Exhibition
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Taipei．Dunhua
June 7 – August 31, 2025
London．Mayfair
October 16, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Rising in Fire: Hantoo Art Group —The Making of Taiwan’s Art History
Bluerider ART
Curatorial Statement
As Bluerider ART Taipei · RenAi and Taipei · DunRen merge and expand in 2025, the new flagship — Bluerider ART Taipei · Dunhua — marks a new milestone as Bluerider ART enters its second decade, evolving from “Alley Culture” into an “International Urban Hub of East–West Dialogue.” The inaugural exhibition, Rising in Fire: Hantoo Art Group — The Making of Taiwan’s Art History, pays tribute to Hantoo’s fiery artistic journey through turbulent times. The exhibition opens with a reception on June 7, 2025, and will travel to Bluerider ART London · Mayfair, with an opening reception on October 16, 2025. The exhibition features over 50 works — both new and iconic — encompassing painting, photography, and sculpture by all 13 member artists. The members of the Hantoo Art Group have lived through authoritarian rule, social transformation, and the shocks of globalization. They have witnessed Taiwan’s cultural shift from marginal identity to self-definition, and throughout it all, they have upheld a steadfast commitment to artistic independence and critical thought. Their works transform personal experiences into collective memory, and local realities into a contemporary visual language. They embody the diversity, openness, and cultural autonomy of Taiwanese contemporary art — forging an aesthetic that is tender yet brutal, bold in spirit yet tempered by time.
The exhibition title, Rising in Fire, evokes a sense of trial, resistance, and rebirth. The members of Hantoo were born into a Taiwan undergoing profound transformation — a time when art had little place in the island’s economically driven narrative. And yet, they persisted. Through fire, they carved their place in the history of Taiwanese art, forging meaning through the heat of conviction. Hantoo’s enduring brotherhood became a powerful creative force. Their shared journey left an indelible mark — a bold, collective imprint — on the unfolding story of Taiwanese art.
Taiwan has undergone multiple waves of political regimes and cultural shifts — from the modernizing influence of Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945), to the Kuomintang’s relocation and martial law era after 1949, to the lifting of martial law in 1987 and the island’s first direct presidential election in 1996. Each turning point reshaped the island’s social fabric and cultural discourse, profoundly influencing the trajectory of Taiwanese art. In the 1980s, Taiwanese art began transitioning from political resistance to introspective explorations of identity and historical memory. By the 1990s, globalization ushered in new artistic forms and expressions. It was in this era of flux that the Hantoo Art Group was born. Founded in 1998 by eight artists — Yang Mao-Lin, Wu Tien-Chang, Lu Hsien-Ming, Kuo Wei-Kuo, Lee Min-Chung, Yang Jen-Ming, and Lien Chien-Hsing — the group later expanded to thirteen with the addition of Lai Hsin-Lung, Tang Tang-Fa, Tu Wei-Cheng, Deng Wen-Chen, Chang Ling, and Chen Ching-Yao. With the rallying cry of “defending the image,” Hantoo began as a champion of painting. But as time passed, their artistic practices diversified, expanding to reflect social change, urban evolution, cultural friction, and a reexamination of local history.
This exhibition, Rising in Fire: Hantoo Art Group — The Making of Taiwan’s Art History, brings together the recent works of all thirteen artists, each offering a profound reflection on contemporary Taiwanese society and culture. Their diverse perspectives unfold across painting, installation, photography, and sculpture — all charged with humor, emotion, and critique. Highlights include: Yang Mao-Lin captures emotional ties to Taiwan through native flora and fauna. Wu Tien-Chang uses flamboyant “Tai-ke” aesthetics to critique socio-political absurdities. Lu Hsien-Ming depicts old trees as metaphors for the coexistence of nature and civilization. Kuo Wei-Kuo reimagines folklore to reflect global tensions. Lee Min-Chung balances rationality and intuition through bold color and dynamic lines. Yang Jen-Ming visualizes the transformation of thought into action via abstraction. Lien Chien-Hsing blends magical realism with dreamlike landscapes. Lai Hsin-Lung paints imaginary islands symbolizing the longing for freedom and belonging. Tang Tang-Fa transforms traditional markets into theatrical art spaces. Tu Wei-Cheng reconstructs Taiwan’s industrial history through pseudo-fossilized machine relics. Deng Wen-Cheng reinterprets everyday cuisine with embroidered jute, evoking texture and memory. Chang Ling uses satirical prophecy to address geopolitical anxieties. Chen Ching-Yao critiques political idolization through humorous self-portraits infused with authoritarian imagery.
The artistic language of the Hantoo Art Group is deeply rooted in the soil of Taiwan, marked by a powerful sense of native identity. Their works are emotional and unsparing — blending tears with laughter, black humor with self-mockery — forging a visual aesthetic uniquely Taiwanese. Their expressions are not mere borrowings of Western contemporary vocabularies but rather a mosaic of diverse local voices — a spiritual portrait assembled from Taiwan’s many cultural fragments. Tempered by time, their creations have become increasingly weightless in gesture yet sharp in impact — tender yet brutal. The edge remains, but with deeper clarity.
History is still in flight. They are still creating. A new spice wave has arrived.
Rising in Fire: Hantoo Art Group — The Making of Taiwan’s Art History
Hantoo Art Group member:
Yang Mao-Lin
Wu Tien-Chang
Lu Hsien-Ming
Kuo Wei-Kuo
Lee Ming-Chung
Yang Jen-Ming
Lien Chien-Hsing
Lai Hsin-Long
Tang Tang-Fa
Tu Wei-Cheng
Deng Wen-Cheng
Chang Ling
Chen Ching-Yao
Bluerider ART Taipei．Dunhua
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony & Press Conference
June 5, 2025 Thu. | 14:30 – 18:30
(Media invitation only · RSVP: vivianchiu@blueriderart.com
Artist Talk
June 7, 2025 Sat. | 13:30 – 15:30
Artists in attendance · Open to public
Online registration: https://www.accupass.com/go/hantooChitChat
Opening Reception
June 7, 2025 Sat. | 15:30 – 19:00
(Opening remarks at 16:00 · Artists in attendance · Open to public)
Exhibition Dates
June 7 – August 31, 2025
Bluerider ART Taipei．Dunhua
1F, No. 77, Section 2, Dunhua South Rd., Da'an District, Taipei City
Opening Hours : Thu.-Sun.｜10:00 – 18:30
Email:info@blueriderart.com
Tel: 02-27522238
Bluerider ART London · Mayfair
Press Preview
October 15, 2025 (Wed.) | 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Opening Reception
October 16, 2025 (Thu.) | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Open to public)
Exhibition Dates
October 16, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Bluerider ART London · Mayfair
47 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JW
Hours: Daily, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Email:info.uk@blueriderart.com
Tel: +44 20 3903 7827
Works
藝術家 Artists
Yang Mao-Ling
（Taiwan, b.1953）
Yang Mao-Lin (Taiwan, b. 1953) was born in Changhua, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in Taipei. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Chinese Culture University. Yang is a pivotal figure in contemporary Taiwanese art, rising to prominence in the 1980s. His early works were known for challenging political and social authority, breaking taboos, and using bold visual language to reflect the societal changes before and after Taiwan’s martial law was lifted.
