry of Education Government Scholarship to Study Abroad, TW
2013
Best Prize, Team Ear Music the Verse Experimental Video & Art Award, TW
2011
First Prize, Taiwan Photo Museum Snapshot Awards, TW
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, TW
Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, TW
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
The European Independent Film Channel, Paris, FR
