Lin, Pey Chwen

Born in 1959, Lin Pey-Chwen received her doctorate degree in Creative Arts from University of Wollongong, Australia. She is currently the director of the Digital Art Laboratory in the Department of Multimedia and Animation Arts at National Taiwan University of Arts. She has also participated in many contemporary art and digital art forums in Taiwan as a keynote speaker and jury. Currently, she chairs the Digital Art Lab, one of Taiwan's leading digital art research and creation teams. “Lin Pey Chwen + Digital Art Lab.” was founded as part of the Department and Graduate School of Multimedia and Animation Art at National Taiwan University of Arts in 2001. The group was established with an aim of integrating resources from within and outside the university, and to encourage graduate students from different disciplines to participate in digital art research and experiments through courses, exhibitions and symposiums. Students with an art and technology background have the opportunity to integrate various digital media and concepts, such as CGI, interactive installation, multimedia, and Internet art, to create a brand new language of art for the digital age. The process and outcome of their experimentation can be seen on the Digital Art Lab website. For more detailed information, please visit http://ma.ntua.edu.tw/labs/dalab/

Pey Chwen’s works have been exhibited in many major art museums all over the world, including 《Women’s Interpretation》at the National Taiwan Museum of Arts (1993), Antithesis and Intertext at Taipei Fine Arts Museum (1995), Beautiful Life at the Queens Museum of Art (New York, USA, 2004), Catching – Back to Nature Series at Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (2004), Virtual Creation and Specimens at MOCA in Shanghai (2006), Eve Clone #2 at Exit and VIA Art Festival in France ( 2007), Morning Dew at Godwin-Ternbach Museum in New York (USA, 2008), and etc. Her art achievements are featured in several prominent art history books such as: "Digital Aesthetics", "The History & Development of Digital Art", "Taiwan Art History", "Art of Taiwan", "Taiwan Contemporary Art History", "1980-2000 Contemporary Arts in Taiwan", "Installation Art in Taiwan Since 1991-2001" and "History of (Contemporary) Taiwan Women Artists 1945-2000". and etc.

Her creative concept originated from her own comprehension, experience, and belief toward God. She developed her abstract series when she was the member of the important art group of Space II. During her staying in Australia between 1993 and 1996, Lin was deeply inspired by the Feminism Art Movement, which has compelled her to produce several series of artworks that criticized the issues of gender, culture, history, and society. In 1999, the catastrophic earthquake of September 21st and the guidance of her spiritual mentor Prophet Elijah Hong, have led Lin to dedicate her creativity to a new subject "Back to Nature" series. This series reveal the technology-driven civilization and the abnormality of artificial creatures by mocking men’s folly in their desire to play the role as the Creator through the use of technological semiotics, digital images and interactive interfaces.

Education

1996

Doctor of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, Australia

1984/1985

M.A. and B.F.A., Central Missouri State University, USA

Experience

2003

Professor of Dept. Multimedia and Animation Arts, Director of Digital Arts Lab. National Taiwan University of Arts

2001-2002

Chair of Graduate School of Multimedia and Animation Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts

1997-2000

Chair of Dept. of Commercial Design, Chung Yuan University

1996-2001

Associate Professor of Dept. of Commercial Art, Chung Yuan University

1989-1993

Lecturer of Dept. of Commercial Design, Ming Chuan University

1986-1989

Art Director of Peter’s Corp. New York, USA

Works are Selected in Several Art History and Research Books

2008

C. J. Yeh, “Digital Aesthetics?”, Artist Publisher

2007

Chen, Wen Chin, “Taiwan Art Histroy”

2006

Yen Chuan Ying , Huang Chi Hui , Liao Hsin Tien , “Art of Taiwan”, Taiwan

2005

C. J. Yeh, “The History & Development of Digital Art”, Artist Publisher

2004

Chiang Tsu Man, “Lecriture /la peinture feminine and the Comparative Literature Discourse: Dialogues between Helene Cixous and “d’autres” Women Writers/Artists in Taiwan”, Thesis of PhD of Fu Jen Catholic University

2003

Sun Li Chuan, “Taiwan Contemporary Art Series”, Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan

2003

Chen Ying Ying, “Hearts of Women / Journey of Spirit”, Fembooks Publisher

2002

Hsieh Tung Shan, “1980-2000 Contemporary Arts in Taiwan”, Artist Publisher

2002

Victoria Lu, ”History of (Contemporary) Taiwan Women Artists 1945-2002”, Artist Publisher

2001

Yao Jui Chung, “Installation Art in Taiwan Since 1991-2001”, Ecus Publishing House

