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《Song of Youth: Brushing the Sun》
— 2026 Open Call Exhibition for Taiwan Artists Born After 1985
Bluerider ART Taipei · Dunhua
Bluerider ART
Curatorial Statement
Bluerider ART Taipei · Dunhua is pleased to present Song of Youth: Brushing the Sun, an open call exhibition for Taiwan artists born after 1985, opening August 1, 2026. Following Hope is the thing with feathers (2024) and The Aura River — We Will Eventually Reach the Sea (2025), both open call exhibitions for young Chinese artists, this marks the first edition of the open call program held in Taiwan. Selected from 2,000 works submitted by 500 competing artists, the exhibition presents 60 works by 21 young artists, spanning painting, ink, gouache, mixed media, fiber, sculpture, and animation — a curated reflection of this generation’s diverse perspectives.
The title Song of Youth: Brushing the Sun points to a spirit of ongoing exploration among young creators today. “Song of Youth” is a yuefu title from the Tang dynasty, used by poets Wang Wei and Li Bai to capture the unworn spirit and outward-bound vitality of youth. “Brushing the Sun” draws from the most romantic line in the Li Sao: Ruo Mu, the divine tree growing at the far western edge of heaven and earth — reaching to break off its branch, to brush against the setting sun. The youth of the East ride toward the horizon, break the branch, and reach to catch the falling sun, contending with the impossible for a single ray of light.
The Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) once wrote to young men: “Live the questions now...Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” The youth of the West cultivate a kind of patience — not demanding answers from life, but learning to dwell with uncertainty, letting the question grow quietly within.
East and West approach the young creator’s stance toward the future from opposite ends. In Taiwan, declining birth rates have steadily shrunk enrollment in fine arts programs; for a young artist to be seen often requires effort far deeper than the work itself. Song of Youth: Brushing the Sun is more than a beautiful line of poetry — those who step through the door of this open call all carry the same unyielding spirit of youth, and the light they reach for now is the next horizon of contemporary Taiwanese art.
This exhibition presents nearly 60 works by 21 young artists, most born in the 1990s, each trained through a complete academic art education and now at the height of creative energy. Wu Shang Wei, Lin Bo Young, Chen Nien Ying, Chen Hong Hsin, Chen Kuang Jui, Yang Chih Han, Pan Yu Yang, Liu Zheng Rong, and Liu Wei Chun work in oil, acrylic, and mineral pigment to express individual existence and cultural symbolism, moving between figuration and abstraction, reality and the virtual. Lee Hsiao Sheng, Lin Yi Ju, Chen Yi An, Chen Tzu Yu, Yeh Ting Hsuan, and Tsai Ming Tsan break through traditional ink conventions, weaving together nature, dreams, feminine experience, and the subconscious to extend Eastern aesthetics with new vocabulary. Yu Chia Hsin and Hou Guan Ting layer emotion and memory through weaving, textile, and embroidery. Weng Huai I, Liao Pai Hsien, Ku Cheng Yang, and Chen Yan Ni work respectively in gouache, mixed media, sculpture, and animation, exploring the body, space, memory, and experience — together forming a cross-medium practice that captures the diverse, vital face of contemporary Taiwanese art.
Song of Youth: Brushing the Sun is more than an open call exhibition — it is an East-West meditation on how youth confronts the unknown. The youth of the East ride toward the horizon, reaching to break the branch of Ruo Mu to brush the falling sun, hurling their spirit at the question itself; the youth of the West learn to dwell with uncertainty, letting the question quietly grow into its own answer within them. One rushes forward, one waits with patience; one reaches outward for the light, one grows inward toward it — yet both point toward that same purest light of creation, still to come. Bluerider ART stands ready to prepare the stage for that light, just before it rises above the horizon.
