LIN Chi-Wei
LIN Chi-Wei (b.1971)
Lin Chi-Wei is a multi-disciplinary artist who has received academic training in French literature and cultural anthropology as well as specializing in new media art. He is a founding member of Zero and Sound Liberation Organization, the pioneering group for experimental music in Taiwan. In 2012 he published his book 'Beyond Sound Art: The Avant Garde, Sound Machine and the Modernity of Hearing', in which he analyzes the aesthetic condition of sound and art in a post-colonial East Asian context. Since the early 1990s, Lin also has been exploring the realms of folklore culture, integrating elements of religious music, poetry, and art in his works. Lin's work has been exhibited internationally and was presented at the Venice Biennale, Shanghai Biennale and the Tate Modern. The present exhibition at Hanart TZ Gallery marks his first solo painting show.
| 1971 | Born in Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1989 | Bachelor study of French Literature in Fu-Jen University |
| 1992 | Founding Member of Zero and Sound Liberation Organization |
| 1993 | Programmer for Sickly Sweet Cafe |
| 1994 | Master study of Cultural Anthropology on the issue of Temple Architecture, Taoism ritual and music (NIA, Taipei) |
| 2000 | Media Art Study in Studio National des Arts Contemporains (Le-Fresnoy) |
| 2010 | Guest Professor at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology |
| 2012 | Release of the Book “Beyond Sound Art, Avant guard, Sound Machine and Modernity of listening” |
| Currently lives and works in, Taipei, Taiwan. | |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2016 | Revolving Binary Forces, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2014 | Tape Music (2004-2013) , IT Park Gallery (Documentations / Installations) ,Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2008 | Lin Chi-Wei’s Solo Exposition: Puli Sound Measurements, National Chi Nan University, Puli Nantou , Taiwan |
| 2006 | Solo Expo-Karma in Pause Mode, Chiwen Gallery, Taipei |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2016 | Chaostrophy : Art works inspired by the band Coil ,Ludwig Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 2015 | Alice’s Rabbit Hole : Everyday Life, Comprehensible and Incomprehensible, Taipei Fine Art Museum ,Taiwan |
| REWIND_ Video Art in Taiwan 1983-1999, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Body Art Stories : Marina Abramovic & the Others, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |
| The Testimony of Food: Ideas and Food ,Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2013 | Shamans and Dissent, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| The West Bank Architecture and Contemporary Art Biennale, Shanghai, China | |
| New York Electronic Art Festival – Lost in the Labyrinth: Sound Art in China, Harvestworks, New York, U.S.A | |
| Auditions: Sound Art Residency at KHOJ, Delhi, India | |
| 2012 | THAITAI: A Measure of Understanding, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China | |
| 2010 | People-Sights , Museum of Medical Humanities ,Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2009 | Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismArchitecture , Shenzhen Civic Square, Shenzhen, China |
| Taïwanpics.doc, Galerie d'exposition Ensba, Paris, France | |
| 2008 | SWEETIES: Celebrating 20 years of IT Park, IT Park ,Taipei, Taiwan |
| Unsealed Files : The 3rd Anniversary of VT Artsalon ,VT Artsalon ,Taipei, Taiwan | |
| SoundField , Sugar Jar , Beijing, China | |
| 2007 | Yi-Zai-Yen-Wai, Beijing SOCA gallery, Beijing, China |
| Then The Silence Increased ,Chapman Gallery ,Manchester, Hong Kong | |
| Get it Louder 2007,Beijing SOHO, Beijing, China | |
| Vision and Beyond, National Taiwan Museum of contemporary arts, Taichung | |
| Life/Live, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France | |
| Vision and Beyond, Kaoshung Fine Arts Museum, Kaohsiung Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2006 | Altered State, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Tape Actions, Nitrianska Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia | |
| 2005 | La Tour Eiffel n’a jamais ete aussi belle, Galerie Frederic Giroux, Paris, France |
| 2004 | Radio MOCA, Museum of contemporary art, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Sweetest Taboo film festival, Leuven,Belgium | |
| Eslite Bookstore 15th Anniversary Exhibition : Reading Labyrinth, Eslite Bookstore, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2003 | Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| 2002 | Panorama3, Le Fresnoy ,Tourcoing, France |
| 2002 | .WAV (capital culturel d’europe 2002), minnewater park, Brugge, Belgium |
| 2001 | Panorama2, Le Fresnoy ,Tourcoing, France |
| 2000 | Hong Kong-Berlin, Haus der Kultur der welt, Berlin, Germany |
| 1997 | Surprise Film Festival, Sogo, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 1996 | Taipei Art Fair 1996 International, Taipei world trade center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1995 | Technology Arts festival, National Institute of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1993 | Miniature Arts, Eslite Gallery ,Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1992 | Zao-ai-sun-chen, Fujen University Gallery,Taipei, Taiwan |
| Artist Residencies | |
| 2008 | Artists at Glenfiddich, The Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Scotland |
| Awards & Honors | |
| 2015 | The 13th Taishin Arts Award, Annual Winners |
| 2001 | National Culture and Arts Foundation, Exhibition Allowance |
| 2000 | Jury Prize, The 1st Art Future 2000, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1998 | National Culture and Arts Foundation, Exhibition Allowance |
| National Culture and Arts Foundation, Creation Allowance | |
| 1997 | Grand Prize, The 25th Taipei Annual Arts Competition, Taiwan |
| 1993 | Grand Prize, The 5th Art Exhibition of Taipei County, Taiwan |
| DAAD Germany Exchange Scholarship | |
| 1989 | Golden Harvest Awards, the 13th Excellent Experimental Video, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Golden Video Awards, the 2nd Excellent Culture Video, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 1988 | Silver Medal, the 13th Hsiung Shih New Promising Artists, Taipei, Taiwan |
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