CV
Kuo-Wei Lin
lives and works in Berlin and Bremen
(b. 1982)
Education
2012 Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, KHB, Berlin | Diplom und Meisterschüler
2010 Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Universität der Künste, UdK, Berlin
2007 Chelsea College of Art & Design, London | MA Fine Art
2006 Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, HGB, Leipzig | BRFE Bourse de la Région Rhône-Alpes
2005 École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon | Diplôme National d’Art Plastique.
Exhibition
2024 SWAB Barcelona Art Fair, Barcelona, Cat (Solo)
2024 To the Sea, with Her Names, HIGURE 17-15.cas Tokyo, Japan
2024 To the Sea, with Her Names, KIKA Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2023 To the Sea, with Her Names, Larnaca Biennale, Cyprus
2023 Entangled Tokens, KIKA Gallery, Kyoto, Japan (Solo)
2023 Nuage-Éclair, Grnd Zero, Lyon, France
2022 Missread, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin, Germany (ANDPRESS)
2021 Papier Marché, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria (ANDPRESS)
2020 Global Swarming - Theoretical Fun, einBuch.haus, Berlin, Germany (ANDPRESS)
2019 BOOKCOVERCOVER, ART BOOK BERLIN, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (ANDPRESS)
2017 Openstudio, Hangar, Barcelona, Cat
2016 Synesthesia, NON Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
2016 The Way Things Go 物．理, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (Cat.)
2015 Interstice, Michael Ku Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (Solo)
2015 Anesthesia, Tête project space, Berlin, Germany (Duo)
2014 Taipei Biennial, The Great Acceleration, Taipei, Taiwan (Cat.)
2013 NO ONE RIVER FLOWS, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (KaMoFA), Taipei, Taiwan (Cat.)
2013 Collective Diary / Hal할Project, space Mass, Seoul, Korea
2013 PREVIEW BERLIN ART FAIR, Berlin, Germany (Cat.)
2013 More or Less, WCW Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2012 Ausgerechnet Freitag der Dreizehnte, Altes Kaufhaus Oranienplatz, Berlin, Germany (Cat.)
2012 Millefeuilles, Institut français Berlin, Maison de France, Germany (Cat.)
2011 Other Possible Worlds – Dictionary in Space , Centre Emile Hamilius, Casino Luxembourg
2011 Liquidshell, IAC Berlin, Germany
2011 The Power to Host, International Studio & Curatorial Program, ISCP New York, USA (GLOBAL ALIEN)
2011 Hope or Failure, Homeland Gallery, Portland, OR, USA (GLOBAL ALIEN) (Cat.)
2011 Metrospective 1.0, PROGRAM, Berlin, Germany
2010 Test, UferHallen, Berlin, Germany
2010 Schnell & Schmutzig, Markthalle IX, Berlin, Germany
2010 ART TODAY, Louhitalo, Eno, Finland
2010 Step toward Home, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Berlin, Germany (GLOBAL ALIEN)
2010 IMPLODED, Mareschstraße, Berlin, Germany
2009 POST.O: The Reverse of TOPOS, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, MOCA, Taiwan (SUMO STUDIO)
2009 IMPORT EXPORT / GLOBAL ALIEN. Rum 46, Århus, Denmark (GLOBAL ALIEN) (Cat.)
2009 MULTIPLECITIES, Noble & Superior Projects, Chicago, IL, USA
2009 Mahn oh Mahn, 1m / min, Emerson Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Cat.)
2009 Slow Revolution, KHB Foyer, Berlin, Germany
2009 ZOOLOGICS, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany (Cat.)
2008 Istanbul Art Fair - Tüyap, Koridoor Contemporary Art Programs, Turkey (Cat.)
2008 Power of Flower, Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Manggha, Kraków, Poland (Cat.)
2008 Vabration Lake, Minimal Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand (SUMO STUDIO)
2008 Anyway the wind blows, ARTPORT Gallery, Kolonie Wedding, Berlin, Germany
2008 À l’Œuvre ! Ethernal Network, Saint-Thélo, Bretagne, France
2007 How We May Be, Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London, UK
2007 MAFA Show 07, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK (Cat.)
2007 Spécial chantier, ENBA-Lyon, Les Subsistance, France (Cat.)
2006 Prototype for a ENSBA cafeteria, Paris · invitation by Tadashi Kawamata and Jean-Luc Vilmouth (SUMO STUDIO)
2006 Grammaire de la ville, Goethe-Institut Lyon, France (Cat.)
2006 Mark Lewis and Astrid Klein studio, HGB Rundgang, Leipzig, Germany
Publication | Press
2023 “In Fragments” Photo book, Germany.