In the 1990s, his artistic focus shifted from political activism to exploring history and culture. His iconic “MADE IN TAIWAN” series appropriates international brand logos to examine Taiwan's cultural identity and sense of self. After 2000, Yang expanded into three-dimensional works, adopting a cartoonish style and the concept of “cultural hybridity” to portray the interaction and fusion of local and foreign cultures. His art emphasizes the dynamic tension between diverse cultural elements. Yang’s works are permanently collected by institutions such as Denver Art Museum (Denver, USA), Long Museum (Shanghai, China), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, and the Yageo Foundation for Art.
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Biography
1999 LI Chun-Shen Foundation Modern Art Award
1991 First Lion Art Creation Award
1985 Initiator and First Chairman of Taipei Painting Society
1982 Initiator of 101 Modern Art Group
1979 Department of Fine Arts, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo ExhibitionsSolo Exhibitions
2023 “Rescues in Time: Yang Mao-lin’s Journey of the Hero Within”, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 “Mementos ─ 2022 Yang Mao-Lin Solo Exhibition”, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 “Golden Raven, Lily and Clouded Leopard ─ Yang Mao-lin’s Solo Exhibition (2021
Next Art Tainan)”, Inart Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2019 “Installation Project Wanderers of the Abyssal Darkness”, National Kaohsiung
Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2019 “Wanderers of the Abyssal Darkness II ─ Somber Seas”, Tina Keng Gallery,
Taipei, Taiwan
2018 “Hybrid and Metamorphosis ─ Yang Mao-Lin’s Mythology”, Changhua County Art
Museum, Changhua, Taiwan
2016 “YANG MAO-LIN: A Retrospective”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 “The Quest for Mandala.Episode I ─ Wanderers of the Abyssal Darkness”, Tina
Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 “Kill Alice ─ Final Battle”, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 “Temple of Sublime Beauty ─ Hallelujah”, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei,
Taipei, Taiwan
2009 “Temple of Sublime Beauty ─ Made in Taiwan”, Collateral Event of the 53th Venice
Biennial, Sala S. Tommaso, S. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy
2006 “Canonization of the Gods ─ the Pure Land of Maha”, Lin & Keng Gallery,
Taipei, Taiwan
2003 “Ceremonies before Rewarding ─ Inviting the Immortals III”, Lin & Keng Gallery,
Taipei, Taiwan
2002 “Yang Mao-Lin Solo Exhibition”, Melbourne Art Fair 2002, Melbourne, Australia
2001 “Baby, You’re Amazing: Inviting the Immortals”, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1999 “VOC: Handle With Care”, 48 Exponzione Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, Italy
1999 “The International of Taiwan’s Contemporary Art Vol. 6”, MOMA Contemporary, Fukuoka, Japan
1999 “Inviting the Immortals: Culture, Intercourse, Tayouan History”, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1996 “Tayouan Topography”, Crown Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 “Tayouan Memorandum”, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1994 “Tayouan Memorandum”, Crown Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1993“Zeelandia Memorandum”, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1993 “Lily Memorandum”, Crown Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
1992 “Made in Taiwan ─ II Memorandum Section III”, Taiwania Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 “Made in Taiwan ─ II Memorandum Section II”, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1992“Made in Taiwan ─ II Memorandum Section I”, Hsiung Shih Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 “N Ways of Understanding Carrot”, Windsor Collections, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 “101 Yang Mao-Lin One Man Show”, Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Museum, Taichung, Taiwan
1990 “Made in Taiwan ─ I”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1987 “Behavior of Game”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1985 “101 Yang Mao-Lin One Man Show”, Taichung Culture Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Work
Wu Tien-Chang
（Taiwan, b.1956）
Wu Tien-Chang (Taiwan, b. 1956) was born in Keelung, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Chinese Culture University. Wu is a significant figure in contemporary Taiwanese art. He has represented Taiwan twice at the Venice Biennale in Italy. Since the 1980s, he has employed painting and narrative techniques to create the “Great Man Portraits” series, interpreting historical perspectives while breaking creative taboos in Taiwan following the end of martial law. In the 1990s, he shifted to photography, incorporating mixed media such as glossy velvet fabric, rhinestones, and Christmas lights to create works with a distinctive “Tai-ke” aesthetic. After 2000, he integrated digital imagery, using staged photography with elaborate sets, props, lighting, casting, and composition to craft an eerie yet lavish visual language. Since 2010, he has further incorporated moving images and spatial theater concepts, employing techniques such as one-take filming and frame-by-frame extraction to generate a surreal atmosphere, producing experimental video installations. Wu has received the 7th Taishin Arts Special Award and the first prize at the Taipei Biennial. His works are part of the permanent collections of institutions such as Taipei Fine Arts Museum and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.
