Kuo-Wei Lin
Born in 1982 in Keelung
Lives and works in Berlin
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Education:
2007 -
Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Berlin, Germany | Freie Kunst
2007
Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, England | Master of Fine Art, Postgraduate
2005 - 2006
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, HGB, Leipzig Germany | BRFE scholarship
2002 - 2006
Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France | 2005 DNAP mention
Exhibition
2009
POST.O: The Reverse of TOPOS, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, MOCA, Taiwan. ‡
POWER OF SPOKEN WORDS, IMPORT EXPORT. Rum 46 + Mølleparken, Århus, Denmark. §
MULTIPLECITIES, Noble & Superior Projects, Chicago, USA.
Mahn oh Mahn, 1m / min, Emerson Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Slow Revolution, KHB Foyer, Berlin, Germany.
ZOOLOGICS, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany.
2008
Istanbul Art Fair - Tüyap, Koridoor Contemporary Art Programs, Turkey.
Power of Flower, Musuem of Japanese Art and Technology, Manggha, Kraków, Poland.
Vabration Lake, Minimal Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ‡
Anyway the wind blows, ARTPORT Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
À l’Œuvre ! Saint-Thélo, Ethernal Network. Bretagne, France.
2007
How We May Be, Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London, UK.
MAFA Show 07, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK.
Spécial chantier, ENBA-Lyon, Les Subsistance, France.
2006
Prototype for a cafeteria, ENSBA - Paris. Invitation by Tadashi Kawamata and Jean-Luc Vilmouth ‡
30m2, apartment in Paris, Vacancy Group. ‡
Grammaire de la ville, Goethe-Institut Lyon, France.
30m2 Hauteur variable, 8 rue Josephin Soulary in Lyon, France.
Rundgang 2006 Mark Lewis, Astrid Klein studio, HGB, Leipzig, Germany.
Publications | Bibliography
2009
Mahn oh Mahn, Emerson Gallery, Berlin. ISBN 978-3-00-026860-1
IKEA Explosion, Der Temporary Break Research Club Magazin, Berlin.
ZOOLOGICS, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin.
2008
The ARTIST 2008 / Istanbul Art Fair - Tüyap, Turkey.
Power of Flower, Musuem of Japanese Art and Technology, Manggha, Kraków, Poland.
2007
Le & Ly. Grammaire de la Ville, Lyon-Leipzig, France, Germany. ISBN 3-932865-45-6
MAFA 07 Catalogue, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London.
En 1799 l’entrée était déjà là, Les Subsistances ENBAL, France. ISBN 2-910616-14-2
Panorama - A Slow Mirage, Revue LAPS, France
Awards | Grants | Residency
2009
TAV Artist in Residence for The POST.O exhibition, Taipei Taiwan. ‡
Danish Arts Council for the project: POWER OF SPOKEN WORD §
2007
ComPeung Artist in Residence Program, Chiang Mai,Thailand. ‡
Public art commission: 1% artistique LYCEE A BEAUNE LA ROLANDE (45) shortlist ‡
2005
BRFE Bourse de la Région Rhône-Alpes, France.
2000
Prize of the National Taiwan Arts Institute Education
Workshops | Seminar
2009
GLOBALALIEN Artist Talk, TONGUE LADEN, Berlin, Germany External link (DE)
POST.O Artist Talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, MOCA, Taiwan. External link (TW)
Berlin-Barcelona | workshop, HANGAR Centre de producció d'Arts Visuals Barcelona, Spain. External link (ES / CAT)
2008
International Skoki workshop, Poland with Jaroslaw Kozlowski.
2005 - 2006
La construction du réel dans l'art contemporain | Program of research supported by the Ministry of Culture, France
collaboration with CEHTA, EHESS and ENBAL, under the supervision of Giovanni Careri and Bernhard Rüdiger.
with Luciano Fabro, Pietro Montani, André Gunthert, Ernst Van Alphen, Mieke Bal and Thomas Shütte. External link (FR)
Memoire en Demeure | workshop in Saint-Thelo with Tadashi Kawanata, France. External link (FR)
2005
Artist Talk, Open-Art Contemporary Art Center Taipei, Taiwan.
Work for the exhibition « Détour des tours » at the Creux de l'enfer Art Center with Tadashi Kawamata, Thier, France. External link (FR)
Work for the series of « XXe fin » of Bernhard Rüdiger at the Centre de Sculpture de Montolieu, France.
Collaboration Project
Since 2009
Collaborate with GLOBALALIEN
A network of artists and theorists. questioning different social issue in our time, such as borderline, language.
External link: www.globalalien.net
2006 - 2009
Co-founder of SUMO STUDIO.
A group of associated artists who have in common a particular interest in public space and who have chosen to develop and push forward specific projects together along with their own practice.
External link: sumostudio@gmail.com
2006
Co-founder of La Calavera, a one year Art forum / Art space project in Villeurbanne France.
In collaboration with Sébastien Basdevant, Pierre Bonnouvrier and Sarah Duby (artists)
External link: http://la.calavera.free.fr
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‡ SUMO STUDIO® is a group of artists who works from 2006 - 2009.
§ GLOBAL ALIEN is a network of artists and theorists.