YIYI WAN
yiyione@gmail.com
EDUCATION
MFA Photography, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
BFA Painting, National Taiwan Normal University
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CEO of One Station, Curator, Artist
Honorary Director of the Taiwan Women’s Art Association
Assistant Director of the Chinese Society of Photographic Education
Project Lecturer of Asia University of Department of Foreign Languages & Literature
SOLO SHOWS
2024 Linger．Wander．Waver, One Station, Hsinchu City
2018 Nihao/Liho/Aloha, China University Technology Arts Center, Hsinchu
2016 Organic Writing by YiYi Wan, Puppetry Art Center of Tamsui, New Taipei City
2013 Madame Pele Rocks, Ming Chuan University Arts Center, Taoyuan
2011 Silence, SLY Art Space, Taipei
2010 Wowoman & Yesman, 1839 Contemporary Gallery, Taipei (with catalog)
2008 Women’s Writing Equation: YiYi Wan’s Solo Show, SLY Art Space, Taipei
2006 Repression Release & Beyond, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
2005 Repression & Release, Lee Gallery; 79 Gallery, San Francisco
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2025 Barcelona Foto Biennale 2025, Foto Nostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona
2025 Art Tainan 2025, Silks Place Tainan Hotel, Tainan
2024 Hsinchu Potluck photo Festival, Green House Art Center, Hsinchu City
2022 Homage to Xiao Ju-Song 100-Pine Wind Art Association Exhibition, Hsinchu County Affairs Bureau, Hsinchu
2022 Female Art. Bamboo Clappers. Hakka Flavor, One Station, Hsinchu City
2021 Art Dialogue-The Education with The Collections of Hsinchu City, Hsinchu City Art Gallery
2021 Taiwan-Japan Art Project, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
2019 Womensemble, Craft Exhibition Hall, Taipei
2019 Taiwan-Japan Art Project Vol.3, Art Station, Taipei
2018 Femi Flow-Creating Female Subjectivity in Art, Craft Exhibition Hall, Nantou (with catalog)
2017 To Be Free as Wind, Qing-Shui Art Village, Taichung (with catalog)
2017 i am an “object”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2017 Carve & Polish, Xiao Ju-Song Art Park, Hsinchu; National Taitung Living Art Center, Taitung; Hsinchu County Cultural Affairs Bureau, Hsinchu
2016 Like Too Loud a Solitude-The SLY Art Space 20th Anniverary Exhibition, MoNTUE, Taipei (with catalog)
2016 Taiwan-Japan Exchange Exhibition-Introspection: Revisiting the Consistent Philosophy, SEWING, Taipei (with catalog)
2016 No Desire’s Desire, Tainan University of Technology, Tainan
2016 Intimate Transgression, CKS Memorial Hall, Taipei (with catalog)
2016 Berlin Foto Biennale 2016, Palazzo Italia, Berlin
2016 Gathering Pureness, Xiao Ju-Song Art Park；Hsinchu County Cultural Affairs Bureau, Hsinchu
2016 Dancing Above the Deep Sea, WAAhouse, Taipei
2016 New Taipei Biennale, Sinjhuang Cultural Art Center, New Taipei City (with catalog)
2016-2015 Kaohsiung International Women’s Art Exhibition, National Taitung Living Art Center, Taitung；59 rue de rivoli, Paris；Kaohsiung Women’s Center, Kaohsiung (with catalog)
2015 The Image of a Woman’s Appearance Starts from Self-Gazing, WAAhouse, Taipei (with catalog)
2015 Food．Safety, WAAhouse, Taipei (with catalog)
2014 Asia Rises to End Violence against Women, Chinatrust Executive House, New Taipei City
2014 Tamsui Historical Museum Artist Residency Exhibition, Tamsui Historical Museum, New Taipei City
2014 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung (with catalog)
2014 Her Presence in Colours-Asian/International Woman Artists Exhibition, Mongolia National Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar (with catalog)
2014 Colourful, Xiao Ju-Song Art Park；Hsinchu County Cultural Affairs Bureau, Hsinchu
2014 Women’s Voices-International Photography Exhibition 2014, Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan City；Fu Jen Art Gallery, New Taipei City (with catalog)
2014 The Grand Exhibition of New Taipei City Artists, Tamsui Cultural Art Center, New Taipei City (with catalog)