Participating Artists:
Wu Shang Wei, Yu Chia Hsin, Lee Hsiao Sheng, Lin Yi Ju, Lin Bo Young, Hou Guan Ting, Weng Huai I, Chen Yan Ni, Chen Yi An, Chen Nien Ying, Chen Hong Hsin, Chen Tzu Yu, Chen Kuang Jui, Yang Chih Han, Yeh Ting Hsuan, Liao Pai Hsien, Tsai Ming Tsan, Pan Yu Yang, Liu Zheng Rong, Liu Wei Chun, Ku Cheng Yang.
《Song of Youth: Brushing the Sun 》— 2026 Open Call Exhibition for Taiwan Artists Born After 1985
Press Conference
2026.7.31 Fri. 14:00 – 16:30
Opening Reception
2026.8.1 Sat. 15:00 – 18:00（Opening Ceremony at 15:30 | Open to the Public）
Exhibition Dates: August 1 – October 4, 2026
Bluerider ART Taipei · Dunhua
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Artist
Wu Shang Wei
（Taiwan， b.1993）
Wu Shang Wei (Taiwan, b. 1993) is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, specialising in Creative Theory. He lives and works in Taipei. Working with traditional ink wash techniques, alongside handmade paper collage, Wu explores the deconstruction and reconstruction of visual language. His practice draws inspiration from Taiwan's rich and ever-changing natural landscape, with recurring motifs such as mountains, mist and rock formations transformed and reinterpreted throughout his work. Rich in natural imagery, his paintings seek to move beyond the constraints of contemporary notions of time, exploring the enduring connection and shared sensibility between humanity and the natural world. In 2016, Wu received both the Art Rising Star Award from the Yung Tien Cultural & Creative Art Emerging Artist Support Programme and the Emerging Artist Award at the Colour Ink Painting New Talent Awards. In 2017, he was awarded First Prize in the Liu Kuo-Sung Modern Ink Painting Scholarship. Most recently, in 2021, he received the prestigious Zhongshan Award, the First Prize in the Ink Painting category of the Zhongshan Youth Art Awards.
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Cindy Yu Chia Hsin
（Taiwan, b.1994）
Cindy Yu Chia Hsin (Taiwan, b. 1994) graduated from the London College of Fashion before completing an MA in Textiles at the Royal College of Art. She currently lives and works in Taipei. Working primarily with knitted textiles, Yu employs a hand-operated flatbed knitting machine, alongside experimental combinations of unconventional materials to investigate the relationships between fibre, structure and space. Her practice reinterprets traditional knitting techniques through the lens of contemporary art, expanding the expressive possibilities of the medium beyond its conventional associations. For the artist, every stitch and every thread embodies the accumulation of time, memory and emotion. Through the tactile qualities of materials and the repetitive process of handcraft, she transforms everyday perceptions into sculptural, spatial fibre works. In doing so, knitting transcends its functional role in garment-making, to become an artistic language that connects bodily experience, emotional memory and contemporary life. Yu's work has received the Award of Excellence at the Hualien Huilan Art Exhibition and the Award of Excellence in the Crafts category of the Yunlin County Cultural Arts Awards. She has also been shortlisted for the Taiwan Emerging Art Awards, the Taichung Fibre Arts Award, and the Crafts category of the Huangxi Art Exhibition.
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Lee Hsiao Sheng
（Taiwan, b.1998）
Lee Hsiao Sheng (Taiwan, b. 1998) received an MFA in Fine Arts from Tunghai University and currently lives and works in Taipei. Rooted in the tradition of ink painting, Lee's practice combines acrylic, permanent marker and other mixed media to merge the spirit of Eastern brushwork with the visual language of contemporary painting. His work explores the interconnected relationships between nature, life and all living things. Drawing inspiration from the mythical world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shan Hai Jing), Lee constructs imagined landscapes that exist between reality and fantasy. Mountains, flora, fauna and prehistoric creatures populate these worlds, while the fluidity of ink, layered textures and the interplay between presence and absence, create dynamic compositions that evoke the vitality of contemporary ink painting. Lee has presented a solo exhibition of his work and has received several awards, including the Silver Award at the 2026 Contemporary Ink Art Awards, an Award of Excellence at the Pingtung Art Awards, and an Honourable Mention at the Colour Ink Painting New Talent Awards.
