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Kuo Wei kuo
 
1960  Born in Taipei, Taiwan
 
Educational Background
2004    M.F.A of National Taipei University of the Art, Taipei, Taiwan
1984    Graduated from Private Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
 
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009       
Kuo Wei-Kuo, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008       
Theater of Commotion and DesireThe Secret Made Visible,Lin & Keng Gallery, Beijing, China
2006       
Difficult to Concealed from Earthliness, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Diagram of Commotion and Desire, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2005       
Diagram of Commotion and DesireFrom Gloominess to a Brand New Bright Start, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2004       
Diagram of 40, National Taipei University of the Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Award of the 8th "Li Chun Shen Foundation of Contemporary Painting", Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2002       
Diagram of Commotion and Desire 3, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2001       
Finished 80%, Vermont Studio Center, USA
2000       
Diagram of Commotion and Desire 2, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1999       
Solo Exhibition, Tunghai University Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Diagram of Commotion and Desire 1, The Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
1996       
Scenery of Desire in the Dark, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition, Masterpiece Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1993       
Luminescence and Tension, Taiwan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

Group Exhibitions
2012 ARTIST FAIR, Taichung Culture & Creative Industries Park, Taichung, Taiwan/ Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
Sensible Knowledge, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Manifestation of Homunculi, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
Momentum, Lin & Lin Gallery, Beijing, China
2010       
The WAY is not merely between two points, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
See U Next 10, Taichung Creative and Cultural Park, Taichung, Taiwan
RESHAPING HISTORY Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
Amazement and AstonishmentHantoo Art Group’s Adventure to the West, Chongqing Art Museum, Sichuan, China
2010 Contemporary Taiwan Art Raise, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009       
Comedies, National Taipei University of the Art, Taipei, Taiwan
TAIPEI 101 Top of the World: 2009 Asia Art Link Exhibition, TAIPEI 101 Observatory, Taipei, Taiwan
SPEAKDESCRIBE2009 Cross-Strait Contemporary Art, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Akudou Power2009 Hantoo Art Group, Lin & Keng Gallery, Beijing, China
Post Little Tough Guys: Hantoo Art Group 14, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Madden RealityPost- Taipei Art Group, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan
2008      
Mix & Match VisionContemporary Art Communication Across Taiwan Straits, The Fall Art Week in Shanghai 800 Art Zone, Shanghai, China
INTIMATE TRENDPainting from Sichuan and Taiwan, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
FLOAT, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2007       
Style of Radical Will—the Multiform Nineties: Taiwan’s Contemporary Art, Soka Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Hantoo Art Group, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
City to City, Lin & Keng Gallery, Beijing, China
Mou.i.kaiThe Exhibition by Hantoo Art Group, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2006                                                    
Macro Vision, Micro Analysis, Multiple Reflections-Contemporary Art in Taiwan Since 1987, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Place/ Displace: Three Generations of Taiwanese Art, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2005       
DreamMultiple Realities in Taiwan Contemporary Photography and Painting, Ottawa, Canada
MS 8+5 Hantoo Manbo, Hantoo Art Group, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
DreamMultiple Realities in Taiwan Contemporary Photography and Painting, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2004       
The Multiform Nineties: Taiwan’s Art Branches Out, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The Transitional Eighties: Taiwan’s Art Breaks New Ground, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Dream-Multiple Realities in Taiwan Contemporary Photography and Painting, Paris, France
Place/ Displace: Three Generations of Taiwanese Art, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
The Era of Contention: Contemporary Taiwanese Visual Culture, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, USA
2003       
King Kong & Barbie 13, Hantoo Art Group Major Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
Future Plurality, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
64 Kinds of Love Words, IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
Taishin Arts Award Visual Arts Top 8, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
King Kong Touch Barbie, Hantoo Art Group, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
King Kong & Barbie Start Motor in Kaohsiung, Hantoo Art Group, Sin Pin Pier - Absolutely Art Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Play with King Kong & Barbie, Hantoo Art Group, Pier 2 Art District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2002       
The 90s Classical Paintings, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Oeuvre of Contemporary Art in Taipei, Part 1: Critical Reports, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
I-ness: About Me, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2001       
In the Backyard 2Overflowing Landscape of Desire, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Has No Sound, Hong Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
VERY FUN PARK Contemporary Arts in Taiwan, Perth, Australia
2000       
Etches & Original Works Exhibition, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
VERY FUN PARK Contemporary Arts in Taiwan, The Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, China
1999       
Plaster in SegmentsThe Shaping of Cultural in Turmoil, Dimension Endowment of Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Visions of Pluralism 1988-1999, Museum of Beijing, Beijing, China/ Mountain Art Cultural & Education Foundation Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Unraveling the Code of Images, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwanese Art Evolution, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
Hantoo Art GroupAn Exhibition on Taiwanese Culture, G.Zen 50 Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1998       
To Love Taiwan, Metropolitan Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
The Art Exhibition of Defense, G. Zen 50 Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1997       
Sadness Transformed2.28 Commemorative Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1996       
The Quest for Identity, 1996 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1995
Taipei Legend Contemporary Painting in Taiwan 1980-1995, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan      
Taipei Art Group 95 Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
1994       
Taipei Art Group 94 Exhibition, Ming Shan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
The Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Art, 1994, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1993       
The 8th Asia International Art Exhibition, Fukuoka, Japan
The Art Exhibition Toward Apex, G. Zen 50 Art Gallery, Kaoshiung, Taiwan
1992       
The 7th Asian International Art Exhibition, Bandung, Indonesia
1991       
Exhibition of Postmodern Painting, Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1990       
Contemporary Art Trends, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1989       
Taipei Art Group Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1988       
Contemporary Art Trends, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1987       
The New Outlook of Contemporary Painting of the Republic of China, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
1987 New Painting Exhibition, Domestic Art Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1986       
1987 Style 22 Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Painting, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1985       
The First Art Exhibition by Taipei Art Group, Domestic Art Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1984       
Contemporary Art Treads in the Republic of China 1984, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The Taipei Arant-Grarde Modern Art Group Joint Exhibition,American Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
 
Award and Honors
2005        Creative Award, Liao Chi-Chun Oil Painting Award, Taiwan
2004         Creative Award of Contemporary Painting, Li Chun-shen Foundation of Contemporary Painting, Taiwan
2003        Taishin Arts Award Visual Arts Top 8, Taiwan
2001        First Prize of Freeman Foundation Asian Awards, USA
1984        Excellency of Young Printmark Artist Exhibition of Taiwan, Taiwan
1983        Honor of “New Artist Award of Hsiung Shih Art”, Taiwan
 
Collection
‧"Yellow Silk Robe", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
‧"Under a Pipal Tree", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
‧"Under a Banana Tree", "Playing on the Swings", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
‧"New Paradise", Dimension Endowment of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
‧"Taiwan", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan