Yu-Whuan Wang | 王 玉環
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Open the Ordinary, Find Something in the Corner, daily installations, workshops, demonstrations, New York City Artist Corps, Central Park, New York
Zero, exhibition and community workshop, The Garage Art Center, Queens, New York
2019
ATTITUDE | Sign of the Time, Pleiades Gallery, New York
2018
B-R-E-A-T-H | ConsciousnessUnconscious, Pleiades Gallery, New York
2017
The Absence of Sound, ConsciousnessUnconscious, Pleiades Gallery, New York
Skin • Time, ConsciousnessUnconscious, 108 drawings, curated by Dr. Sheldon Hurst, ArtReach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
ConsciousnessUnconscious, duo exhibition with Sadaharu Horio, curated by Kanon Chisako, Space31, Kobe
2016
Zero | Consciousness Unconsciousness, Pleiades Gallery, New York
2015
24 Hours | The Process of Consciousness, Pleiades Gallery, New York
2005
Wa, painting and sculpture, Laku Gallery, Tokushima, Kyoto
2003
Oneness, Pleiades Gallery, New York
2002
Inheritance Wet/Dry Inheritance, installation, Pleiades Gallery, New York
Heavy Air, installation, curated by Marcos Dimas, Taller Boricua Gallery, Julia De Burgos Culture Center, New York
1999
The Moment Throbs, Gallery Yo, Kyoto
Opening | Day-Off, Gallery Hane-Usagi, Kyoto
Sculpture Gwa-Un Exhibition, special guest solo show, Kyoto City Museum of Art
Breath | Two Views, duo exhibition with Shige Mori, Ando Tadao Ayabe Cultural Center, Kyoto
1998
Present Transition, Gallery Hane-Usagi, Kyoto
Fragment of Memory - If it turns around, drawings/installation, Gallery Yo, Kyoto
Vessel—Becoming One, sculpture/installation, Sanjo Gallery, Kyoto
1995
Time’s Gift, “A Letter for Chirac,” sculptures, Sanjo Gallery, Kyoto
1994
The Untouched Shape of the Mind, Sanjo Gallery, Kyoto
SELECTED COLLABORATIVE, CURATED, AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Encounters with Art Where We Live, PhilosophyBox, Pop-up Art Events (Fall), Central Park, NewYork
Shoebox Art Touring Exhibition, Gallery Begin and Kyoto Prefecture Seminar House, Kyoto
2022
Reconcile: Begin Anew, curated by Chemin Hsiao and Stephanie S. Lee, Flushing Town Hall Gallery, Queens, New York
Light and Heat, Pictor Gallery, New York
BIAMT—International Biennial of Miniature Art, Universitatea de Vest Din Timișoara
2020
A Good Beginning Here, Flushing Town Hall Gallery, Queens, New York
BIAMT—International Biennial of Miniature Art, Universitatea de Vest Din Timișoara
2019
Beauties & Beasts, Pleiades Gallery, New York
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad World; Pleiades Gallery, New York
2018
Shades of Gray, Pleiades Gallery, New York
Small Works Show, Pleiades Gallery, New York
Cabin Fever, Pleiades Gallery, New York
BIAMT—International Biennial of Miniature Art, Universitatea de Vest Din Timișoara
2017
43rd Annual, Pleiades Gallery, New York
Late Summer Night Dreams, Pleiades Gallery, New York
2016
Shoebox Art Touring Exhibition, Gallery Sun Moon, Maizuru, and Gallery Begin, Kyoto
Chemical Reactions, opening commemoration, curated by Kanon Chisako, Space31 Gallery, Kobe
Spring Fever, Pleiades Gallery, New York
2015
Annual Invitational, Pleiades Gallery, New York
Small Works, Pleiades Gallery, New York
2010
JRS Art Studios, open studio, LIC, New York
2009
Brooklyn Arts Studios, open studio, Brooklyn, New York
2004
Salvage/Salvation: NEST, collaborative installation, curated by Clarinda Mac Low, Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, New York
2002
Heavy Air, “Missing: Streetscapes of a City in Mourning,” 9/11 Exhibition, curated by City Lore, The New York Historical Society, New York
Miniature Exhibition, Sanjo Gallery, Kyoto
