Chuang Chih-Wei is a new media artist whose practice spans interactive installations, light art, and participatory projects. His work has long focused on the themes of “penetration” and “interweaving,” utilizing the characteristics of light and materials to create spatial installations that explore the interactive relationship between light, people, and space. Emphasizing bodily participation and dialogue with local culture, his recent practice has gradually shifted from individual installations toward participatory projects, investigating how art can move beyond the institutional framework of museums into more open and collaborative forms of engagement.

He graduated from the Graduate Institute of New Media Art at Taipei National University of the Arts and the Graduate Institute of Architecture at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Contemporary Visual Culture at National Taiwan University of Arts. He received the Kaohsiung Award in 2013 and the Taipei Art Award in 2015, and was selected for an artist residency at Tokyo Wonder Site. From 2019 to 2020, he served as an artist-in-residence at the National Taichung Theater. His works have been exhibited internationally, including at the Taiwan Biennial, the PyeongChang Biennale in Korea, and Roppongi Art Night in Tokyo. He has also collaborated across disciplines with brands and institutions such as CMP Art Museum and Shiseido. He currently serves as a part-time lecturer in the Department of New Media Art at Taipei National University of the Arts.

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