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Lin Yi Ju
（Taiwan， b.2001）
Lin Yi Ju (Taiwan, b. 2001) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at National Kaohsiung Normal University and is currently pursuing an MA in the Department of Visual Arts and Design at National University of Tainan. She lives and works in Tainan. Lin's practice centres on the historical and cultural significance of diancui—the traditional Chinese decorative craft of kingfisher feather inlay; reinterpreting this imperial art form through the language of contemporary art. Using symbolic imagery such as figures, flowers and decorative objects, she examines the complex realities faced by women in relation to identity, marriage, family and societal expectations. Her work reflects on the tensions between beauty and constraint, tradition and freedom, offering a contemporary perspective on inherited cultural values. Lin's work has been selected for the 19th Taocheng Art Exhibition and the 20th and 22nd Huangxi Art Exhibitions (Ink and Colour Painting Category). She has also participated in the group exhibitions “Gathering and Growing, Dawn”, and “Glimmering Dreams: Moments of Awakening”.
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Lin Bo Young
(Taiwan，b.2001)
Lin Bo Young (Taiwan, b. 2001) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Tunghai University and is currently pursuing an MFA in the Creative Practice programme at Tunghai University. He lives and works in Taichung. Lin's practice focuses on the psychological states of vulnerability, trauma and healing, using abstract painting to explore the fluid and unresolved relationships between memory, emotion and time. Rather than following a figurative or narrative approach, his work employs an intuitive painterly language in which inner perceptions are transformed into compositions that drift, coalesce and gradually dissolve, allowing emotion to inhabit the space between revelation and concealment. Through repeated processes of layering, obscuring, scraping away paint and building up calligraphic lines, Lin preserves the physical traces of the act of painting itself. He approaches painting as a process of repair and mending, using negative space, metaphor and non-linear narrative to create contemplative works that embody both poetic sensitivity and quiet resilience. His work has been exhibited in Emerging Voices: Recommended Graduates from Departments of Fine Arts, Time Overflow, and Slowly Emerging.
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Hou Gaun Ting
(Taiwan，b.1999)
Hou Guan Ting (Taiwan, b. 1999) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Taipei National University of the Arts and currently lives and works in Taipei. Hou's practice centres on fictional creatures as narrative vessels, employing embroidery, beadwork, fibre and mineral pigments alongside mixed media to construct imagined forms of life that exist between mythology, memory and reality. His early works examined the traces of life left behind by roadkill, while his recent practice has shifted towards exploring emotional experiences of trauma, memory and self-healing. Through imagery of wounded, stitched and reconstructed bodies, he reflects on personal growth and transformation over time. The repetitive processes of embroidery, stitching and layering function as acts of care and repair, mirroring the gradual work of healing. His works become repositories of emotion, memory and companionship, offering quiet reflections on resilience and the enduring bonds between living beings. Hou has received numerous awards, including the Tainan New Arts Award and First Prize at the Fibre Arts Award. His work has also been selected for the YTAT International Young Textile Art Triennial in Poland and has been exhibited in Taiwan, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Weng Huai I
(Taiwan，b.1996 )
Wu Shang Wei (Taiwan, b. 1993) is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, specialising in Creative Theory. He lives and works in Taipei. Working with traditional ink wash techniques, alongside handmade paper collage, Wu explores the deconstruction and reconstruction of visual language. His practice draws inspiration from Taiwan's rich and ever-changing natural landscape, with recurring motifs such as mountains, mist and rock formations transformed and reinterpreted throughout his work. Rich in natural imagery, his paintings seek to move beyond the constraints of contemporary notions of time, exploring the enduring connection and shared sensibility between humanity and the natural world. In 2016, Wu received both the Art Rising Star Award from the Yung Tien Cultural & Creative Art Emerging Artist Support Programme and the Emerging Artist Award at the Colour Ink Painting New Talent Awards. In 2017, he was awarded First Prize in the Liu Kuo-Sung Modern Ink Painting Scholarship. Most recently, in 2021, he received the prestigious Zhongshan Award, the First Prize in the Ink Painting category of the Zhongshan Youth Art Awards.