1999

Wang Jin Hua, “Sexual Politics and Aesthetics: Taiwanese Women's Art Criticism Consciousness in 1990s”, Thesis of Master of Tainan National University of the Arts

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006

“The Beautiful New World”, Dimensions Art Center, Beijing

2005

“Fascination & Frustration”. HCTC Artist Space of National Hsinchu University of Education, Art Center of Kao Yuan Unviersity

2004

“Catching—Back to Nature Series”, Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art

2000

“Patriarchal Deconstruction”, National Taiwan Art Educational Art Museum

2000

“Viewing View—Back to Nature Series”, Taoyuan Cultural Art Center

1999

“Golden Song”, Spazio Diciotto, Florence, Italy

1998

“Classics Works”, Gallerie Pierre Art

1998

“Safety Nest”, Taipei City Hall

1996

“Reality and Falsehood”, National Hsin Chu Normal College Art Center

1996

“Antithesis and Intertext”, Project Contemporary Art Space. Australia

1995

“Antithesis and Intertext”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

1993

“Story of Lily”, Long Gallery/Kuei Ren Art Center, Australia/Taiwan

1993

“Women’s Interpretation”, National Taiwan Museum of Arts/Capital Art Center

1992

“Solo Exhibition of Lin, Pey Chwen”, Space II

1991

“Solo Exhibition of Lin, Pey Chwen”, Space II/Capital Art Center

1990

“Solo Exhibition of Lin, Pey Chwen”, Space II

1989

“Shape, Color and Strokes”, American Cultural Center

1984

“Solo Exhibition of Lin, Pey Chwen”, Art Center of CMSU, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

“Virtual Creation”, Back to the Garden, Queens Art Pavilion, Flushing, New York, USA

2008

“Play”, 404 Festival, Trieste, Italy

2007

“Virtual Creation”, Kaohsiung Museum of Arts, Taiwan

2007

“Play”, Taipei Digital Arts Festival, Taipei, Taiwan

2007

“Play”, Shanghai Electronic Arts Festival, Shanghai, China

2007

“Virtual Creation”, BOOM: An Interplay of Fast and Frozen Permutation in New Media, Taiwan-Australia New Media Art Exhibition, NTUA Art Museum, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

2007

“Eve Clone #2”, EXIT Festival, Cretell Maison Des Arts, France

2006

“Specimens”, Animation Originality, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China

2006

“Imaginary Number in Art”, Art Center of Kao Yuan University

2006

“Animation Originality”, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China

2005

“Border Crossing—the shadow Dance of Cities “, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Shanghai

2005

“Shanghai Cool: Creative Reproduction”, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai

2005

“The 2nd Taipei Public Art Festival”, Ha Mi Park, Taipei

2005

“C04 Taiwan Avant-garde Documenta II Exhibition”, Wha Shan Art District, Taipei

2005

“Border Crossing: the Shadow Dance of Cities” International Exhibition, Arts Center, Tainan University of the Arts, Tainan

2005

“Motion with Time”, Gallerie Pierre Art, Taichung

2004

“Nexus: Taiwan in Queens”, Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA

2003

“Passing 13”, Gallerie Pierre Art, Taichung

2003

“Contemporary Art in Taiwan”, Fong Chia Museum of Art, Taipei

2002

“Dialogue between Nature and Man”, Ching Gin Ranch

2000-2001

“Journey of the Spirit”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung

1999

“Rebirth－Taiwan Fine Art Evolution Theory”, Gallerie Pierre Art, Taichung

1999

“Substantial Life—Back to Nature Series”, Crossing Century Installation Art, Taoyuan Cultural Art Center, Taoyuan

1999

“Conversation between Humanity and Technology”, Acer Art Foundation, Mitsukoshi Exhibition Center

1998

“Taiwan Female Art Exhibition - Image and Aesthetics”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

1998

“Reflection and Reconsideration—228 Commemorative Exhibition”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

1998

“Sadness Transformed—228 Commemorative Exhibition”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

1996

“1996 Taipei Biennial: The Quest For Identity”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

1995

“Asian Art” Long Gallery, Australia

1994

“Space II Joint Exhibition—Citation of Taiwan”, National Taiwan Art Museum

1993

“Space II Joint Exhibition —The Last Night”, Taipei Fine Art Museum

Visiting Artist

2001/summer

Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, Australia

2000/summer

College of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University, USA

1999/summer

Faculty of Creative Arts University of Wollongong, Australia

Collections

Taipei Fine Arts Museum

National Taiwan Art Educational Art Museum

Gallerie Pierre Art

Tainan Cultural Center

Capital Art Center

University of Wollongong

Private Collectors