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CHENG Hsien-Yu
LAST UPDATE : 2023.02.4 / EDITOR : newmedia
10 artworks / 66 exhibition / 0 essays

1984 born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Artist & Software developer based in Taipei now.
 Most of Cheng's works are electronic installations, software, experimental bio-electronic devices. His works are concerned with the relationship between human behavior, emotion, software and machine. He tries to bring out the meaning of life through his works that are filled with his own observation and feelings toward society & environment in a humorous way. He currently focuses on bioelectronic researches, such as free-energy, intelligent sound and developing creative art tools (software and hardware).

birth year
1984
Place of Birth
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Place of Residence
Taipei
Taiwan
education
2011
MFA
Frank Mohr Institute - Academie Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands
2006
BFA
Taipei National University of Arts
experience
2013
Present Position
Software developer
2011-2013
Resigned
Mediamatic Amsterdam Studio Artist & Lab developer
personal website
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2021
injector after Null:Hsien-Yu Cheng Solo Exhibition
Taipei Fine Art Musuem , Taipei , Taiwan
2019
Assimilator
C-Lab , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Colloector
YIRIArts , Taichung , Taiwan
2017
injector_before Null
VT Artsalon , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
1ed6318fc5481dda3deddfa83723c0fa5041ef03
Digital Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
Secondlife: habitat
meme space , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
Colloector Ver.1.0.0
TamtamArtTaipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2022
Taishin Arts Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition
MoNTUE , Taipei , Taiwan
2022
The Unrestricted Society
C-Lab , Taipei , Taiwan
2022
Transistor
MOCA Taipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2022
Minimal Input:Algorithmic Art Gathering
C-Lab , Taipei , Taiwan
2022
Metabody in Kinesphere
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2022
Gaia.:Gene, algorithm, intelligent design automata_A mirage self, The Other Realm
MOCA Taipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2022
Digital Resonance
AMT Center , Gwangiu , Korea
2022
Multiple Copies-Readable Multiplex Landscape
Tainan Art Museum , Tainan , Taiwan
2021
The Ever First
Eslite Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2021
Bridge Hole
Bade Market , Taipei , Taiwan
2021
SonicArt Festival - Diversonics
C-Lab , Taipei , Taiwan
2021
Future Media Art Festival
C-Lab , Taipei , Taiwan
2021
OpenMediaArtFestival
The Oil Tank Culture Park , Seoul , Sounth Korea
2021
Game of Life
C-Lab , Taipei , Taiwan
2021
Fictional Life: Hybridity, Trangenetics, Innovation
C-Lab , Taipei , Taiwan
2020
MIND OVER MATTER
Technische Sammlungen Dresden , Dresden , Germany
2020
CHRONIQUES, BIENNALE DES IMAGINAIRES NUMERIQUES
SECONDE NATURE/ZINC France
2020
LAB KILL LAB
C-Lab Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab , Taipei , Taiwan
2020
Taipei Robot Man 2.0: Infodemic
TheCube Project Space , Taipei , Taiwan
2020
Subzoology: 2020 Taiwan Biennial
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2019
Super Trajectory
Tainan Art Museum , Tainan , Taiwan
2019
ZEMLJA BREZ LJUDI
Kepelica , Ljubljana , Slovenia
2019
Synthetic Media Art Festival
Taipei , Taiwan
2018
The 6th Guangzhou Triennial 2018
Guangdong Museum of Art , Guangdong , China
2018
2018 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition- Offline Browser
Hong-gah Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2018
Lander - Island Hopping
Vargas Museum , Manila , Philippines
2018
Machines Are Not Alone: A Mechanic Trilogy
Chronus Art Center (CAC) , Shanghai , China
2017
Taipei Digital Art Festival
Songshan Cultural Park , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Dark Onion
subnet, internet world
2017
Art Taipei 2017
Taipei World Trade Centre , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Taoyuan Art x Technology Festival, TAxT
Taoyuan Art&performance Centre , Taoyuan , Taiwan
2017
A Nonexistent Place
Jut Art Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Patchlab Digital Art Festival 2017
Krakow , Poland
2016
ARTasty
YIRI Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
NUIT BLANCHE
Taipei , Taiwan
2016
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New Age Gallery , Taichung , Taiwan
2016
Regeneration movement-Rethinking Technology in the Digital Age
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2016
Lighting Festival
Treasure Hill , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
ELLE 30TH Anniversary
SHIN KONG MITSUKOSHI , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Benedict Wang Solo Exhibition
TAV , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Art Gwangju
Gwangju , South Korea
2015
VT-SHOWSHOW
VT Artsalon , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
(CON)TEMPORARY OSMOSIS
TamTamArtTaipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
CAFAM
CAFA Art Museum , Beijing , China
2014
Ecosystem- Taipei Digital art festival
Songshan Cultural Park , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
Art Taipei 2014
Taipei World Trade Centre , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
The 20th International Symposium on Electronic Art
Dubai , UAE
2014
on site
Taipei Art Village , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
As Art as can be
De Vishal , Haarlem , The Netherlands
2014
The Return of Analog Poetry
MOT/ARTS , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
For for for forest
TKG+ , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Mental-Logue / Monster-Logue
Soka Art Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2011
Paddestoelen Paradijs
Urban Mushroom Farm and New Materials Lab, Mediamatic , Amsterdam , Netherlands
2011
The 9th Piksel Festival for Electronic Art and Technological Freedom
Bergen , Norway
2011
The Importance of Being Frank
Old ING Bank , Groningen , Netherlands
2010
Schoolplein
Groningen , Netherlands
2009
Technological Singularity
PlanetArt Gallery , Amsterdam , Netherlands
2009
Kunstvlaai
Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek , Amsterdam , Netherlands
2021
Visual Art Award Winner
The 19th Taishin Art Award
 
