Hsin-Chien Huang (

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: 黃心健 born 13 January 1966 in

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) is an artist and director working in mixed media. Science, technology, new media, programming, and algorithms are tools he uses to bring the universe of his imagination to life. He served as artistic director for

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and

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. Huang collaborated with pioneering American media artist

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on their VR work ''La Camera Insabbiata/Chalkroom'' which won the Best VR experience Award at the

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(it was the first edition of the festival that introduced its

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section); he also designed her 1995

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, '' Puppet Motel''. His work ''Bodyless'' was also nominated in the 76th of the festival. In 2011，Huang received the "Pride of Taiwan" honor from president of Taiwan

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. He founded Storynest Studio after 2001, which engaged in artistic creation and commercial design. Huang is currently a distinguished professor at

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. His VR film ''Samsara'' won the 2021

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Jury Award.

Early life

At the age of four, the cornea of Hsin-Chien Huang's right eye was damaged so badly he was practically blind in that eye, his vision only returning after receiving a donated cornea at age 14. He lacked depth perception in the interim, so seeing things "properly" has since felt like a luxury to him. Huang's mother is the eminent oil painter, Lee Lan. Raised in an artistic environment, Huang was given his first computer, an Apple II, when he was in senior high school. Since that time, programming language has become his second language. After graduating from college in Taiwan with a degree in mechanical engineering, he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in product design from the

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in Pasadena, followed by a master's degree from the Institute of Design at Chicago's

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Artwork

Exhibitions

* 2022 - 'Hsin-Chien Huang: The Data We Called Home' at Pratt Gallery - New York, the States * 2022 - 'Being X: Hsin-Chien Huang's Metaverse Theater' at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts - Kaohsiung, Taiwan * 2020 - "Out of the window" International Exhibition Produced by Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts & Centraal Museum Utrecht - Taoyuan, Taiwan *2020 - "In the name of tree" Art Museum of National Taiwan Normal University - Taipei, Taiwan *2020 - "RE:Human Touch- A Closer Future" Taiwan Creative Content Agency - Taipei, Taiwan *2019 - "Immersive Interactive Unit" International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands *2019 - "Vortex Program" Laboratorio de Electrónica Visual L.E.V. Festival - Madrid, Spain *2019 - "Every step in the right direction" Singapore Art Museum - Singapore, Singapore *2019 - "Our Moon. Longing, Art and Science" Naturhistorisches Museum Wien - Vienna, Austria *2017 - "La Camera Insabbiata/Chalkroom''"'' Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei, Taiwan *2014 - "Thus have I remembered, once my mind was free" Cathay Gallery - Taipei, Taiwan *2008 - "The art of mortal apparatus" Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei, Taiwan

Collaboration

* 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition: Hall Design (2019) *

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Shanghai China: Interactive Device (2010) * Incomparable concert

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: Audio Visual Design (2004) * '' Puppet Motel'': Designer of the music/art

(1995)

Awards

Publications

* The Color Devourer 2016. *Technology Mirage 2013. ISBN 9862134224 *Pictographic Labyrinth 2003. ISBN 9789574113088

References

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