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Yu-Chen Wang

@yuchenwang__

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Artist interested in histories, technology, ecology; Arts at CERN; Drawing Biennial 2026; London Museum Studios: Taoyuan Land Art Festival

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Sea Forest 2023-2026
Dual-channel video, 4K, color, sound, 12 min
In collaboration with Nan-Jay Wang @jasir120 (camera) and Capitol K @_capitol_k (sound)

Research-based project spanning the Tamsui River estuary, Zhuoshui River estuary, Zengwen River estuary, and Cijin Island in Taiwan

Sea Forest focuses on mangrove ecosystems and changing coastal landscapes in the age of the climate crisis. Through fieldwork, archival research, and interdisciplinary collaboration, the artist draws on an 1864 mangrove specimen from Tamsui held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (formally described as a new mangrove species of Eastern Asia by C.R. Sheue, H.Y. Liu & J.W.H. Yong in 2003) and collections from the TAI Herbarium as key references. Using these as starting points, the project traces how botanical exploration under imperial systems and transregional plant-collecting networks have shaped the history of plant taxonomy and the recent disappearance of some mangrove species.

Mangroves, valued for their high carbon sequestration capacity, are regarded as an important nature-based solution to climate change. However, some wetlands have experienced ecological imbalance due to early artificial planting, highlighting tensions between conservation and management. In the face of rising sea levels and environmental upheaval, humans may need to learn from nature to understand the resilience of mangroves under shifting environmental conditions. Sea Forest traverses history, tracing a narrative of life entangled with extraction and development, extinction and loss, and restoration and regeneration. By situating Taiwan’s landscapes within a global context, the project reconsiders the complex relationship between humans and nature, defined by both interdependence and tension.

🌊 Exhibition: Flowing with the Waves: Intercultural Sea Stories in Motion
📍 Tainan Art Museum
📅 On view until 11 October 2026
Curator: Wei-Hsiu Tung
Co-curator: Eric Chen

Learning from Mangroves: in a time of collapsing global ecosystems and accelerating climate change…What insights can the survival strategies of pants offer? How might sustainable futures be reimagined? taken in 臺南市美術館 Tainan Art Museum by @yuchenwang__

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王郁媜《流動的海墘》Flowing Shoreline by Yu-Chen Wang
@taoyuan_landart_festival curated by @archiblur

Over two summer months, I created my first site-specific outdoor installation in response to the rich coastal ecosystem of Xucuogang Wetlands, where rivers meet the sea. Composed of tidal mudflats, sand dunes, mangroves, bulrushes, and windbreaks, the wetlands serve as a crucial habitat for protected migratory birds (Little Tern, Chinese Egret, and Black-faced Spoonbill), alongside a thriving intertidal network of native flora, amphibians, mudskippers, fiddler crabs, and eels.

Built without roofs or walls, this 24/7 open-air structure functioned simultaneously as an active field station for ecological observation, a site for viewing the shifting landscape, and a space of care for rest and social gathering. Over time, the piece continuously transformed through direct exposure to and collaboration with the weather, sun, wind, rain, and the raw force of several typhoons.

The project was deeply rooted in the old name of the area, ha̍i-qián (海墘)—a Taiwanese Hokkien term in which 墘 (kînn) signifies the edge: the living margin where land and water meet. This linguistic origin, rooted in the place’s character and terrain, became a point of departure for the work’s interrogation of the hyperlocal: How can hyperlocal histories and ecologies inform our wider global context, particularly amid climate change and uncertainty?

How can fieldwork, nature observation, and public participation come together to engage in an ongoing dialogue with local environments and more-than-human communities?

The installation invited the public to look outward from within the museum space, and to notice what is right in front of us yet so often overlooked. Together, we actively observe, listen, and experience the diverse ecology of the wetlands, discovering how climate, landscape, and multiple forms of life coexist and converge through a constantly shifting shore.

1 camera @jasir120, sound @_capitol_k tkky
2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 @jasir120
4 BlackBird Imagine Studio
6 @wecreate_tw

Project Management @wecreate_tw
Technical Collaboration @o____0417 @chihhsuan4998 taken in 許厝港國家級重要濕地 Bird Harbor by @yuchenwang__

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For the past week or so, I've been installing my first-ever outdoor installation as part of @taoyuan_landart_festival. Pic 2 is my daily route to the exhibition site: country lanes lined with rice paddies, leading to Xucuogang Wetlands, not far from the main airport.

