LIN Yi-Chi

​Born in 1986, Lin Yi-Chi now lives and works in Taipei. Lin received her Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Taipei National University of the Arts. With educational backgrounds in both contemporary art and film production, her works take the form of video art, experimental cinema, and video installation. In recent years, Lin’s practice centers on the diaspora experiences within Asian geopolitics. Memories and dreams are collected through field investigation, and the dynamic images are transformed into her medium of necromancy. Individual life narratives are re-interpreted and re-enacted into a re-enchantment scenario, which she employs to summon the marginal voices and re-produce bonds among nationalities, histories, and collective memories.

​Lin was recently invited to exhibit works in the Jakarta Biennale (2022), 13th Gwangju Biennale (2021), and the Biennale Jogja 2019, as well as her solo exhibition “Selamat, the messenger over the sea” (2022) at Honggah Museum, Taiwan. She has also participated in numerous domestic and international curatorial projects, film festivals, and artist residencies. Also, Lin has been accoladed with the Special Jury Prize at Huayu Youth Award (2021), First Prize at Miami Beach Pulse Prize (2019), First Prize of Golden Harvest Awards for Best Experimental Film (2021 & 2019), Finalist at the 16th Taishin Arts Award (2018), First Prize of Kaohsiung Award (2018), MIT New Artist Award by the Ministry of Culture (2018), and Honorable Mention of Taipei Arts Awards (2018).The unique atmosphere her artworks create is outstandingly experimental and subversive.
Education
2016      M.F.A, Department of Fine Arts School of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts.
2010      B.F.A, Department of Sculpture School of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts.
Solo Exhibitions
2021       The Memorandum, NCCU Arts & Culture Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2020       Selamat, the messenger over the sea, Hong-gah Museum, Taipei City, Taiwan
2017       Dream of Amber, FreeS Art Space, Taipei City, Taiwan
2016       Across the Tropic of Cancer, Waley Art, Taipei City, Taiwan
Group Exhibitions
2024     Bē-kì-tit, Keelung Museum of Art, Keelung, Taiwan
2024     Nomadic, The Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2024     Forward-Backward of History: Time-Image of Relational Re-construction, Kuandu Museum of Fine 
​              Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2023     Lieyu Stories, Lieyu Township Culture Museum,  Kinmen, Taiwan
2023     Multiplicity of Folk Art, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023     The 30th 4.3 Art Exhibition "Vigil of Memories, Guard of Boundaries", Art Space IAa, Jeju, Korea
2022     The Quemoy Stories, Goh Sim Chuan House, Kinmen, Taiwan
2022     Nostalgia Is A Waving Flag, Hong-gah Museum, Taipei City, Taiwan
2022     Ghosts and Hells: The underworld in Asian art, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan City, Taiwan
2022     Jakarta Biennial - Ring Project : Metaphors about islands, National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta,
​              Indonesia
2021     The Perfect Flaw - Huayu Youth Award Finalist Exhibition,  Huayu Art Center, Sanya, China
2021     The Pineal Eye, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, China
2021     Ars Electronica Festival - Garden Taipei / Formosa, Ars Electronica Center, Linz Österreich
2021     The Drifts: Lin Yichi and Law Yuk Mui joint exhibition, VT Artsalon, Taipei, Taiwan
2021     LOEI ART FES 2021: Spirit of origin, and the new beginning, Loei Province, Thailand.
2021     4.3 Art Exhibition "A Certain Scenery", Art Space IAa, Jeju, Korea.
2021     13th Gwangju Biennale Taiwan C-LAB Pavilion: Double Echoing, ACC Space5, Gwangju, Korea.
2020      Taipei Art Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
2020      Perforated City, MOCA Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
2020      Green Island Human Rights Art Festival - If on the margin, draw a coordinate, Green Island,
​               Taiwan
2019      Biennale Jogja - Bilik Taiwan, Jogja contemporary, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2019      Letter．Callus．Post-war, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei Taiwan
2019      Next Art Tainan, 182 Art Space, Tainan City, Taiwan.
2019      Madou Sugar Industry Art Triennial, Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center, Tainan Taiwan.
2019      Boom boom the Spring, 435 Art Zone, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
2018      Taipei Art Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
​2018      Malaystar vs. nesoul | Malaysia x Nepal AIR co-exhibition, Waley Art, Taipei City, Taiwan
2018      Cemetery of Object, YIRI Arts Pier-2 Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2018      ART Taipei - MIT Young Artist Discovery, Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1, Taipei, Taiwan. 