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Solo Exhibitions
2020 "Tide 1884", Keelung Fortress Commander's Residence, Taiwan, Keelung
2017 "8 MADATAC Fulgor líquido Wu Tien-Chang Solo Exhibition", Conde Duque Art
Center, Madrid, Spain
2016 "Divergent Paths to Reality"、"Never Say Goodbye - Wu Tien-Chang Solo Exhibition", Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 "The 56th International Art Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia", Venice, Italy
2014 "Magical Limbo – Solo Exhibition of Wu Tien-Chang", Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei , Taiwan
2013 "Studio of Pseudo Photography - Wu Tien-Chang Solo Exhibition", Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 "Wu Tien-Chang 2008 Solo Exhibition", Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 "Tien-Chang Wu: The Introduction of Taiwan’s Contemporary Art Vol. 2", MOMA Contemporary, Fukuoka, Japan
1990 "Four Eras", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 "The Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantu", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 "Overwriting the Real: Archives and Identity in Taiwan’s Contemporary Photography", National Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung Taiwan
2021 "Hantu Society 2021 Sky Light", Pingtung Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2017 "Hardcore Rally with Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 "Kochi-Muziris Biennale-“Forming in the pupil of an eye”, Kochi, India
2014 "POST POP: EAST MEETS WEST", Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013 "CARGO EAST project-Gazing into Freedom: Taiwan Contemporary Art Exhibition",
Vojvodina Contemporary Art Museum, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
2011 "Ficción Asiática", Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en el Peru, Lima, Peru
2010 "Amazement and Astonishment Hantoo Art Group's Adventure to the West" Chongqing Museum of Art, Chongqing, China
2009 "SPEAK·DESCRIBE
2009 Cross-Strait Contemporary Art", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2008 "HOME, Taiwan Biennial 2008", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2008"Pingyao International Photography Festival", Shanxi, China
2007 "Post-Martial Law vs. Post ’89 – Contemporary Art in TAIWAN and CHINA", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan; Song Zhuang Museum, Beijing, China
2007 "X-Generation", Centre des arts d’Enghien, Enghien-les-Bains, France
2003 "Cyber Asia – Media Art in the Near Future", Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2003"A Strange Heaven – Contemporary Chinese Photography", Rudolfinum Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
1988 "Site of Desire - Taipei Biennial", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 "TAIWAN TAIWAN Facing FACES", the 47th International Art Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1996 "The 2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial", Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
1995 "Asia-Pacific Contemporary Photography Exhibition", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
1995"Taiwan: Kunst Heute", Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
1994 "Taipei Biennial", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 "K-18 Mutual Acknowledgement Exhibition", Kassel, Germany
1989 "Message from Taipei", Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1984 "The 1st Contemporary Trends in Chinese Art", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1983 "101 Modern Art Group Exhibition", American Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Work
Lu Hsien-Ming
（Taiwan, b.1959）
Lu Hsien-Ming (Taiwan, b. 1959) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, where he currently lives and works. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Chinese Culture University. Since the 1990s, Lu has focused his artistic practice on urban landscapes and the lives of city dwellers, with notable works including the “Overpass” and “Urban Residents” series, which reflect Taipei's urban transformation and the stories of its ordinary people. In recent years, he has entered his “Old Tree” period, using delicate glazing and intricate lines to depict banyan trees, with blank backgrounds filtering out the noise of the city, expressing his reflections on life and nature. Lu's work has evolved from an early stance of critical observation to a profound concern for humanity and the environment, capturing the subtle balance between city and nature. Lu has received prestigious awards such as the Grand Prize at the "Taipei Biennial" and the Liao Chi-Chun Oil Painting Award. His works are permanently collected by institutions such as Ludwig Forum for International Art (Germany), White Rabbit Gallery (Australia), Long Museum (China), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of History, and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.
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Solo Exhibitions
2019 "Modernology: LU Hsien-Ming’s Urban Thinking", REMARKABLE Cultivation Arts Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2019 "Modernology: LU Hsien-Ming’s Urban Thinking", Chini Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "The Warmth in the Cold", Taitung Art Museum, Taitung, Taitung, Taiwan
2015 "A Tale of Two Cities: Glimpses of Cities", Museum of Contemporary Art,Taipei, Taiwan
2014 "A City of Silence: Taipei, 1984 to 2014", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014 "A City of Silence: Taipei, 1984 to 2014",
Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 "Urban Memoir", Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 "Soliloquy Beneath the Modern Cityscape", Keelung City Cultural Affairs Bureau, Keelung, Taiwan
2008 "City·Theater", Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2005 "Neighborhood Sketch", Living Lounge Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2003 "Taipei·New Image·People", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 "Cultural Sketch", Tunghai University Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
1998 "Bold Designs, Impressions Art Gallery Part II", Taipei, Taiwan
1996 "City-Nature: Harmony or Collusion?", Masterpiece Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 "City Aesthetics", Taiwan Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1985 "Blue Tremble", Chiaug Ren Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 "Hantoo Kyoki: Taiwan and Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition", Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023"Reflections upon Plants", Juming Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2023"Aging: A Life Montage", Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2021 "Immersing in Mountains: Dissolving the Boundaries", Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art ,
Nantou, Taiwan
2019 "SenDaiwan = Sendai + Taiwan", KAIKON Art Studio, Sendai, Japan
2018 "Fight Club - Hantoo 20th", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Hardcore Rally with Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 "A Century of Chinese Paintings: World Tour Exhibition", Shandong Art Museum, China
2016"Border Crossing, Post-Paradise: Hantoo Art Group and Contemporary Art in Taiwan", Kyoto University of Art and Design, Japan
2014 "The Pioneers of Taiwanese Artists, 1951–1960", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2013 "The 27th Asian International Art Exhibition", Rajchadamnern Contemporary Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2013"Revisiting New Horizons Exhibition: Origins of TFAM’s Contemporary Context", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 "Local to Local: Taipei in Busan", OpenSpace Bae Gallery, Busan, Korea
2011 "Flourishing and Flowing: A Contemporary Art Exhibition across the Strait 2011", China National of Art Museum, Beijing, China; National Taiwan Museum of Fine
Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2010 "Amazement and Astonishment-Hantoo Art Group's Adventure to the West",
Chongqing Art Museum, Sichuan, China
2010"Contemporary Art of Taiwan", Gyeongnam Art Museum, Korea
2009 "Madden Reality: Post-Taipei Art Group", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
2006 "Art in Taiwan 1950–2000", China National of Art Museum, Beijing, China
2004 "Contemporary Taiwanese Art in the Era of Contention", Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York
2004"Eye Dream-Multiple Realities in Contemporary Photographies and Paintings from Taiwan", Taipei Information & Culture Center, Paris, France
1999 "Visions of Pluralism: Contemporary Art in Taiwan 1988–1999", China Art Museum, Beijing, China
1996 "Taiwan-Present Art", Ludwig Forum of the International Art, Germany
1996 "Taipei Biennial: The Quest for Identity", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Work
Kuo Wei-Kuo
（Taiwan, b.1960）
Kuo Wei-Kuo (Taiwan, b. 1960) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, where he currently lives and works. He holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts. Kuo’s early works employed figurative imagery to address political issues, advocating that art should serve as a critique of social realities. Since 1998, focusing primarily on realistic painting, shifting from voicing social concerns to exploring inner self-awareness. His iconic “Ecstatic Sorrow” self-portrait series uses metaphor, ambiguity, and irony to question the essence of existence. His works often carry an apocalyptic undertone, as he describes: “They capture a sense of sorrow for time gone by.” Kuo’s artistic journey reflects a profound shift from social critique to introspective exploration, revealing a balance of contradiction and absurdity in both personal and generational contexts. He has received the Freeman Foundation Asian Artist Award and Lee Chung Shing Foundation Modern Painting Award. His works are permanently collected by institutions such as Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Dimension Endowment of Art, and Kuo Mu Sheng Foundation.
