Yen-Chao Lin 林延昭 (b. 1983, Taipei)
https://www.instagram.com/yenchao.lynx/
EDUCATION
2008 | Concordia University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Film Production with Distinction |
2003 | Cégep du Vieux Montréal, DEC in studio arts |
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2026 | Ondes, oracles et objets cachés, Centre d'art Jacques-et-Michel-Auger, Victoriaville, Canada |
2025 | unFAQ, curated by Esther Bourdages & Lori Blondeau, Perte de signal, Montreal, Canada |
2025 | Summoning, OBORO, Montreal, Canada |
2024 | clear the air - 心結, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan |
2024 | L'exposition rétrospective de L’atelier La Coulée, Galerie Popop, Montreal, Canada |
2024 | Regards croisés, CRECQ & Foundation Grantham for the Arts and the Environment, curated by Daniel Fiset, Drummondville, Canada |
2024 | Host, articule, Montreal, Canada |
2023 | Points de rencontres, Adélard, Frelighsburg, Canada |
2023 | Au fil des îles, archipels, Musée Régional de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada |
2022 | Au fil des îles, archipels, Centre d’exposition de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada |
2020 | La Machine qui enseignait des airs aux oiseaux, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada |
2019 | Soil is an Incredible Body, S A V V Y Contemporary, Berlin, Germany |
2018 | Fan Death In Bedroom / Bedroom追星致命案, Bedroom, Hong Kong |
2018 | Dead Letter Office: White Glove Sale, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada |
2018 | Reconcile With A Smile, articule, Montreal, Canada |
2018 | Common Aliens: Whisper That Got Away, SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada |
2017 | DIY Haunt, curated by Dr. Alice Ming Wai Jim, OBORO, Montreal, Canada |
2016 | Under The Seventh Sun, Atelier Céladon off site exhibition, Montreal, Canada |
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
The Spirit Keepers of Makuta’ay
2025 | Taiwanese Experimental Film and Video series, curated by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu, LA Film Forum & San Francisco Cinematheque, Los Angeles & San Francisco, US |
2025 | Media and Mind Control, curated by Piper Marshall and Kolja Gläser, Cinema Bellevue, Gstaad, Swiss |
2024 | In Situ, la lumière collective, Montreal, Canada |
2024 | Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada |
2023 | Videoex, curated by Sam I-shan, Zurich, Swiss |
2022 | 7e Grande rencontre des arts médiatiques en Gaspésie, curated by Esther Bourdages, Percé, Canada |
2021 | Spellbound - Witch Institute Conference, curated by Geneviève Wallen, Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto, Canada |
2020 | Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, curated by Eva Lin 林怡華, Hong-gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
2020 | We cast Spells on the Mothers of our Daughters and Daughters of our Mothers, curated by Hana Amani, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada |
2020 | European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany |
2020 | tiff Short Cuts: Portraits, TIFF Lightbox, Toronto, Canada |
2020 | True/False Film Festival, Columbia, US |
2019 | Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montreal, Canada |
2019 | Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada |
2019 | The Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK |
2019 | Beijing Short Film Festival, Beijing, China |
2019 | 31 Filmfest Dresden, Experiments, Dresden, Germany |
2019 | Berlinale Shorts, Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany |
From Within, We Shift, To Be Free
2024 | Première Vue, curated by Emma Roufs, RIDM, Montreal, Canada |
2024 | In Situ, la lumière collective, Montreal, Canada |
2016 | Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, Canada |
2016 | Festival Image Contre Nature, Marseille, France |
2016 | From Within, Locomocion / Experimental Animation Festival, Mexico |
2016 | Wellington Underground Film Festival, Wellington, NZ |
2015 | Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg, Canada |
PUBLIC ART
2023 | Finalist, Métro Outremont, Montreal, Canada |
2023 | Finalist, Parc Médéric-Archambault, Montreal, Canada |
2022 | Winner, En haut comme en bas, Bain St.-Michel, Montreal, Canada |
PUBLIC PRESENTATION
2025 | Presenter. How to create archives. Main Film, Montreal, Canada |
2025 | Presenter. GAX Asian Indigenous Relations in Contemporary Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
2024 | Panelist. Plural & PHI Foundation, Diaspora and Disappearance in Contemporary Art: Plural Identities, Montreal, Canada |
2023 | Panelist, Conversation Pieces on Chinoiserie, Materiality, and the Lure of Objects, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada |
2019 | Presenter. An Annotated Bibliography in Real Time: Performance Art in Quebec and Canada, Arprim, Montreal, Canada |
2019 | Presenter. Beyond Representation: Structuring Change in Canada’s Art Worlds, Montreal, Canada |
