Artist

HAO NI

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Hao NI was born in 1989 in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. He now lives and works in New York and Hsin Chu. Ni investigates power structure, consumerism and violence aesthetics in his work by utilizing various mediums such as sculpture and video. His practice constantly provokes political metaphor or personal memories behind seemingly familiar objects. His work has been featured in exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; ​Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju; Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack; Boston Center for the Arts, Boston; New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford; and Queens Museum, Queens. Recent solo exhibitions include: Trust Me, Love Me at Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai; Siege at T293, Rome; and Ambush at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

Hao NI, Structure Study I, 2012
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Solo Exhibitions

​2022    AHU trilogy part I: The Great Filtration, T293, Rome, IT
2022    The Lathery Enfold, Gallery Vacancy, Liste Art Fair Basel, Basel, CH
2019    Trust Me, Love Me, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN
2019    Siege, T293, Rome, IT
2019    Ambush, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
2018    ke dalam hutan, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, TW
2016    Santurce, Peligro Amarillo gallery, San Juan, PR
2016    Sleep Mode, Taiwan Academy, Los Angeles, CA, US
2016    Light Studies, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, US
2015    Ghost Hit Wall, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI, US
2013    Proximity, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI, US
2011    You Have Your Fortress, I Have Mine, Pop Up Art Loop, Chicago, IL, US


Group Exhibitions

​2022    What If Attitudes Become Letters? Writing - Correspondence - Context - Gender - Meme, Taoyuan Fine Arts Museum, Taoyuan, TW
2022    10,000 Flowers, Digital Art Center, Taipei, TW
​2022    Walking the Crack, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
2022    Self-Dismiss, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN​
2021    TAV Art Project Trilogy: Beginning, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, TW
2021    Either too Quiet or too Loud, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, TW
2020    A Long Hello, The Eighth Huayu Youth Award Finalist Exhibition, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, CN
2020    Liquid Love, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei, TW
2020    01_LOVE, Digital Art Festival, Taipei, TW
2020    2020 Asia Project—Looking for Another Family, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
2019    Condo Shanghai 2019, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN
2018    Well-Wishes, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN
2018    Today Will Happen, Pavilion Project, The 12th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, KR
2017    OPEN (C)ALL: TRUTH, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY, US
2017    Dwelling, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, US
2017    Vive Art Benefit, Honey Ramka Gallery, New York, NY, US
2017    Vestigial Future, CAAC Gallery, New York, NY, US
2016    Gently Weeps, Sleep Center, New York, NY, US
2016    Fertile Solitude, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, US
2015    Accidental Translation, Fjord, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015    Retina of the Unconscious, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY, US
2015    The Moment, New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY, US
2014    Taipei Arts Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW 
2014    Collectors lll: Discerning Eyes, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, US
2014    Taiwanese American Arts Council Recognition, Queens Museum, Queens, NY, US
2014    Unlovely, 111front street gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
2014    Roving Room, Habersham Mills, Demorest, GA, US
2013    Under The Influence, Gelman Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, US
2013    Work Harder, Yellow Peril Gallery, New York, NY, US
2013    Stalactite, The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI, US
2013    Heavy, Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, US
2013    Transmediation, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York, NY, US 
2012    With Other People, With Other Sons, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, US 
2012    B.A.D, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL, US
2011    Wood Worked, Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago, IL, US 

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Awards

2020  The Eighth Huayu Youth Award, Finalist, Beijing
2017  Taipei Culture Foundation International Artist Exchange Program, Taipei
2016  Taiwan Ministry of Culture Art Residency Abroad Grant, Taipei
2014  Taipei Arts Awards, Merit Award, Taipei


Collections

MMCA Seoul (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), KR
Collezione Taurisano, Naples, IT

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