It is because this area is where the rivers meet the sea that there is rich biodiversity, from mangrove forests, giant reeds, bayhops, and crabs to migratory birds, including plovers, little terns, and egrets. One morning, a butterfly even showed up as I arrived… and I’ve made quite a few local friends. Some of them come to chat with me everyday!

#FlowingShoreline #流動的海墘
This project continues my ongoing research into wetlandscapes, focusing on the counterpoint between the peatlands of England and the mangrove forests of Taiwan. Through archival research, fieldwork, and cross-disciplinary exchange, it explores the interplay between the ‘hyper-local’ and the ‘global’ within the context of climate change, shifting away from anthropocentric perspectives towards the interconnected coexistence of all living things.

Working on site in Taoyuan, the artist develops a mobile structure that functions simultaneously as a museum and an observation station. As it moves between Xucuogang Wetlands and the Xinwu River estuary, the installation engages with climatic and landscape conditions. The site-specific work extends to ephemeral elements such as wind, rain, and sunlight, adopting an environmental practice of ‘borrowing’ natural materials and ‘returning’ them to their original sites after the exhibition.

Through a series of public programmes, the space is transformed into a dynamic site of social gathering. As the work evolves through movement and relocation, it creates an experiential environment for audiences. Ultimately, the interactions between landscape, participants, and actions will inform a new film work for future international exhibitions, bringing local experience into a broader global context.

Pic 1, 4, 5, 9, 10 @jasir120. All other photos are mine.
#museumwithoutwalls #museumwithoutroofs #opens247 #museumasacivichub #allarewelcome #multispecies #constantlyevolving taken in 許厝港濕地 by @yuchenwang__

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4 months ago

Thanks for joining us yesterday Creative Workshop @whitehousedagenham celebrating @createlondon 10 Years of The White House Dagenham in preparation for our upcoming public walk in Nov: Never know what we’ll to find on the way home
Together, we will discover the local environment through curiosity, observation, collective wandering, and sharing.

Nature, Creativity and Community

Becontree Creative Walk
You never
📆 Sat 7 Nov
🕑 12-2pm
📍 The White House Dagenham
884 Green Lane, Dagenham, RM8 1BX
🎟️FREE - booking link in bio taken in The White House, Dagenham by @yuchenwang__

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12 days ago

Thank you to everyone who visited my outdoor museum / field station at Xucuogang Wetlands. As this year's @taoyuan_landart_festival comes to an end. We have "returned" all the natural materials we borrowed to the exact location where they were found. The other items, such as marine debris and man-made stuff have been recycled or repurposed.

All that remains is the time we shared, rich memories, and endless stories of the land and sea. #FlowingShoreline #流動的海墘

Project Management: Yu-Lan Wang (Arashi) @wecreate_tw
Technical Collaboration: Yu-Zhen Fan Jiang @o____0417 , Chih-Hsuan Lin @chihhsuan4998
Special thanks to @page228 @celaviaong
Photo by @jasir120 taken in 許厝港國家級重要濕地 Bird Harbor by @yuchenwang__

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王郁媜《流動的海墘》Flowing Shoreline by Yu-Chen Wang @taoyuan_landart_festival

Public events from the past two weeks, despite some very dramatic weather — heavy rain, sunshine, and even a couple of typhoons!
Pic 1–3: Newly reconfigured structure with extra seating and canopies, in collaboration with @o____0417 @chihhsuan4998
Pic 4: Artist’s talk on 16 August.
Pic 5: Ecological tour led by Fan Chuo-Chao, Chairperson of the Wild Bird Society of Taoyuan, who introduced the history and current ecological conditions of Xucuogang Wetlands, as well as its significance as a Wetland of National Importance.
Pic 6–7: Hands-on workshop, with participants creating artworks using natural materials found in the wetlands.
Pic 8–9: In conversation with Prof. Chiou-Rong Sheue of the Department of Life Sciences at National Chung Hsing University and @hungfei_wu, Director of @solidart_tw
Pic 10: In conversation with @archiblur, Project Director of the 2026 Taoyuan Land Art Festival, and Prof. Chiou-Rong Sheue of the Department of Life Sciences at National Chung Hsing University.
Photo: 1-4, 10 @jasir120
Photo: 5-9 Arashi Wang @wecreate_tw taken in 許厝港國家級重要濕地 Bird Harbor by @yuchenwang__

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2 months ago

#FlowingShoreline #流動的海墘

My mobile museum / field station has been at Xucuogang Wetlands for the past two months! The outdoor installation has continued to evolve through the rainy season, two typhoons, and some sunny days. I’m grateful for the overwhelmingly positive responses from all the visitors, including local residents, birdwatchers, tourists, and migrant workers from the nearby industrial areas. Thanks to the curator Eric Chen @archiblur and @taoyuan_landart_festival for having me and for supporting me in every way possible.

