About

Lo Yi-Chun

Lo Yi-Chun (b. 1985, Taipei) uses natural media such as banana peels, tobacco, and bagasse to create a wide range of objects and spatial installations that reflect on the history of economic crops in the context of global trade. In addition to exploring the relationship between agriculture and politics, her work also addresses the movement of people and commodities in the globalized world.

Exhibitions

2024 【Ethanol · Fitness · Media Blur】, NCCU Art & Culture Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2022 【Black · Gold · White】, Mind Set Art Centre , Taipei, Taiwan

2018 【Taste of Ocean】, galerie nichido Taipei , Taiwan

2017 【Zeelandia】, Absolute Space , Tainan, Taiwan

2017 【Golden Jasmine】, Meinong Hakka Cultural Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2015【One Night in the Typhoon】, Soulangh Artist Village, Tainan, Taiwan

2014 【Banana Justice】, Contemporary Arts International, MA, USA

2014 【Banana Justice II】, Reasons To Be Cheerful, MA, USA

2014 【芭娜娜 • バナナ • Saging (Bananas in Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines)】, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

2013 【芭娜娜 • バナナ • Saging (Bananas in Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines)】, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan

2012 【Winter Gardening】, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, USA

2009 【Bolero Paradise-The Representation of Memory】, Paipu Music &Art Center, Taipei

2024 South Plus: Constructing Historical Pluralism Ⅲ─Ocean in Us: Southern Visions of Women Artists, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2024 Fāng Wù — Asian Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Ju-Ming Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

2024 VOC, Sea Monsters, Artillery Fire, and Them: 400 Years of Fort Zeelandia, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan

2023 Objects Remind of You, Taipei City Hakka Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2023 Living the Days, Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, Nantou, Taiwan

2023 Here is Where We Meet, Chiayi Art Museum, Taiwan

2023 Green Island Human Rights Art Festival, Green Island White Terror Memorial Park, Taitung, Taiwan

2022 Climbing Up to Archaeology in Neiwei, Neiwei Art Centre, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2021 Taipei Art Awards, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan

2021 Playbour, Solid Art, Taipei, Taiwan

2021 A Rhythm of Tree Forming the Forest, Chiayi Art Museum, Taiwan

2021 Signals, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei, Taiwan

2020 Routes to Roots, galerie nichio Taipei, Taiwan

2020 Florae: The Women Artists – A Special Project for MSAC 10th Anniversary III, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2020 Everyday Life and the Landscapes of the Islands: Betel Nuts, Bananas, Sugar Cane, Palms, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan

2019 Romantic Route 3, Historical remains of former Kainsai police station, Hsinchu, Taiwan

2019 Unfolding Acts: New Arts from Taipei and Perth, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia

2019 Edible, Solid Art, Taoyuan, Taiwan

2019 Letter.Callus.Post-war, Kuandu Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

2019 Urban Tribes: Urban Caravan, New York Foundation for the Arts(NYFA), New York, USA

2019 Letter.Callus.Post-war, Galeri Lorong, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2019 Beyond Nature, Live Forever Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan

2019 Madou Sugar Industry Art Triennial, Tsung-Yeh Art and cultural Center, Tainan, Taiwan

2018 Prism: Approach Unseen Scenarios, ALIEN Art Centre, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2018 The Flying Land, JUT Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 2050. A Brief History of the Future, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan

2017 Asian Art Biennale, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan

2017 Attachment-Detachment: The Fluxes Of Subjects And Objects, Hong Kong Taiwan Art Exchange Exhibition, KLN, Hong Kong

2017 Tobacco, Carpet, Lunch Box, Textile Machinery and Cave Men: the narratives of craftsmanship and technologies in contemporary art, Hong-Gah Museum, Taiwan

2017 A Journey Far from Home, galerie nichido Taipei, Taiwan

2016 Transition of Times: 20 Years of Kaohsiung Awards, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2015 SpielART Festival, Spielmotor München e.V. – eine Initiative der Stadt München und der BMW Group, München, Germany

2015 Navigation & Trajectory, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan

2015 Art and City in Yokohama and Taipei, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan

2015 International Environmental Art projects – Paradise: Sustainable Oceans, National Museum of Marine, Science & Technology, Keelung, Taiwan

2015 Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2014 Very Fun Park, Taipei, Taiwan

2014 Art exhibition, Yatra Art foundation, India

2013 Finissage DordtYart 2013, DordtYart, Dordrecht, The Netherlands

2012 Guandu International Outdoor Installation Art Festival, Taipei

2011 Ju-Ming Museum Art Project, Taipei

2010 Ping-Ling Farm International Environmental Art Project, Shaun-Xi, Taipei

2010 Cheng-Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project, Taiwan

2009 The Hidden Being, King- Car Art Center ,Taipei, Taiwan

2008 CologneOFF IV, CologneOFF IV – Here We Are! online

2008 Ghosts, photo Exhibitions, bomb shelter gallery, Taipei

2007 Something interesting, National Tsing Hue U., Hsinchu

2007 Four cats, Art and Culture Center of Banqiao ,Taipei

2006 Artist Fair, Huashan 1914 Creative Park, Taipei

2019 Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia

2016 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

2016 Meinong Cultural Creative Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2015 Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan

2015 Soulangh Artist Village, Tainan, Taiwan

2015 National Museum of Marine, Science & Technology, Keelung, Taiwan

2014 Contemporary Arts International, MA, USA

2013 DordtYart Artist in Residency, Dordrecht, The Netherlands

2013 BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan

2012 Guandu International Outdoor Installation Art Festival, Taipei.

2012 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA.

2011 Ju-Ming Museum Art Project, Taipei

2011 Xin-Gang Granary Art Project, Xin-Gang, South Taiwan

2010 Ping-Ling Farm International Environmental Art Project, Taiwan

2010 Xin-Gang Granary Art Project, Xin-Gang,  Taiwan

2010 Cheng-Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project, Yun-Lin, Taiwan

2009 Art Schweitzer Project (Volunteer), King Car Educational Foundation, Taiwan

2005 CO2-Taiwan Avant Garde Document (Volunteer), Taiwan

Fellowships and Awards
2021
Honorable Mention. Taipei Art Award, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan
2020
Creators Award. Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-Lab), Taiwan
2017
1st Prize. Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award, Taoyuan Exhibition Center, Taiwan
2015
1st Prize. Kaohsiung Art Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2014
International Residency and Cultural Exchange Program Grant, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2013
The Wanderer Project Fellowship, sponsored by the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. (4-month research of eco-villages in India)
2012
Taipei Artist Village Artist Exchange Program Grant, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan. (3-month residency in Yokohama, JP)
2011
The Asian Artist Fellowship award, sponsored by the Freeman Foundation, New York, USA (2-months residency in Vermont, USA)
2010
Quality Award. King-Car Midsummer Festival Illustration Award for “Phoenix’s Secret”

Collections

Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Art Bank Taiwan, Taiwan Fine Art Foundation

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

BankART 1929, Yokohama, Japan

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