2023 《食時事》“The Food is Good. The Weather is Nice. What Have You Been Up To?”, Taiwan, Germany, Cat.
2017 Paratext 21, Hangar, Barcelona, Cat. Paratext #21 - GRAF
2016 The Way Things Go 物．理, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. TFAM | Home | Research | Publication | The Way Things Go
2015 Through the "Interstice", the artist Kuo-Wei Lin took us to discover new "visual" boundary, Hsieh Shan Lien, NCAFROC MAG 國藝會線上誌, October 2015. (Chn) 國藝會線上誌
2015 To capture the invisible presence, ed. by Yang Wan-Ru, ART.INVESTOMENT 典藏投資 No.94 August 2015. (Chn) 典藏藝術網 artouch.com
2015 Artcollector Magazine, ed. by Jason Chung Tang Yen, July 2015 / Online. Young Blood in Taipei - Art Collector.au
2015 Ideally, Here Would Be Everything Solid – The Velocity and Illusion of 2014 Taipei Biennale , ed. by Yves CHIU, Modernart No .173 p.42-43. (Chn)
2015 The social science’s practice in Taiwan contemporary art, ed. by Chen Fei-Hao , ART PLUS 藝術地圖 No.46 August 2015. (Chn) 當代藝術中的社會實踐：林國威的〈間隙〉個展 | 飛豪 陳 - Academia.edu
2015 Taipei Biennial, The Great Acceleration, The Great Acceleration: The Many Versions of Nature, by Hen-An Chen, exh. cat. Taipei p.69
2015 Taipei Biennial, The Great Acceleration, THE POLITICS OF THE ANTHROPOCENE: Humanity, Things and Reification in Contemporary Art,
by Nicolas Bourriaud, exh. cat. Taipei p.22 p.45
2014 Art in america magazine, review: Taipei Biennial 2014, ed. by Kevin McGarry / Online. Taipei Biennial 2014 - Reviews - Art in America
2014 24 Artists To Watch 2015, Modern Painters Magazine, December, New york .p.71. 24 Artists to Watch | BLOUIN ARTINFO
2014 Artco Monthly / October, Taiwan. p.114 (Chn)
2013 NO ONE RIVER FLOWS, exh. cat. WHITE FUNGUS magazine.
2013 Preview Berlin, exh. cat.
2013 Berlin Art Link’s Highlight from Preview 2013 / Online. http://www.berlinartlink.com/2013/09/21/art-fair-preview-highlights/