Work
Chen Yan Ni
( Taiwan，b.1998)
Chen Yan Ni (Taiwan, b. 1998) graduated with an MFA in Animation Art and Image Aesthetics from Tainan National University of the Arts and currently lives and works in Tainan. Working across painting and experimental animation, Chen draws upon personal experience and memory as the starting point for her practice. Centred on the notion of "being trapped", her work explores the physical, psychological and social constraints that shape human experience. Through exaggerated figures and the shifting spatial perspectives of traditional ink painting, her paintings construct psychological landscapes that exist between reality and dream. Her experimental animations extend this exploration by incorporating found objects and site-responsive installations, blurring the boundaries between moving image and physical space. By bringing together memory, the body and the surrounding environment, Chen investigates the complex relationships between perception, lived experience and place. Chen has presented the solo exhibition Dwelling Place of Memory and has received numerous awards, including an Award of Excellence at the Pingtung Art Awards, the Gold Award at the Black & White Painting Competition, the Award of Excellence in the Experimental Film category of the New Taipei City Rising Star Awards, and the Best Style Award at the International Shoot Film Movement.
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Chen Yi An
(Taiwan，b.2002)
Chen Yi An (Taiwan, b. 2002) is currently pursuing an MFA in the Department of Fine Arts at Tunghai University and lives and works in Taichung. Chen's practice centres on contemporary bodily perception and shifting landscapes, constructing an imagined realm she describes as the Charm Domain (Meitayu)—a space suspended between reality, memory and dreams. Her work responds to the ways in which the constant flow of information and digital imagery shapes perception in the technological age. Through the language of ink painting, she depicts fluid, ambiguous environments that evoke psychological landscapes in which one remains physically present while mentally drifting elsewhere. For Chen, the creative process is akin to a journey of wandering; exploring the relationships between the body, consciousness and the surrounding environment within uncertain and shifting boundaries. Employing a contemporary ink vocabulary, she reinterprets inner perception and spatial experience through poetic and immersive compositions. Chen has presented the solo exhibition Sleepwalking in Motion and has received several major awards, including the Gold Award in the Ink Painting category of the National Fine Arts Exhibition, First Prize at Composing Taiwan, and an Award of Excellence at the Nanying Awards.
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Chen Nien Ying
（Taiwan，b.1993 ）
Chen Nien Ying (Taiwan, b. 1993) graduated with an MFA in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts and currently lives and works in Taipei. Working across painting, sculptural design and tattoo art, Chen draws inspiration from the vernacular decorative culture of Taiwan's urban streetscape. Her practice explores the relationships between kitsch aesthetics, consumer culture and ideals of domestic life, taking everyday objects such as plastic strip curtains, faux-marble laminates, temple ornaments, showroom furniture and auspicious decorative objects as points of departure. Through the assemblage, layering and reinterpretation of decorative elements, including lace trim, gold-plated edging, crystal chandeliers and amethyst geodes, Chen creates works that move fluidly between painting, craft and decorative objects. These richly theatrical environments reimagine the visual language of Taiwan's everyday material culture, inviting renewed reflection on its contemporary significance. Chen has presented the solo exhibition Air Conditioning On and has received numerous accolades, including the Best Album Packaging Design Award at the 33rd Golden Melody Awards, the Selected Award at the Kaohsiung Awards, and the 10th Long Yen Art Creation Award.
