Born in Taipei in 1966.
2009TranSonic (performer:Chieh-Yu Teng)
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Art Education
1999 MFA, Institute of Plastic Art , Tainan National University of The Arts , Taiwan
1993 BA, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University , Taiwan
Work Experience
2007
Assistant professor（ full time）, Graduate Program of Arts and Technology ,
Taipei National University of the Arts , Taiwan
Head of Digital Art Laboratory , Center for Art and Technology ,
Taipei National University of the Arts , Taiwan
2006
Assistant professor （part time）, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts ,
Tainan National University of the Arts , Taiwan
2003
Assistant professor（ part time）, Graduate Program of Arts and Technology ,
Taipei National University of the Arts , Taiwan
Assistant professor（part time）,Generation Education Center ,
Shih Chien University , Taiwan
2000
Lecturer（full time）, Department of Communications Design ,
Shih Chien University , Taiwan
1999
Lecturer（part time）, Department of Fine Arts ,
National Chia-Yi University, Taiwan
Honors and Rewards
2003
Artists-in-Residence Program Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki Finland
National Culture and Arts Foundation Grant , Taiwan
2000
Artists-in-Residence Program , 1a space, Hong Kong
National Culture and Arts Foundation Grant , Taiwan
1999
Contemporary Painting Creation Prize ,
Li Chun Shen Foundation , Taiwan
Taiwan Fellowship Program Asian Cultural Council
Artists-in- Residence New York and Headland Center for the Arts , Sausalito , California , U.S.A
1998
Artists-in-Residence ,Cite Internationale des Arts , Paris, France
Boston - Tainan Cultural Exchange Program
Boston City Hall ,U.S.A
1997
Taipei Prize, Taipei Annual Arts Competition,
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
Taipei County Prize,
River : New Asian Art－A Dialogue In Taipei ,
Art Exhibition of Taipei County, Taipei County Cultural Center, Taiwan
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Tao,Ya-lun Solo Exhibition OK Center , Linz , Austria
2003
Tao,Ya-lun Solo Exhibition Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki Finland
Consciousness in Vacuum IT Park Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2000
Darkness: Tao,Ya-lun Solo Exhibition
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
The linear Space: Installation Art Exhibition by Allen Tao
Visual Arts Centre , Hong Kong
1999
Tao,Ya-lun Solo Exhibition
Headland Center for the Arts , Sausalito , California , U.S.A
Major Group Exhibitions
2007
Breathing Deeply Soka Art Center, Beijing
Breathing Deeply Soka Art Center, Taipei
Taiwan – Australia New Media Arts Exhibition Kuandu Museum of Arts , Taipei Taiwan
2006
A dialogue between contemporary art and contemporary philosophy
Kuandu Museum of Arts , Taipei Taiwan
Slow tech Museum of contemporary art , Taipei Taiwan
2005
Membrance onto Magic Museum of contemporary art , Taipei Taiwan
City Nwt Asia 2005 Seoul Museum of Arts , Seoul Korea
2004
Techno Dream Sphere, Nan Kang Software Park Public Art Project
Media Cramp CO-4 Taiwan avant-garde documenta ,
Main Trend Gallery , Taipei Taiwan
Taishin Arts Award 2003 , Taishin Bank Foundation For Artsand Culture
2003
Light Festival Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Finland
Techno-Art Arts Center of National Cheng Gong University , Taiwan
Artists-in-Residence Exhibition ,Taipei International Arts Village , Taiwan
2000
Oeuvre of Contemporary Art in Taiwan , Feng Jia Fine Arts Museum
2000 Very Fun Park , Fubon Art Foundation
Exhibition of Taiwan Contemporary Sculpture
Taiwan National University of the Arts , Taiwan
2000 Zero-in , Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
Fear of Water , Taipei Fine Arts Museum
1999
Magnetic Writing/Marching Ideas, Works on Paper,
IT Park Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
Face To Face：Contemporary Art from Taiwan
Gold coast City Art Gallery , Orange Regional Gallery,
Drill Hall Gallery , Sydney College of the Arts Gallery,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Gallery , Australia.
Aden Gallery, Wilington , New Zealand
The Shaping of Cultural Inturmoil
Dimension Endowment of Art , Taiwan
Time Migration：Techno-Art For The New Millennium,
Taipei Gallery, New York , U.S.A
The Contemporary Painting Creation Prize Exhibition
Crown Arts Center, Taipei , Taiwan
1999 New Voices：Contemporary Art Dialogue Among Taipei, Hong Kong
and Shanghai , at Hong Kong Arts Center
and Chung Cheng Gallery at National Taiwan Arts Education Institute.
