ZHONG CHENG

Yao Jui-Chung was born in 1969 in Taipei, Taiwan. He graduated from the National Institute of the Arts (Taipei National University of the Arts) with a degree in Art Theory. In 1997, he represented Taiwan in "Facing Faces - Taiwan" at the Venice Biennale and took part in the International Triennale of Contemporary Art Yokohama in 2005 and Asia- Pacific in 2009. He also participated in numerous other large international exhibitions. Apart from working in the fields of theatre and film, he taught art history, wrote art criticisms and curated exhibitions. He attended the Headland Center for the Arts in San Francisco, and was an artist in-residence at Gasworks Studio (London) in 2001, and Glednfiddich (Scotland) in 2007. His solo exhibitions include“Something Blue” (2013, TKG+ Project, Taipei); “The Space that Remains: Yao Jui-Chung’s ‘Ruins’ Series” (2014, Isituto Santa Maria della Pieta, Castello, Italy); “Brain Dead Travelogue: Yao Jui-Chung Solo Exhibition” (2015, Taipei, Keng Gallery); “Enchanted Landscape” (2015, London, Michael Goedhuis Gallery), “Eight Days a Week – Yaoi Jui Chung Solo Exhibition” (2017, Tina Keng Gallery, Taiwan). His works are in the collection of Taipei Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Collection; Cornell University Art Museum; Bibliothèque National de France, Paris (French National Library, Paris), and many private collectors. He is currently teaching at the National Taiwan Normal University in Department of Fine Art.