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Solo Exhibitions
2023 “PARALLEL WORLD”, Nanjo Museum, Okinawa, Japan
2022 “Kuo Wei-Kuo”, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 “The Alchemy of Icon: The Occult Technique of Kuo Wei-Kuo's Paintings”, Lin & Lin
Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 “A Tale of Two Cities: Gardens of Spirits”, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Taipei, Taiwan
2014 “HSentient Garden: Alienation in a New World”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2013 “Forbidden Wishes”, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 “A Dream of Drifting Youth”, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 “Theater of Commotion and Desire ─ The Secret Made Visible”, Lin & Keng Gallery,
Beijing, China
2006 "Difficult to Concealed from Earthliness", National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2006"Diagram of Commotion and Desire ─ From Gloominess to a Brand New Bright Start", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2005 "Diagram of Commotion and Desire ─ From Gloominess to a Brand New Bright Start", Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 "Diagram of 40", National Taipei University of the Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 "Award of the 8th "Li Chun Shen Foundation of Contemporary Painting", Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2002 "Diagram of Commotion and Desire 3", Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2001 "Finished 80%", Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
2000 "Diagram of Commotion and Desire 2", Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1999 "Kuo Wei-Kuo", Tunghai University Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
1999"Diagram of Commotion and Desire 1", The Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
1996 "Scenery of Desire in the Dark", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1996"Kuo Wei-Kuo", Masterpiece Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 "Luminescence and Tension", Taiwan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 "Hantoo Kyoki: Taiwan and Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition", Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021 "Hantoo 2021: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining", PINGTUNG Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2019 "Taiwan Panegyric", Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2019"ANiMAL ─ Art Science Natire Society: In the Name of the Animals", Taichung City
Seaport Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2018 "Fight Club - Hantoo 20th", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Hardcore Rally with Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 "Border Crossing Post-Paradise: Hantoo Art Group and Taiwanese Contemporary Art", Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
2016"Hantoo Art Group in Penang", Daiichi Art Space, Penang, Malaysia
2013 "From Upending Reality to Creating Reality—Contemporary Taiwanese Art in the Post-Martial Law Era", Asia University Museum of Modern Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2012 "Local to Local 'Taipei in Busan", OpenSpace Bae Gallery, Busan, Korea
2010 "RESHAPING HISTORY Chinart from 2000 to 2009", China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
2010"Amazement and Astonishment-Hantoo Art Group’s Adventure to the West", Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2006 "Macro Vision, Micro Analysis, Multiple Reflections - Contemporary Art in Taiwan Since 1987", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2006"Place/Displace: Three Generations of Taiwanese Art", University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Work
Lee Min-Chung
(Taiwan, b. 1961)
Lee Min-Chung (Taiwan, b. 1961) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, where he currently lives and works. He graduated from the Université Paris 8 and he holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts. Lee is known for his bold and vibrant use of color, playfully experimenting with contrasting and analogous hues on canvas. His works often feature the dynamic presence of cats — their figures and expressive eyes weaving through his compositions. While his art appears spontaneous and free, it reflects a deep foundation of artistic training and an underlying sense of order, striking a delicate balance between rationality and emotion. For Lee, creation is a "game" where colors and thoughts intertwine, resulting in richly layered and unpredictable visuals. He was selected for the "New Perspectives" exhibition at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, as well as the "Salon de la Jeune Peinture" and "Le Nouveau Réalisme" at the Grand Palais in Paris. His works are permanently collected by institutions such as Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Dimension Endowment of Art, and Lin Yu-Nu Art Foundation.
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Solo Exhibitions
2023 “Lee Min Jong Solo Exhibition XVIII”, Helios Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 “Lee Min Jong Solo Exhibition XV”, Helios Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 “Lee Min Jong Solo Exhibition XV-1983~2018”, NTHU Art Space, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
2018“Lee Min Jong Solo Exhibition XLV”, FULLON HOTELS, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2017 “Lee Min Jong Solo Exhibition XIII”, Helios Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 "Room to meet the Gaze LEE Min Jong & Chen Min Tsung Exhibition", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 “Lee Ming-Chung Solo Exhibition XII Portrait project", YIton Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 “Lee Ming-Chung Solo Exhibition XI”, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008“Lee Ming-Chung Solo Exhibition X”, One Year Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2006 “Lee Ming-Chung Solo Exhibition IX-the prints of time and Events”,
Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 “Lee Ming - Chung Solo Exhibition VIII”, Front Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2000“Lee Ming - Chung Solo Exhibition VII”, The Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
1999 “Lee Ming - Chung Solo Exhibition VI”, Asia World Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 “Lee Ming - Chung Solo Exhibition V”, Impressions Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1994 “Lee Ming - Chung Solo Exhibition IV”, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1993 “Lee Ming - Chung Solo Exhibition III”, Crown Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 “Lee Ming - Chung Solo Exhibition II”, Taiwania Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 “Lee Ming - Chung Solo Exhibition I”, Taipei American Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 "Hantoo Kyoki: Taiwan and Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition", Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021 "Hantoo 2021: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining", PINGTUNG Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2018 "Fight Club-Hantoo 20th", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 “Place X Other place”, Pingtung Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2017 "Hardcore Rally with the Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 "Border Crossing Post-Paradise: Hantoo Art Group and Taiwanese Contemporary Art", Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
2016"Hantoo Art Group in Penang", Daiichi Art Space, Penang, Malaysia
2012 "Local to Local 'Taipei in Busan", OpenSpace Bae Gallery, Busan, Korea
2011 "The Sentimental Boys!", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2010 "Amazement and Astonishment-Hantoo Art Group’s Adventure to the West", Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2009 "Madden Reality: Post-Taipei Art Group", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
2007 “Post-Martial Law VS.Post-’89—The Contemporary Art in Taiwan and China”. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2006 "Macro Vision, Micro Analysis, Multiple Reflections - Contemporary Art in Taiwan Since 1987", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2005 “Scylla and Charybdis in Love: The Challenges Facing Contemporary Taiwanese Artist”, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei; National Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung ; Gwangju Art Museum, Korea
2004 "Place/Displace: Three Generations of Taiwanese Art", University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2001 "Waves Striking: One Hundred Years of Taiwanese Arts", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung; Kuandu Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Work
Yang Jen-Ming
(Taiwan, b. 1962)
Yang Jen-Ming (Taiwan, b. 1962), born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, currently lives and works in Taipei. He holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts. His artistic practice has evolved through various stages. His early series, “Black Water” and “Intellectuals,” employed murky, chaotic, and heavy imagery to reflect the atmosphere of the times. In his mid-career series, “Unstable Connections,” he explored infinite possibilities through minimalist geometry, fragmentation, and layering. Yang views painting as a continuous process of contemplation, with the final moment of stopping his brush signifying a state of condensation. His recent works create meditative spaces, using subtle shifts in monochromatic tones to build blurred visual fields. At the lower edge of his canvases, he incorporates square formats as a rational cut, balancing emotional intensity with structured clarity, oscillating between dreamlike and realistic realms. Yang’s works are permanently collected by institutions such as National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.
