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Yu-Chen Wang(born 1978 inTaichungTaiwan) is aBritish-Taiwanese artist and curator. She is based inLondon,UK, working internationally.

Education

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Yu-Chen Wang graduated with anMA in Fine ArtfromChelsea College of Art in Londonin 2002. She previously attended the Postgraduate Study programme atGoldsmiths CollegeUniversity of London.[1]

Practice

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Wang states that her practice "very much focuses on research and process, experience and relationship. There’s a particular way for developing my work, which often involves a period of time spent in a specific place. I would then undertake extensive research the contextual histories and engage with a group of locally-based people or specialists who would assist my research. Two major components I’d like to explore generally: the archives and archaeology, which form the main source of inspiration for developing my work."[2]

In conjunction with her residency at theCentre for Chinese Contemporary ArtinManchester,Yu-Chen Wang created a multimedia project at theVictoria Baths.[3]The Splash and a Last Drop,based on a short science fiction story,A Last Drop,by Bob Dickinson, included a series of drawings, sculptures, and a film about an immersive live performance that took place in 2011 in one of the empty Edwardian public baths and in the more futuristic setting of the polished metal Turkish baths.[4]

In 2018, Wang received theHonorary Mention Collide Award,[5]a partnership programme betweenArts atCERNandFACT Liverpool.A group of artists were invited to reside at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Geneva) to advance their artistic practice by establishing a dialogue withengineersandparticle physicists.The resulting 12 artworks by 11 international artists were first shown at FACT Liverpool in 2018 under the titleBroken Symmetries,the exhibition then toured internationally. Wang's contribution was her projectWe aren't able to prove that just yet, but we know it's out there,[6]where she combined images and references from both personal and institutional archives with interviews with scientists into a poetic narrative. By giving a voice to CERN’s unsung multitudes, its technicians, analysts and engineers, she explores the human scale of the CERN project.[7]

Her recent projectFull Circle,[8]an immersive cinematic video installation with sound design by Kristian Craig Robinson akaCapitol K,[9]was commissioned byDoncasterCreates.[10]Wang explores Doncaster’s industrial heritage and looks once again at the collision of nature and technology.[11]The video was subsequently touring with screenings at The Lindholme Hall Estate in theHatfield Moorsand thePotteric Carr Nature Reserveas part of ArtBomb 2022.[12]

During herartist- residencyat Metal,Peterboroughin 2022, Wang will research the history of draining the Fens with a particular interest in the interaction between historic and natural environments.[13]Also in 2022, Wang adapted her installationIf there is a place I haven't been tofrom 2020, originally commissioned by the Cube Project Space atMoca Taipei,for the exhibitionL’œil du cyclone(Eye of the Storm) atLe Lieu UniqueinNantes.[14]

Her exhibitions are sometimes also accompanied by dinner or breakfast events, hosted by the artist, like thecross-culturalPān-toh Supraat Contemporary Art Space inBatumi[15]and atTbilisiTriennial inGeorgia,two of manycollaborationswith her partner, the British-GeorgianartistAndro Semeiko.Other collaborations include an installation with their daughter Lily for the showMy Kid Could’ve Done That!atEdge Art Centre in Bath,curated by Will Cooper and his daughter.[16][17]

In her role as acurator,Wang was running the art spaceBasement Art Projectin central London for many years.[18][19]She curatedHappy EndatYinka Shonibare's spaceGuest Projectsin London featuring works by artists Andro Semeiko,Alasdair Duncan,Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Ad de Jong, Sheena Macrae, Andrew Darke, Lakis and Aris Ionas, Sebastian Lowsley-Williams andTomoko Takahashi,including performances by Tom Eykelhof and Lesley Cook and a film programme curated by Georgia Korossi.[20]

Awards and residencies

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In 2023, Wang was selected to undertake a virtual practice-based research residency as part of the 3-yearAHRCfunded research projectTransforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage,led by Dr Susan Pui San Lok,UALProfessor of Contemporary Art and Director of the Decolonising Arts Institute.[21]The commissioned work will feature in a major public programme in collaboration withTateLearning in autumn 2024.[22]

Earlier residencies and awards:

Teaching

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Yu-Chen Wang isAssociate Lecturerin BA Drawing atCamberwell College /University of the Arts London[25]and at the BA Fine Art programme atGoldsmiths College University of London.She has given lectures and talks atLiverpool John Moore University,University of Lancaster, National Taipei University of Education,University for the Creative Arts Canterbury,National Cheng Kung University inTainan,Wimbledon College of Arts London;College of Arts of the University of Lincoln,Lasalle College of the Artsin Singapore.

Exhibitions

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Publications

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  • The Song of the Machines,Yu-Chen Wang, Jennifer Thatcher, with texts by Sophia Crilly, Bob Dickinson,Rudyard Kipling,Georgia Korossi, Nicolas de Oliveira/Nicola Oxley, Chelsea Pettitt,Centre For Chinese Contemporary ArtManchester, 2012.ISBN0954544080,ISBN9780954544089.OCLC828716905
  • Return from Voluntary Exile: Yu-Chen Wang Talks to White Fungus,Taipei Fine Arts Museum;National Culture and Arts Foundation, 2016.[28]
  • The Imitation Game,exhibition catalogue (with artistsEd Atkins,James Capper, Paul Granjon, Tove Kjellmark,Lynn Hershman Leeson,David Link, Mari Velonaki and Yu-Chen Wang, and authors Steve Furber, Clare Gannaway, Jackie Stacey, Lucy Suchman), Manchester Art Gallery, 2016.ISBN9780901673930[42]
  • New Life and the Dream Garden,with essay by JJ Charlesworth, Leeds, Basement Arts Project, 2017[43]
  • Quantum - In search of the invisible,CCCB and Direcció de Comunicació de la Diputació de Barcelona, 2019.ISBN978-84-9803-883-5,978-84-9803-884-2,978-84-9803-885-9,(català, castellano, English)OCLC1159829134[44]
  • Emotionarama,Andrew Hunt and Andro Semeiko (eds.), with contributions byPolly Apfelbaum,Fiona Bannerer,Kerstin Brätsch,Liu Ding,Andy Holden,Mike Nelson,Alicia Paz,Lindsay Seers,Amy Sillman,Mark Titchner,Tris Vonna-Michell,Yu-Chen Wang, and many more, Slimvolume, 2020.ISBN9781910516126.OCLC1158719748[45][46]
  • Drawing Biennial 2021, catalogue,Drawing Room Publications, London 2021

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