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HUANG KO WEI

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Huang Ko Wei, born in Taipei in 1988, now lives and works in Taipei. He holds a BFA and an MFA degree from the Taipei National University of the Arts. In his acrylic paintings, the artist delves into the theme of fluidity both in painterly language and his identity as an academically trained painter. In Huang’s deftly portrayed human figures, animals, and architectural space, the tension between ambiguity and legibility not only reveals the intentionally blurred boundary between representation and abstraction, an active response to the history of painting, but also indicates the artist’s relentless attempt at breaking free from the existing aesthetic convention. Huang’s meticulously balanced treatment of dynamic and static tones on canvas seeks to provide a distant, achronological yet universal visual experience, reflecting the gaps in the art history of postcolonial Taiwan. His solo exhibitions include: Puzzle, AKI Gallery, Leipzig, 2021; Roll, AKI Gallery, Taipei, 2021; One Die, AKI Gallery, Taipei, 2021; Phantom Gray, AKI Gallery, Taipei, 2015; Irrational Number, VT Artsalon, Taipei, 2013; Post-Paradise, Agora Art Salon, Taipei, 2011. Selected group exhibitions at: Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai; 2020 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung; Eslite Gallery, Taipei; dmwe Art Gallery, Taichung; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung. Huang Ko Wei will have his first solo exhibition with Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai in 2023.
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Huang Kowei, L'Etranger, 2021
Huang Ko Wei, L'Etranger, 2021

Solo exhibitions

2023    False Mirror, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai (forthcoming)
2021    Puzzle, AKI Gallery, Leipzig
2021    Roll, AKI Gallery, Taipei
2020    One Die, AKI Gallery, Taipei
2015    Phantom Gray, AKI Gallery, Taipei
2013    Irrational number, VT Art salon, Taipei
2011    Post-Paradise, Agora Art salon, Taipei


Group exhibitions

2022    Self-Dismiss, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai
2021    Vacation, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai
2020    Sub-zoology: 2020 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
2019    Luxuriant, Eslite Gallery, Taipei
2016    Visual See, Feel, dmwe art Gallery, Taichung
2016    The 14th Taoyuan Contemporary Arts Award, A.F.M.C, Taoyuan
2016    Kaohsiung Awards 2016, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung
2015    Art Taichung, Millennium Vee Hotel, Taichung
2014    The Spine of Spectrum, KdMoFA, Taipei
2014    Nature Point, 102 Gallery, Tainan
2014    Y.E.S Taiwan, AKI gallery, Taipei
2014    MICRO NATURE, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung
2014    Next Art Tainan, Your Fun Apartment, Tainan
2013    The Decay of the Angel, KdMoFA, Taipei
2013    YOGO, TNUA, Underground Art Gallery, Taipei
2012    ArtSpace@TPK, Taipei
2011    Nintender, VT Art salon, Taipei
2011    Summer Style, PiaoPiao, Taipei
2011    Creating Space, VT Art salon, Taipei
2011    Outstanding Art Prize, KdMoFA, Taipei
2010    Bubble Star, TNUA, Underground Art Gallery, Taipei


Awards

2016    Shortlisted Candidate, The 14th Taoyuan Contemporary Arts Award, Taoyuan
​2014    Next Art Tainan 2014, Tainan


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