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Chen Hong Hsin
（Taiwan， b.1988 ）
Chen Hong Hsin (Taiwan, b. 1988) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Taipei National University of the Arts and currently lives and works in Taipei. Chen's practice centres on questions of human existence, subjectivity and the value of life. Through allegorical figures and animal imagery, he examines the conditions of individual existence shaped by social norms, identity and the gaze of others. Working with mixed media including fibreglass-reinforced plastic (FRP), resin and acrylic, he combines the physical presence of sculpture with the nuanced expression of painting to create a visual language that is both materially rich and imbued with narrative. Goldfish, companion animals and other living creatures recur throughout his work as symbols of forms of existence that resist fixed categorisation. Through these motifs, Chen reflects upon the relationships between humanity and the more-than-human world, while exploring the diverse possibilities of life within contemporary society. Chen has presented the solo exhibition series Human Fables, as well as the solo exhibitions Returning to Humanity and In the Name of Love. His work has also been exhibited at the Asia Contemporary Art Show, the Shanghai City Art Fair, and ONE ART TAIPEI.
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Chen Tzu Yu
（Taiwan，b. 1996）
Chen Tzu Yu (Taiwan, b. 1996) graduated with an MFA in Fine Arts, specialising in ink painting, from Taipei National University of the Arts, and currently lives and works in Hsinchu. Chen's practice draws together the visual traditions of Western and Eastern natural history, medical illustration and mysticism. Using plants as her primary subject, she explores the relationships between archetypal forms of life, the subconscious and the natural world. Through close observation of botanical structures and the expressive language of ink painting, she deconstructs and reconfigures plant forms, dissolving the boundaries between plant and animal, reason and intuition, and reality and imagination to create richly organic, microscopic worlds. Occupying a space between scientific illustration and imaginary organisms, Chen's work reflects on life, emotion and embodied experience while inviting viewers to reconsider the connections between nature and inner consciousness. Chen has presented the solo exhibition Constructing Botanical Modules and was the recipient of the 15th Long Yen Art Creation Award. Her works are held in the collections of the Long Yen Foundation and the 99° Art Center.
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Chen Kuang Jui
（Taiwan，b.1999 ）
Chen Kuang Jui (Taiwan, b. 1999) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Chinese Culture University and is currently pursuing an MFA in the Graduate Institute of New Media Art at Taipei National University of the Arts. He lives and works in Taipei. Working across mixed media, installation and painting, Chen's practice examines the processes of transformation shaped by the interplay of nature, materiality and time. His work explores how we perceive and experience the relationships between people, space and temporality. By establishing conditions in which natural processes and human intervention interact, Chen embraces the generation, decay and transformation of materials as integral components of his practice. His works continue to evolve over time, unfolding as rhythmic, living landscapes that invite viewers to observe, linger and wait, encouraging a renewed awareness of the passage of time and the experience of space. Chen has presented the solo exhibition Ridges and Isles and has received the First Prize at the TNNUA New Media Excellence Awards. His work was also selected for the Taipei Art Awards and has been exhibited at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria.
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Yang Chih Han
（Taiwan，b.1997）
Yang Chih Han (Taiwan, b. 1997) graduated with an MA in Fine Art Painting from the University of the Arts London and a BFA from Taipei National University of the Arts. She currently lives and works in Hsinchu. Yang's practice brings together East Asian spatial philosophy and the visual language of contemporary abstract painting. Long concerned with the continually evolving relationships between the body, place and the environment, she uses painting to explore states of being shaped through movement, observation and perception. Beginning with the architecture, streets, light and everyday objects that make up the surrounding landscape, Yang transforms her observations through sketching, deconstruction and abstraction into fluid fields of colour, gestural brushwork and shifting spatial structures. The resulting works occupy a space between representation and abstraction, forming a distinctive visual language rooted in lived experience. In recent years, her practice has expanded to include site-responsive installations, extending the relational structures developed in her paintings into physical space. Through these immersive environments, she invites viewers to reconsider the connections between body, space and the surrounding environment. Yang has presented the solo exhibitions Unfolding Landscape at T293 Gallery in Italy and Encircling: An Undetermined Place at the King Car Cultural & Art Center. Her work has also been exhibited in the United Kingdom, Italy, China, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Yeh Ting Hsuan
（Taiwan，b.1995）
Yeh Ting Hsuan (Taiwan, b. 1995) holds an MFA in Fine Arts from National Kaohsiung Normal University and a BFA in Chinese Painting from the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University. She currently lives and works in Taichung. Working primarily with paper-based media, Yeh explores the ways in which time, space and consciousness intersect through the material qualities of transparency, layering and concealment. Her practice investigates the non-linear relationships between the subconscious, memory and lived experience, using paper as both a physical material and a conceptual vehicle for perception. Through spatial strategies such as suspension, translucency, weightlessness and disrupted chronology, Yeh constructs contemplative landscapes that exist between external reality and inner consciousness. Multiple viewpoints and temporal layers coexist within her compositions, inviting viewers to reconsider the shifting possibilities of existence, perception and self-awareness. Yeh has presented the solo exhibition Venus in the Mirror and was awarded the E.SUN Outstanding Talent Scholarship (Humanities). Her work has also been selected for the Colour Ink Painting New Talent Awards, the Huangxi Art Exhibition (Ink and Colour Category), and the Yilan Art Awards, and is held in the collection of National Penghu University of Science and Technology.
