Artist

NI HAO

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Ni Hao, born in Hsin Chu, Taiwan in 1989, now lives and works in Hsin Chu and New York. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011 and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. Ni Hao investigates power structure, consumerism, and violence aesthetics in his practice by utilizing various mediums such as sculpture and video. Ni’s practice constantly provokes political metaphor or personal memories behind seemingly familiar objects. Recent solo exhibitions include: Trust Me, Love Me, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2019; Siege, T293, Rome, 2019; Ambush, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2019. Ni's works have been featured in group exhibitions at UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; MOCA Taipei, Taipei; Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack; Boston Center for the Arts, Boston; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford; and the Queens Museum, Queens. Ni Hao was a shortlisted candidate at the Eighth Huayu Youth Award in 2020. His Structure Study V was exhibited in Aujourd’hui aura lieu at the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion Project, 2018. Works by the artist are included in the collections of MMCA (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) in Seoul, Korea and Collezione Taurisano in Naples, Italy.

Ni Hao, Structure Study I, 2012
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Solo Exhibitions

2019    Trust Me, Love Me, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN
2019    Siege, T293, Rome, IT
2019    Ambush, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
2018    ke dalam hutan, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, TW
2016    Santurce, Peligro Amarillo gallery, San Juan, PR
2016    Sleep Mode, Taiwan Academy, Los Angeles, CA, US
2016    Light Studies, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, US
2015    Ghost Hit Wall, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI, US
2013    Proximity, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI, US
2011    You Have Your Fortress, I Have Mine, Pop Up Art Loop, Chicago, IL, US


Group Exhibitions

2020    A Long Hello, The Eighth Huayu Youth Award Finalist Exhibition 2020, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, CN
2020    Liquid Love, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei, TW
2020    01_LOVE, Digital Art Festival, Taipei, TW
2020    2020 Asia Project—Looking for Another Family, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
2019    Condo Shanghai 2019, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN
2018    Well-Wishes, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN
2018    Today Will Happen, Pavilion Project, The 12th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, KR
2017    OPEN (C)ALL: TRUTH, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY, US
2017    Dwelling, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, US
2017    Vive Art Benefit, Honey Ramka Gallery, New York, NY, US
2017    Vestigial Future, CAAC Gallery, New York, NY, US
2016    Gently Weeps, Sleep Center, New York, NY, US
2016    Fertile Solitude, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, US
2015    Accidental Translation, Fjord, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015    Retina of the Unconscious, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY, US
2015    The Moment, New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY, US
2014    Taipei Arts Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW 
2014    Collectors lll: Discerning Eyes, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, US
2014    Taiwanese American Arts Council Recognition, Queens Museum, Queens, NY, US
2014    Unlovely, 111front street gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
2014    Roving Room, Habersham Mills, Demorest, GA, US
2013    Under The Influence, Gelman Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, US
2013    Work Harder, Yellow Peril Gallery, New York, NY, US
2013    Stalactite, The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI, US
2013    Heavy, Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, US
2013    Transmediation, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York, NY, US 
2012    With Other People, With Other Sons, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, US 
2012    B.A.D, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL, US
2011    Wood Worked, Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago, IL, US 

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Awards

2020  The Eighth Huayu Youth Award, Finalist, Beijing
2017  Taipei Culture Foundation International Artist Exchange Program, Taipei
2016  Taiwan Ministry of Culture Art Residency Abroad Grant, Taipei
2014  Taipei Arts Awards, Merit Award, Taipei


Publication

​2019    ​​Ni Hao: Ambush Solo Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW


Collections

MMCA Seoul (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), KR
Collezione Taurisano, Naples, IT

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