HUANG LAN-YA

EDUCATION
2002 M.F.A.,Taipei National University of the Arts
1990 B.F.A., National Institute of the Arts

SOLO EXHIBITION
2006 "California 101 Space Project " , San Francisco
"Molding the Mind's Eye" , Taitung Railway Art Village , Taitung
"Floating Project" Galapagos Art Space , New York
2004 "Floating & Planting" Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art , Korea
"Molding the Mind's Eye" , Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei
2003 "Huang Lan-Ya's Show", Digital Gallery of 18th Street Arts Complex , L.A.
2002 "Solo exhibition" , south-North Gallery , T.N.U.A.
1998 "Image of Dream" , Chiayi City Cultural Center , Chiayi
"Female Image" , Front Gallery , Taipei

ENVIRONMENT PROJECT
2006 "Planting Project"jTreasure Hill, Taipei
"Art as Environment - a cultural action in Tropic of Cancer 2006" Chiayi
2005 "Floating Project" Naha , Okinawa
"Planting Project" Maejima , Okinawa
"Planting Project" Headlands , S.F.
"Planting Project" Antwerpen

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

2005 "Vivid Chayi" Opening Exhibition of Mei Ling Fine Art Museum , Chayi
"Wanakio 2005" Maejima Art Center , Okinawa
"Memory Essence"Taipei Artist Village , Taipei
2004 "3Three or More" Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art , Korea
"The Invitational Exhibition of The Association of Asia Contemporary Sculptors", Seoul Korea
"Plug In" The Council for Cultural Affairs Grant,Artist-in-residence group show, Taipei
2002 "Taipei Art Award Exhibition",Taipei Fine Arts Museum ,Taipei
"Very Good" Stock 20 , Taichung
2001 "Feminine Comfort" ,Hong-Gah Museum,Taipei
"Absolute Body", Female Perception of Contemporary Taiwanese Art , Taipei
2000 "PRIVATE SPACE",Fairmate Art Gallery , Taipei

ARTIST'S RESIDENCY
2006 Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse , Chia-Yi
2005 PointB Project Willamsburg , New York
Headlands Center of The Arts, San Francisco
A.I.R. Antwerpen
2004 Kyoung An Artist-in-residence Program, Korea
2003 18th Street Arts Complex, L.A.

AWARD
2002 "Taipei Art Award Exhibition",Honorable Mention

GRANT & FELLOWSHIP
2005 Asian Cultual Council Grant
Taipei City Government Cultural Affairs Department Fellowship
The Natioal Culture and Arts Foundation Fellowship
2004 Gyeonggi Do Cultural Foundation, Korea
2003 The Council for Cultural Affairs Grant
Taipei City Government Cultural Affairs Department Fellowship
1999 The Natioal Culture and Arts Foundation Fellowship

Huang Lan-Ya's Statement

The thinking behind style of artworks
In recent years. I've mainly used hot melt glue to present different styles of art and in spatial installations. Among my works, some are soft sculptures, and some are installations created according to spatial requirements.
Style comes from manipulation of a kind of energetic, organic entity. It intends to express the original elements of individual creation. This series of works mostly uses woven objects are 3-dimensional or 2-dimensional, they all use a single, fragmented element, utilizing regular or irregular methods to construct an image or a space; for example, paintings, installations, multi-media, or sculptures. This desire, which is similar to cellular replication, often appears in artworks as the fragmentation of points, lines, and surfaces. It could also be the reason why artists use different materials in their works. Artworks created using fragmentary elements have a refined visual effect, and the characteristics and style of the materials used often lead to an organic effect.
The immaterial qualities of the medium
The material and immaterial qualities of the medium are two side of same coin. All media have material and immaterial aspects. The so-called material aspect refers to the characteristics and texture of the medium that can be seen, touched, and felt, and that has a set form, allowing the medium to extend, develop, and change. The immaterial aspect of the medium, however, has infinite possibilities. For my works, I use hot melt glue not only because of the softness and elasticity of the medium, but also because the characteristics of the medium closely match the organic image inside me. Glue will change with temperature fluctuations. When heated, it will gradually become thick and viscous. It is transparent, fluid, and malleable. When cooled, it will gradually become a solid with certain elasticity. It is semi-transparent or opaque. The physical changeability of glue is what led me to choose it as my primary artistic medium. Artwork created with glue is like an embryo in its early stages; in both instances, life begins with a liquid.