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Solo Exhibitions
2023 "Obsession with The Transparent Depth - Yang JenMing solo exhibition", A. Heritage. Modern Art Museum, Taoyuan,Taiwan
2019 "Obsession -Yang JenMing solo exhibition", VT ARTSALON, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Ideas and statements - Yang JenMing solo exhibition", 182artspace, Tainan, Taiwan
2013 "Yang Jen-Ming Solo Exhibition", Impressions Contemporary Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 "Yang Jen-Ming Solo Exhibition", Impressions Contemporary Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2006 "Ustable Tie", Nanhai Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 "Poetry or Not", Hsinbin Pier, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1999 "Poetry or Not", Former Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
1998 "Tumbler", Former Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 "A Big aAureola", Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1996 "Human, All Too Human – The Great Halo", Zhen Ping Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
1994 "New Plants Emerging from Black Water", Zhen Ping Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
1992 "New Plants Emerging from Black Water – After Transplantation", Taiwan Neya, Taiwan
1991 "Between Imagination and Reality", American Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1985 "Reappearance of the Cube", Nan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 "Hantoo Kyoki: Taiwan and Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition", Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021 "Hantoo 2021: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining", PINGTUNG Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2018 "Fight Club-Hantoo 20th", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Hardcore Rally with the Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 "Border Crossing Post-Paradise: Hantoo Art Group and Taiwanese Contemporary Art", Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
2016"Hantoo Art Group in Penang", Daiichi Art Space, Penang, Malaysia
2012 "Local to Local 'Taipei in Busan", OpenSpace Bae Gallery, Busan, Korea
2011 "The Sentimental Boys!", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2010 "Amazement and Astonishment-Hantoo Art Group’s Adventure to the West", Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2009 "Madden Reality: Post-Taipei Art Group", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
2007 "Mou.i.kai—The Exhibition by Hantoo Art Group", Kuandu museum of fine art,
Taipei, Taiwan
2006 "Macro Vision, Micro Analysis, Multiple Reflections - Contemporary Art in Taiwan
Since 1987", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
1996 "Taipei Biennial: The Quest for Identity", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 "New Plant Grown from Black Water", The 8th Asia Art Exhibition, Fukuoka, Japan
1992 "Taipei Art Group - The Power of Taiwan", Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1992"The Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Art, 1992", Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Work
Lien Chien-Hsing
(Taiwan, b. 1962)
Lien Chien-Hsing (Taiwan, b. 1962) was born in Keelung, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in Taipei. He holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts. Lien’s artistic practice is deeply connected to his life experiences. Since the late 1980s, he has engaged in field research in northern Taiwan, depicting the abandoned landscapes following the decline of the fishing and mining industries. His creative core centers on "the exploration and management of allegorical magical situations," and he is known for blending realistic details with transcendent imagination, creating a unique magical realism style. In recent years, he has focused on his “Panoramic Theater” series, using images such as islands, whales, and turtles as metaphors for ecological arks. These works convey profound melancholy and a mysterious atmosphere of the subconscious, presenting a distinctive artistic vocabulary. He has won the 9th Lee Chung Shing Foundation Visual Arts Award, and his works have been permanently collected by institutions such as the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 "Wasteland Poetry—Between Reality and Illusion”, Shu Zen Junior College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 "I love lisa”, Yuan Ru Gallery , Taipei, Taiwan
2019 "Reflections on Soul Mountain”, Harvest Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 “I Hope to Stroll the Island and Gaze Upon it with Sheer Sensibility”,
Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, Nantou, Taiwan
2012 “Between Reality and Fiction: Sceneries of the Mind”, ESLITE GALLERY,
Taipei, Taiwan
2008 "Desolate Fantasy", ESLITE GALLERY, Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2006 “Small Puppet Theater”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 “The Dialogue Between Abstract and Realism: Tao Wen-Yueh vs. LIEN Chien-
Hsing”, Keelung Municipal Culture Center, Keelung, Taiwan
2004 “Desolate Magic”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
2002 “LIEN Chien Hsing”, Metropolitan Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2001 “Lonely Earth”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 “Solo Exhibition - Mixed Media”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
1999 Metropolitan Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
1998 “Abandoned Realm”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 Metropolitan Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
1996 “Magic Realism”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
1994 “Spiritual Awakening”, New Trends Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
1993 “C.H. LIEN: Works 1976 – 1993”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 “LIEN Chien Hsing and LEE Chun Kong Solo Exhibitions”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei,
Taiwan
1989 “Second Annual Taipei New Painting Festival of 1980’s”, Tri-Color Art Center, Taipei,
Taiwan
1984 “The Desire to Look Up to the Sky”, Today Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 "Hantoo Kyoki: Taiwan and Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition", Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023 "The Wild Eighties: Dawn of a Transdisciplinary Taiwan", Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 "Between Virtuality and Reality—Abstract Thinking in Taiwan's Realistic Paintings", Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2021 "Hantoo 2021: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining", PINGTUNG Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2019 "Personal Structures", in the context of Venice Biennale 2019 - Yuan Ru gallery, Palazzp, Bembo, Venice, Italy
2019"Hyperrealism Art In Taiwan", Chimei Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2019"Taiwan Panegyric", Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2018 "Fight Club-Hantoo 20th", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Hardcore Rally with the Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 "Hantoo Art Group in Penang", Daiichi Art Space, Penang, Malaysia
2015 "Narrative Scene Selections From Hong-Gah Museum", Keelung Municipal Culture
Center, Keelung, Taiwan
2004 "Scylla and Charybdis in Love: The Challenges Facing Contemporary Taiwanese Artists”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan; Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea; Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
1999 "Southern Land Images: The Changing Urban Visions of the Contemporary Arts in Taiwan", Asia Club; Capital Museum; National Museum of History, N.Y.; OAK; Taipei, U.S.; Taiwan
Work
Lai Hsin-Lung
(Taiwan, b. 1964)
Lai Hsin-Lung (Taiwan, b. 1964) was born in Pingtung, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in Kaohsiung. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and a Master's in Public Art from University of Dundee, UK. Since returning to Taiwan in the 1990s, Lai has focused his work on exploring the concept of "Chairs and Positions," investigating the interplay between three-dimensional and two-dimensional forms as well as the realization of one's inner "place." In recent years, his art has reflected a shift in mindset — moving from a sense of melancholic powerlessness to an acceptance of emptiness with calmness and ease. Since 2020, Lai has developed the “Hidden Gold” Series, blending expressive scraping strokes, structured lines, and bold color fields to create a space where abstraction and figuration coexist. His representative work, “Everyone Has a Fantasy Island in Their Heart,” extends this series, showcasing the artist's ambition and confidence — a profound reflection of his life journey and artistic philosophy. Lai has received the Grand Prize at the "Modern Sculpture Exhibition" at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. His works are permanently collected by institutions such as Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.
