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LIN Yi-Chi

Yi-Chi was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1986. She received her Master’s degree in fine arts from Taipei National University of the Arts, now is studying another Master’s degree in Motion Picture of National Taiwan University of Arts. Yi-Chi’s works include video art, experimental cinema, and new-media performance.

Yi-Chi has been invited to several curatorial projects, film festivals and international residency programs. She has been nominated by The 16th Taishin Arts Award and won the first prize of 2018 Kaohsiung Award, first prize of experimental film of 40th Golden Harvest Awards, 2018 MIT new artist award from the ministry of culture, and honorable mention of Taipei Art Awards. Yi-Chi’s works are known for the unique ambiance and the subversive experimental spirit.

Education

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

2017 Dream of Amber, FreeS Art Space, Taipei City, Taiwan
2016 Across the Tropic of Cancer, Waley Art, Taipei City, Taiwan

Group Exhibitions

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

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

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

2019 "Nanyang Express : Trans-drifting and South Sea Crossing", 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
Performance

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

2018 Gallery Mcube, Kathmandu, Nepal
2016 Tentacles, Bangkok, Thailand

Lecture

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: 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.