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Liao Pai Hsien
（Taiwan，b.1989）
Liao Pai Hsien (Taiwan, b. 1989) graduated from the Metalworking Division of the Department of Arts and Design at National Hsinchu University of Education and earned a Master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of Industrial and Commercial Design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He currently lives and works in Taichung, Taiwan. Working primarily with lacquer and metalwork as his medium, Liao integrates personal life experiences and everyday observations into his creative practice, exploring artistic inspirations drawn from lived experiences. His works often employ narrative structures and character development, transforming concepts into storytelling-driven artistic expressions. In recent years, he has expanded his practice into large-scale landscape and installation works, combining industrial design thinking with artistic approaches. Through spatial scale and interactive experiences, his works invite viewers to perceive the scenarios and playful qualities constructed within each piece. Liao has presented the solo exhibition “The Sleepless Universe Exploration Project” and has received awards including the Bronze Award at the A+ Design Competition, the Young Art Force Collection Award, and the Bronze Award at the A’ Design Award. His works have been exhibited in events including the Yuejin Lantern Festival and Japan’s “The Beauty of Lacquer” exhibition.
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Tsai Ming Tsan
（Taiwan，b.1997）
Tsai Ming-Tsan (Taiwan, b. 1997) graduated from the Department of Calligraphy and Painting Arts at the National Taiwan University of Arts in 2020 and completed his graduate studies at the same department in 2024. He currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. Based on the tradition of ink painting, Tsai integrates contemporary imagination to depict animals, mythical creatures, and classical Chinese furniture existing between reality and fantasy, constructing distinctive narrative spaces through ink. Centered on the artist’s worldview that “the world is composed of different vibrations and coexisting dimensions of time and space,” his practice uses furniture as a medium connecting the real world and otherworldly realms, transforming familiar everyday scenes into stages where diverse forms of life encounter and interact. Through layered ink washes and the use of negative space, Tsai combines realistic and simplified forms within his visual language. By exploring the relationships between illusion and reality, black and white, complexity and simplicity, he creates poetic and playful imaginary spaces, presenting a contemporary approach to ink painting that embraces both traditional brushwork and imaginative expression. Tsai has received recognition including the Sun Yat-sen Youth Art Award, Honorable Mention in the Ink Painting category of the National Art Exhibition, Silver Award at the Yilan Art Awards, and selection for the Kaohsiung Awards. His works have been exhibited in various locations across Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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Pan Yu Yang
（Taiwan，b.2003）
Pan Yu Yang (Taiwan, b. 2003) graduated from National Tsing Hua University, where he double-majored in Chinese Literature and the Creative Practice Division of the Department of Arts and Design. He currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. Pan’s practice encompasses painting, writing, and publishing, with a continued exploration of the narrative relationship between images and text. In recent years, he has developed the “Pseudo-Antiquity Series”, appropriating visual elements from traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, such as seals, inscriptions, and the use of blank space, to reconsider the ways in which text can be read within painting. The artist transforms seals into narrative devices, embedding text within the image. Viewers are invited to first experience the ambiguity and multiplicity of visual interpretations, then discover another layer of meaning through the reading of the seal inscriptions, creating a fluid dialogue between looking and reading. Using kraft paper, black ballpoint pen, and red ballpoint pen, Pan constructs a visual language reminiscent of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. Everyday fragments, personal reflections, and life notes are incorporated into his compositions, revealing possibilities for the intersection of traditional forms and contemporary narratives. He has received awards including the Spring Tsing Hua Art Excellence Award, Honorable Mention at the Hsinchu Art Exhibition, and First Prize in the Comic Category of the National Student Art Competition. He has also published the illustrated book series “Insomnia Fragments: Preliminary Drafts”.
