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selected Solo Exhibition
2025 mother-land, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, TW
2023 Five, Four, Three, Two, Yiri Arts, Taipei, TW
2022 In Desert, Hong Foundation, Taipei, TW
2021 Inexhaustible Empty, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, TW
2019 darkness within darkness, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
2017 In Search of Inexistent Time, Art Taipei, Taipei, TW
selected Group Exhibition
2026 New York By Foot Screening, Microscope Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2026 Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award, ECAL, Lausanne, SW
2025 Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award, LUMA Arles, Arles, FR
2025 Taipei Biennial curated by Sam Bardaouil & Till Fellrath, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
2025 Taiwan Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
2025 In Currents: Migration, Memory, and the Making of Home, Thomas VanDyke Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2025 BETWEEN SHORES: Reimagining Formosa, One Art Space, New York, NY, USA
2024 Members Gallery selected by Hernease Davis, Penumbra, New York, NY, USA (online)
2024 ASSEMBLY curated by Katie A. Pfohl, NADA, New York, NY, USA (online)
2024 Shared Spaces, International Center of Photography, New York, NY, USA
2024 Wish You Were Here: The Second Best Time Is Now, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2024 Correspondence, Baxter St at CCNY, New York, NY, USA
2023 Fever Genesis, Culture Lab LIC, New York, NY, USA
2023 Taipei Art Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
2023 197th RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
2023 Loops.Expanded, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon, PT
2023 EXiM Experimental Video Screening Festival, CCCN, Macau
2022 Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York, UK
2021 Biennial International Paper Fibre Art, National Taiwan Craft Institute, Nantou, TW
2020 National Art Exhibition, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
2019 Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, TW
2019 Sealed Landscapes, Records of Anomalies, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, TW
2019 Let us return home, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, TW
2018 YES TAIWAN VII, AKI Gallery, Taipei, TW
2018 Original Macao Video Festival, Espaço Video, Macao
2017 PLAY, Vertical Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 Under the Radar, Hangar Art Center, Brussels, BE
2016 A Piece of Daily, Yiri Arts, Taichung, TW
2016 ShowRCA, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2016 #WRITTNE, Finishing Touch, London, UK
2014 TRINITY, Redtory, Guangzhou, CN
2014 FREEDOM, namGallery, Tokyo, JP
2012 Poetry & Installation Art, NTUA Museum, Taipei, TW
2011 Snapshot Awards, Taiwan Photo Museum, Taipei, TW
selected film festival
2023 36th Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, FR
2023 30th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL, USA
2023 15th Video Art Miden Festival, Kalamata, GR
2023 40th Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, IT
2023 28th New Jersey International Film Festival, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
2022 15th Proyector Festival de Videoarte, Madrid, ES
2022 9th Fine Arts Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022 20th Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, AL
– an Academy Awards & European Film Awards qualifying festival
2022 19th London Short Film Festival, London, UK
– a British Academy Film Awards & British Independent Film Awards qualifying festival
2022 11th BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao, ES
– screened at BilbaoArte Fundazioa
2021 22nd Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, FR & DE
– live from the Louvre auditorium & screened at Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2021 19th International Festival Signs of the Night, Bangkok, TH
– live from the Thai Film Archive
2021 17th Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata FestiFreak, Buenos Aires, AR
2020 33rd European Media Art Festival, Osnabrükc, DE
2019 12th Proyector Festival de Videoarte, Madrid, ES
2017 2nd New Taipei City Student Film Award, Taipei, TW
2015 37th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Market, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
2015 15th The European Independent Film Channel, Paris, FR