Expression of Intention, opening commemoration, Road Gallery, Long Island, New York
2001
5 Pointz, open studio, Crane Street Studios, LIC, New York
2000
Next Thousand/New Breeze from Hira—Quickening, Hira Museum, Shiga
Miniature Exhibition, Sanjo Gallery, Kyoto
1999
Down Straight, Osaka Sculptors Association 30-Year Commemoration, Osaka Contemporary Art Center
Dream of Water—Sky, Kyoto Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Ando Tadao Garden of Fine Arts, Kyoto Botanical Garden
Between—Five Elements Approaching the Sea, Uji Culture Center Sculpture Exhibition, curated by Kishiro Yoshiji, Uji Botanical Garden, Kyoto
Sculpture Gwa-un Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
Kyoto Sculptors Association Exhibition, Kyoto Cultural Art Hall
Sketch Exhibition by Sculptors, Gallery Zen, Kyoto
Art Fair, outdoors, Kyoto City Hall
Miniature Exhibition, Sanjo Gallery, Kyoto
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
1998
Beyond the Bridge, Kyoto Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Ando Tadao Garden of Fine Arts, Kyoto Botanical Garden
Promise, Uji Culture Center Sculpture Exhibition, curated by Okura Jiro, Uji Botanical Garden, Kyoto
Water, contemporary art exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
Kyoto Sculptors Association Exhibition, Kyoto Cultural Art Hall
Deep Blue San Exhibition, Gallery San, Kyoto
8 Sculptors Exhibition, Gallery Nakai, Kyoto
6 Native Modern Artists Exhibition, Ohkubo Gallery, Joyo, Kyoto
Kites Exhibition, Gallery Doraku, Kyoto
Miniature Exhibition, Sanjo Gallery, Kyoto
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art1997 Between—Five Elements Approaching the Sea, outdoor sculpture,
Kyoto Protocol Global Warming Conference Celebration Exhibition, Ando Tadao Garden of Fine Arts, Kyoto Botanical Garden
Pretend / 相, Uji City Culture Center Sculpture Exhibition, curated by Tsukamoto Itsuki, Uji Botanical Garden, Kyoto
Sculpture Gwa-un Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
Small Voice Talking to You, Gallery Shima, Kyoto
Solgente Exhibition, Museum of Kyoto
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
1996
Be Kind to the Earth II, Gallery Hane-Usagi et al., Place Georges Pompidou, Paris
Sculpture Gwa-un Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
1995
Be Kind to the Earth, Gallery Hane-Usagi, Kyoto
6 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, opening commemoration, Gallery Hane-Usagi, Kyoto
Solgente Exhibition, Museum of Kyoto
Kyoto City Exhibition, Murasaki Award, Kyoto City Museum of Art
Miniature Exhibition, Sanjo Gallery, Kyoto
1994
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
1993
Sculpture Gwa-un Exhibition, Hyogo Prefecture Hall Art Gallery
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
1992
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
1991
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
1990
Sculpture Gwa-un Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
The Zen-Kansai Fine Arts Exhibition, Osaka City Museum
Kyoto City Exhibition, Kyoto City Museum of Art
1989
The Zen-Kansai Fine Arts Exhibition, Osaka City Museum
1988
The Zen-Kansai Fine Arts Exhibition, Osaka City Museum
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder, Director, and Curator, PhilosophyBox, ongoing; pop-ups 2023; original gallery 2003-2005
Chief Judge, CMP Kids Art Contest, New York, ongoing 2013-present
Executive Committee, curating New York and French artists, Shoebox Art Touring Exhibition, Kyoto, 2016-present
Member, Kyoto Sculptors Association, ongoing 1994-present
Art Education Consultant, CMP Chinese School, New York, 2016
Art Teaching:
CMP Chinese School, New York, 2016, 2019
