Past
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Huang Wang-Fu: Go To Southland
23 Nov - 14 Dec 2024 BACK_Y Text/ Huang Wang-Fu The golden maple tree in front of my childhood home, the long, calm streams, the distant mountains shrouded in morning mist, and the stunning landscapes of the southern region-these images are etched in my memory. Born in the South but having lived and worked in the North... Read more -
Su Chien-Lin: Follow Among the Grass and Trees
23 Nov - 14 Dec 2024 BACK_Y Amidst the forest and greenery, I immerse myself in the breath of nature and the myriad forms of plants. This experience reawakens and enriches the senses that had been dulled by the busyness of work, while prompting me to reflect on the habitats and evolution of these species. Within the... Read more -
Tomonari Nakayashiki: Inner Flesh
23 Nov - 14 Dec 2024 YIRI ARTS Text/ Tomonari Nakayashiki One day, while out for a walk, a thought casually crossed my mind: “The characters for ‘inner’ (內) and ‘flesh’ (肉) are strikingly similar.” This sparked my curiosity to delve deeper into the connection between these two words. The characters for “inner” and “flesh” are not only... Read more -
Yasuhiro Maruo: Beyond Time and Space
23 Nov - 14 Dec 2024 YIRI ARTS Born in 1956 in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, Yasuhiro Maruo graduated from Tokyo Zokei University's Faculty of Fine Arts with a major in sculpture in 1982. In 1985, he participated in the Chiguma Sculpture Symposium in Hokkaido. Yasuhiro Maruo has held solo exhibitions in many significant art museums, including... Read more
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Heidi Hassan：Inner Landscape—The Sacred Journey of Creation and Self-Discovery
19 Oct - 16 Nov 2024 YIRI ARTS Of the years, I've been learning to cope with the guilt that comes from isolating myself from everything to immerse obsessively in my inner self. Systematically, when I start working, I am overwhelmed by a sense of guilt for not being involved in external life: in the important dates of... Read more -
Jiang Meng-Si：Voyagers on a Vessel
19 Oct - 16 Nov 2024 BACK_Y Living on the narrow, ocean-surrounded island of Taiwan, environmental change is an unavoidable part of daily life. From seasonal typhoons to shifting tectonic plates, the land is never truly stable. Jiang Meng-Si sees the world as a vast vessel, constantly swaying and trembling on the sea, with each of us... Read more -
The Metamorphosis—Group Exhibition
19 Oct - 16 Nov 2024 YIRI ARTS In 1924, as the world was still reeling from the upheaval of World War I and the influenza pandemic, the first Surrealist Manifesto was published in Paris. It embodied a powerful spirit of anarchism and revolution, striving to develop means of resisting oppressive systems and imagining a future founded on... Read more -
Ken Yi-Wen: The Space Between the Two
12 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 BACK_Y Once upon a time, there was a magical forest where geese continuously hatched golden eggs, and those eggs nurtured the growth of trees in the forest. People regarded the geese and the forest as divine gifts from heaven, treating them with great care and reverence. One day, a bear from... Read more
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Lin Yu-Long: Liquid Boundary
12 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 BACK_Y When artist Lin Yu-Long first encountered the exhibition space at BACK_Y, he immediately sensed a profound internal connection between the space and his work. Unlike the traditional white cube, the space is constructed through the interplay of staircases, the shifting dynamics of light and shadow, and the use of heavy... Read more -
Hojan: The Visible Range Is Not Wide Enough
12 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 YIRI ARTS When sensation occurs, our perception processes all sensory stimuli and converts them into a form of energy the brain can understand, thus activating cognitive abilities. However, to make sense of the complicated world, it is easy for us to fall into the mindset of binary oppositions. In such dichotomies, anything... Read more -
Taichi Nakamura: Where Are We?
12 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 YIRI ARTS Japanese artist Taichi Nakamura, born in 1982 in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, graduated from the Department of Painting at Tokyo Zokei University in 2008. His formative years unfolded in the early 1980s, a period marked by Japan's robust economic growth and vibrant societal energy, reaching the pinnacle of the economic... Read more -
Matthias Garff: City Dwellers
10 Aug - 7 Sep 2024 BACK_Y Swiss-German artist Matthias Garff uses intriguing qualities of discarded materials and everyday items to create lively and distinctive animal sculptures. His first solo exhibition in Taiwan, 'City Dwellers,' invites viewers to delve into the hidden aspects of urban life through a new series of works inspired by his travels in... Read more
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Li Shih-Wen: Into The…
10 Aug - 7 Sep 2024 YIRI ARTS After spending more than a decade in the central and southern regions, with frequent trips to the north, I have become accustomed to spending a lot of time traveling. In fact, I have come to look forward to watching the scenery go by, daydreaming, and taking brief naps along the... Read more -
Jhan Jhuang-Syuan: Rains Retreat
10 Aug - 7 Sep 2024 BACK_Y 'I love wandering alone, letting my mind drift. I find peace in nature—mountains, seas, forests—and in the arts—films, theater, literature, music. These experiences open up my senses. I'm just an ordinary person, but I think deeply about the meaning of existence and transform my reflections into inner landscapes, which I... Read more -
Wu Chien-Hsing: Black Hand of Craftsmanship II
10 Aug - 7 Sep 2024 YIRI ARTS 'Black Hand of Craftsmanship II' explores the concept of transformation and handcrafted reconstruction. This exhibition features a series of works collaboratively produced by artist Wu Chien-Hsing and skilled mechanics. Using the mechanics' daily vehicle repair tasks as a starting point, the exhibition invites the mechanics to work together to shape... Read more -
