LIN Yi-Chi Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1986, Lin received her Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Taipei National University of the Arts, and is currently pursuing another Master’s degree in Motion Picture at National Taiwan University of Arts. Her artistic practice includes video art, experimental cinema, and new-media performance. Lin’s works has been exhibited in several curatorial projects, film festivals and international residency programs. She has been selected as a finalist for the 16th Taishin Arts Award, and won several awards, including the first prize of Kaohsiung Award (2018), the first prize of the 40th Golden Harvest Awards for Best Experimental Film (2018), MIT(Made in Taiwan) New Artist Award given by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan (2018), and the honorable mention of Taipei Art Awards (2018). Lin is best known for the unique ambiance engaged in her works with the subversive, experimental spirit. |
Education
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2016- M.F.A, Department of Motion Picture, National Taiwan University of Arts,
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
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2017 Dream of Amber, FreeS Art Space, Taipei City, Taiwan
2016 Across the Tropic of Cancer, Waley Art, Taipei City, Taiwan |
Group Exhibitions
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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
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2019 "The Cave" - First Award of Next Art Tainan Awards.
2018 "Nanyang Express: Trans-drifting and South Sea Crossing" - Honorable Mention, Taipei Art Awards. 2018 "Requiem for the dream of Father" - MIT Young Artist Discovery Award. 2018 "Dream of Amber” - Nominated by The 16th Taishin Arts Award. 2018 "Running Stitch: Bangkok” - First Award of Experimental Film, The 40th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films. 2018 "Requiem for the Dream of Father" - First Award, 2018 Kaohsiung Award. 2017 "Running Stitch: Bangkok” - Nominated by Kaohsiung Film Festival- Kaohsiung International Short Film Competition. 2017 "VHS-Poem of Video Pill” -Silver Award of New Media, 2017 National Art Exhibition, ROC. 2017 "Running Stitch: Bangkok” - Honorable Award of The 15th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award. 2017 "Running Stitch: Bangkok” - Honorable Award of Taiwan Competition, The 16th Urban Nomad Film Fest 2017 "Running Stitch: Bangkok” - Silver Award, 2017 Youth Film Festival. 2015 "Ember TrilogyII-Feast” - Excellence Award of Taiwan Competition, The 22nd Women Make Waves Film Festival. 2015 "Ember TrilogyII-Feast” - Honorable Award of New Media, 2015 National Art Exhibition, ROC. 2015 "Revival Malady” - Merit Award, The 13th Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award. 2014 "Revival Malady” - Honorable Award of Mixed-Media, 2014 Kaohsiung Award. |
Collections
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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
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2019 "Nanyang Express: Trans-drifting and South Sea Crossing", Kaohsiung Film Festival, Kaohsiung
Film Archive, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2019 "Nanyang Express: Trans-drifting and South Sea Crossing", Women Make Waves Film Festival, Huashan Spot Theater, Taipei, Taiwan. 2019 "Nanyang Express: Trans-drifting and South Sea Crossing", Urban Nomad Film Fest, Wonderful Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan. 2019 "Requiem for the dream of Father", "Running Stitch: Bangkok" - Chiayi International Art Doc Film Festival, Chaiyi City, Taiwan. 2019 "Thailand's Patch", Flâneur Film festival, 435 Art Zone, New Taipei City, Taiwan. 2018 "Running Stitch: Bangkok" - The 8th Ca'Foscari Short Film Festival, Venice, Italy. 2018 "Running Stitch: Bangkok" - The 40th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, Taiwan Film Institute, Taipei, Taiwan. 2017 "Running Stitch: Bangkok" - 2017 Kaohsiung Film Festival, Kaohsiung Film Archive, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2017 "Running Stitch: Bangkok" - The 16th Urban Nomad Film Fest, Woolloomooloo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2017 "Running Stitch: Bangkok" - 2017 Youth Film Festival, Kaohsiung Film Archive, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2015 "Ember Trilogy II- Feast" - The 22th Women Make Waves Film Festival, Huashan Spot Theater, Taipei, Taiwan. |
New-Media
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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
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2018 Gallery Mcube, Kathmandu, Nepal
2016 Tentacles, Bangkok, Thailand |
Lecture
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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. |