Shou-An Chiang
In my words:
I am a
multi-disciplinary artist - enjoying performance, video art, photography, installation, and writing
omnivorous photographer - telling relationships through the lens
image maker - believing everything seen is an image in the contemporary context
art and cultural worker - residing in art galleries, museums, studios, and alternative spaces
In other words (for any official occasion):
Shou-An Chiang is a Taiwanese multi-disciplinary visual artist based in London. Her photography and videos explore the ambiguous concepts of relationships and identity. Chiang's practice and research of the alienation built from the diverse society draw on her own undefined identity experience, as she delves into the philosophic themes of duration, existence, and phenomenology. Chiang also works in the fields of performance and installation and is fascinated with plural and transdisciplinary language that interlaces fine art, technology, and new media.
Global Talent Visa holder, endorsed by Arts Council England
Member of Liquid Gold Artists' Collective (2021-2023):
Co-managed a London-based artist-run space, facilitating exhibitions, workshops, publications, and collaborative projects.
Education:
2019-2021
MA Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies, Central Saint Martins, UK
2013-2017
BA Advertising, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Exhibitions:
2024
> Group exhibition Phenomenal Dreamland at Muirfield Cres, London UK
2023
> Duo exhibition 影像場景三 at 新竹241藝術空間, Hsinchu, Taiwan
> Duo exhibition 透明之後(Over Transparency) at 鯉魚藝廊Carp Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
> Group exhibition in Who's On It - A Celebration Of Youth Culture event at South London Gallery, London, UK
> Group exhibition Temporal Collision at Safe House 1&2, London, UK
2022
> Solo exhibition QUEERASIAN at Liquid Gold Studios, London, UK
> Duo exhibition 影像場景二：鏡子、鏡面貼、投影機(Images Scene 2: Mirror, Mirror Sticker, Projector) at broom design, Tainan, Taiwan
> Duo exhibition 舶來光, at 伴樓, Hsinchu, Taiwan
> Group exhibition 8 x 12 selected by FLOOR_, Seoul, Korea
> Collaborative live performance Where Are You Today?有鬼, selected by AiOP, Shou-An was performing the sound remotely from London,
while the artists Chen-Yi Wu and Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia were performing the movements in New York City, US
> Collaborative performance Where Are You Today? 有鬼 at Gene Frankel Theatre(New York City) and Asian Arts Initiative(Philadelphia), US
> Group exhibition Bon Voyage! at Slash Arts, London, UK
> Group exhibition Visual Noise selected by RANKIN at Maryland Studio, London, UK
> Group exhibition YOUNG BLOOD VOL.II at The Holy Art, London, UK
> Artists’ Films Screening Night, present the short film London x Body x Be Loved at Liquid Gold Studios, London, UK
2021
> Collaborative documentary film screening Separated (隔) at Kishu An Forest of Literature, Taipei, Taiwan
> Group exhibition La Grande Rêverie at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
> Group exhibition Another Form at Tension Fine Art, London, UK
> Group exhibition Final, not Over at Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK
2020
> Group exhibition Work from Home at EC1V 7NS, London, UK
> Solo exhibition Live Cam Project via Youtube, online (live performance in Taoyuan, Taiwan)
> Group exhibition CSM MA Interim Exhibition - I Promise You... at Apiary Studios, London, UK
> Group exhibition SALE at Tate Modern, London, UK
2019
> Group exhibition Big Space Exhibition at Central Saint Martins, London, UK
> Group exhibition Field of Real Innate Photography Exhibition at Venue, Taipei, Taiwan
2018
> Solo exhibition at Muá-Muá, Taipei, Taiwan
2017
> Group exhibition Graduation Show - Where is AD at Zhongshan15, Taipei, Taiwan
> Group exhibition Fine Art Photography Show at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Awards and Fellowship:
2023
Photo Oxford 2023 Open Call - Project runners-up
2021
Philadelphia Independent Media Fund, Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Awarded documentary film Separated (隔) is a collaborative project featuring director Chen-Yi Wu and performer Julia Hsia
that tells the overseas experience of Taiwanese artists during the pandemic
Residency:
2025 (upcoming in August)
HANGAR, Lisbon, Portugal
2021
KE Residency Project, Regent’s Canal, London, UK
Selected for a knowledge exchange residency project working with art organization Arthousehaus, as part of MA final project Aqua Frontier
Media Interview:
2022
“These photos reclaim young queer Asians from tired stereotypes” featured on DAZED
2023
AL-TIBA9 ART MAGAZINE ISSUE12 | FEATURED ARTIST
Publication:
2017
2022