Reflection and Reconsideration 2﹒28 Commemorative Exhibition ,
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
4 Artists Exhibition , Front Gallery , Taipei., Taiwan
The 25th Taipei Annual Art Competition
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
Artisti di Taiwan , Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ,Milano , Italy.
Beyond The Substancial World , Dimensions Art Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
The Tsao Shan Cultural Villa, Taipei Cultural Foundation , Taiwan
Fast Forward to 2000,
Recent Works by Asian Cultural Council Grantees,
Cultural Center of the Philippines , Manila , Philippines
1997
The 24th Taipei Annual Art Competition
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
U Shan Tou Group Exhibition
at Tainan National College of The Arts , Taiwan
River：New Asian Art A Dialogue In Taipei
Taipei County Cultural Center , Taiwan
I live in Chia Yi, Chia Yi City Cultural Center ,Taiwan
1996
Group Exhibition in National Festival of Culture and Arts
Chia Yi City Cultural Center , Taiwan
Public Collections：
2004 Consciousness in Vacuum Ⅱ collected by Kuandu Museum of Arts
2002 Take a Break ,Chien Cheng Junior High School
1999
Self-ConsciousnessⅠ collected by Dimension Endowment of Art
Self-ConsciousnessⅡ collected by Dimension Endowment of Art
Black No.1, Private collection.
1998 Take a Break 1 Private collection.
1997 Secret Sexuality collected by Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
Art Exhibition Catalogues
2007
Breathing Deeply Soka Art Center, Beijing
Breathing Deeply Soka Art Center, Taipei
Taiwan – Australia New Media Arts Exhibition Kuandu Museum of Arts , Taipei Taiwan
2006
A dialogue between contemporary art and contemporary philosophy
Kuandu Museum of Arts , Taipei Taiwan
Slow tech Museum of contemporary art , Taipei Taiwan
2005
Membrance onto Magic Museum of contemporary art , Taipei Taiwan
City Nwt Asia 2005 Seoul Museum of Arts , Seoul Korea
2004 Techno Dream Sphere, Nan Kang Software Park Public Art Project
Media Cramp CO-4 Taiwan avant-garde documenta ,
Main Trend Gallery , Taipei Taiwan
Taishin Arts Award 2003 , Taishin Bank Foundation For Artsand Culture
2003 Taiwan Contemporary Art Series , Council For Cultural Affairs , Taiwan
2002 Annual Qpen Artist’s Exhibition 1999,2000 , Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
2001
Very Fun Park , Fubon Art Foundation
Exhibition of Taiwan Contemporary Sculpture
Taiwan National University of the Arts , Taiwan
2000
Zero-in , Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
Fear of Water,Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
1999
Face To Face：Contemporary Art from Taiwan
Gold Coast City Gallery , Australia.
Magnetic Writing/Marching Ideas, Works on Paper,
IT Park Gallery,Taipei , Taiwan
Time Migration：Techno-Art For The New Millennium,
Taipei Gallery , New York , U.S.A
Collection Catalogue-1999 Dimension Endowment of Art , Taiwan
1998
New Voices：Contemporary Art Dialogue Among
Taipei,Hong Kong and Shanghai ,
National Taiwan Arts Education Institute , Taiwan
Reflection and Reconsideration 2﹒28
Commemorative Exhibition,
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
River：New Asian Art A Dialogue In Taipei ,
Taipei County Cultural Center , Taiwan
Artisti di Taiwan Tainan National College of The Arts ,Taiwan
1997
The 24th Taipei Annual Arts Competition ,
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taiwan
I Live In Chia-Yi Chia Yi City Cultural Center , Taiwan
1996
The Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Chia Yi City Cultural Center , Taiwan
Published Works：
HSIEH,TUNG-SHAN Contemporary Art in Taiwan , 2002
YAO,JUI-CHUNG Installation Art in Taiwan , 2002
HU, YUNG- FEN Display Steady Quality : The Creation of TAO, YA- LUN, ART OF COLLECTION, No. 61,1997（pp. 202-205）, Taiwan
HUANG, CHIEN- FANG About The Exhibition of「River：New Asian Art A Dialogue In Taipei」, ART OF COLLECTION, No. 62, 1997（pp. 183188）,Taiwan
HSIEH, CHIN-JUNG 228 New Outstanding Artists , THE JOURNALIST, No.575, 1998 （pp. 80 - 81）, Taiwan
CHUNG, MINGDER Murder The Hope of Taiwan , TSU LI EVEVINGNEWS , 17．18．19 , MAY , 1998 , Taiwan
CHUNG, MINGDER Sublime：Presenting the UnpresentableA View on TAO YA-LUN“ SelfConsciousness 1996∕1997 ”〞,DIALOGUE, No.017 , AUG, 1998,（pp.102107）, Taiwan