Yuan Goang-Ming
Artist
Taipei, Taiwán
Yuan Goang-Ming (b. 1965, Taipei) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Academy of Arts(now National Taipei University of Arts) in 1989. In 1993, he was awarded the DAAD German Exchange Scholarship, and the following year, he pursued research in media art at the Institute for New Media in Frankfurt, Germany. He received his master’s degree in media art from Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany) in 1997.
Since 1987, Yuan’s dedication to video art has established him as one of Taiwan’s pioneering new media artists. He works across various media, including single-channel videos, video installations, kinetic and light-based installations, and digital still images, among others. Through these forms, he has consistently explored and expanded the possibilities of video and media art. His works have been widely exhibited at major international art exhibitions, and he represented Taiwan at the Taiwan Pavilion of the 50th Venice Biennale (2003) and the 60th Venice Biennale (2024).