2012 Ausgerechnet Freitag der Dreizehnte, exh. cat., KHB Berlin.
2012 Millefeuilles, Institut français Berlin, exh. cat.
2011 GLOBAL ALIEN „Hope and Failure“ – Investigating the American Dream, exh. cat. Berlin
2010 Enon Ja Kontiolahden KESÄ 2010, Pielisjokiseutu, Finland (Fi)
2010 GLOBAL ALIEN, Magazine, exh. cat. Berlin
2010 Mahn oh Mahn, exh. cat. Emerson Gallery, Berlin
ISBN 978-3-00-026860-1
2009 IKEA Explosion, Der Temporary Break Research Magazin, Berlin
2009 ZOOLOGICS, exh. cat. Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
2009 POST.O statement: a curatorial writing, Artco Monthly/September, Taiwan
2009 POST.O in response to locality-FAQ, National Culture and Arts Foundation magazine, September , Taiwan
2008 The ARTIST 2008, exh. cat. Istanbul Art Fair - Tüyap, Turkey
2008 Power of Flower, Musuem of Japanese Art and Technology, Manggha, Kraków, Poland
ISBN 978-83-924407-9-6
2007 Le & Ly. Grammaire de la Ville, exh. cat. Lyon-Leipzig, France, Germany
ISBN 3-932865-45-6
2007 MAFA Catalogue, exh. cat. Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2007 En 1799 l’entrée était déjà là, exh. cat. Les Subsistances ENBA-Lyon, France
ISBN 2-910616-14-2
2007 Panorama - A Slow Mirage, Revue LAPS, France
Award | Residency
2023 Travel grant for THE MELODY OF REMEDY project, Kunststiftung NRW, Germany
2023 Visiting curators 2023, with Agnieszka Roguski, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Germany
2022 Anarchoresis 隱引, Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen, Germany
2020 Grants for Artist in residency, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (KaMoFA), Taiwan / Gwangju Museum of Art, South of Korea (Postponed)
2020 Global Swarming, einBuch.haus, Berlin, Germany (ANDPRESS)
2017 Grants for Artist in residency, Hangar, Barcelona, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2015 Award for Young Artist, Solo Exhibition Project Funding. Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2015 Grants for the arts, The Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs
2014 Grants for the arts, The Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs
2011 Art Workshop, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
2011 Korean Arts Council funding
Danish Arts Council funding
Travel funding Berliner Senat (GLOBAL ALIEN)
2009 Danish Arts Council funding (GLOBAL ALIEN)
National Culture and Arts Foundation Taiwan
Institut français de Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Artist Village, TAV Artist in Residence, Taiwan (SUMO STUDIO)
2007 Public art commission 1% artistique LYCEE A BEAUNE LA ROLANDE (45) shortlist (SUMO STUDIO)
2007 ComPeung Artist in Residence Program, Chiang Mai,Thailand (SUMO STUDIO)
2005 BRFE Bourse de la Région Rhône-Alpes, France, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst HGB, Leipzig Germany
2000 National Culture and Arts Award, Taiwan
Talk | Workshop
2024 Essen als Kulturelle Landschaft, Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen, Germany
With Evamaria Schaller and Yipei Lee and more
2023 Lecture, University of Arts Bremen, HfK, Bremen, Germany
2023 Club hopping Art talk, TAV, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Screening: Alabaster_und von horizonten, RaumPro, Bremen, Germany
2022 Anarchoresis 隱引, Temporary gallery, Cologne, Germany
2022 Anarchoresis 隱引, Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen, Germany
2014 Taipei Biennial, Round Table: Artistes, Machines and Nature
2011 Art Workshop, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
2011 Artist Talk, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, PNCA, OR, USA (GLOBAL ALIEN)
2011 Artist Talk, Alienation, Thank You Art Day 11' Asia Art Archive (AAA), Hong Kong - Berlin (GLOBAL ALIEN)
2009 Artist Talk, TONGUE LADEN, Berlin, Germany (GLOBAL ALIEN)
2009 Artist Talk, vis-à-vis, POST.O, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, MOCA, Taiwan
2009 Workshop, Berlin-Barcelona: Die Stadt als Text, HANGAR Centre de producció d'Arts Visuals Barcelona, Spain
2008 Skoki Workshop, Poland, initiated by Jaroslaw Kozlowski, Inge Mahn
2005-2006 Workshop, Mémoire en demeure project initiated by Tadashi Kawamata
Programme Les Nouveaux Commanditaires, Saint-Thélo, France
2005-2006 Workshop, Symposium, La construction du réel dans l'art contemporain
Program of research supported by the Ministry of Culture, France
collaboration with CEHTA, EHESS and ENBAL, under the supervision of Giovanni Careri and Bernhard Rüdiger.
initiated by Luciano Fabro, Pietro Montani, André Gunthert, Ernst Van Alphen, Mieke Bal and Thomas Shütte.
2005 Artist Talk, Open-Art Contemporary Art Center Taipei, Taiwan
Others
Collaborate with ANDPRESS (since 2019, an artist run self-publishing collective based in Berlin and Taipei)
Co-founded La Calavera (2007, one year art platform project in Villeurbanne) http://la.calavera.free.fr/
Co-founded SUMO STUDIO (2006-2009. A group of associated artists who work in public space and develop site-specific projects)
Collaborate with GLOBAL ALIEN (2009-2011, International network of artists and theorists). http://www.globalalien.net/
