BIOGRAPHY

CHUN-YI CHANG
Born in Taipei, live and work in Taipei

Artist & Curator. PhD in Aesthetics and Plastic Arts from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and an MFA from the École Supérieure d'Art et Design de Rouen, she develops an interdisciplinary practice that encompasses video, sound, multimedia installations, and web-based art. Her work focuses on reconstructing "vanished traces" within the dialectic of games and events, contrasting the ephemeral with the persistent to explore possibilities beyond linear time.

A recipient of prestigious grants from the Gerda Henkel Foundation (Germany) and the "Vision and Innovation" scholarship (France), she conducted postdoctoral research at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme (FMSH) in Paris. Her work is held in the permanent collection of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and has been exhibited internationally, including at the Rencontres d'Arles (France), as well as in the United States, Poland, and Tunisia. 

Approaching her practice from the dual perspective of artist and curator, she explores the symbiotic potential between creative production and exhibition-making. Her recent research focuses on the interpenetration of human behavior, vocal mediation, and network media in the digital age, examining how online and offline realities co-construct contemporary collective consciousness.

Professional Experience
2021 – 2024 | Project Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of the Arts (NTUA)
2021 – 2024 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Design, National Taipei University of Education (NTUE) 
2019 – 2021 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Trans-disciplinary Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) 
2016 – 2019 | Researcher, Our Museum, National Taiwan University of the Arts (NTUA) 
2013 – 2014 | Post-doctoral Fellow, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH), Paris, France

Education
2012 | PhD in Fine Arts (Aesthetics and Science of Art), University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Passed with Highest Honors and Unanimous Congratulations of the Jury)
2008 | MFA (Master of Fine Arts), École Supérieure d'Art et Design Le Havre-Rouen (ESADHaR) (Passed with Highest Honors) 
2005 | MFA in Fine Arts, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 
2003 | MA in Art and Art Education, National Taipei Teachers College (now NTUE) 
1999 | BFA in Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of the Arts

Curatorial Projects
2023 | Simulacra of Real Life, Hsinchu 241 Art Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2020 | To Martian Anthropologists, New Taipei City Arts Center, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2019 | Who wouldn't be able to do it? — Taiwan Annual, Expo Dome, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 | Daily+ — The 2nd Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Our Museum, NTUA, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2017 | Air Plant — Exhibition-Performance Ability within Contemporary Arts, Our Museum, NTUA, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2002 | Work/Medium, Open-Contemporary Art Center (OCAC), New Taipei City, Taiwan

Solo Exhibitions
2021 | Yiri’s Horse Farm, Yiri Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 | Instant in-between, Crane Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2010 | Throw in a Vacuum, Théâtre de la Condition des Soies, Avignon, France

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 | Les Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles, Fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Arles, France
2023 | Remarkable Points, Taoyuan Cultural Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2020 | A Pale View of Hills, Yiri Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 | Once Upon A Time — Unfinished Progressive Past, Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Taipei, Taiwan
2019 | It's SHOW Time — Object Consciousness, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 | Colors and Crisis, FWD Gallery, Poznań, Poland
2018 | Keelung Harbor Biennale, Keelung Cultural Center, Keelung, Taiwan
2017 | The Look in the Iron Box — Kaohsiung Art Fair, Pier 2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017 | Meeting of the Two Rivers, Erquy Municipal Art Gallery (France) & Elbirou Gallery (Sousse, Tunisia)
2012 | 11th Nuit Blanche in Paris, TEP St-Paul, Paris, France
2008 | Now and Tomorrow Art Festival: At Châtelet, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France

Awards, Grants & Residencies
2015 | Scholarship from the Fondation Prospective et Innovation, France
2014 | 14th Artist-in-Residence Program (MOC Taiwan), International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
2013 | Gerda Henkel Stiftung Research Grant, Germany / France
2009 | 8th Artist-in-Residence Program (CCA Taiwan), 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, USA