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About Wu Cheng-Chang
Born in Pingtung, Taiwan in 1965, Wu Cheng-Chang graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2000. He is currently teaching at the Department of Visual Communication Design, Ling-Tung University in Taichung, Taiwan. He worked as a photojournalist and photographer at Business Weekly, Taiwan Daily News, Brother Pro-Baseball Magazine and Formosa Plastics Group. He has won many awards including 2014 Observer’s Award and Excellent Work Award in New Media of Kaohsiung Awards, 2012 Grand Prize of Creative Award of Visual Art, 2011 Grand Award of China Lishui International Photography Cultural Festival, 2010 Grand Prize of The Power of Self an image competition (Artists Wanted, New York) and 2009 the Honorable Mention Award of Taipei Arts Awards etc.

He has been invited to exhibit his works at the 2018 London Design Biennale, University Art Museum at Tokyo University of the Arts, Gwangju Museum of Art in Korea, 2012 Singapore International Photography Festival, 2012 Hong Kong International Art Fair, 2011 FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA-SAFOTO International Photography Festival, 2011China Lishui International Photography Cultural Festival, 2010 2nd Dali International Photography Exhibition, 2010 3rd Novosibirsk International Festival of Contemporary Photography and 2010 Taiwan Biennial etc.

His works have been collected by the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan; the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; the National Center of Photography, Taipei, Taiwan; the Art Bank Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan; the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Pingtung, Taiwan; the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taichung, Taiwan.

birth year
1965
Place of Birth
Pingtung
Taiwan
education
2000
M.A. Photography
Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, U.S.A.
1992
B.A. Graphic Communication
Chinese Culture University
experience
Present Position
Department of Visual Communication Design, Ling-Tung University in Taichung, Taiwan Assistant Professor
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Business Weekly, Taipei, Taiwan Photojournalist
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Global Views Monthly, Taipei, Taiwan Part-time photojournalist
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Industrial Design Department, Nan-Ya Plastics Corporation, Formosa Plastics Group, Taipei, Taiwan Photographer
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Taiwan Daily News, Taipei, Taiwan Photojournalist
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Brother Pro-Baseball Magazine Photojournalist
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2018
The Noise - Vision of Taiwan - London Design Biennale
Somerset House , London , UK
2017
Vision of Taiwan
Industrial Technology Research Institute Art Gallery , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2014
Vision of Taiwan
Art Anew Gallery , Taichung , Taiwan
2013
I‧Die‧Want - Vision of Taiwan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Vision of Taiwan
HK12, Hong Kong International Art Fair , Hong Kong
2012
Vision of Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University Art Center , Tainan , Taiwan
2011
Vision of Taiwan II
Taiwan International Visual Arts Center (TAVAC) , Taipei , Taiwan
2011
Vision of Taiwan
Fotoaura institute of photography , Tainan , Taiwan
2010
Vision of Taiwan
Artists Wanted, Open House Gallery , New York , USA
2009
Vision of Taiwan
Taiwan International Visual Arts Center(TAVAC) , Taipei , Taiwan
2008
The “Light” of Taiwan - I‧Die‧Want
Culture centre of Taichung County , Fongyuan , Taiwan
2006
Seeing and Construction
Culture centre of Kaohsiung City , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2005
Seeing and Construction
Culture centre of Pingtung County, Fnac Photogallery , Pingtung, Taichung, Taipei , Taiwan
2018
Taiwan Photography Now
The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts , Tokyo , Japan
2018
Neo –photography
Pontone Gallery , Taichung , Taiwan
2016
Daily Scenery, Narrative of Landscape in Taiwanese Contemporary Photography
Ministry of Culture, Art Bank , Taichung , Taiwan
2016
People/Mirror Images - Portraits in Contemporary Art
Ministry of Culture, Art Bank , Taichung , Taiwan
2016
Dance with the Museum Collection: Retrieved, Reimagined, Restated
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
Rivers - The Way of Living in Transition, Asia Contemporary Art Links
Gwangju Museum of Art , Gwangju , Korea
2016
Dear Hometown - Taiwan Contemporary photography Exhibition
Farglory Museums , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Rivers - The Way of Living in Transition, Asia Contemporary Art Links
ART CENTER PENGLAI , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2015
A Voyage to South - Contemporary Images from the Museum Collection
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2015
“Window View”of Life. Place, Environment, and Identity
Ministry of Culture, Art Bank , Taichung , Taiwan
2014
Jie(Boundaries): Contemporary Art from Taiwan
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York , USA
2014
The Present and Future of Japanese and Taiwanese Contemporary Art
The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts , Tokyo , Japan
2014
Follow the Lines on a Journey
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2013
Intersecting Vectors Experimental Projects from the TFAM Collection
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Reality‧Representation: New Acquisition of Photography
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Singapore International Photography Festival
Singapore
2012
Into Society: Critical Realism in Taiwanese Photography since 1990
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2011
China Lishui International Photography Cultural Festival
Lishui , China
2011
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA-SAFOTO International Photography Festival
San Antonio , USA
2011
Hypnosis - Photographs and Video Installations in Beijing and Taipei
Other Gallery Beijing Space , Beijing , China
2011
Scenery and Vistas of Taiwan through the Eyes of Artists: A Century of Taiwanese Landscape and Scenic Art
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2011
Eye of the Times-Centennial Images of Taiwan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2011
The FACE: evolution of portrait in photography
State Novosibirsk Historical Museum , Novosibirsk , Russia
2010
Into Society: Critical Realism in Taiwanese Photography since 1990
Taiwan Photography Museum preparation hall , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
YES TAIWAN: 2010 Taiwan Biennial
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2010
Art Taipei 2010
Taipei world Trade Center Hall , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
Beyond Reailty
Lumenvisum , Hong Kong , China
2010
Human and natural, The 2010 2nd Dali International Photography Exhibition
Dali , China
2010
3rd Novosibirsk International Festival of Contemporary Photography
Novosibirsk State Art Museum , Novosibirsk , Russia
2010
Art Beijing 2010
Contemporary Art Fair , Beijing , China
2010
Beyond Reailty
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2009
Photo Taipei 2009
Taiwan Contemporary Art Link, The Westin , Taipei , Taiwan
2009
Is it real? 2009 Taiwan Photo Bazaar
Taipei Xinyi citizen hall , Taipei , Taiwan
2009
Beyond 20 Degree Celsius: Exhibition of “Room-temperature Luminescence” from Taiwanese Contemporary Imaging Art
He Xiangning Art Gallery , Shenzhen , China
2009
Exhibition of Contemporary Artists
Culture centre of Taichung City , Taichung , Taiwan
2008
Beyond 20 Degree Celsius: Exhibition of “Room-temperature Luminescence” from Taiwanese Contemporary Imaging Art
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2006
Pingtung Peninsula Arts Festival 2005 Group Exhibition
Culture centre of Pingtung County , Pingtung , Taiwan
2014
Observer’s Award and Excellent Work Award in New Media
Kaohsiung Awards
 
Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2012
Grand Prize of Creative Award of Visual Art
Li Chun-Shen Foundation of Contemporary Painting
 
Taiwan
2011
Grand Award
 
China Lishui International Photography Cultural Festival
Lishui , China
2010
Grand Prize
The Power of SELF an image competition
Artists Wanted
New York , USA
2009
Honorable Mention Award
Taipei Arts Awards
 
Taipei , Taiwan
2008
Honorable Mention Award
Taiwan Photographic Art New Talent Awards
 
Taipei , Taiwan
2008
Gold Medal Award
Taipei 101 International Photography Award
 
Taipei , Taiwan
2006
Honorable Mention Award
The 4th Taoyuan Creation Award
 
Taoyuan , Taiwan
2006
Excellent Work Award in Photography
Kaohsiung Awards
 
Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2005
Pingtung Award
Pingtung Fine Arts Exhibition
 
Pingtung , Taiwan
2005
Honorable Mention Award of Photography
58th Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition
 
Nantou , Taiwan
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Seeing and Construction
1999-2005
Photography is a form of “seeing.” When looking at the world, different photographers, because of dissimilar backgrounds and ways of thinking, react differently or are attracted to different extents to a scenery, object or event. It is their level of attraction and their reaction that decides what they photograph. There was a deliberate simplification of the subject matters in “Seeing and Construction” series. Brief moments of “vacuum” were captured from the complexity and perplexity of real ...
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Vision of Taiwan
2007-
The “Vision of Taiwan” series of images expresses personal observations, experiences and opinions of the environment of Taiwan. The photographing process, I stood inside a space and photographed myself with long exposure by flashing my face with multiple flashes using a handheld flashlight. The intense flashes enable the releasing of emotion, and the property of photosensitive materials that accumulates light and allows “over exposure” to be produced in an “out of control” manner and causes t ...
Photographic Art ,
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