2018      Finding the Roots, Gallery Mcube, Kathmandu, Nepal
2018      Sisyphus Version 20.18, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts- Digiark, Taichung, Taiwan.
2018      We can’t come from nothing” – eight strategies for undoing borders and rethinking identities,
               Haohaus, Taipei City, Taiwan
2018      Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2018      IAFT17/18 Transparent Nets, Koganei Art Spot Chateau 2F, Tokyo, Japan
2018      “ I just phoned The Grand Macondon Hotel. ” She said., pon ding 2F, Taipei City, Taiwan
2017      Art Kaohsiung: Container video area, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2017      Public Hazardous Materials, Szczecin Art Academy, Szczecin, Poland. 
2017      The Aftermath: The Lift of Martial Law, Liang Gallery, Taipei City, Taiwan.
2017      The Utopia Of Access: GradCAM@Research Pavilion 2017, Venice Biennale, Italy.
2017      National Art Exhibition, ROC , National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan.
2017      The 15th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award, Taoyuan City Performing Arts  Center, Taoyuan,    
​               Taiwan.
2017      Garari Nehiora, Space One, Seoul, Korea.
2016       Never Try Never Know: Thailand's Patch, Waley Art, Taipei City, Taiwan
2016      "Sync" - As a Sputnik incident, San-Tin-Hái-Bī Studio, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2016      Gara Art Festival, Waley Art, Taipei City, Taiwan
2016      Free Art Fair, Huashan 1914 Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan.
2016      Taiwan Annual, Taipei Expo Park Expo Dome, Taipei, Taiwan.
2016      Fine (Rebel) Art Video Night, Tentacles Contemporary Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
2016      Asia Kula Kula-ring, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea
2016      Five Years of Subtropical Zone, 182 Art Space, Tainan City, Taiwan.
2015      Artist Fair Taiwan, Taipei Expo Park Expo Dome, Taipei, Taiwan.
2015      Young Art Kaohsiung, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2015      National Art Exhibition, ROC , National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan.
2015      The 13th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award, Taoyuan City Performing Arts  Center, Taoyuan, 
               Taiwan.
2014      Video Art Film Festival, Fotoaura Space, Tainan, Taiwan.
2014      Art Kaohsiung, CHATEAU de CHINE, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2014      What We Are Mapping, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2014      Tainan Art Fair, Tayih Landis Hotel Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan.
2014      Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2013      LURK: nether world of the city, 182 Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan.
2012      More than eight quarters of expectation, Taipei National University of the Arts Underground Art
               Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Awards
Art Awards
2021      Huayu Youth Award - Excellence Award, China
2021       National Art Exhibition, ROC. - Bronze Award of New Media, Taiwan
2020 ​      Taipei Art Awards - Nominated, Taiwan
2019 ​      Pulse Prize - First Award, United States of America
2019 ​      Next Art Tainan Awards - First Award, Taiwan
2018 ​      Taipei Art Awards - Honorable Mention, Taiwan
2018 ​      Ministry of Culture - MIT Young Artist Discovery Award, Taiwan
2018 ​     The 16th Taishin Arts Award - Nominated, Taiwan
2018      Kaohsiung Award - First Award, Taiwan
2017       National Art Exhibition, ROC. - Silver Award of New Media, Taiwan
2015      The 13th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award - Merit Award, Taiwan

​Film Awards
2020       The 42th Golden Harvest Short Films Festival - First Award of Experimental Film
2019 ​      New Taipei City Student Film Awards - First Award of Experimental Film
2018       The 40th Golden Harvest Short Films Festival - First Award of Experimental Film
2017       Kaohsiung Film Festival- Kaohsiung International Short Film Competition - Nominated
2017       The 16th Urban Nomad Film Fest - Honorable Award of Taiwan Competition
​2017       Youth Film Festival - Silver Award
2015       The 22nd Women Make Waves Film Festival - Excellence Award of Taiwan Competition
Collections
​​​2021        Doppelganger, edition 1/5, Art Bank Taiwan.
​​​2021        Group Portrait of the Echoers, edition 1/5, Art Bank Taiwan.
​​​2021        Requiem for the dream of Father, edition 3/3, Art Bank Taiwan.
​​​2019        Requiem for the dream of Father, edition 2/3, Personal Collection.
2018        Running Stitch: Bangkok, DCP, Taiwan Film Institute, Taiwan.​
2018        Requiem for the dream of Father, edition 1/3, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
Film Festival
2021       Chiayi International Art Doc Film Festival, Chaiyi City, Taiwan.​
2020​       The 42th Golden Harvest Short Films Festival, Fuzhong 15, Taipei, Taiwan.
