Education：
National Taipei University of Education_Department of Arts and Design graduate School | Master
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Solo Exhibitions :
2024,”Thanks God”, Apartment of Art, Munich
2024,”When you close your eyes, what kind of dark do you see”, Hong Foundation, Taiwan 2023,”where is god”,Sakari Mansion, Beigan, Taiwan"
2019,”Noise”NTUE 201 ART SPACE,Taipei,Taiwan
2017, "Human Zoo" Photographic Exhibition, Pier-2 Market Art Center, Yang Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016, "If there A light, you can illuminate your universe, 1839 Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2014, “NO PHOTO Photography Exhibition", Xiao Rusong Arts Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2014, "Kisses / Exists This Once," Kamo Gamo Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Selected Collaborative Exhibitions :
2024 20th Anniversary of Taipei Puppet Theatre-Now for the Future,Taipei
2024 JOFFIS Photo Festival - Drift Banquet Photo Book Exhibition, Indonesia
2024 ‘Noise’ Yogyakarta Photo Festival, Indonesia
2024 We Come from the River, Tainan Museum of Fine Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 Tainan International Photography Festival, Tainan
2022 Madou Land Art Season, Zeng Wenxi’s Thousand Names
2022 Asian Photographer of the Year Awards Joint Exhibition, MAF, South Korea
2021 Enlight,The Pier-2 Art Center P3, Kaohsiung
2021 Collection Exhibition, Japan
2021 1839 Contemporary Art Gallery Collection Exhibition, Taipei
2020 After the World, Node, Tainan
2020 Taiwan Art Biennale, National Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2020 Post-human world, ranking, Tainan, Taiwan
2020,Chiang Mai Photography Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2019,”street”, garden city,Taipei,taiwan
2018,Collector's Art Exhibition, Taiwan Central Depository and Clearing House, Taipei, Taiwan
2018,”The alternative guide of time”,Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab,Taipei,Taiwan
2017, "Luzhu South Village Art Exhibition Senba Senba", Luzhu South Community, Miaoli, Taiwan
2017, "Ilan Awards and Cinematography", Ilan Cultural Center, Ilan, Taiwan
2017, "National Fine Art Photography Class", National Taiwan Museum Of Fine Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2016, Celeste Prize Young Artists Exhibition, Bargehouse, OXO Tower, London, UK
Magazines and Periodicals： 2023 Ghost Park Artist Books Independently Published
2023 A Thousand Names of Zeng Wenxi-Stealth Photography Team
2022 Classic Magazine
2022 Handwritten Notes on Local Flavors Published by Youlu
2022 New Living Water Photography Column "King of Life Wisdom"
2021 Fraction Magazine Japan Annual
2020 Taiwan Fine Arts Biennale Album
2019 “Roaming at midnight” embodied in “Street”
2016 artwork embodied in ”Mirage V"Disused public property in taiwan
2016 "Human Zoo" embodied in "ARTiculAction Art Review"
2014 "No Photo" embodied in "APPortfolio Asia Member Vol.4"
Residencies :
2024 Villa Waldberta, Munich
2023 Art Guerrilla Matsu Village Residency in Beigan
2017 Miaoli Luzhu South Art Resident Village,Taiwan
Awards : 2024 Taipei Fine Arts Award _ Finalist
2022 K*MoPA Museum of Art Collection_ Finalist
2022 POY Asia Finalist
2021 Finalist K*MoPA young portfolio
2020 Finalist K*MoPA young portfolio 2020 Finalist,”National Art Exhibition Photography Category Award",Taiwan
2019 Tainan International Photography Festival photo go award
2019 Quality Award,Ilan Award for Photography and New Media Art
2018 Special Judging Awards, TDCC Brainstorming Contemporary Arts Award,Taiwan
2017 Finalist,”Ilan Award for Photography and New Media Art Award",Taiwan
2017 Finalist,”National Art Exhibition Photography Category Award",Taiwan
2016 Finalist,”Celeste Prize Young Artist Award, London Celtics Award”,London
2016 First Prize,”Applied Materials Award",Taiwan
2014 Finalist,”APPortfolio Asia Member,Taiwan
Do you believe in ghosts and gods? Maybe it's like magic, you have to see it to believe it.
Originally I was an atheist, but since I started taking photos of “Ghost in the Park” six years ago, I have been going out in the middle of the night to take photos, and I have encountered unexplainable paranormal events, which have made me realize the existence of intangible things. I began to wear a talisman and often went to temples and participated in the celebrations of the gods, so I got to know some of the clergy who serve the gods.