2019 | Presenter. GAX Asian Indigenous Relations in Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada |
2018 | Presenter. Dissection, Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada |
2018 | Workshop. Cyanotype with Makuta’ay elders and children, Cepo’ Art Center, Hualien, Taiwan |
2017 | Workshop. Art and Its Changing Contexts: The Manifesto, Instructor Dr. Maya Rae Oppenheimer, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
2017 | Workshop. Les journées de la culture, Artexte, Montreal, Canada |
2017 | Moderator. Human Acts: Myung-Sun Kim, articule, Montreal, Canada |
2016 | Speaker. Issues in Ethnocultural Art History: Race, Citizenship & Art in Canada. Instructor Dr. Alice Ming Wai Jim, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
RESIDENCY
2026 | CALQ - Québec-London Artist and Studio-Apartment Residency Exchange |
2025 | Ceramic Artist in Residence, Visual Arts Center / McClure Gallery |
2024 | CALQ - Québec-Taiwan Artist and Studio-Apartment Residency Exchange |
2024 | Film Factory, Main Film, Montreal, Canada |
2019 | Immersions, Centre Adélard, Frelighsburg, Canada |
2018 | Film Factory, Main Film, Montreal, Canada |
2018 | The Evolving Book: Contemporary Artist Book Practices, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada |
2017 | Cepo’ Art Center, Hualian, Taiwan |
2017 | Interval, OBORO, Montreal, Canada |
PUBLICATION
2016 | Paper Almanac, limited edition artist zine, self-published |
2013 | Needle Work, limited edition artist zine, self-published |
2013 | Maifer –A Fictional Memory, co-author Oliver Lewis, limited edition artist zine, self-published |
2012 | Wounded Healer, limited edition artist zine, self-published |
2011 | Twilight In A Room –Dreams and Abyss, limited edition artist zine, self-published |
2011 | The World Of Non-Organic Beings. Dreams, Lucid Dreams, limited edition artist zine, self-published |
2010 | Illusions, limited edition artist zine, self-published |
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2025 | Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization |
2024 | Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization |
2023 | Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation |
2023 | Canada Council for the Arts, Professional Development |
2023 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Professional Development |
2022 | Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant for Media Artist |
2020 | Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation |
2019 | SODEC Québec, Rayonnement international : festivals et distinctions |
2019 | Telefilm Canada, Participation to International Festivals and Events Support |
2018 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Production Grant for Media Artist |
2018 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Travel Grant for Visual Artist |
2018 | CIBC Emerging Artist Scholarships Endowment |
2017 | OBORO Interval residency & production assistance at new media lab |
2016 | Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant for Media Artist |
2013 | Finalist, Expozine Alternative Press Award Best English Zine |
2011 | Finalist, Expozine Alternative Press Award Best English Zine |
2008 | Concordia University, Kodak Award |
2006 | Concordia University, Foundation René Malo Scholarship |
BIBLIOGRAPHY / INTERVIEW
Le Devoir. «Points de rencontres»: un vallon de redécouvertes. Delgado, Jérôme. 17 juin 2023. |
Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas. Au Fil des Îles Archipels | Islands and Archipelagos, Curated by Analays Alvares Hernandez and Raquel Cruz Crespo. Shah Hoque, Anna. Jan 2024. Quartier Libre. Exposition: un dialogue sur l’insularité. Poyet, Olga. October 2022. |
Femme Art Review. Profiles on Practices: Yen-Chao Lin. Kurd, Nadia. September 2019. |
ArtAsiaPacific #115. The Ancestral Turn. Xu Borgonjon, David. September 2019. |
Centre Adélard. À la conquête de soi. Hébert, Isabelle. August 2019. |
CIBL. Atelier. Interview with Benjamin J. Allard. 24 June 2019. |
The New Current. Berlinale Shorts 2019/Yen-Chao Lin. February 2019. |
24Heures/Journal de Montréal. Art: un sourire contre l’embourgeoisement. 2 August 2018. |
akimbo. “Whispers That Got Away at SBC Gallery”. El-Sheikh, Tammer. April 2018. |
Canadian Art. “Common Aliens: Whispers That Got Away“. Gerges, Merray. April 2018. |
Canadian Art. “10 Artists Who Are Taking Care”. Berson, Amber. January 2018. |
OBORO. DIY Haunt interview with curator and artist. January 2018. |
OBORO. “DIY Haunt”. Jim, Alice Ming Wai. May 2017. |
CKUT. Free City Radio. Interview with Stefan Christoff. January 2017. |
Artzines. “Psychick Eye.” Huyghebaert, Céline. December 2016: p. 18, 19. March 2017. |
CKUT. “Follow the sound”. Interview with Erin Weisgerber. February 2008. |
COLLECTION
Artexte |
Concordia University Webster Library |
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal |
Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity |
Tai Kwun |
Private Collections |