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Solo Exhibitions
2024 "Hidden Gold Series: Blooming Gold Floating Gold 2020-2024", Chiayi University Library Art Space, Chiayi, Taiwan
2023 "Find that Point in the Color Coordinates", Katartistvillage, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 "Flowers bloom with Gold", National Taitung Living art Center, Taitung, Taiwan
2021 "Golden Code-Solo Exhibition", DAYDAY Art Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021"Hidden Gold Series Online Exhibition", National Taitung Living Art Center,
Taitung, Taiwan
2020 "Floral Rebirth – Dream Butterfly Series", Whale Sprout Specialty Café + New Wish Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2019 "Butterfiy Love- 2019", RUN LONG Construction Art Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2018 "Inner Drama-Lai Hsinlung Solo Show", NCKU Art Center, Tainan, Taiwan
2017 "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai-Solo Show", WinWin Art Space, Kaohiung, Taiwan
2016 "Butterfly Dream-Freedom", Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 "You Are My Flower", 182 Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2011 "Color Illusions", Vitor Art Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2010 "Power for Artist: Lai Hsin-Lung Exhibition", St. Paul’s Fine Art, Macau
2010"Color Desire: Lai Hsin-Lung Exhibition", La Chambre Art Gallery & Socity,
Taipei, Taiwan
2007 "Lai Hsin-Lung Solo Exhibition", CHINSHI Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
2007“Lotus & Seat”, Mayibe Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2006 “Hsin-lung Lai: Seat vs. Chair”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2006“Travelling Seat”, Artislong Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2005 “Sky, Seat, People”, Living Mall , Taipai, Taiwan
2003 “You Are by My All Sides”, Kio-A-Thau Artist-in-Resisdence, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2002 “Iron World: Solo Exhibition by Hsin-lung Lai", Howard Salon, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2001 “Iron, Art, Installation”, Exhibition Hall, Pingtung County Cultural Affairs Bureau,
Pingtung
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 "A Capital 400+ International Art Exhibition", REMARKABLE Cultivation Arts Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2024 "Hantoo Kyoki: Taiwan and Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition", Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
2023 "Current Wave · Kaohsiung 2020s", Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Changhua, Taiwan
2022 "Somatosensory Boundary", REMARKABLE Cultivation Arts Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
2022"Abstracting Kaohsiung", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021 "Hantoo 2021: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining", PINGTUNG Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2021"The other side-lnternational Art Exchange Exhibition", Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
of Macau, Macau
2019 "The 27th Asia Sculpture Association Annual Exhibition", HUASHAN 1914 Creative
Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2019"ELEGANCE INCOLLISION-Cross-StraitExhibition", Foundation Art Museum,
Soochow, China
2018 "XING SHI JI", Foundation Art Museum, Soochow, China
2018"Fight Club-Hantoo 20th", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Phiau-phiet ê", OpenSpace Bae, Busan, Korea
2017"Hardcore Rally with the Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 “Malaysian International Contemporary Art Biennale Exhibition”, Sungai Petani, Malaysia
2016“International Sculpture Festa 2016", Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2015 "Collidascope", Edinburgh Palette Gallery 3, Scotland, U.K.
2015"Resonance of Heteroglossia—On the Modern Art Association of Kaohsiung", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015"4 City-Modern Sculpture Exhibition", Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Work
Tang Tang-Fa
(Taiwan, b. 1965)
Tang Tang-Fa (Taiwan, b. 1965) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, where he currently lives and works. He holds a Master’s degree in Plastic Arts from Tainan National University of the Arts. After completing an artist residency in New York in 2000, Tang began reflecting on the roots of Taiwanese art, ultimately deciding that its essence must be found within Taiwan itself. Upon returning home, he spent three years traveling across the island, eventually focusing his creative lens on Taiwan's traditional markets. His works are deeply connected to everyday foods and vendors — vegetable stalls, meat stalls, and fish stalls — using these familiar objects to capture the vibrant energy of the marketplace. Tang views the market as a stage, a battlefield, and a sacred space for his artistic faith. This concept evolved into his “Market Stall Project,” where he recreated the ambiance of street vendors under a banana tree, prompting audiences to reconsider the relationship between culture and society. Tang was selected by the Ministry of Culture's Visual Arts Talent Program for an overseas residency and exchange project, and participated in the ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York. In 2010, he also received the Lee Chung Shing Foundation Visual Arts Award.
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Solo Exhibitions
2022 "Appreciate the stalls", National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu, Taiwan
2019 "Traditional market in department store", Eslite Bookstore, Taipei , Taiwan
2017 "Install street vendors-Market Street vendors Plans", Shihlin-Shezi Market,
Taipei, Taiwan
2015 "Gongguan Township Set up a Stall", Gongguan, Miaoli, Taiwan
2014 "A-Fa in a Narket Stall", Shihlin-Shezi Market, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 "Art in life, life in Art", National Taiwan Ocean University Art Center, Keelung, Taiwan
2009 "$1.99lb", Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan
2009"bubble tea", One Year Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 " NOT GOOD", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 "Ha Ha", Taipei City Govemment, Taipei, Taiwan
2003 "Cottage", National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu, Taiwan
2002 "yu yu, san yu, san yu", Chia-Yi Village of Railway Art, Chia-Yi , Taiwan
2001 "Fa-Fa genie", Prototype Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
1999 "The Wind to Agitate Flowers", Leisure Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1998 "Nesting", Prototype Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
1997 "River God", Shin Leh Yuan Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
1996 "Plastic Memorial", Shin Leh Yuan Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 "NTCAM Collection: Encounters in Reflection", New Taipei City Art Museum, New Taipei, Taiwan
2024 "Hantoo Kyoki: Taiwan and Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition", Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
2024"SUNDAY: Contemporary Art on Migrant Workers in Taiwan", Tainan Art Museun Building 2, Tainan, Taiwan
2024"Art 4 Yupeng", Yupeng Museum, Yilan, Taiwan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023"Artistic Events in Daxi", Daxi District First Public Market, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2022 "Neiwei Market Art Project", Neiwei Market, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021 "Hantoo 2021: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining", PINGTUNG Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2020 "Perforated City", MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan
2020"Art Point", Tainan Art Museum Building 2, Tainan, Taiwan
2020"2020 Longci Light Festival: Void Mountain", Longci-Cijyu Market, Tainan, Taiwan
2019 "Asia in Asia–Close by Far Away Drums", Gyeongnam Art Museum, Korea
2019"ART 4 Jogja", Sangkring Art Space, Jogja, Indonesia
2018 "South Asian Kitchen-Cultural Cooking", ASEAN Square, Taichung, Taiwan
2018"Nuit Blanche", Taipei Expo Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2018"Fight Club-Hantoo 20th", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2018"South Wind Rises, Asia-Pacific Contemporary Art Exhibition", National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Hardcore Rally with the Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2017"Fioating Glimpse of Our Homeland-10th Anniversary Exhibition of Hsinchu City Art Gallery", Hsinchu, Taiwan
2017"Stall Art Action", ASEAN Square, Taichung, Taiwan
Work
Tu Wei-Cheng
（Taiwan, b. 1969）
Tu Wei-Cheng (Taiwan, b. 1969), born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in Taoyuan, Taiwan. He holds a Master’s degree in Plastic Arts from Tainan National University of the Arts and is currently an assistant professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts. Tu’s artistic style combines archaeology with technological replicas, collaging forms from different civilizations and eras. He incorporates local legends and contemporary phenomena to create a sense of dislocation between history and reality. Tu has been awarded the Taishin Art Award Jury's Special Prize and has been invited to exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) and the Museum of Asian Arts (France). His works have been permanently collected by institutions such as National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, and Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts.