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Liu Zheng Rong
（Taiwan，b.1997）
Liu Zheng Rong (Taiwan, b. 1997) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Chang Jung Christian University and received an MFA degree from the Department of Visual Arts and Design at National University of Tainan. He currently lives and works in Tainan, Taiwan. Liu’s practice views the sacred as a continuously evolving cultural phenomenon rather than a fixed religious symbol. Through the interplay of heterogeneous symbols—including religious icons, circuit boards, black holes, and artificial intelligence—he explores the relationships between faith, the body, and spirituality within technological civilization. Using oil paint, gold leaf, and mixed media, Liu incorporates circuit-like patterns, geometric structures, and profound black spaces to construct a visual language situated between religious imagery, mythological imagination, and technological civilization. His works reconsider how humanity continues to construct awe, belief, and spiritual refuge in the contemporary era. Liu has received the 38th Chi Mei Art Award and the Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Youth Art Collection Award. His works have been collected by institutions including the Chi Mei Museum and National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology.
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Liu Wei Chun
（Taiwan，b.2000）
Liu Wei Chun (Taiwan, b. 2000) graduated from the Master’s Program of the Department of Fine Arts at National Taichung University of Education. She currently lives and works in Taichung, Taiwan. Liu’s practice has long focused on contemporary consumer culture and social phenomena. Through appropriation, collage, and parody of traditional religious imagery and popular cultural symbols, she explores the relationships between the sacred, consumer desire, and contemporary values. Working primarily with gouache on silk, natural mineral pigments, and mixed media, Liu combines classical mineral pigment techniques with contemporary visual language. She incorporates materials imbued with historical and sacred qualities into narratives that are simultaneously humorous and restrained, constructing a fable-like visual vocabulary between the classical and the contemporary, the sacred and the secular. Liu has presented the solo exhibition Paradise Lost and participated in New Voices of Art – 2026 Recommended Exhibition of Outstanding Graduates from Art Departments.
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Ku Cheng Yang
（Taiwan，b.1995）
Ku Cheng-Yang (Taiwan, b. 1995) graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the National Taiwan University of Arts and received an MFA degree from the Department of Sculpture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. Ku’s practice focuses on the relationship between sculpture and the body. Through installation, performance, objects, and mixed media, he explores the interactions among bodily perception, material qualities, and spatial experience. Rather than viewing sculpture as a fixed object, the artist considers it an ongoing process of becoming. Through open-ended methodologies and contingent practices, he reexamines the relationships between language, the body, and acts of viewing, transforming his works into spaces where participation, perception, and experience are continuously generated. In recent years, Ku has also been a member of the artist collective Modern House, engaging in collaborative and interdisciplinary practices to explore the diverse possibilities of sculpture within contemporary art. He has presented the solo exhibition An Invitation to the Body and Beyond — Afterglow at zapbeijing Gallery in Beijing and was selected for the 2020 Annual Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art. His works have been exhibited at institutions including the Duolun Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai, Yinshanhu Art Museum, TCCA Redtop Contemporary Art Center, and Taipei Hakka Cultural Center.