During my participation in the ceremonies, I observed that the relationship between the gods and humans was very different from what I had imagined. Instead of a top-down relationship, the gods and humans were more like friends. God is in another dimension, and when he wants to do something in the human world, he has to do it through the human body. Therefore, human beings help the gods to do what they want to do, for example, if the gods want to go on a parade, the sedan chairperson will take charge of this important task, and take the gods to the streets to meet old friends or to contact the people who need help. If the relative of the clergyman has a problem or disaster in his or her life, the God will remind him or her of this and bless him or her in the process. The clergy use God or mediums to help people solve their problems.
During the ceremony, I found it amazing that the sedan chair moves by itself. Different deities have different shaking characteristics, e.g. the general's swing is gentle, the general's swing is full of energy, and the Goddess swing bounces up and down in an elegant manner.
Everything in the temple must be instructed by the nerves, what the temple should look like, what kind of murals and special shapes it should have, what time the parade should be held, what order and route the parade should take, all decisions are made under the instruction of the gods. The gods are very much like human beings. They have a sense of manners, a sense of time, personalities, emotions, and their own preferences, which are reflected in the behavioral patterns of the God, and some of them even like to drink alcohol, which is full of humanity.
In the series "Mascot and Tumor", I photographed the sedan chair bearers who serve the gods in Beigan(Taiwan), and used portraits to capture the changes in their bodies as they carry the sedan chair over the years, revealing the unseen bodies of the everyday people who are involved in the rituals. The photographs show the unseen everyday bodies of these people during the rituals. They have developed a small hill on their necks, commonly known as a "rich bun", which is medically known as a "lipoma". Because of the constant use of their necks to carry the sedan chair, the stick was pressed and rubbed against their necks for long periods of time, and over the years, the lumps accumulated, giving them the appearance of a ball of strong biceps, which were a bit elastic to the touch. Lipomas are benign tumors with no nerves or pain. To them, lipoma is not a disease, but a sign of honor and qualification, and a trace of the presence of the gods, which they call "the mark of the gods".
Thanks God
你相信這世上有鬼與神嗎？也許這就魔術一樣，你要親眼看到才會相信。
原本我是一位無神論者，自從六年前拍攝幽靈公園作品，長期半夜出門拍照，時常遇到無法解釋的靈異事件，讓我開始意識到無形事物的存在。於是我開始配戴護身符，常去廟裡走走，參加神明的慶典，因此認識了一些為神明服務的神職人員。
在參與慶典的期間，我觀察到神與人的關係跟我想像的很不一樣，神與人不是上對下的關係，他們反而更像是朋友。神在另外一個次元，當他想在人間做點什麼的時候，神必須藉由人的肉身去執行，所以人幫助神明去做神想做的事，像是神明想去遶境，於是由轎將負責這個重要的任務，帶神明去街上，見見老朋友，或是接觸需要幫助的人。相對的神職人員的親人，如果遇到人生的問題與不可抗的災難時，神明會提醒並保佑他渡過難關。神明以用神轎寫字或是降駕於乩身的方式作為媒介，幫助大眾解決人的問題。
在儀式過程中，我發現很神奇的是神轎自己在動，不同的神明會有不同抖動的特徵，例如：文將的擺動比較溫和，武將的擺動充滿氣勢，媽祖則是很有氣質的上下跳動。
廟裡的大小事情都必須經由神經指示，廟要長什麼樣子，有什麼樣的壁畫，跟特殊的造型，幾點要遶境，什麼隊伍走的順序與路線，任何決定都是經過神明指示。神明的舉動非常像人，神明會注重禮節、有時間觀念，有個性，有情緒，也有各自的喜好，會反映在神轎的行為模式上，甚至有些喜歡喝酒，充滿人性。
「神輿瘤」系列，我拍攝北竿服務神明的轎將，以肖像的方式拍攝他們長年抬神轎所產生的身體變化，透過攝影顯現了儀式中不可被看見的日常身體。他們的脖子上長了小山丘，俗稱「富貴包」，在醫學上被稱之為「脂肪瘤」。因為長期使用脖子抬神轎的緣故，棍子在脖子上長時間重壓與摩擦，長年的累積，讓外觀看起來像是一球強壯的二頭肌，摸起來有點彈性。脂肪瘤的構造沒有神經，也沒有痛覺，屬於良性腫瘤。對他們而言，脂肪瘤並不是一種疾病，這代表榮耀與資歷，更是神明存在的痕跡，他們稱之為「神明的印記」。