2020        Chiayi International Art Doc Film Festival, Chaiyi City, Taiwan.​
2019       South Taiwan Film Festival, Tainan Shin-Kong cinemas, Tainan City, Taiwan​​.
2019       Kaohsiung Film Festival, Kaohsiung Film Archive, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2019       The 26th Women Make Waves Film Festival, Huashan Spot Theater, Taipei, Taiwan.
​​2019       Urban Nomad Film Fest, Wonderful Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan.
2019       Chiayi International Art Doc Film Festival, Chaiyi City, Taiwan.​
2019       Flâneur Film festival, 435 Art Zone, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
​​2018       The 8th Ca'Foscari Short Film Festival, Venice, Italy.
​​2018       The 40th Golden Harvest Short Films Festival, Taiwan Film Institute, Taipei, Taiwan.
2017       Kaohsiung Film Festival, Kaohsiung Film Archive, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017       Urban Nomad Film Fest, Woolloomooloo, Taipei, Taiwan.
2017       Youth Film Festival,  Kaohsiung Film Archive, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015       The 22th Women Make Waves Film Festival, Huashan Spot Theater, Taipei, Taiwan.
New-Media
Performance
2020       Re-Public：Your Relation is My Politics, 435 Art Zone, New Taipei City, Taiwan. 
2018       LIVEing image: Insomnia Collective, REVOLVER, Taipei, Taiwan.
2017       Minelectro Annual Party 2017, Long Shan Community Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
2017       The Other Cinema: Magic Image Labs., Venue, Taipei, Taiwan.
2017       VHS- Variation of Memory II, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan.
2017       VHS- Variation of Memory I, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan.
2017       here is NOT Utopia, Acid House, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2016       BYOB Taipei, Woolloomooloo, Taipei, Taiwan.
2016       Fine (Rebel) Art Video Night, Tentacles Contemporary Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand​
Arts Residency
2020       Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center, Tainan, Taiwan
2018       Gallery Mcube, Kathmandu, Nepal
2016       Tentacles, Bangkok, Thailand
Published
2021       Between Screenings, dmp editions
2019       In Tropical, dmp editions
Lecture
2021       From Island to Island, Lecturer : Chen, Yu-Chin, Lin Yi-Chi, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
2021       The Drifts: Lin Yichi and Law Yuk Mui joint exhibition Online Lecture, Host : Vennes Cheng
                (Curator) , Lecturer: Wang Sheng-Hung, Artist : Lin Yichi, Law Yuk Mui
2021       Between Screenings─Video Salon of Yichi Lin, Lecture of the Department of Art and Design of
                 Yuan-Ze University
2020       Artistic practice in video – Yi-Chi Lin’s creation sharing. Lecture of the Graduate Institute of
                Trans-disciplinary Arts of Taipei National University of Arts
2020       Wandering in unfamiliar areas of image, belonging to videos and films. Keynote speaker:
                Lin Yi-Chi, ASA Salon.
2020       Lin Yi-Chi X Artistic practice in video. Keynote speaker: Lin Yi-Chi, Acid House.
2020       Talking about international connections in the history of Kinmen, Indonesia and Taiwan from
                the exhibition "Selamat, the messenger over the sea". Keynote speaker: Lai Ying-Tai, Zoe Yeh,
                Lin Yi-Chi, Hong-gah Museum.
2020       "Selamat, the messenger over the sea"- the gap among images, films and theaters. 
                Keynote speaker: Uî-tiȯk Sú, Lin Yi-Chi. Discussant: Zoe Yeh, Hsu Hua-Chien, Wang Chao-Yang,
                Dolly Chen, Hong-gah Museum.
2019       Photo Talks 2019 S2. Lightbox Photo Library. 
2019       Artist Talk 4 – Letter・Callus・Post-War. Etat Forum. 
2019       Séance III - Memory vehicle and image dissociation. Department of Fine Arts, NCUE.
2018       Muddy Studio: Lin Yi-Chi her works and Video as a Spiritual Medium. Lecturer: Ping-Hao Chen.
2017       Double dissociation - abandoned image's resurrection and summon. 
                 Lecturer: Chien-Hung Huang, Yi-Lun Lu.
2017       Séance II - Dream, memory, dissociation and defense again. Lecturer: Hsiang-Wen Chen.
​2017       Séance I - Video as a Spiritual Medium. Etat Forum. 
2016       Artist’s view: The opinion of Art-in-residence. Lecturer: Chia-Ming Yeh, Chih-Chung Chang
2016       Self study of the artist: an open perspective as the foundation of identity.
                Lecturer: Fei-Hao Chen, Soma Liang.
2016       Where images from? Dark necromantic arts and requiem of history. Lecturer: Hong-John Lin,
​                Tai-Sung Chen.