wen gum gum / wen chia-ning
wen gum gum is a Taiwanese artist, graphic t-shirt designer and zine publisher.
she is specialized in painting and moving images.
her observation focuses on how the media manipulates public ideology and transmits messages through the use of visual images.
she uses the image as a tool for self-introspection and outlets, interweaving inner spirituality, the world, and the internet, with absurdity as an inevitable adornment to the process of making the work. she is concerned with the way in which mass media portrays characters, particularly in relation to the narrowing of gender roles.
*If there's an exhibition opportunity in a space you know of, please feel free to send an invitation my way. 2024-2025, I'm aiming to apply for exhibitions in Berlin or any suitable location.
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CV
Education
2017 - 2023 MFA in Fine Art, Taipei National University of the Arts
2013 - 2017 BFA in Fine Art, Taipei National University of the Arts
Solo Shows
2023
Of Mice and Women, YIRI ARTS - BACK Y, Taipei
2022
Good Will hunting, FreeS Art Space, Taipei
2017
The Love Mirage, Telling Art Taipei
Selected Group Shows
2024
Art Fair Philippines, Metro Manila, Philippines
2023
Helpless Cube of Sugar: Cup of Tea with Wen Gum Gum and Kevin You Singgan, WMM, Taipei
Dog Paradise ii, Shinjuku Ganka Art Gallery, Tokyo
Bifurcation of ConfluenceNext Art Tainan, Asir Art Museum, Tainan
2022
Fund Dog Rakuen, Printed Union, Tokyo
Framed:Wormhole, Wartsaal Wipkingen / DAC, Zürich / Taipei
Drive My Car, The Hall, Taipei
Tshài-tshī kín-á, Opaltimes, Osaka
2021
Tokyo Art Book Fair, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2020
Merzakademie Öffentliche Ausstellung, Stuttgart, Germany
2019
Windy Itchy, YIRI ARTS, Taipei
Stage pain, Jiang Shan Yi Gai Suo, Hsinchu
Repeat, Reverse and Rubbing, Taipei City Arts Promotion Office, Taipei
Dedication of Four Hearts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei
2018
NY Art Book Fair 2018 , MoMA PS1, USA
Xuan Guang Project 10th, Artland Bookstore, Taipei
Love Your Time - NY debut, Live with DMNDR & Duckcrow, DMNDR NY, USA
ArTFaG tour Final, Pipe Live music, Taipei
2017
Luxing Jie Leyuan, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei
Mini Exhibition-Mountain Movement, Huaboo, Taipei
Young Voice, Dadun Cultural Centre, Taichung
Asia Subculture Association presents: 1st Subculture Graduate Exhibition, Cafe Hillywood, Hong Kong
2016
Xuan Guang Project 9th, ArtHouse, Taipei
Bao Bei Lai Lai Live with Jimmy James & Duckcrow, Revolver, Taipei
On Site Artfest, Expo Dome, Taipei
Press
2022 Kevin You, Hunting Season for Bodiless Women, ARTalks
2019 Cai Ruei Heng, Windy Itchy, YIRI ARTS
Publication Projects
2022 “Barbarian: Katalog von t-shirt”
2022 “Depressed Cart”
2022 “Song Book: Crabenhagen”
2018 "Duckcrow Hypermarket"