Private classes, Workshops, New York, 2003-2016
New York Chinese School, expanded Children’s Drawing Art Program, 1999-2003
Hirakada Jr. High School, Osaka, 1995
Textile and Apparel Graphic Designer, Itokin, Osaka, 1993-1994
Design Director, Li Kuo, Tainan, 1980-1985
PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS / MEDIA
Skin • Time: ConsciousnessUnconscious, book, Yu-Whuan Wang (drawings), James Richardson (poems), W. Sheldon Hurst (editor), ArtReach Gallery & Arts Library, 2023
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, profile, 2021
HVY Journalists, Interview with Artist, “ZERO,” Garage Art Center, 2021
Chess Show [Other Memories of John Cage], Opening Performance Orchestra, album notes, “Overlapping Legacies: Cage, Chess, Music (as we use them),” citation, 2021
ArtTour International, Best of International Art, profile, 2018
Skin • Time — ConsciousnessUnconscious, conversation/booklet, ArtReach Gallery, 2017
Loosefish.com, “Oneness,” Pleiades Gallery, review, 2003
Gallery&Studio Arts Journal, “Minimalism with Meaning,” review, Nov-Dec 2002/Jan 2003
Korea News, Road Gallery, opening commemoration, Long Island, 2002
City Lore, citylore.org, “Heavy Air,” New York Historical Society, 2002
Art Times Journal, “Heavy Air,” 2002
Mainichi Shimbun, review, Ohkubo Gallery, Kyoto, 1999
Mainichi Shimbun, review, “Two Views,” Ando Tadao Ayabe Cultural Center, Kyoto, 1999
The Kyoto Shimbun, review, “Two Views,” Ando Tadao Ayabe Cultural Center, Kyoto, 1999
Luonan Times, Uji City Culture Center Sculpture Exhibition, Uji Botanical Garden, Kyoto, 1997
The Kyoto Shimbun, “Be Kind to the Earth II,” Place Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1996
Kyoto TV News, studio visit and interview, “A Letter for Chirac,” sculpture, Gallery Hane-Usagi, 1995
The Kyoto Shimbun, “Be Kind to the Earth,” Gallery Hane-Usagi, Kyoto, 1995
The Kyoto Shimbun, “Time’s Gift,” review, Sanjo Gallery, 1995
EDUCATION AND ART STUDIES
1996
International Art Survey, Europe and Asia
1992
Postgraduate Research, Contemporary Sculpture, Kyoto University of Education
1990
Bachelor of Arts, Art and Education, Dept. of Fine Arts (特修美術学科), Kyoto University of Education; painting studies with Shimamoto Shozo and Abei Takeshi; sculptural studies with Yamazaki Masayoshi and Kishiro Kiji
Sculptural studies with Yamamoto Kakuji, Kyoto (1987-90)
1979
National Art School, Taipei
1974
Painting studies with Shen Zhe Zai and Zeng Pei Yao, Tainan (1971-74)
COMMISSIONS / AWARDS / GRANTS
New York City Artist Corps Grant, Open the Ordinary, Find Something in the Corner, daily installations, workshops, demonstrations, Central Park, New York, 2021
LMCC Grant, 2005
LMCC Grant, PhilosophyBox Gallery, as Director and Curator, 2005
Yue Sai Kan Scholarship, Hunter College, City University of New York, 2001
Harmony, sculpture/monument, commissioned by Joyo Jr. High School, Joyo, Kyoto, 1996
Encounter, sculpture/monument, commissioned by Joyo Jr. High School, Joyo, Kyoto, 1995
Murasaki Award, 47th Kyoto City Art Exhibition, 1995
Scholarship, Art and Education, Kyoto University of Education, 1987-1990
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Works are held in public and private collections in New York, Los Angeles, Portland (Oregon), El Paso, Germany, and Japan.
New York Chinese School, sculpture, New York
Joyo City Jr. High School, sculpture/monuments, Harmony, 1996; Encounter, 1995, Kyoto
Dr. Sheldon Hurst, Portland, Oregon
Stephen Pomerantz, New York
Weijing Shi, New York
Sean Bronzell, New York
Ingrid Kullberg Bendz, New York
Sandra Stephens, New York
Jan Feddersen, Hamburg
Mrs. Takatsuki, Osaka
Minoru Yamada, Kyoto
and more