Yu-Chen Wang
Born 1978, Taiwan
Yu-Chen Wang is a promising young artist with a robust international exhibition history. Wang received her MA from the prestigious Chelsea College of Art and Design after completing Postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths College. Wang has exemplary drafting skills and keeps no erasers in her studio. Current work includes characteristic intricate hyper-coloured drawings combined with watercolour on scrap or previously used paper and card. In addition to drawings, Wang has undertaken bespoke wallpaper commissions with Meredith Gunderson as well as curating a number of group exhibitions.
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Education
2001-02 MA in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London
2000-01 Postgraduate Study in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1998-00 BA in Commercial Design, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
1993-98 Diploma in Commercial Design, National Taichung Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Exhibitions
2010
Saison Vidéo, organised by La Saison Vidéo, France
2009
Yu-Chen Wang & Andro Semeiko, Fordham Gallery, London
Who is telling the story, Galata Perform and Kadirga Kültür Merkezi, 1st International Artist Initiatives Istanbul Meeting, Turkey
[FAT] 2009 Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week, Toronto, Canada
Suggestioni dell’anima, Gallery Onno van Toor, Rotterdam
2008
UltraCreature, City Inn, London
Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (publication)
Elusive, The Parlour Studios & Project Space, London (publication)
2007
Pattern, V22 Ashwin Street, London
My Still Life as a Personal Object, Alma Enterprises Gallery, London
Two Hopes, Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, Georgia (catalogue)
The Bigger Picture: Best of Open Submissions – Manchester Urban Screens,
Manchester, Organised by BBC and Cornerhouse
Addressed to the hat, Mescalito Gallery, London
New Life and the Dream Garden, Fieldgate Gallery, London (catalogue)
ShortCuts, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, England
AirVideo, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Saison Vidéo 2007, FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France (catalogue)
Satellite Works/Oeuvres Satellites, Galerie L’Oeil de Poisson, Quebec City, Canada
Satellite Works, La Centrale, Montreal, Canada
Recommendation of the fortnight: Animation & Drawing Programme
Cornerhouse, Manchester
2006
Recommendation of the fortnight: Animation & Drawing Programme
the Bigger Picture/BBC Big Screen Network, curated by Cornerhouse, Manchester
Moving in Architecture, Curzon Soho, London
Archipeinture: Artists’ Films: Moving in Architecture, Camden Arts Centre, London
Darklight Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
the Bigger Picture, BBC Big Screen Network, curated by Cornerhouse, Manchester
Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece
Videonale, Kino Union, Berlin, Germany
Saison Vidéo, Espace Croisé, Roubaix, France (catalogue)
ArtBreak, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
Another Product, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France
Sequence, The Space, London (publication)
Halloween Short Film Festival, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London
2005
Sequence, de Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (publication)
Media Art Festival Friesland, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands (catalogue)
The Big M ‘Crossing Borders’, the Blue Carpet, Newcastle, UK
Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, Berwick-upon-Tweed (catalogue)
Bow Festival, SPACE, London (publication)
The Vauxhall Auteur Theory, Curzon Soho, London
Synch Festival, Electronic Music and Digital Arts,
Lavrio Technological and Science Park, Athens, Greece
Take 291, 291 Gallery, London
FleaMarket II, temporarycontemporary, London
Open Screening, Whitechapel Art Gallery. London
Island Art Film & Video Festival, Prenelle Gallery, London (publication)
2004
Caution : Uneven Surfaces, temporarycontemporary, London
YESVEMBER, The House Gallery, Camberwell, London
Tank.TV, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London
Tank.TV, www.tank.tv
Pizza Express Prospects 2004, Tea Building, London (catalogue)
2003
Randomize Film and Video Festival, Beijing, China
The Random-ize Taipei Video Art Show, Taipei, Taiwan (catalogue)
Awards
2009 NAN Go and See bursary, a-n The Artists Information Company, UK
2008 Traveling bursary, EAST on-line, Chinese Arts Centre, UK
2007 The Grants to Artists, the British Council Georgia
Grants for the arts, Arts Council England
2005 The Best of 2005, Media Art Festival Friesland, the Netherlands
The Grants to Artists, the British Council, UK
Short-listed for The Vauxhall Auteur Theory Film Competition, London
2004 Finalist for PizzaExpress Prospects Drawing Prize, London
2002 Short-listed for young graduate of the Guardian/Observer Award, UK