Exhibition & Projects
2023 De Aanschouw Wissel 1157-59, Rotterdam, NL (curator)
2023 An Artist’s Guide to Culinary, Limestone Books, Maastricht, NL (curator)
2020 Contemporary Apocalypse: A View of Biological Art in the Time of Pandemic Art Writing Project (project director)
2019 The Humanistic Value in European Ecology and Bio Art Research Project (researcher)
2018 Contemporary Art Section, 2018 Taichung World Flora Exposition, Taichung, TW (coordinator)
Education
2011-2012 MA, Art History, Leiden University, the Netherlands, Specialization: Art of the Contemporary World, Thesis: No Where? Now Here—Taiwanese Artists in the West (Supervisor: Prof.dr.ing. Robert Zwijnenberg, observing and analyzing the installation/performance art of Taiwanese artists when they are confronting Western landscape.) Scholarship: Leiden University /NTIO Joint Scholarship
2004-2009 BA, English Language and Literature, Catholic Fu Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan Research Project: Hooray Happenings; Hooray Contemporary Art: An Alternative Dimension of Viewing Contemporary Art
Collaboration/ Workshop/ Symposium (Selected)
2023 Books Art Bridges, PrintRoom, Rotterdam, NL (book launch/ public lecture organizer)
2022 The Proto-ocean for Co-consciousness, National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei, TW (guest speaker)
2022 Bat Feast Lab – Performance, Taipei Arts Festival, Taipei, TW (contributor)
2021 Coevolution: “Biology” + “Art” Online Conference (speaker)
2020 STEAM Lesson Plan Project, New Taipei Art Museum, New Taipei City, TW
2020 Provocative Futures: the Intersection of Speculative Design, Bio Art and Interdisciplinarity Symposium, TW Taiwan (moderator)
2019 Learning from Peers at GUDSKUL Jakarta: Taiwanese and Indonesian Contemporary Artists Mutual Learning Project, Jakarta, ID (participating researcher and writer)
2019 Ulaanbaatar International Media Art Festival 2019, Ulaanbaatar, MN (coordinator for Taiwanese artists)
2019 Bioart Diversity Contemporary Medicine, Artistic Practice and Ethical Controversies Forum, Taipei Digital Art Center, Taipei, TW (speaker)
2019 Atypical Botanical Bistro Workshop, Nature More, Taipei, TW (speaker)
2018 Customize Reality: The Lure and Enchantment of Digital Art Symposium, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW (speaker)
Grants & Awards
2023 International Exchange Grant, National Culture and Art Foundation
2020 Phenomena Writing Grant, National Culture and Art Foundation
2020 Literacy-Oriented Lesson Plan Award, TW
2019 International Research Grant, National Culture and Art Foundation
2019 Cultural Collaboration between Taiwan, West Asia and South Asia, Ministry of Culture
2019 Youth Cultural Gardening Grant: Taiwanese Young Talents in Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and Australia, Ministry of Culture
Publications
Kuan Y. (2023) What Makes a “Good” Work of Bioart? The Logic of Paradox in the Prize-Winning Award, Online Magazine of the National Culture and Arts Foundation. https://mag.ncafroc.org.tw/article_detail.html?id=8a808285866450e501867d59e64c0005
Kuan, Y. (2022) On Speculation: Financial Games and Derivative Worlding in a Transmedia Era, ARThon NO.3 : Web3-The Elephant in the Room. Taiwan Digital Art Center.
Kuan, Y. (2020). 生物藝術初探與發展(Development and Context of Bio Art). CLABO. https://mag.clab.org.tw/clabo-article/development-and-context-of-bio-art/
Kuan, Y.,& Lai, S. (2018). 真實何以定製－世界仍是座幻術花園 (How Can Reality Be Customized?- When the World Remains a Great Enchanted Garden). In Kuan, Y., Lai, S. (Ed.), Customized Reality: The Lure and Enchantment of Digital Art (pp. 8-10). National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.