Exhibit53—Fang Wei-Wen Solo Exhibition

Date｜01 OCT – 05 NOV 2023

Opening｜01 OCT 15:00

Forum｜01 OCT 15:30

Venue｜Absolute Space for the Arts

Guest｜Yang Chia-Hsuan, Hsu Yuan-Ta

About Artist

Born in Brunei as a first generation of oversea Kimen, Fukien descendant in 1970, went to Chung Hwa Middle School from kinder-garden, started to interested in drawing during middle school because of Hong Kong comics. After finishing high school, decided to go to Taiwan for undergraduate studies in art. Enrolled in Tunghai University, Fine Arts Department in 1988. Determined to take on a career in art after graduation in 1993, stayed and worked in Taichung for four years. Moved to Tainan in 1997 for graduate programme at Tainan National University of the Arts, and has been living and worked in Tainan since then.

FANG，WEI-WEN

1970 Born in Brunei

1993 B.F.A. ，Fine-art Department， Tung-Hai University

1999 Vermont Studio center, Freeman fellowship.

2000 Taiwan Art Council grants, 18th street Art Complex.

2003 M.F.A.,Tainan National University of the Arts.

SOLO EXHIBITION

2021 "bits, west, ba, pipe, 102, saggy,far away"，Project Fulfill Art Space，Taipei

2016 "the structure of maybe and probability", Black&White, Taichung

2016 "Faraway, still-life and others", Licence Art Gallery, Tainan

2015 "Corcodile under the bridge", Zspace, Taichung

2014 "Mess", NHCUE Art Space, Hsinchu

2014 "Habitual Action", Absolute Art Space, Tainan

2013 "When we are all togather", KYU Art Center,Kaohsiung

2012 "They are all quite nice childrens",Dodo Bird Art Studio, Taichung

2010 "Visitant:Time & Exile ",Yangshihfang Memorial Garden, Ilan

2009 "Own Making Land", Galerie Pierre, Taichung

2009 "Beyond Boundaries", TAI YU Beaux Arts Salon,Chia-Yi

2008 "Fly Yah", Cans Book Shop, Beijing, China

2008 "Crack between here and reality", TAI YU Beaux Arts Salon,Chia-Yi

2006 "no.3,Nan-yeh-cun Village",Ke-Yuan Gallery,Ching Shui,Taichung.

2005 "house in small small rain",Ke-Yuan Gallery,Ching Shui,Taichung.

2003 "Wild garden", PROTOTYPE ART, Tainan.

2003 "The bee bee bomd and meme",Rice Warehouse Art Space,Tainan.

2002 "BEE",cockloft show,Paint House Forum & Studio,Tainan.

2002 "Detour:connect/disconnect-Dua solo exhibition of Tang,Tang-Fa and Fang Wei-Wen",Art Site of Chia-Yi Railway Warehouse,Chia-Yi.

2001 “PARA.SITE”, PROTOTYPE ART, Tainan

2000 “Parallel world”, Red-mill Gallery, Vermont, U.S.A.

1999 “Longtime ago, in a faraway land”,IT-PARK Gallery, Taipei.

1998 “MIMIC”，NHCTC，Hsin-chu city，Taiwan

1998 “MUMUR”，PROTOTYPE Art-space，Tainan

1993 “1988-1993”，Cultural Exchange Association，Taipei

GROUP EXHIBITION

2023 "Bifurcation of confluence/2023Next Art Tainan",DA Xin Art Museum, Tainan

2023 "Conch Shell Blowing/Good to go -Young artists empowerment project2021", National Tainan Living Art Center,Tainan

2022 "Home﹢" Galerie Pierre, Taichung

2022 "Mild Spirit", Taipei Zhongshan Hall, Taipei

2022 "Jīngzhé collection exhibition" Z-space, Taichung

2021 "Hide -and-Seek /Good to go -Young artists empowerment project2021", National Tainan Living Art Center,Tainan

2020 "2020Austronesian International Arts Award", Taitung Art Museum, Taitung

2020 "Super Spontaneous Chi:A Route119 South Villagers'Exhibition", DA Xin Art Museum, Tainan

2020 "Longlonglong!!!: Good To Go-Young Artists Empowerment Hub_I", National Tainan Living Art Center, Tainan

2020 "Kampung Logeen :Stranded in Kampung"， Lostgens’ Contemporary Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2020 "Underflow", Lostgens’ Contemporary Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2019 "khiang：Dua exhibition of", 107 Gallery, Taichung

2019 "The Glory of Tainan:A Southern Wind"Tainan Art Museum, Tainan

2018 "Signature Art Prize", National Museum of Singapore, Singapore

2017 "Very Substainable",MOCA Yinchuan, Yinchuan,China

2017 "Yuguang island Art Festival",Yuguang Island, Tainan City

2017 "Utopia", Mizuiro workshop, Tainan

2016 "Inside/Outside:Contemporary Tainan Art", Tainan Cultural Center

2016 "Evoke: The Revealed Taiwanese Subjectivity",Absolute Art Space, Tainan

2015 "The Great Scenery", Absolute Art Space, Tainan

2014 "The wilds investigation", Licence Art Gallery, Tainan

2014 "Beautiful Prime Time", zspace, Taichung

2014 "The Pioneers of Taiwanese Artists 1961~1970", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung

2013 "Asia Cruise", Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei

2013 "TUNG-HAI as an adjective", TUNGHAI University Art Gallery

2009 "The Exotic Flora River Basin", Kao Yuan Art Center, Kaohsiung County

2009 "Neo Kaohsiung Wave:2nd Wave", Sincewell Gallery,Kaohsiung

2009 "New Green", Clinic Gallery, Tainan

2008 "Metallicity Radiance-The Temperature of City:2008Kaohsiumg Steel & Iron Sculpture Festival", Kaohsiung City

2008 "Sweeties", ITPark, Taipei

2008 "Local View:Made In Taiwan"Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei

2008 "Bubble Tea: Art of Taiwan and its Contemporary Mutations",The Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic

2008 "Open City : Architecture in Art",Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei.

2007 "Path of Virture"-Pototype Art

2007 "Taiwan Contemporary Art in Wonderland", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung

2006 "Ripples and Harmonies: Translocation-Recombination-Connection", Kaohsiung PIER-2 Art District ,Kaohsiung

2006 "Play With Lines", Children's Museum of Art, Kaohsiung.

2006 "A Realm with No Coordinates--The Gaze and the Division in the Contemporary Art Creation of Taiwan and Hong Kong",

"Empty Field II-A dialogue between contemporary art and contemporary philosophy", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung

2006 "Empty Field II-A dialogue between contemporary art and contemporary philosophy", Kuandu Museum of Arts, Taipei

2006 "Turning The Theater-Sensational Mobilization", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung

2006 "Between Obstruction & Crossover/2006 International Windbreak Forest Enviroment Arts Exhibition", Anping, Tainan

2005 "Taiwan Avant-Garde Documenta II/Lost Word",National Chiao Tung University Arts Center, Hsinchu

2005 "2005 Taiwan Lantern Festival", Anping, Tainan

2004 "Taiwan Avant-Garde Documenta II/Lost Word", Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei

2004 "Garden's Whisper/Artist-in-resident Project 2004 ", Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, Hong-Kong

2004 "The rumor of China Town-Chinese Architecture 2004 ",Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei

2004 "New Frontier-An Investigation of art tribe around wusanto reservoir",PROTOTYPE ART, Tainan.

2004 "Cubic of Stitch",Galerie Pierre,Taichung.

2004 "Ke-Yuan New Stars 2004",Ke-Yuan Gallery,Ching Shui,Taichung.

2004 "Confucious 21",136 Community Art Galary,Tainan.

2003 "2003 Koahsiung International Container Arts Festival,"Tirosen←→Takau,Connection-Art Touring Project"Kaohsiung pier area—Star of the Sea,Kaohsiung.

2003 "Asynchronism in Local",20 Stock & Art Site of Chia-Yi Railway Warehouse.

2003 "A Stroll in Pioneer",Pioneer Art Studio,Tainan

2002 "Arena of activity-the interface in gray atmosphere",The 2002 Hei-Chin Block Arts Festival,Art Site of Chia-Yi Railway Warehouse,Chia-Yi.

2002 "Oeuvre of Contemporary Art in Taiwan",Hong-Gah Museum,Taipei

2002 "Tainan Biennal",Tainan Municipal Cultural Center,Tainan

2002 "Cricket,Mon-To,Pig Head",NCKU Art Center,Tainan

2002 "Encounter over Seas-Physical Transplanting the Historical.Taiwan

2002 Contemporary Art Exhibition",Old Ladies house Art Space,Macau.

2001 "Warrant for Pioneer Art",Pioneer Art Studio,Tainan

2001 "International Art Exchange,Pioneer Art Studio,Taina

2001 "Translation of spirit:Dialogue between Psychiatry and Arts",Cheng shiu Art Center,Kaohsiung/Trend gallery ,Taipei

2001 “VERY FUN PARK-Contemporary Art from Taiwan”, PICA, Perth, Australia.

2001 “NEW MIND-Artistic Creations in Motion”,Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei.

2000 “VERY FUN PARK-Contemporary Art from Taiwan”, Wurth-Gallery, Goethe-Institute Hong Kong, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

2000 “pH Series-Alkalinity”, IT Park Gallery, Taipei.

2000 “Concerning Prototype Art”, PROTOTYPE ART, Tainan.

2000 “Vision of Pluralism-Contemporary Art in Taiwan 1988-1999”,Mountain Museum, National History Museum, Chin-Hwa University.

Organizer｜Absolute Space for the Arts

Space Sponsorship｜National Culture and Arts Foundation

Exhibition Sponsorship｜Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government