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RESUMÉ
Kuo-Wei Lin (born 1982 in Taiwan), relocated in Paris in the end of 2000, in 2002 he started his art education in the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Art de Lyon, later in 2005 he attended an exchange program with a BRFE scholarship at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. In 2007 he received his degree Master of Art, postgraduate studies at Chelsea College of Art in London. From 2007 he attends the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee in Berlin and at the Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Universität der Künste Berlin, where he continues his art researches. Kuo-Wei Lin has exhibited widely internationally. Important shows include the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, MOCA, Taiwan (2009); Musuem of Japanese Art and Technology, Manggha, Kraków, Poland. (2008); Tate Britain, London, UK (2007); Goethe-Institut Lyon, France. (2006). He also co-founded and organized group project such as La Calavera (2007 one year art platform project in Villeurbanne), SUMO STUDIO (2006-2009) and in collaboration with GLOBAL ALIEN (since 2009).
His inspiration is a culmination of his Taiwanese background, one marred in a state of alienation and proximity, his quest to understand the odd in the ordinary and the insignificant in the monumental, and his fascination with human behavior. Decoding and reconstructing the present, understanding an environment begins with identifying the exceptional, making possible a novel interaction with it,
His projects took him to different continents. The cultural influence of these countries is evident in his works, producing artefacts from trees, pigeon spikes, postcards, city centers or country roads and illicit dumps. Combining the objects and the spaces that he finds to draw the spectator into questioning the present,
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VIDEO DOCUMENTATION
Video documentation “ Le pain perdu “ coming soon
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NEWS 2009 . 2010:
TEST
Uferhallen Wedding
17.7-25.7.2010
Private view / Eröffnung: Freitag, 16.07.2010, 19.00 Uhr
Öffnungszeiten: Mo.-Fr. 14.00-18.00 Uhr; Sa., So. 12.00-20.00 Uhr
Uferstraße 8-11
13357 Berlin, Germany
This project is generously supported by the following companies
Support: Marcus Heydeck Tischlermeister
m.heydeck@web.de
Sponsor: Stadtgefieder - Taubenabwehr und mehr
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ART TODAY 2010
Louhitalo
28.6-8.8.2010
Heinitie 16, 81200 Eno, Finland
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STEP TOWARD HOME / GLOBALALIEN
East West Gallery / Performance “Homeland Security”
04.06.2010 (19:00-22:00)
Group exhibition
Berlin-based artist collective Global Alien creates a physical gateway to the gallery that questions how one functions when moving toward or away from home. Visitors to the gallery participate in the investigation of how one interacts with the people that may stand in the way of their destination.
The idea of "home" becomes a halted moment of transit, an in-between environment of potential restriction or liberation, much in the way that a home can be
Fichtestrasse 3, Kreuzberg
10967 Berlin Germany
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KLAUS-MARIA RHUBARBERS SAMMLUNG
Möbelhaus von A bis Z gallery / Group exhibition
30.05 - 07.06.2010
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2010 NEW CATALOGUE RELEASE
* GLOBALALIEN, Magazine, Berlin
* Mahn oh Mahn, Emerson Gallery, Berlin
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SITTING IN MY ROOM, TOO TOUGH TO DIE / SUMO STUDIO
Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei / Outdoor project
**POST.O: The Reverse of TOPOS
26.09 - 18.10.2009
Artists: i/ O, SUMO STUDIO, Sheung-Chuen PAK, Hsien-Hsu CHU, Jin-Da LIN, Sumi LIN, Chen-Hung CHIU, Taro Izumi, Chia-Wei HSU, Wei-Li YEH, Fuxinghen Studio, Jun YANG, Asio LIU, Chia-En JAO│Plug-in Artists: Jin-Da LIN, W.T. Team, Manray HSU, Jun YANG│Curatorial Team: Huang Chien-Hung＆Open- contemporary Art Center
**POST.O MARU WORKSHOP
28.09 - 4.10.2009
**POSTO vis-à-vis ( Artist's talk )
27.09,2009 (SUN) 15:00~16:00
Place: Audio-Video Room ( 2nd floor) in MOCA Taipei
Host: Chien Hung Huang ( POST.O Curator/ Assistant Professor in Art Department of Taipei National University of the Arts)＋ Open-Contemporary Art Center
Artists: SUMO STUDIO( Kuo-Wei LIN 、Ludovic MÉHAUTÉ ), Chen-Hung CHIU, Taro IZUMI, Chia-Wei HSU, Sheung-Chuen PAK
POST.O: The Reverse of TOPOS 後地方：地方性的逆轉
Open-Art Contemporary Art Center Taipei, OCAC 打開-當代藝術工作站
Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, MOCA 台北當代藝術館
Institut Français de Taipei 法國在台協會
National Culture and Arts Foundation, NCAF
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IMPORT EXPORT / GLOBALALIEN
Mølleparken + rum 46, Århus, Denmark / Outdoor project
15.07 - 19.07.2009
Sommerens kunstoplevelser - KUNSTEN.NU
Globalisering under lup i Århus - KUNSTEN.NU
exhibition view at uferhallen, wedding berlin | 17.7-25.7.2010
image description, front and back side, left to right side image:
untiteld (rapid weight loss). 180 cm x 120 cm. bicycle, wooden light box with aluminium frame. 2010.
hole. 250 cm x 500 cm, 250 cm x 450 cm. wall, wooden structure. 2010.
untitled (intelligible standpoint). 150 cm x 270 cm. analog photography ink-jet print photo paper mounted on wall. 2010.
untitled. dimension variable, 700 cm approximately. woods found from a flea market, pigeon spikes, stainless steel cable. 2010.
