1989 born in Taipei, Taiwan
Yen's creations are mainly inspired by the modern-day information explosion, and sensory overload, psychological disconnection, and other human and societal developments, both absurd and humorous, resulting from this drastic change. The works strive to capture the highly varied Taiwanese society and its modern collective state of angst and restlessness through the reiteration and re-characterization of words, images, and stories gathered from online media through the traditional Chinese medium of shui-mo (ink-and-brush) painting.
Education
2017M.F.A. Program, Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
2011B.F.A., Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
Solo Exhibition
2026Nocturnals, YI YUN ART, Taipei, Taiwan
2023The Fragment, Double Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Knot / Knot, Liquide Ambre, Taipei, Taiwan
2021House of Useless, Pongding Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Fragments and Remnants, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2017Easily Forgotten Excruciating Grief, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibition
2026Sticky Relationships: Filling // Fissures, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
The Great Librarian, KdMoFA, Taipei, Taiwan
Between Stars and Dust, Eslite Gallery, Beijing, China
Variations and Dialogues in Writing, Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2025A Study of the Grotesque: Forms of Life in the Chthulucene, Double Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Beyond the Bounds: Figuring the Nonhuman, YI YUN ART, Taipei, Taiwan
Between Calligraphy and Painting, YI YUN ART, Taipei, Taiwan
In a Nutshell In a Nut Shell I’m Not Sure, SS Space Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2024Enclave: An Autobiography, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Hidden Landscapes, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
CTBC Painting Prize, KdMoFA, Taipei, Taiwan
Space in Between, Live Forever Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan
Framing Culture, Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Have a Good Meal, Nei-wei Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023Unruly Clay 2.0, BACK_Y, Taipei, Taiwan
Cross_TDCC Contemporary Art Award Artists Exhibition, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Dimensions Unveiled: A Journey into Everyday Life, SS Space Space, New Taipei City, Taiwan
The Chosen One: Treasure Hill Light Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2022Realities of Ignorance, Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, Nantou, Taiwan
Taiwan Ceramics Biennale-Tangible World, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Unruly Clay, Island, Taipei, Taiwan
One Art Taipei, Equal Art Lab, The Sherwood, Taipei, Taiwan
2021Set BAD, Zit-Dim Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2020Subzoology-2020 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
ASYAAF, DDP, Seoul, Korea
Beitou Local Postures Collecting Project, Hong-gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2019Reciprocation: The Resonance of the Mind, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Central, GALERIE OVO, Hong Kong
2018SU Wong-shen with His Young Friends, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Beyond Brush and Ink II, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2016International Animation Exhibition, MOCA Yinchuan, China
HER Gaze, Taipei Cultural Center, New York, U.S.A.
Inter Vs. Trans – When ink meets eastern gouache, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Illustrated Treatise of folks, Absolute Space for the Art, Tainan, Taiwan
Dreams · Habitations, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2015Contemporary Ink Painting, Lotus Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Ink · Color · A Fine Boundary, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
What Is & What Will Be II, Show Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2014ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
Why We Draw, Kyoto, Japan
The Origin of Relations: Complacency of the Local, KdMoFA, Taipei, Taiwan
The Decay of the Angel, KdMoFA, Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan Contemporary Ink Painting, IP Gallery, Hualian, Taiwan
Very Hazy 2, VT Art Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
2013Ink Painting Online - Net Generation, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Very Hazy, A Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Curatorial Projects
2023Unruly Clay 2.0, BACK_Y, Taipei, Taiwan (co-curated with Chen Yi-Chiu)
2022Unruly Clay, ISland, Taipei, Taiwan (project initiator)
Collection
2024Screenshot#2, Taiwan Art Bank, Taiwan
Screenshot#4, Taiwan Art Bank, Taiwan
2023Countless Yesterdays–3, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2022Screenshot#5, M+, Hong Kong
2017Easily Forgotten Pleasure-Cupid, Taiwan Art Bank, Taiwan
Love& Peace& Shit, Taiwan Art Bank, Taiwan
Beneath Trousers #1, Taiwan Art Bank, Taiwan
2015The Bleeding Memorial Park#2, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014The Bleeding Memorial Park#1, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2013Cross in Silent, KdMoFA, Taipei, Taiwan
2012Landscaping-Nothing after Harvest, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Artist Residencies
2019European Ceramic Work Centre, Oisterwijk, Netherlands
2018Gwangju Museum of Art, Korea
Awards and Grants
2025ACC Taiwan Foundation 2025 New York Fellowship
2023CTBC Painting Prize, CTBC Foundation for Arts and Culture, Taiwan
2022TDCC Contemporary Arts Award, Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation, Taiwan
2017Project Grants, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government
2015Project Grants, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government
2014S-An Cultural Foundation Prize
Made In Taiwan - Young Artist Discovery
2013Outstanding Art Prize of School of Fine Art, Taipei National University of the Art
2012Project Grants, The National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2010The 5th Long Yen Foundation Art Scholarship, Long Yen Foundation