20.10.11


YU CHENG-TA


b. 1983 in Tainan, Taiwan.
Currently works and lives in Taipei, Taiwan.His works are primarily concerned with the human body deformations and activities. 

Education /
2011   Taipei National University of the Arts, M.F.A., Taipei, Taiwan
2006   Taipei National University of the Arts, B.F.A., Taipei, Taiwan

Selected Award, Prize and Grant /
2011    Project Grants,The National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2010    Artist Grants, Department of Cultural Affairs of Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan
             Selected Taiwanese Artist for International Residency Project, Taipei Artist Village / Unitec New Zealand
2009    Selected Taiwanese Artist for International Residency Project, Council for Cultural Affairs / 
              ISCP New York, Taiwan
2008    Taipei Arts Awards (First Place), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
             Project Grants,The National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
             Outstanding Art Work Prize, Fine Arts Department of Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2007    Kaohsiung Awards in the category of Mixed Media, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Collection /
2011   She is My Aunt, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

2008   Ventriloquists : Introduction, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan


Solo Exhibition /
2011    OURS.KARAOKE
             Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010    Universes in Universe
             Galerie Grand Siècle Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
             adj. Dance
             Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 


Group Exhibition /
2011   Crystal City: Contemporary Asian Artists
            The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand 
            Invisibleness is Visibleness-International Contemporary Art Collection of a  
            Salaryman- Daisuke Miyatsu             
            Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
            The Empty City
            GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany
            Universes in Universe: City Guide
            Snowwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
            Plug in X Add on: Taiwan Contemporary Art Exhibition
            Rag Factory, London, UK
            LIVE AMMO
            Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
            Soceite Generale Chinese Art Awards
            Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China
            Artistree Taikoo, Hongkong, China
            Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan
            Paris-Beijing Gallerie, Paris, France
            Haushan 1914, Taipei, Taiwan
2010   Taiwan Calling: Elusive Island
            Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
            Soceite Generale Chinese Art Awards
            798 Creative Space, Beijing, China
            Trap
            art issue projects, Beijing, China
            2010 Taipei Biennial  (Screening Program)
            Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
            The Practice of Everyday
            Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
            Post-adolescence
            Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
            Over Sees: BABEL
            Machon Hamayim Gallery, Givatayim, Israel
            Vision2: The Future that Encomprsses the Past
            Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
            Foreign Affairs: The 53rd Venice Biennale Taiwan Pavilion returns to Taiwan
            Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
            Grand Opening Show
            Taipei Contemporary Center, Taipei, Taiwan
            Post-adolescence
            National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2009   OPEN STUDIO
            International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, U.S.A
            MUST MORE - Visual Voice from Five Asian Countries
             Point B, New York, U.S.A
            2009 Asian Art Forum: Whose Exhibition is This?
             Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
            The 53rd Venice Biennale Taiwan Pavilion : 
            Foreign Affairs:Artists from Taiwan
             Pallazzo delle Prigioni, Venice, Italy  
            Welcome to the Desert of the Real
            TungHai University Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
            Biennale Cuvée - World Selection of Contemporary Art
            OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria 
            Code Share - 5 Continents 10 Biennales  20 Artists   
            Contemporary Arts Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
            Socially Disorganised  
            Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia 
            The View From Elsewhere 
            Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia 
           Taiwan-Israel Young Artists Interchanging Exhibition 2
            Kuandu museum of fine arts, Taipei, Taiwan 
2008   The Sixth Taipei Biennial 
            Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan 
            Taipei Arts Awards Exhibition
            Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
            Asia Students and Young Artists Art Festival 
            Seoul Station Old Bldg, Seoul, Korea
            Grooving : New Wave of Taiwan Contemporary Art 
            Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
            Borderline.Mirrorlike: Taiwan-Israel Young Artists Interchanging Exhibition 
            Huashan Culture Park, Taipei, Taiwan 
            Xiao Mei Hurts
            Underground Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007   Art Party
            Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
           Taipei - Fukuoka Interchanging Art Exhibition
            Kuandu museum of fine arts, Taipei, Taiwan
           OPEN SPACE 
            Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany
            0 – 0 
            National Taipei University of Education Bombproof Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2006   Intermedatine 
            NTUA, Taipei County, Taiwan
            GUAN C PARK
           
Underground Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2005   Art Taiwan- The Fourth Artist Fair continues 
            Chinese Culture and Movie Center, Taipei, Taiwan
           The New Taiwanese-Digital Witnesses
            Kuandu museum of fine arts, Taipei, Taiwan

ART FAIR / 
2011   Art Fair Tokyo 2011
            Taipei Art Fair
2010   SH-Contemporary 
2009   Photo Taipei 2009

Screening and presentation / 
2011   Movie Night Vol. 4: Global House Video Screenings
            Kunsthalle Gwangju,Gwangju, Korea
           Body Talks? Silence Beyond
            Art Fair Tokyo 2011 Related-Program: Special Video Program, SYMPOSIA, Tokyo, Japan    
            WEEKENDHAUS–TAIPEI PROJECT : COLLECTIVE MEMORY
            Taipei, Taiwan
2010   Lecture at Fresh Paint 3
            Tel Aviv Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009   AMEI AMEI Gathering Party
             International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, U.S.A
            The Williamsburg Art Wok
             Brooklyn Chinese restaurant, New York, U.S.A           
            MUST MORE - Visual Voice from Five Asian Countries
             Point B, New York, U.S.A

Participated Projects / 
2011   Artists in Residence Programme, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand
2009   2009 Artists in Residence Programme, ISCP(International Studio and Curatorial Program,              
            New York, U.S.A
2007   OPEN SPACE, Summer Art Camp Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany
2005   The New Taiwanese-Digital Witnesses, Curator assistant, Kuandu museum of fine 
            arts, Taipei, Taiwan
            Nijinsky’s, Curator assistant, Kuandu museum of fine arts, Taipei, Taiwan