2014 I Fall, Therefore I Am, WAAhouse, Taipei (with catalog)
2014 Retro．Context, Chung Shan Creative Hub, Taipei (with catalog)
2014 The Key of Memories．Strength of Life, New Taipei City Women’s Center, New Taipei City (with catalog)
2013 Taiwan-Guangdong, 2 Tamsui Towns Photo Exhibition, Tamsui Art Gallery, New Taipei City
2013 E-IMAGE PHOTO FAMILY, The Pine Garden of Hualien City, Hualien; Lukang Arts & Culture Center, Changhua; Jazz Photo Gallery, Taipei
2013 WAALAND, WAAhouse, Taipei (with catalog)
2013 Kaohsiung International Women’s Art Exhibition, Kaohsiung Women’s Center, Kaohsiung
2013 Grand Exhibition of New Taipei City Artists, Sinjhuang Cultural Art Center, New Taipei City (with catalog)
2012 Photo Taipei 2012, Park Taipei Hotel, Taipei
2012 Homage to Xiao Ju-Song 90-Pine Wind Art Association Exhibition-Bloom, Hsinchu County Affairs Bureau, Hsinchu
2012 4th Different Dimension-2012 International Festival of Contemporary Photography, NSAM Novosibirsk State Art Museum in Russia
2012 You．You．You, WAAhouse, Taipei
2012 Grand Exhibition of New Taipei City Artists, Tuchen Art Hall, New Taipei City (with catalog)
2012 HOME：These Artists, Tamsui Art & Cultural Park, New Taipei City
2011 100 Gender Photographs, Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf Art Center (with catalog)
2011 ♥the Earth = ♥Ego-Ecological Self Exhibition, WAAhouse, Taipei
2011 Grand Exhibition of New Taipei City Artists, Sinjhuang Cultural Art Center, Taipei (with catalog)
2011 Juicy, La Chambre Gallery, Taipei
2011 Womanhouse-The Opening of WAA House, WAAhouse, Taipei (with catalog)
2011 Tense Practice, SLY Art Space, Taipei
2010 Art Taipei 2010, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
2010 Chirp! Chirp!, SLY Art Space, Taipei
2010 The Voice of Fashion Image, Garden Hotel, Taipei
2010 Roll Call, SF Camerawork, San Francisco (with catalog)
2010 Digital Images Exhibition by Women Artists, Taiwan Women’s Center, Taipei
2010 Grand Exhibition of Taipei County Artists, Sinjhuang Cultural Art Center, Taipei (with catalog)
2010 2nd Annual Faculty & Alumni Fine Art Photography Auction 2010, 79 Gallery, San Francisco (with catalog)
2010 SLY．YT．SPP Exchange Exhibition, VT Art Salon, Taipei; Sin Pin Pier- Absolutely Art Space, Koahsiung
2009 Haunting Books, TNUA Book Shop, Taipei
2009 How Art Can Enrich Lives (Non X-Rated), Jilin Gallery, Taipei
2009 Taiwan Photo Bazaar, Xinyi Public Assembly Hall, Taipei (with catalog)
2009 En Ce Moment, SLY Art Space,Taipei
2009 Ersatz, SF Camerawork, San Francisco (with catalog)
2009 YODEX Exhibition, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
2009 The Beginning, Taiwan New Arts Union, Tainan
2009 Grand Exhibition of Taipei County Artists, Cathay General Hospital Art Gallery in Hsichih, Taipei (with catalog)
2008 Photography Tribute to John Vano, 625 Sutter Gallery, San Francisco
2008 Libido, SLY Art Space,Taipei
2008 The SLY Art Space10th Anniversary Exhibition-Eternal Adventureland, KdMoFA, Taipei (with catalog)
2008 Contemporary Women's Art: Identities/Environments, Art & Cultural Hall Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taichung
2008 The Resonance of Images-China & Taiwan Photographers’ group show, Jazz Photo Gallery, Taipei
2008 40x40 Show, The Gallery at Willesden Green, London
2007 The Opening of Inart Space, Inart Space, Tainan
2007 Grand Exhibition of Taipei County Artists, Sinjhuang Cultural Art Center, Taipei(with catalog)
2007 Culture Renewal-Cleansing the Heart for a Good Year, Salt Pan Eco-Village, Tainan
2006 Bring Your Art Work to Go Travel, Nanhai Gallery, Taipei
2006 Theater of the Self-The International Female Photographer Self-Portrait Photography Exhibition, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
2006 Reading Images of the Age, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
2003 Imaging Residence in Headlands, Academy of Art University Gallery, San Francisco
2003 415 Group: An Introduction, Calumet Photographic Gallery, San Francisco