Taipei , Taiwan
2019
 
Tung Chung Art Award
Hong’s Foundation
2017
First Prize, New Media Art
Kaohsiung Award
 
Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2014
First Prize
Taipei Digital Art Award
 
Taipei , Taiwan
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SELECTED ARTWORKS
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Float Data
New Media Art ,
Recycling of electronic components , , Micro-controller Unit , Electric motor , wood ,
37x28x33 (cm)
Recycling of electronic components , , Micro-controller Unit , Electric motor , wood ,
37x28x33 (cm)
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Portrait 2011
New Media Art ,
8-bit chip , Recycling of electronic components , Plastic , perspex , Micro-controller Unit , Liquid Crystal Display , , metal stents , wood ,
30x67.5x30 cm, 120-160 cm
8-bit chip , Recycling of electronic components , Plastic , perspex , Micro-controller Unit , Liquid Crystal Display , , metal stents , wood ,
30x67.5x30 cm, 120-160 cm
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Afterlife V2.0
New Media Art ,
software , custom usb hub , secondhand computer mouse ,
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software , custom usb hub , secondhand computer mouse ,
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software , custom usb hub , secondhand computer mouse ,
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software , custom usb hub , secondhand computer mouse ,
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software , custom usb hub , secondhand computer mouse ,
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software , custom usb hub , secondhand computer mouse ,
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software , custom usb hub , secondhand computer mouse ,
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Portrait 2013
Portrait 2013 maps out the portrait of Douglas Engelbart-the inventor of mouse with 88 mouses. Each mouse of this work can be used at the same time by different user, it also draws a battle between internet resources and power.
New Media Art ,
CHENG Hsien-Yu, 2014, New Media Art
CHENG Hsien-Yu, 2014, New Media Art
CHENG Hsien-Yu, 2014, New Media Art
CHENG Hsien-Yu, 2014, New Media Art
CHENG Hsien-Yu, 2000, New Media Art
CHENG Hsien-Yu, 2001, New Media Art
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