CHANG YU-CHIA
Taiwan
CHANG YU-CHIA
張育嘉
Yu-Chia Chang was born in 1983, currently pursuing a PhD in Contemporary Visual Culture at Taiwan University of the Arts. The artist was supported by The Ministry of Culture of Taiwan twice with his residency program in CAI, Boston and Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado. He also attended artist-in-residency at STOCK 20, Taichung. Chang’s works have been awarded as Selected Work in the Young Artist Collection by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Art Bank Collection Program by Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, as well as Top Prizes of Next Art in Tainan and Newly Emerging Artists in Taiwan. Chang specializes in transforming all sorts of media into his own distinctive style and characteristics. The artist showcases his keen observation on people, events, and object of everyday life in the form of paintings and installations.
Yu-Chia Chang is also vocalist and guitarist in BIKE, serving as the main songwriter and lyricist of the band. The band launched its first album “Hey! Let me think about it!” in 2013 and was recommended by Spark Chen, the vocalist of GMA-nominated band Quarterback, as well as renowned Taiwanese music critic Yeves Tsai.
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1983 Born in Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Currently PhD in Contemporary Visual Culture at Taiwan University of the Arts
2010 M.F.A. National Changhua University of Education, Department of Fine Art
2005 B.F.A. National Taichung University of Education, Department of Fine Art
Solo Exhibition (Selected)
2024 "Carnival," ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
2024 “Hidden in the Wood-Artist’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Chang Yu-Chia,” ART BANK, Taichung, Taiwan
2021 “Lost in the Space at Doomsday 2.0-Gymnastics Baron vs. Mei-Soul,” Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Daegu Art Fair, Daegu, South Korea
2012 “Woody Woody,” Contemporary Arts International Inc., Boston, USA
2011 “Biochemistry Generation,” Beyond Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibition (Selected)
2024 “Midsummer Olympism-My Life, My Arena,” NOKE, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 “First Half Champions” Art Bank Taiwan 10th Aniversary & Special Exhibition, Art Bank Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan
2022 “Next Art Tainan,” Inart Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2021 “Animamix Flux,” Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 “Stadium Creation” Juming Museum Special Exhibition, Juming Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 “Creature” Group Show, The Bird's Nest Gallery, Aspen, USA
2016 “SALON ART MORA,” ART MORA Gallery, New York, USA
2014 “A Database of Living Bodies: The Production of Image Variations with Color Ink," AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 ROC National Art Exhibition, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2010 “My Humble House – Exhibition of a New Generation: Contemporary Ink and Wash,” My Humble House Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 STOCK 20 at Taichung Railway Station, Taichung, Taiwan
Large Installation Exhibition
2024 “Mei-Soul Dragon” the Year of Dragon Art Installation, Intertrend Communications, Long Beach, Los Angeles, USA
2024 “Kaohsiung Wonderland” Kaohsiung Lantern Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023 “Hello! Monsters” NTPC Children’s Art Festival, New Taipei City Plaza, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Changhua Walker Art Festival, Changhua Railway Station｜Changhua Art Museum｜Timios Inn., Changhua, Taiwan
2023 “Light Up The Future” Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei-Art in Store Project, ODD ONE OUT, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Taitung Light Festival, Zhiben, Taitung, Taiwan
2022 “Wind’s Sport Ground” Hsinchu Children’s Art Festival, Touqianxi Riverside Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Public Art
2019 The Battle of Huwei, Tamsui Guanchao Square, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Dali Software Park, Taichung, Taiwan
2011 Give you aㄗㄓㄢˋ, Contemporary Pavilion Zhongxiao Fuxing Station, Taipei, Taiwan
Residency
2016 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Denver, USA
2012 Contemporary Arts International Inc., Boston, USA
2011-2009 STOCK 20 at Taichung Railway Station, Taichung, Taiwan
Award
2021 Grand View Emerging Artists Award, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2021 Selected for the Taiwanese Fine Arts New Look Award, Taichung, Taiwan
2019 Xingtian Temple Long-Term Gifted Scholarship, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Nanxun Award Three-Dimensional and Composite Media Optimization, Tainan, Taiwan
2018 Selected for the Hualien Award, Hualien, Taiwan
2013 Top Prize of Next Art Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan
2012 Top Prize of the Taiwanese Fine Arts New Look Award, Taichung, Taiwan
2011 Selected Work in the New Media Art Category at the National Art Exhibition ROC, Taichung, Taiwan
Collection
2023 Art Bank of the Ministry of Culture, Taichung, Taiwan
2022 Art Bank of the Ministry of Culture, Taichung, Taiwan
2020 Art Bank of the Ministry of Culture, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 Art Bank of the Ministry of Culture, Taichung, Taiwan
2013 Art Bank of the Ministry of Culture, Taichung, Taiwan
2012 Taichung City Seaport Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
2010 Selected Work in the Young Artist Collection, NOMOFA, Taichung, Taiwan