2002 Sixteen Perspectives-The Presidio, Academy of Art University Gallery, San Francisco
2001 Grand Exhibition of Taipei County Artists, Banchiao Cultural Center, Taipei (with catalog)
1999 Photographic Groups Exhibition of ROC, Taoyuan Cultural Center, Taoyuan (with catalog)
1998 International Photography Festival Exhibition, National Museum of History, Taipei (with catalog)
1997 Visual Environmental protection, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (with catalog)
1997 Group Show of Taiwanese teachers in Photography, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei
1996 Taiwan Contemporary Photographer’s Self-Portrait Exhibition, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei
1993 24 Hours in Taiwan, Ginza Nikon Gallery, Tokyo
1993 24 Hours in Taiwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (with catalog)
SELECTED CURATORIAL WORKS
2023 Paying Tribute to Gods: Dancing in the Dark- WenFu Chan Solo Exhibition, One Station, Hsinchu City
2022 Vanishing Buildings-An Exhibition by WONG WoBik, One Station, Hsinchu City
2022 Female Art. Bamboo Clappers. Hakka Flavor, One Station, Hsinchu City
2022 Un Limitation-solo Exhibition Suzy Chen, One Station, Hsinchu City
2021 Open Hsinchu-One Station in Xiangshan, One Station, Hsinchu City
2020 Let's Together with Dementia Elderly, One Station, Hsinchu City (with catalog)
2019 A Sense of Place: A Touch of Xiangshan- A Photo-Media Arts Exhibition by WONG Wo Bik
2019 Vision of Taiwan by WU Cheng-Chang, One Station, Hsinchu (with catalog)
2018 The Calling of Formosa's Daughters, One Station, Hsinchu
2016, 2015(Co-curator) Feminist Fresh Restart-International Female Artists, National Taitung Living Art Center, Taitung; 59 rue de rivoli, Paris; Kaohsiung Women’s Center, Kaohsiung (with catalog)
2014 Seashore．Belief．People, New Taipei City International Artist Village/Tamsui Historical Museum, New Taipei City
2014 Women’s Voices-International Photography Exhibition 2014, Fu Jen Art Gallery, New Taipei City (with catalog)
2013 Haunting in Tamsui, Part Time Su, New Taipei City
2012 Reenactment: Wei-Hau Lin Solo Show; Tamsui Art & Culture Park, New Taipei City
2012 Re-Writing Tamsui, Tamsui Art & Culture Park, New Taipei City
2011 100 Gender Photographs, Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf Art Center, New Taipei City (with catalog)
2011 The Epic of the Second Sex-the Solo Art Show of Vivian Wenhuey Chen, WAAhouse, Taipei
2011 ♥the Earth = ♥Ego-Ecological Self Exhibition, WAAhouse, Taipei
2011 Juicy, La Chambre Gallery, Taipei
2011 Womanhouse-The Opening of WAA House, WAAhouse, Taipei (with catalog)
2010 The Voice of Fashion Image, Garden Hotel, Taipei
2010 Digital Images Exhibition by Women Artists, Taiwan Women’s Center, Taipei
2009 Haunting Books, TNUA Book Shop, Taipei
2009 Her First Solo-Review and Perspective of Contemporary Women Artists in Taiwan, CKS Memorial Hall, Taipei
2008 Contemporary Women's Art: Identities/Environments, Art & Cultural Hall Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taichung
2006 Theater of the Self-The International Female Photographer Self-Portrait Photography Exhibition, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
1997 Group Show of Taiwanese Teachers in Photography, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei
AWARD
2022 Hakka Affairs Council-exhibition
2021 National Chutung Senior High School-Distinguished Alumni Award
2020 Department of Cultural Affairs Hsinchu City Government-community art
2019 Department of Cultural Affairs Hsinchu City Government-community art
2015 The 7th Edition of The Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers/FINE ART/Finalists
2014 (Co-applicant) Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government-exhibition
2014 National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan-exhibition
2012 Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government-exhibition
2012 Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government-WAA space decoration
