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.

CV

  • 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