Chuan Lun Wu

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Artist statement

Wu Chuan-Lun born in Tainan, Taiwan. The ever-changing dynamics, compromises and contradictions informing the relations between nature and civilization, ecology and politics as well as materials and the digital realm, have formed the backdrop for Wu's artistic practice. He employs a diverse range of media and technics, including computer-generated imagery, photography, drawing, 3D printing, found objects, and porcelain, to create conceptual and research-based installations. His recent work often uses the process of collecting/gathering as a point of departure to explore the identity and meaning of the collected/gathered objects, from which he gradually unravels the underlying, entangled historical and social context. Wu has won the selected prize of Taipei Arts Award (2007), selected prize of Kaohsiung Arts Award (2011) , special prize of Arte Laguna Prize (2021), and nominated for the finalist of Taishin Arts Award (2020) for his solo exhibition “No Country for Canine”. His works have been exhibited at institutions and biennials such as Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2007, 2019), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (2015), Gwangju Museum of Art (2016), Künstlerhaus Bethanien (2017), Rockbund Art Museum (2019), Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation (2023), New Taipei City Art Museum (2025); Taipei Biennial (2014), Formosa Sculpture Biennial (2015), Animatrix Biennial (2016), Taiwan Biennial (2020) and Daegu Photo Biennial (2023). His works collected by National Taiwan Museum of Fine...

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