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WU Chien-Hsing
LAST UPDATE : 2021.06.25 / EDITOR : installation
9 artworks / 29 exhibition / 0 essays

Born in Taiwan in 1987. Grew up in Nantou Puli. Currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. He graduated from Chinese Culture University with Bachelor’s degree in 2011 and Taipei National University of the Arts with Master’s degree in 2017.

Viscerally perceived and rationally contemplated, my works mainly render my understanding of life, reflecting my life experiences and curiosity of the world around me. My imagination links my body to the world, and through it, I use all kinds of forms to reflect my perceptions of reality. This approach of representation is difficult to equate, even when we constantly attempt to close in on it through language. Works of art are, in this sense, extremely attractive because they hold unlimited imagination, and can often go beyond the expression of words.

My early works consist mostly of painting. Creative expression was a way to convey emotion and a medium for imagining the world. Since being introduced to new media, I found that my methods of expression have expanded, but also that I faced greater and further issues. In addition to the mastery and exploration of medium, are we able to choose only one method of self-expression when so many choices are presented before us? What is the deeper meaning behind artistic practice? And what is the relationship between my work and myself?

My work and practice have always originated from the properties of everyday objects, entering personal observations and evoking sentimental ambience from the expansion of personal experience. From my point of view, life, memory, and objects form a complete cycle. I have repeatedly experimented on how to convey this relationship through artistic expression, for example, with loop images, recurring space, and the cycle of objects. Finally, regarding the possibility of regeneration, the issue of artistic practice is then how to present, or even enter, a holistic system of relations, and to express its continuous development or state of circulation.

Confronting the corresponding relationship with present systems and the emphasis of social interaction in contemporary art, I began to ruminate over what becomes of artistic practice when it stems from the individual. I was forced to think about whether I should distance my feelings and individuality from my works, and utilize different methods of form and thought to discuss public and social issues instead. This was the starting point and transition of the themes explored in my later works, which in turn would become a part of my life experience, circulating back as a nutrient for my creative endeavors.

When communicating and collaborating with various industries for my projects, I came across more industry stories, and explored how individuals circulate and change in this vast society and social interface. This became a perspective and method that I applied to my artistic practice, and was also a relocation of my subjectivity as an artist. Creative practice is not only about conversing with the public, but also learning from it, allowing one to meditate on how to seek the voice of individual industries through artistic means, so that they could gain attention from different territories.

In response to the contemporary state of life, I often ponder the advanced modernization of the present day. The modern indicates progress, one that makes headway but never turns back. One of my motivations for artistic practice has always been to narrate the nostalgia of the past and self within the contemporary. It is like retrieving the hidden and discarded antiquated objects from an invisible location in the life, a cycle, a return to the original, but nevertheless, propelling forward.

birth year
1987
Place of Birth
Nantou
Taiwan
Place of Residence
Taipei
Taiwan
education
2017
MFA Department of Fine Arts
Taipei National University of the Arts
2011
BA Department of Fine Arts
Chinese Culture University
personal website
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2018
In Pair-Wishing House
Hsinchu City Government , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2016
The Endless Tie of Love
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
The Double-Edged Sword Between Lives
Accton Gallery , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2014
Tiny Times Industrial Co.
FreeS Art Space , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Illusion
Open-­Contemporary Art Center , Bangkok , Thailand
2012
Parallel Crossing
Open-­Contemporary Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
The Images Of The Island
Image Museum of Hsinchu City , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2017
You are the Sunshine of my Life-2017 Treasure Hill Light Festival
Treasure Hill Artist Village , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
Fair for Modern and Contemporary Art 2016
Cologne , Germany
2016
Open Contemporary Album 2016
Tina Keng Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Dream Habitations
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
FORMOSA Sculputre Biennial
The Pier-2 Art Center , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2015
The Second Beijing Photo Biennial
CAFA Art Museum , Beijing , China
2015
2015 On Site Artfest
URS21 Chung Shan Creative Hub , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
ARTIST FAIR TAIWAN
Taipei Expo Park EXPO Dome , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
This is not a poisoned apple
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Wheel × Will
Crane Gallery , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2015
The 2nd “CAFAM˙Future” Exhibition Observer-Creator
CAFA Art Museum , Beijing , China
2014
The Infinate Imaginary Space
Art 8 , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2014
Made In Taiwan, Art Taipei
Taipei World Trade Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
CHANGING IDENTITY
Warsaw , Poland
2014
HIHEY ART T3 Arts Festival
Beijing Capital Internation Airport , Beijing , China
2013
ThaiTai : A Measure of Understanding
Open-Contemporary Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
The 11th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award
Taipei World Trade Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Keywords— Asynchronous Lifeworld
Juming Museum , New Taipei , Taiwan
2012
THAITAI FEVER - STAGE ONE: We‘re OPEN
Open-Contemporary Art Center , Bangkok , Thailand
2012
Busan Flower village International Nature Arts Festival
ARTinNATURE Art Space , Busan , Korea
2012
19991121>20130421 Part One
Open-Contemporary Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
Taipei Biennial : Biennialscope Project
Open-Contemporary Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
KEYWORDS
SELECTED ARTWORKS
Knife , mirrors ,
390 X 270 X 270 cm
Knife , mirrors ,
390 X 270 X 270 cm
01 / 10
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES- PILLAR
Installation Art ,
mixed media , Knife , mirrors ,
330 X 82 X 135 cm
mixed media , Knife , mirrors ,
330 X 82 X 135 cm
01 / 10
Concentric Circles: MOVING HOUSE
Installation Art ,
mixed media , Knife , mirrors ,
214x296x113 cm
Knife , mirrors , mixed media ,
Dimensions Variable
01 / 10
Concentric Circles: House
2014-2015
Installation Art ,
mixed media , Knife , mirrors ,
130x130 cm
mixed media , Knife , mirrors ,
130x130 cm
01 / 10
Concentric Circles
2013-2015
I have started to use everyday objects in my artworks since 2011. I kept seeking inspiration from commodities in daily life. By bringing in life experiences and imagination, I made installations by abandoning the originally practical functions of objects.   The idea of this artwork came from an incident. Upon cutting myself when I cooked, I saw my inner self mirrored in the blood and realized the reality of life I’m confronting. People are always in pursuit of better material life ...
Installation Art ,
WU Chien-Hsing, 2013, Installation Art
WU Chien-Hsing, 2013, Installation Art
WU Chien-Hsing, 2013, Installation Art
WU Chien-Hsing, 2013, Installation Art
WU Chien-Hsing, 2012, Installation Art
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