2011 National Culture and Arts Foundation-WAAhouse women’s artists archive
2011 Research, Development and Evaluation Commission-WAA website
2011 Cultural Affairs Department, New Taipei City Government-exhibition
2011 Tamsui Historical Museum-exhibition
2011 Ministry of Culture-publishing
2010 Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government-WAA space renovation
2010 Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government-WAA space
2009 Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government-exhibition
2008 Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government-publishing
2006 Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government-exhibition
2005 National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan-exhibition
Teacher Medal for Outstanding Service III of Executive Yuan
SELECTED REVIEWS
2019 Chiang Li-Hua, Discussion on The Private-Self Photography of Female
2019 Hsiao-Yu Lu, Gender Difference and Its Discontents: A Brief Analysis of Yiyi Wan’s Masquerade Photography
2018 Yang, Ai-Shih, Art and Life Aesthetics
2016 Chiang Li-Hua/Hsiao-Yu Lu, Woman-as-subject in Process: A Survey on the Femininity of Taiwanese Woman Artists
2014 Chiang Li-Hua, Dazzling Femininity
2013 OrcTung Tsai, Pele Improvisation
2012 YiYi Wan, A Microcosm of the Disturbing Factors in '100 Gender Photographs
2012 Ya-Lun Wang, The Images．Bodies．Multi-Gender of '100 Gender Photographs
2011 Luby Lin, The Observation of '100 Gender Photographs'
2011 YiYi Wan, Promise a Future of Diversity -from Wan-Ting Tseng’s Bottled Landscape Talk
2010 Muchin Lee, Woman Should Be Self-Pleasure
2009 Weizhen Chen, Reading Womens’s Artists Inside the Discrete and Adhere-Access 11 Contemporary Womens’s Artists in Taiwan
2009 YiYi Wan, Interpretation of Drama and Digital Art Utopian Fashion Nation-An Introduction from WANG Yimeei
2008 Sabina Sun, She Was Shot, Her Belly Button Would Spin
2008 YiYi Wan, Who Will Go to a Big Group Exhibition by Women?
2008 Ko-Hua Chen, Arranging Ovulation Days
2007 Li-Hsin Kuo, Desire, Politics, and Feminist Photography
2006 YiYi Wan, Residency Program Is Not Over? No! For Me This Is the Beginning
2006 Rei-Chi Liu, Oscillating between the Visible and the Invisible: the Mischievous Interplay of Sexuality in YiYi Wan’s Photography, 2003-2005
2006 Alyson Belcher, The Liberating Pinhole
2006 Feng-Ming Li, Leading to the Existence of the Mysterious Situation
PUBLISHING
2025 The Catalog of World Wide Art Promotion for Artexpo New York 2025
2020 Community Art at One Station II
2019 Community Art at One Station I
2014 Women’s Voices-International Photography Exhibition 2014
2012 Transformation and Perspective: 1977-2011 A Collection of Contemporary Taiwanese Women Artists
2011 100 Gender Photographs, Exhibition Catalog
2011 Womanhouse-The Opening of WAA House
2010 Wowoman & Yesman -YiYi Wan’s Photography
2008 Repression? Release? -YiYi Wan’s Pinhole Photography
COLLECTIONS
2024 Private Collection, Linger．Wander．Waver
2022 Private Collection, Repression & Release
2018 Cultural Affairs Bureau of Kinmen County
2017 Private Collection, Repression & Release
2016 Private Collection, Repression & Release
2013 Private Collection, Madame Pele Rocks
2012 Private Collection, Repression & Release
2010 Private Collection, Wowoman
2010 Private Collection, Repression & Release
2007 Inart Space, Repression & Release
2007 Private Collection, Repression & Release
2006 Private Collection, Repression & Release
2005 Private Collection, Repression & Release
ARTIST’S RESIDENCY
2016 Dadan Island, Kinmen
2014 New Taipei City International Artist Village/Tamsui Historical Museum, New Taipei City
2010 Green, Green, Great! -To Find Some Green Tea on 228, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei
2006 Art as Environment-a Cultural Action in Tropical of Cancer, Chiayi (with catalog)
about the Statement of the Repression & Release
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