I hold it to be inalienable right of anyone to do it in his own way.
Andy Yen Born in Taiwan at 1985.
Andy Yen is an artist based in Taipei, Taiwan. He has exhibited his work in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Taipei, Tokyo and Osaka, and has been selected in many of the prestigious competitions around the Taiwan. Besides visual art, Andy Yen also approached multidisciplinary fields of creation, such as fashion, multimedia, installation, and photography. He organized “Freedom men Art Organization”, an active young artist collective in 2006. Graduated from National University of Tainan, Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2009, and currently working on his master degree at Institute of Fashion and Communications Design, Shih Chien University.
CROSSOVER PROJECTS
2011 L’OREAL hair art show, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 RADO Unlimited Spirits 24hours art street Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 CONVERSE TAIWAN ”YOU’RE IT” art video show, Taipei, Taiwan
SOLO EXHIBITION
2010 Organs without body – Ino Cafe’, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Andy Yen is not Andy Yen – Taipeier Cafe, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Gradual of The Transition – Côte à Côte, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Lo-Fi Facsimile – Mo!relax Cafe, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Organs without body – Free Hugs Street Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 Color cells – Safulak Art Village Gallery, Shinchu, Taiwan
2008 Linearity, Non-linearity – Wen Ying Gallery of Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taichung, Taiwan
GROUP EXHIBITION
2011 Contemp Fallfest – Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 ART TAIPEI – Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 STAY REAL DREAMS – Huashan Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 YOUNG ART TAIPEI Contemporary Hotel Art Fair – Sunworld Dynasty Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Born! Boom! Contemporary Art Exhibition – CMP BLOCK, Taichung, Taiwan
2010 GEISAI TAIWAN＃2 – Huashan Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Art Supply MOCA Public Art Exhibition – Ximending Wanhua Plaza No.406, Taipei, Taiwa
2010 Culture X Creativity – Ximending, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Young Designers’ Exhibition – Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 YOUNG ART TAIPEI Contemporary Hotel Art Fair – Sunworld Dynasty Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 ChinWan The Exhibition of Contemporary Art – Dynasty Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 PHOTO TAIPEI Hotel Art Fair – The Westin Taipe, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 ORGANIC – Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 GEISAI TAIWAN – Huashan Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Dream or Truth – Dynasty Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 ART TAIPEI – Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 YOUNG ART TAIPEI Contemporary Hotel Art Fair – Sunworld Dynasty Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 The 26th Taoyuan Fine Arts Exhibition – Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taoyuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2008 GEISAI MUSEUM#2 – Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS
2010 STAY REAL DREAMS, Contemporary Art Award, First price
2010 YOUNG ART TAIPEI, Young Art Award, Selected
2008 The 26th TaoYuan Arts Exhibition of Tao Yuan County, Western Painting, Selected
2008 Arts Exhibition of Tainan Municipal Cultural Center, Western Painting, Selected
2008 Republic of China International Arts Association Exhibition, Western Painting, Selected
2007 ABN AMRO Young Artist Award, Selected
2007 Republic of China International Arts Association Exhibition, Western Painting, Selected
2006 ABN AMRO Young Artist Award, Selected
2006 Arts Exhibition of Tainan Municipal Cultural Center, Western Painting, Selected
COLLECTIONS
2010 Organs without body No.44, Private Collection, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Organs without body No.55, Private Collection, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Organs without body W No.1, MORI YU GALLERY Collection, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Organs without body No.62, Private Collection, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Organs without body No.43, YOUNG ART TAIPEI, Private Collection, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Organs without body No.77, Free Hugs street GALLERY Collection, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 Organs without body No.28, Private Collection, Osaka, Japan