Lin Yi-Huei： Whisper From the Woods
27 Jun - 27 Jul 2024 BACK_Y Text/ Lin Yi-Huei In many fairy tales, forests are often depicted as gateways to another world, while dreams are seen as symbols of mystery and the unknown, brimming with endless possibilities. Inspired by this perspective, the artist poses a question: What kind of dream would a forest have if it... Read more
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Lin Shih-Yung： Wish Longevity Banquet
27 Jun - 27 Jul 2024 BACK_Y Text/ Lin Shih-Yung I cannot remember the joy of blooming flowers Yet I continually celebrate the proof of sprouting Constantly anticipating the revival of withered plants with hot water My paintings are like organizing a complex, distant autobiography, transforming indigestible elements into something digestible through the act of painting. Each... Read more -
Keiko Miyagawa: Imagine the land while underwater
27 Jun - 27 Jul 2024 YIRI ARTS Imagine the land while underwater Even if we believe we are different and find ourselves in opposition, I hope we can remember that we are, after all, the same kind of living beings. Even if you live on land, you can surely build a friendly relationship with the one who... Read more -
Daydreamer
27 Jun - 27 Jul 2024 YIRI ARTS 'Daydreamer' brings together five artists from Taiwan, France, the Czech Republic, and Japan. Each artist addresses the anxieties and uncertainties of daily life, exploring the blurred lines between individual and society, fantasy and reality. This approach, akin to the autopilot mode of daydreaming, challenges the boundaries of reality, transforming... Read more -
Liao Yuan-Yi：In Here Somewhere
16 May - 15 Jun 2024 YIRI ARTS Liao Yuan-Yi, born in Taipei, graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Taiwan University of Arts with a Bachelor's degree and obtained a Master's degree from Kyoto University of Arts. His work focuses on communication and loneliness among people. Whether it's the difficulties or happiness in communication with others,... Read more
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James Rielly：The Sun Shines on Everyone
16 May - 15 Jun 2024 YIRI ARTS James Rielly, a British artist, born in 1956, lives and works in France, he is a Professor at the Beaux-arts de Paris, regularly exhibits his works internationally and to great acclaim. Rielly’s works are subtle yet inherently dark, his use of humour and images to tell stories are a constant... Read more -
Huang Po-Chih: Call From Comet
16 May - 15 Jun 2024 BACK_Y He said, “Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!” When the universe was flipped upside down, time started to fall. He raised his finger gun and shot down a sky full of wishes from a starless night. In the night sweat of a hot daydream, reality got thinner the more it knocked, crumbling... Read more -
Lee Yi-Shuan: aNew Paintings
13 Apr - 4 May 2024 BACK_Y 'aNew Paintings' is Lee Yi-Shuan‘s first solo exhibit in his young artistic career. The collection of work focuses on the artist’s time spend in his motherland, Taiwan, where the artist was born and has now resided in since 2020. The word anew, carries weight in change, but further in much... Read more -
Ikeda Shin: Super String Theory
13 Apr - 4 May 2024 BACK_Y In the routines of daily life, people generate various types of waste, such as soap wrappers, cup noodle boxes, calendar paper, and more. Through traditional crafts techniques such as sculpture and embroidery, these materials reveal a coexistence of powerlessness and effort. Biography 1974 Born in Osaka 1998 Graduated from Osaka University of... Read more
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Tomoko Hauswa: Elixir
13 Apr - 4 May 2024 YIRI ARTS 'I want to paint abstract paintings that have never been seen before. To make this happen, I believe one method is to find and depict objects in paintings without clear subjects. But this seems like a contradictory concept and makes the creative process very challenging, almost drowning me in the... Read more -
亞歷山大．塞巴斯丁 : Titik Dari：Constellations of From
13 Apr - 4 May 2024 YIRI ARTS In ‘Titik Dari’ which means points of from, Sebastianus questions the locality of ‘belonging’ within the memories of our past and how we make sense of the varying dimensions it can take form. Alexander Sebastianus Hartanto ritualizes the act of recalling a memory through intertwining two generational methods of memory... Read more -
Chang Wen-Woan: Find a Word to Distinguish Oneself
29 Feb - 30 Mar 2024 BACK_Y The meaning of words varies in different contexts. When describing objects or events, there is no single word that can completely match the object, and the correspondence of things also affects the choice of words, making the expression of a matter more complex and interesting. When explaining the meaning represented... Read more -
Munehiro Yoshimura: Woman With Cedar Seedings
29 Feb - 30 Mar 2024 YIRI ARTS Read more
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Chang Teng-Yuan: LAYER
29 Feb - 30 Mar 2024 YIRI ARTS The boundary between reality and illusion has always been something I try to navigate. With the rise of AI technology, I feel that the line between reality and illusion is rapidly disappearing. I employ the creation of illusionary characters and futuristic apocalyptic story structures as a technique, using the unreal... Read more -
Preface: Tracing Back In Time
11 Jan - 7 Feb 2024 BACK_Y Continuing the exploration of emotional states and human connections in an artistic context, Lin Yi-Pei sees her creative process as an unfolding book centered on themes of 'emotion,' 'life,' and 'time.' Through her artwork, she delves into the anxieties people grapple with while navigating their worth within relationships today. In... Read more -
A Decade Ago
11 Jan - 7 Feb 2024 YIRI ARTS In 2024, YIRI ARTS proudly presents its first exhibition of the year, ”A Decade Ago,” commemorating a significant ten-year milestone. This exhibition features a selection of 20 artists who not only representing the developmental journey of YIRI ARTS but also shape the essence of 'YIRI'. Our curation aims to showcase... Read more