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Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Archaeology of Neiweipi”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 “THE ARK Museum", Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2022“Bu Num Civilization in the Musée des Arts Asiatiques”, Museum of Asian Arts
(Musée des Arts Asiatiques), Nice, France
2019 "The Future of Now: Bu Num Civilization in the Rijksmuseum",
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017 "Museum of Relationship — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition", National Central
University Art Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2015 "Mapping Folds of the Body — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition", TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 "The Interaction Between the Body and the City", Yihui Art Museum, National
Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
2012 "The Emperor’s Treasure Chest of the City", Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 "Optical Trick", VT Artsalon, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 "Confucius Dancing Mambo — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition",Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan
2008 "Grand View of Bu Num", Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2003 "The Beauty and Mystery of Bu Num Civilization Revealed",MOCA Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2003"The Exhibition of Excavation Work at the Bu Num Civilization Site", Tainan National College of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2001 "Special Exhibition on the Bu Num Civilization Site", Prototype Art Gallery,
Tainan, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 “Here-Elsewhere: Eight Enchantments to Transmute Time and Space Contemporary Taiwanese Sculpture”,Kunstquartier Bethania Studio 1, Berlin, Germany
2025“XSWL”, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2024 "Fragments of the Bu Num Civilization", Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2024"PALAFANG-Planet Explosion Observatory”, Hualien County Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023“I use my body to draw an island”, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2022 “ Taishin Arts Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition”, MoNTUE, Taipei, Taiwan
2022“ March of Stories”, C-LAB (Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab), Taipei, Taiwan
2021 “Oku-Noto Triennale 2020 + ”, Suzu, Japan
2020 "Okinawa・Jeju・Taiwan Peace Art Exchange Exhibition", Naha Civic Gallery,
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
2019 "The Soul of Architecture", Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2019"Taoyuan Land Art Festival", Taoyuan, Taiwan
2018 "The 1st Thailand Biennale: Edge of the Wonderland", Krabi, Thailand
2017 "Collecting Europe", Victoria & Albert Museum, London, U.K.
2016 "A Beautiful Disorder: Exhibition of Contemporary Greater Chinese Artists",
Cass Sculpture Foundation, Chichester, U.K.
2015 "(In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art", Vancouver, Canada
2014 "Jie: Contemporary Art from Taiwan, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art",Cornell University,Ithaca, U.S.
2013 "Credit Suisse: Innovation In Art Series The Collectors Show: Weight of History",Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2012 "Double Take", White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012"9th Gwangju Biennale — Roundtable", Gwangju Biennal Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea
Work
Deng Wen-Jen
（Taiwan, b. 1970）
Deng Wen-Jen (Taiwan, b. 1970) was born in Hualien, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in Taichung, Taiwan. She holds a Master’s degree in oil painting from L'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. As an artist of Pingpu indigenous heritage, Deng's work spans the field of textile art, particularly using soft sculpture, installations, and video to reinterpret traditional dyeing, weaving, and embroidery techniques, breathing new life into them. Recently, her work has focused on Taiwanese history, indigenous culture, and ethnic fusion. She has participated in international artist residency programs.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 “Globalization at Table v.s. Formosa The Treasure Island”, Lishan Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Chen jinglan's Western Style House, Kinmen, Taiwan
2019 “NAMASTE” Creation of India, 107 Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2018 “Transcending: Between Virtuality and Reality”, NCKU Art center ,Tainan, Taiwan
2017 “Flying Shuttle”, Soulangh culture Park, Tainan, Taiwan
Childhood”, Bistrot Artisse, Bordeaux, France
2011 “Le Festin - La vanité”, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 “Festin-Culture II, Nourriture·Image·Culture Book’s Illustration and
Publication", Taichung, Taiwan
2006 “Festin”, Arts Center National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2003 “Feast-Food Amour”, Sinica art center, Taipei, Taiwan
2002 “Feast-Fairy Tale”, Tamshui Culture Center, New Taipei, Taiwan
2001 “Feast at Tamshui”, Curtain Studio, Tamshui, Taiwan
2000 “Feast” Painting-installation, St Eustache Gallery, Paris, France
1997 “Childhood”, Bistrot Artisse, Bordeaux, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 "Island Sunflower Reflections", QCC Art Gallery, New York, USA
2024“Crossing Ecotones - Thousands of Threads”, NTMOFA, Taichung, Taiwan
2024“Where the Adventure Begins”, Taoyuan Children’s Art Center Inaugural Exhibition,
Taoyuan, Taiwan
2024“VOC, Sea Monsters, Artillery Fire, and Them: 400 Years of Fort Zeelandia”,
TNAM, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 “Cheongju Craft Biennale 2023”, Cheongju, South Korea
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 “Seek-kipakim” Aboriginal Cultural Park Bajiaolou Special Exhibition Hall, Pingtung, Taiwan
2021 “She Says, Her Story-Contemporary Women Artists from Taiwan”, International Arts & Artists building IA&A at Hillyer, NW, Washington, USA
2020 “The Art of Transformation - Residency as a Way to Engage with Craft ”, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Nantou, Taiwan
2019 “Womensemble: Creating Female Subjectivity in Art”,
National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 “Femi-Flow: Creating Female Subjectivity in Art Flow”, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Nantou, Taiwan
2017 "Hardcore Rally with the Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 "Border Crossing Post-Paradise: Hantoo Art Group and Taiwanese Contemporary Art", Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
2015 “Art: Gwangju : 15”, Kimdaejung Convention Center, South Korea
2011 “Beautiful Life: Memory and Nostalgia”, South Hill Park Bracknell Gallery, UK
2008 “Betel Nut Beauties”, Point Éphémère, Paris, France
2004 "Wild Farmer-Playground”, Hong-Gah Art institute, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 “Feast-man-woman”, Arts, in Fine Gallery, Paris, France
2000"Salon of May", Eiffel-Branly space, Paris, France
Work
Chang Ling
（Taiwan, b. 1975）
Chang Ling (Taiwan, b. 1975) was born in Hualien, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. He holds a Master’s degree from L'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where he studied under Christian Boltanski, Jean-Luc Vilmouth, and Jean-Marc Bustamante. Chang Ling is deeply influenced by political, economic, and cultural issues. After returning to Taiwan in 2005, he developed a unique style centered around "human" as the starting point, initiating the six-year-long “Pork Belly” series. Chang Ling's creative language is layered, using the collision between flesh and culture to express dark humor and whimsical aesthetics. After 2010, his “Illusion Society” series explored the distortion and neglect of history and daily life, while responding to social issues. His recent “War Preparation” series directly addresses global concerns such as the Russia-Ukraine war and Taiwan's security, symbolizing "preparatory actions" and reorganizing his creative language accordingly. Chang Ling's works combine documentary elements with strong social concern, exploring the current sense of crisis in the world and the insecurity within human nature. His works are permanently collected by institutions such as Salon de Montrouge (France), White Rabbit Gallery (Australia), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.
