Chung-Wei LIN
Taiwan
Lin Chung-Wei
Born in Taipei, 1989
**Education**
2011: Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts
2019: Master of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
**Exhibitions**
2025: "ART TAINAN 2025 Tainan Art Fair," 99 Art Center, Chihpen Hotel, Tainan, Taiwan
2024: "ART TAIPEI 2024," 99 Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2024: "ART TAICHUNG 2024," 99 Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
2024: "Yuheng Tainan Group Exhibition," Yuheng Art Center, Tainan, Taiwan
2024: "NIGHT ART FAIR TAIPEI 2024," 99 Art Center, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taipei, Taiwan
2024: "ONE ART TAIPEI 2024," 99 Art Center, JR East Japan Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
2023: "ART TAINAN 2023 Tainan Art Fair," 99 Art Center, Chihpen Hotel, Tainan, Taiwan
2022: "ART TAINAN 2022 Tainan Art Fair," 99 Art Center, Chihpen Hotel, Tainan, Taiwan
2022: "2022 Kaohsiung Art Fair," 99 Art Center, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022: "ART TAICHUNG 2022," 99 Art Center, Lin Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan
2022: "ONE ART TAIPEI 2022," 99 Art Center, Xihua Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
2021: "Falling in Love with Someone Who Won't Come Home," Solo Exhibition by Lin Chung-Wei, 99 Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2021: "ART TAICHUNG 2021," 99 Art Center, Millennium Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan
2020: "ART TAICHUNG 2020," 99 Art Center, Millennium Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan
2019: "Urban Drifting," Solo Exhibition by Lin Chung-Wei, S7 Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2018: "Nanying Award Exhibition," Group Exhibition, Xinying Cultural Center, Tainan, Taiwan
2018: "Urban Drifting: The Traveler Who Does Not Return Home," Solo Exhibition by Lin Chung-Wei, Mizutani Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2017: "Those Reckless Days," Wangdao Bank Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2016: "Taipei International Audio Art Exchange Expo 2016 ART SQUARE TAIPEI" (Taiwan Art Company), Howard Plaza Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
2016: "Kaohsiung Art Fair ART KAOHSIUNG 2016" (Taiwan Art Company), City Suites, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016: "Emerging Talent Collection Group Exhibition," Taiwan Art Corporation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016: "Different Perspectives – Artist Residency Group Exhibition," Taiwan Art Corporation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015: "Young Art Kaohsiung 2016," Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2014: "Quiet Little Explosion," Group Exhibition, Mizutani Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2014: "==> Home," Group Exhibition, Red Art Space, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2014: "Different Arts," Group Exhibition, National Taiwan University of Arts Underground Art Museum, New Taipei, Taiwan
2012: "On The Road," Group Exhibition, National Taiwan University of Arts Underground Art Museum, New Taipei, Taiwan
2011: "100Blows," Group Exhibition, Four Four South Village (Xinyi Citizen Hall), Taipei, Taiwan
2011: "Was tun?" Group Exhibition, National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei, Taiwan
2010: "We Have Very Long Arms," Group Exhibition, Beitou Citizen Hall, New Taipei, Taiwan
2009: "Shy Faces," Group Exhibition, Shilin Citizen Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
**Awards**
2020: Selected for the New Taipei City Fine Arts Exhibition, Oil Painting Category
2018: Nanying Award, Honorable Mention
2015: Selected for the Hongmei New Artist Award
2008: First Place in the Taiwan University Cup Campus Sketching Competition
2006: First Place in the National Student Art Exhibition
2006: First Place in the Keelung Student Art Exhibition
**Collections**
2022: "After Work Date," Art Bank, Taichung, Taiwan
**Artist’s Creative Philosophy**
With a delicate realistic style, Lin Chung-Wei depicts various aspects of contemporary society through the observation and portrayal of living organisms. In works like *The Dark Side of the Slaughterhouse*, he explores issues related to genetic modification and the nature of life. In his *Urban Drifting* series, the image of goldfish wandering through the city conveys a sense of alienation and the loneliness of travelers in urban life. Much like films that adapt real-life stories, Lin's works aim to immerse the audience, drawing them into the social realities, struggles, and challenges that we all experience. These stories, close to our lives, are not only relatable to anyone in society but could happen to any of us or those around us.
Lin Chung-Wei uses anthropomorphism to subtly suggest that the goldfish in his paintings are metaphors for solitary drifters in the city. He seeks to expand the interpretative space for his viewers, inviting them to co-create the work in their minds, thus achieving an interactive experience between the artist and the audience.