2015 5th Chinese Visual Festival, London, UK
2014 17th Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai, CN
2014 21st Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taipei, TW
2014 14th Kaohsiung International Film Festival, Kaohsiung, TW
2014 36th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films, Taipei, TW
selected Art Fair
2026 Photo London, UP Gallery, London, UK
2026 Art Madrid, Yiri Arts, Madrid, ES
2025 Photofairs, UP Gallery, Shanghai, CN
2024 Art Basel, Yiri Arts, Hong Kong
2023 Art Jakarta, Yiri Arts, Jakarta, ID
selected award & grant
2025 Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award – Laureate, FR
2023 Director’s Fellowship from the International Center of Photography, USA
2023 Annual Book Art Competition from the Ministry of Culture – Winner, LT
2023 Taipei Art Awards from Taipei Fine Arts Museum – Finalist, TW
2022 BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival – Third Prize, ES
2022 Athens Photo Festival – Shortlist, GR
2020 National Art Prize from National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts – Finalist, TW
2019 FOAM Talent from Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam – Shortlist, NL
2019 Kaohsiung Award from Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts – First Prize, TW
2017 Emerging Artist Award from the Ministry of Culture – Winner, TW
2015 Government Scholarship to Study Abroad from the Ministry of Education, TW
2011 Snapshot Awards from Taiwan Photo Museum – First Prize, TW
Education
Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014–2016 MA Visual Communication – Moving Image Pathway
National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, TW
2012–2018 MFA Motion Picture
2008–2012 BFA Motion Picture & BFA in Fine Arts
Artist Residency & Academic Exchange
2023 Ambisonics Taiwan-France Exchange Program, Paris, FR
– granted by Bureau Français de Taipei
2022 NIDA International Photography Symposium for Artist Residency, Nida, LT
– granted by Lithuanian Photographers Association
2022 Taipei-Québec Exchange Program for Screenwriting Residency, Montréal, CA
– granted by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec & Ciné Tapis Rouge
Talk & Workshop
2025 Taipei Biennial Forum, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
2025 ICP Alumni Living Room, École nationale supérieure de la photographie, Arles, FR
2023 Artists Talk: Fever Genesis, Culture Lab LIC, New York, USA
2022 NIDA International Photography Symposium, Nida Art Colony, Nida, LT
2021 Artist Talk: In Desert, Hong Foundation, Taipei, TW
2021 Artist Talk: Inexhaustible Empty, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, TW
2021 Photo Talks 2021 S2, Lightbox, Taipei, TW
2021 Artist Talk: Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, The Louvre Auditorium, Live
2021 Contemporary Expanded Cinema, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, TW
2020 Creative Practice in Fluid VR, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, TW
2019 Artists Meeting: PROYECTOR Festival de Videoarte, Conde Duque, Madrid, ES
2019 Gallery Talk: Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, TW
2018 The Series Lectures of Earth Song: Wu Chia-Yun, Yiri Class, Taipei, TW
2017 Artist Talk: Emerging Artist Award, Art Taipei, Taipei, TW
2015 Vision Taiwan: A Conversation with Taiwan Filmmakers, King’s College, London, UK
2014 Artist Talk: Shanghai International Film Festival, Caoynag Cinema, Shanghai, CN
2014 Artist Talk: Golden Harvest Award for Outstanding Short Film, SPOT-Huashan Cinema, Taipei, TW
press & review
12/2025 做劇場──2025台北雙年展－現代美術 by 蘇嘉瑩
12/2025 最終的沈默：關於「地平線上的低吟」的幾個聯想－現代美術 by 阮慶岳
12/2025 The Sensorial Overload of the Taipei Biennial Is Bittersweet－OCULA by Zian Chen
11/2025 5 Artists to Discover at the Taipei Biennial 2025－Artsy by Christopher Whitfield
11/2025 當影像不再趨近歷史：台北雙年展與偽記憶的書寫技術－giloo by 史惟筑
11/2025 當代雙年展與台灣藝術主體性的探索－ARTalks by 吳宜樺
11/2025 當代藝術探尋女性共鳴下的思慕如潮－Harper's BAZAAR by Yueh Hsuan Huang
11/2024 Hsinchu: Wu Chia-Yun: on the way home－Art Asia Pacific by Annette An-Jen Liu
09/2023 Aesthetica Art Prize: Picturing the Landscape－Aesthetica Magazine
01/2023 吳家昀的影像實驗記事－一影像 by 黃迦
10/2022 第21屆台新藝術獎第三季提名－ARTalks by 曾少千
05/2022 From island to island: interview with Taiwanese artist Chia-Yun Wu－7md byMarija Martinaitytė
01/2022 在日常迴圈裡感知生命神性—吳家昀個展《往復回返》裡的自我困局與追尋(下)－漫遊藝術史 by 吳家瑀
01/2022 在日常迴圈裡感知生命神性—吳家昀個展《往復回返》裡的自我困局與追尋(上)－漫遊藝術史 by 吳家瑀
10/2021 不斷逃逸：吳家昀的影像與裝置－攝影之聲 by 李佳霖
05/2015 Chiayun Wu’s debut is a perceptive, low key…－easternKicks by Kelan Headley