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Born in Taiwan, Wu Chia Yun is an artist and filmmaker based in New York City. She has received degrees in film directing that made her lean toward the aesthetics of film narration and mise-en-scène. She has applied cinematic language to experiments with moving images, mixed media, and photography. That way she explores the spirits within the materials themselves that unveil the essence of things and the connection with human states. Her work has expanded from film to installation to conceptual art, representing how politics and the outer world affect her as a person. She also makes fiction films to narrate indescribable life stories, discussing freedom, the sense of belonging, and nothingness.

Wu’s works have been internationally exhibited at Art Basel (HK), Institute of Contemporary Arts (UK), Royal Scottish Academy (UK), Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea (PT), BilbaoArte Fundazioa (ES) and more. Recent screenings include European Media Art Festival (DE), Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin (FR/DE), London Short Film Festival (UK), Festival Les Instants Vidéo (FR), Chicago Underground Film Festival (USA) among others. Solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art (TW) and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (TW). She has participated in artist residencies granted by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CA) and Lithuanian Photographers Association (LT). She was the recipient of the Director’s Fellowship from the International Center of Photography