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Solo Exhibitions
2023 "War Preparation", MOCA TAIPEI , Taipei, Taiwan
2022 “It Blossomed in an Instant When Time Did Not Exist”, Don Gallery, Shanghai, China
2021 “Chang Ling”, InSian Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 “Illusion Society-Historical Daily”, Kaohsiung Museum, Kaohsiung,Taiwan
2019“Illusion Society”, Don Gallery, Shanghai, China
2017 “Illusion Society”, Fo Guang Yuan Paris Art Gallery, Paris, France
2015 “Illusion Society”, Gallerie Jean-Francois Cazaux, Paris, France
2013 “Illusion Society- Portraits of Ordinary People”, MOT/ ARTS, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 “Flesh Religion”, Impressions Contemporary Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 “Chang-Ling Solo Exhibition”, Impressions Contemporary Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 “Streaky Pork Series: Epoch-Makin-Chang-Ling”, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007“Flesh Duet (Flesh Landscape in Garden)”, Leda Fletcher Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2007“Nanhai Flesh Weapon”, Nanhai Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007“Flesh Landscape”, Very Temple Art-Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
2007“Streaky Pork Series: Flesh Weapons”, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
msui Center of Arts and Culture, Danshuei, Taiwan
2005 “Hair Follicle”, Art Space 284, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 “Unnatural Exhibition”, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2004“Political Utopian”, FNAC, Taipei, Taiwan
1999“Close To The Never Land”, Tamsui Center of Arts and Culture, Danshuei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 "Hantoo Kyoki: Taiwan and Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition", Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
2024 “VOC, Sea Monsters, Artillery Fire, and Them: 400 Years of Fort Zeelandia”,
TNAM, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 "Geopoetics: Changing Nature of Threatened Worlds", National Taiwan Museum of
Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 "The Hantoo Lanscape", FreeS Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 "Hantoo 2021: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining", PINGTUNG Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2020 “OldWays, Young”, FreeS Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2020“Cloudy”, Don Gallery, Shanghai, China
2019 “SENDAI-TAIWAN”, AROND SPACE, Sendai, Japen
2018 “Hantoo 20TH—POSON “, Taitung Art Museum, Taitung, Taiwan
2018“Fight Club—Hantoo 20th “, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Phiau-phiet ê", OpenSpace Bae, Busan, Korea
2017 "Hardcore Rally with Hantoo Art Group", National Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 "Hantoo Art Group in Penang", Daiichi Art Space, Penang, Malaysia
2015 “Vide et Plein”, Maison Bleu Studio, Paris, France
2014 “YES, TAIWAN - 2014 Taiwan Biennial”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts,
Taichung, Taiwan
2014“RE WRITING- Hantoo Art Group Exhibition”, FreeS Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 "Hantoo Lip-Tshù - Toughened Hantoo Souls Sentimentally Settled Here After Their Drift”, FreeS Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2013“HANTOO ART GROUP”, Inart Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2012 "Chia Chia”, One Year Gallery, Taipei
2012"The Sentimental Boys!", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2011 “A Poetry of Silence”, TRENDY INTERIOR DESIGN, Shanghai, China
Work
Chen Ching-Yao
（Taiwan, b. 1976）
Chen Ching-Yao (Taiwan, b. 1976) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, where he currently lives and works. He holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts. His works combine costume, performance, photography, and embroidery, with the final presentation in the form of images and installations. He explores political and cultural issues. Using humor and satire, he critiques the phenomenon of leader deification in Asian culture, projecting his own image onto political leader portraits, creating a sense of contradiction between replacement and being replaced. His works often appropriate symbols from Japanese and Korean pop culture and portraits of political figures, deconstructing symbols of power and creating an ironic contrast that elicits a knowing smile. In recent years, his work has focused on photography and painting, internalizing historical and cultural differences into personal experiences. His works profoundly interpret the dialectic between power and absurdity, inviting the audience to reconsider their relationship with society through humor. He has won the Taiwan Emerging Art Awards and the First Prize of Taipei Arts Awards, and in 2009, he received the Liu Guosong Creation Award from the Asian Cultural Council Taipei Office to further his studies in New York. His works are permanently collected by institutions such as White Rabbit Gallery (Australia).
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Battleground Girls Chen Ching-Yao Solo Exhibition”, Double Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 “AK Girls and Panzer - Chen Ching-Yao Solo Exhibition”, Double Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 “THE FALLING AK47 GIRL!!”, WinWin Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015 "Dear Mr. Chen, We love you!!", VT ART SALON, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 "Chen, Ching-Yao solo exhibition", Migo Gallery, Busan, Korea
2012 "International Radio Exercise", Fukuoka Asia Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2009 "I ♥ NY", Soka Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2009"Otaku Paradise", Taitung Railway Art Village, Taitung, Taiwan
2008 "The Masquerade exhibition", Soka Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2007 Character / Allure", Soka Art Center, Beijing, China
2007 "T'ien-Kung K'Ai-Wu", VT ART SALON, Taipei ,Taiwan"
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021 "Hantoo 2021: Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining", PINGTUNG Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2021"Traveling Backwards - to the stories we left behind", MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 "OAIPAP 2020", Okinawa, Japan
2019 "Asia in Asia - close by far away drums", Gyeongnam Art Museum, Korea
2018 "Archipelago on an Island", Koganecho, Yokohama, Japan
2017 "Love Love Show-2", Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan
2017"Crossing the Straits", Run Amok Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
2015 "Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition 2015" , Jeonbuk Museum of Art ,Korea
2015"Banned Image", nGbK ,Berlin, Germany
2014 "Bildhauen", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Australia
2014 "Asia Anarchy Alliance", Tokyo Wonder Site,Tokyo, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts , Taipei, Taiwan
2013 "Insportsration", Project Fulfill Art Space ,Taipei, Taiwan
2013"Pingyao International Photography Festival", Pingyao ,China
2013"Hantoo Li p-Tshù - Toughened Hantoo Souls Sentimentally Settled Here After Their Drift", Frees Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2013“HANTOO ART GROUP”, Inart Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2013"Asynchronous States", VT ART SALON/ Frees Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 "Boundaries on the Move: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue", Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
2012"Sincere Subversion", VT ART SALON, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 "People’s Repubilc of China— Republic without People", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2010 "Measurement of the Other— Contemporary Art from Taiwan", Soka Gallery, Beijing, China
2010"Nature of China-Contemporary Art Documenta", True Color Museum, Suzhou, China
2010"Amazement and Astonishment-Hantoo Art Group’s Adventure to the West", Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2009 "Comedies", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2009"2012+THE DROP Uban Art Infill", New York, USA
2009"Inter-City, 2009 Art in Busan", Busan Museum of Art, Korea
2009"PARODY", Museum of Contemporary Art ,Taipei, Taiwan
2009"IRP Spring 2009 Exhibition", Location One , New York, USA
2009"Dream in a Contemporary Secret Garden", The Chelsea Art Museum, ACAW, Elga Wimmer Gallery, Papoos Gallery, USA