ARTIST｜林書楷 Shu-Kai LIN
Born in 1983 in Tainan, Taiwan. Lin graduated from Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University
of the Arts, and acquired a master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of Fine Arts, Taipei
National University of the Arts in 2012. His has exhibited in Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Korea,
Netherlands and US. Lin's works often use various materials and forms such as painting and objects
to construct his imagined spaces and our mental states in modern society, and always try to provide
a new perspective to viewers.
< Education >
2012 M.F.A., Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
2007 B.F.A., Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
< Solo Exhibition (selected) >
2017 The Balcony City, Hua-Chin Molding Factory, Tainan, Taiwan
2014 The Balcony City Series—Civic Culture and the Island , VT Artsalon, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 MIT Art Taipei, New Talent, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 The Gesture of Handwriting-The Mental Image of Contemporary Island and City,
Der-Horng Art Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
< Group Exhibition (selected) >
2019 Art Central, Der-Horng Art Gallery Booth, Hong Kong
2019 A Quarter / Der-Horng Art Gallery 25th Anniversary (Der-Horng Art Gallery) , Tainan, Taiwan
2018 The Flying Land（JUT ART MUSEUM）Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Metropolis of the Future : A Futurology Study of Asian Mega-Cities (The Project Complex in Bangkok 02), Bangkok, Thailand
2018 Taiwan‧Artistry－Modern Painters and New Generation Artist in Taiwan, Taipei Economic and
Cultural Representative Office in Japan, Tokyo, Japan
2017 M space Formosa Sculpture Biennial, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaoshiung, Taiwan
2017 The Flying Land, Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives, The Hague, Netherlands
2017 Urban Implosion, Asia Culture Center, Guangju, Korea
2017 Fully Loaded Tainan - New York 2017 Exchange residency program and exhibition, New York, US
2017 The Terrain of Taiwan Contemporary Art, Double Square Gallery, Taipei
2017 An Ode to Thirty, Eslite Gallery, Taipei
2017 Kau-Puê, Mutual Companionship in Near Future: Folk Art Parade ✕ Design Exhibition, Tainan
2017 Rhetoric of Shame, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei
2016 Taiwan Biennial: The Possibility of an Island, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung,
2016 Inside/Outside-Exploration of Tainan Contemporary Arts, Tainan Cultural Center, Tainan
2016 Reading the Landscape-Stories from Artists, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 Illustrated Treatise of folks, Absolute Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2016 Our Southern hometown-Taiwan Contemporary Art, The dissolution of the nation and the rebuild of home, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, Tokyo
2015 A Bird’s Eye of the World, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2015 Make Sense, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei , Taiwan
2015 Dreams‧Habitations - NTMoFA Young Artist Collection Exhibition, National Taiwan Museum of
Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2014 Cross-Strait Young Artist Exhibition Program/ Taipei: The Lost Garden, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei , Taiwan
2013 Asynchronous States -AIA Asia in Independent Asia（ VT Artsalon ）Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Twilight, The Prospects of Asian Industry-Korea, Japan, Taiwan Collaborative Art Project(Cheng
Da Book Store )Tainan, Taiwan