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LIN Yen-Ju
LAST UPDATE : 2019.10.20 / EDITOR : newmedia
4 artworks / 36 exhibition / 0 essays

Born in 1989 in Taichung, Taiwan, Lin graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts, Department of Fine Arts, and currently studies at the Taipei National University of the Arts MFA Program in New Media Arts. She lives and works in Taipei.
Lin works with various mediums, including painting, video, mixed media, installation, seeking compensation for existence and memory through different forms; her works often embody a historical sense of the contemporary. She often focuses on the cultural codes embedded in the environment, architecture and images, reflecting through her work signs of the other collaged into the subjectivity of her own culture. She also attempts to realize in her works a 'safe haven' for retreat when personally confronted with the internal desire to escape from reality; this internal ideal and the surrounding reality form a contrasting relationship, illustrating the complex paradoxes the artist shows for reality, therefore, affording the geographical indicators within her works a sense of distant familiarity.

Lin’s works have toured Linz, Berlin, Paris, London, Marseilles and Dresden in the group exhibition “Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0”. Other group shows include the 8th Digital Art Festival Taipei--Data-Neurons” (2013), “Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award--Harmony in Diversity” (2013), “Nintender” (2011).

birth year
1989
Place of Birth
Taichung
Taiwan
Place of Residence
Taipei
Taiwan
education
2015
MFA Graduate School of New Media Arts
Taipei National University of the Arts
2011
BFA Department of Fine arts
Taipei National University of the Arts
personal website
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2017
Long Stay—Lin, Yen-Ju Solo Exhibition
FreeS Art Space , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Stream may be...... Pillow, Stone can Rinse...... —Lin, Yen-Ju Solo Exhibition
Bamboo Curtain Studio , New Taipei , Taiwan
2019
Boom Boom!! the spring
435 Art Zone , New Taipei , Taiwan
2018
2018 Taiwan Annual
Taipei Expo Park Expo Dome , Taipei , Taiwan
2018
Artificial Space 334
435 Art Zone , New Taipei , Taiwan
2018
Wandering
A+ Creations art Gallerys , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Exchange
435 Art Zone , New Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Very Period
VTArtsalon , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
2017 Taiwan Annual
Taipei Expo Park Expo Dome , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Window Light
435 Art Zone , New Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Out of Nothing
Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center , Tainan , Taiwan
2016
Ka-lák-á Artfest
Waley Art , New Taipei , Taiwan
2016
2016 Taiwan Annual
Taipei Expo Park Expo Dome , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
2016 On Site Artfest
Taipei Expo Park Expo Dome , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
PASADENA 24H CLOSED
NO. 33 Art Corner , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
Spring Travel
A+ Creations art Gallerys , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
2015 Free Art Fair
Huashan 1914 Creative Park , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Green Art Action: In ZhuWei X Art No Wall
Tamsui Customs Wharf , New Taipei , Taiwan
2015
“Bamboo Curtain Studio Reaching 20″, Artist Fair
Taipei Expo Park Expo Dome , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
2015 Young Art Kaohsiung
The Pier-2 Art Center , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2015
Art & Culture Bus
New Taipei City’s International Art Village , New Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0
Hellerau , Dresden , Germany
2014
Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0
Instants Vedio Festival , Marseille , France
2014
Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0
Ambika P3 , London , England
2014
Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0
Maison des metallos , Paris , France
2014
Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0
Transmediale , Berlin , Germany
2014
3rd Outstanding New Media Art Award: Recounting Emotions
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
8th Digital Art Festival Taipei: Data-Neurons
Songshan Cultural and Creative Park , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0
Ars Electronica , Linz , Austria
2013
Airport Tour Exhibition of The 11th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport , Taoyuan , Taiwan
2013
The 11th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award
Taoyuan County Government Department of Cultural , Taoyuan , Taiwan
2012
Business Opportunity Seminar of New Media
Taipei National University of the Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Trans-Object
Nanhai Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2011
Nintender
VTArtsalon , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
“Desolate Air” Lin, Yen-Ju and Jheng Ya-Shuan Associated Exhibition
Taipei National University of the Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Bamboo Curtain Studio
New Taipei , Taiwan
2015
New Taipei City’s International Art Village
New Taipei , Taiwan
2015
 
S-An Art Award
 
Taiwan
2013
 
The 3th Outstanding Award
 
Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Selected
The 8th Taipei Digital Art Award
 
Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Selective Preference
The 11th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award
 
Taoyuan , Taiwan
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SELECTED ARTWORKS
Acrylic Paint
53.0x45.5 cm
Acrylic Paint
53.0x45.5 cm
Acrylic Paint
53.0x45.5 cm
Acrylic Paint
120.0x45.5 cm
Acrylic Paint
100.0x80.0 cm
Acrylic Paint
41.0x31.5 cm
Acrylic Paint
45.5x38.0 cm
Acrylic Paint
33.0x24.0 cm
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Elsewhere
2010
In the production of this series, I collected several images of Western architecture and interior objects from magazines and books; I then cut and pasted them into a collage for the draft, creating a domain without a boundary, and then painted the final draft on the canvas. These objects do not belong to a certain background or chronological context: some belong to the Greek and Roman style, some are Medieval manors, some are Baroque, others are Neo-Classical, while some styles were d ...
New Media Art , Installation Art ,
Single-channel video
2'20"
Single-channel video
2'20"
Single-channel video
2'40"
Single-channel video
2'40"
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
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Mr. Universe
2010-2012
When we turn on the TV, images related to the universe and aliens fill the screen, whether it is film, theater, or related news and speculations...they are common themes found in the media. In the series “Mr. Universe,” I wanted to depict the reality of Taiwan and other Third World countries through the production of the science-fiction film. In trying to simulate and replicate the products not originated from local technology and cultural contexts, the result images are prone to revea ...
New Media Art , Installation Art ,
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
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Good-to-be-home Luggage
There are multicultural architectural elements in Taiwan’s housing from 1940 to 1980. I had lived in this kind of old house in Taiwan during my childhood. These residential elements have not only become my childhood memories, but also gradually constructed a feeling of belonging of home, as well as land. Therefore, dwellings have become my objects of attention. I have noticed that Taiwan’s housing is like the recombination and collage of multicultural symbols. Affected by the impact of ...
New Media Art , Installation Art ,
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
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Stream may be...... Pillow, Stone can Rinse......
My 2015 residency at Bamboo Curtain Studio culminated in the residency project and solo exhibition “Stream may be...Pillow, Stone can Rinse”. In the past, I had three years experience of residing in Zhuwei without little knowledge of its natural or humanistic surroundings. During my residency, I conducted several interviews with local residents, in attempt to piece together the process of the region’s alteration and its narratives as the initiation of my localization. After having reconstruct ...
New Media Art , Installation Art ,
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