Artist
HUANG KO WEI
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Huang Ko Wei, born in 1988 in Taipei, 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: False Mirror, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2023; 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; and Post-Paradise, Agora Art Salon, Taipei, 2011. Recent group exhibitions include: Self-Dismiss, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2022; Vacation, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2021; Sub-zoology: 2020 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2020; and Luxuriant, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 2019.
Huang Ko Wei, Mirage, 2022
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Solo exhibitions
2023 False Mirror, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai 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 Collection X Museum, Beijing, CN |