The pictures were taken last week. Part of my installation was reconfigured and moved onto the intertidal zone during low tide. We had about four hours to deconstruct the structure, move the various parts, reassemble it there, and then move everything back onto the shore before the tide came in. The festival continues until 30 August.

All materials 王楠傑 @jasir120

王郁媜《流動的海墘》Flowing Shoreline by Yu-Chen Wang
專案經理：王郁嵐 Arashi（小市民創意）@wecreate_tw
技術協作：范姜妤溱 @o____0417 ，林芷瑄 @chihhsuan4998 taken in 許厝港國家級重要濕地 Bird Harbor by @yuchenwang__

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2 months ago

This is my fifth time taking part in the Drawing Biennial! It all started with my participation in Drawing Room's library residency and the commissioned project Annotations in 2016–17. I'm grateful for Drawing Room's continued support ever since, and I'm donating this piece to express my appreciation.

This drawing is titled "Of Making World" (2026). Without sketches or preparatory work, this drawing unfolds intuitively and organically. Lines drift and gather, creating a quiet tension between motion and stillness, in a process of becoming. The composition suggests an evolving map where elements connect and disperse. Here, negative space plays an active role, allowing forms to breathe and shift; figurative shapes emerge and dissolve into abstraction, as if spanning multiple, overlapping dimensions.

Of Making World, 2026, pencil, coloured pencil, and ink on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

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There's only one week left to bid on the incredible works in Drawing Biennial 2026!

You can place bids up until the auction finale at 9pm on 23 June BST. Bids start at £400 and you
are more likely to be the winning bidder if at the outset you place a maximum bid i.e. the maximum amount you are willing to pay for the work. Your maximum bid is not visible to other bidders and the auction site will automatically place bids on your behalf, but only as much as is necessary to make sure that you remain the highest bidder, until it reaches your maximum bid.

Explore all the incredible works in the show in person at the gallery and online by visiting biennial.drawingroom.org.uk through the link in my Instagram bio!

#DrawingBiennial2026 by @yuchenwang__

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4 months ago

What an amazing few months it has been working with the London Museum Studios as a Family-in-Residence, exploring the hidden nature and architecture of Smithfield through a range of events. We've met so many wonderful people during the residency and are excited to continue our journey with them and the London Museum @wearelondonmuseum opening later this year. A huge thank you to the incredible staff, including Elle Andrews @elleandrews_________ , Callum Costello, Lauren Parker, and others, for their support and dedication. Also thank you to all our colleagues and friends who came to see us @aliciapazstudio @michelkrenzer @leo.krenzer @evagrrrrrrrrrr @misafreeman @meetmrslondoner @harshitapatelsend @pierremarearchitects @paulcareykent and many more #art #contemporaryart #london #londonmuseum by @yuchenwang__

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Please join us for our events next week at the London Museum Studios @wearelondonmuseum

THE SEMEIKO-WANG
NATURE REMEMBERED PROJECT

OPEN STUDIOS: MEET OUR FAMILY-IN-RESIDENCE
Tue 26 May 2026 12pm – 5pm
Wed 27 May 2026 12pm – 5pm
Thu 28 May 2026 12pm – 5pm

OPEN STUDIO – OPENING EVENT
Tue 26 May 2026 6pm – 8pm

The link to the museum page for more information is in my bio.

Join artists-in-residence Lily, Yu-Chen @yuchenwang__ and Andro for Open Studios, where they will present ideas and work in progress developed during the residency.

Their practice explores how we navigate urban and natural environments and how hidden aspects of nature can be discovered around us.

Through public events, including walks and workshops, and research into the London Museum's archives and collections, the artists have developed work that responds to the history and geography of the area between Caledonian Park and Smithfield, connecting their local neighbourhood with the museum.

This is an opportunity to learn about their creative process and engage directly with the artists about their findings.

Photos are details of: 1. Andro's painting; 2. Lily's photo; 3. Yu-Chen's photo. All © 2026 #contemporaryart #uk #london taken in Smithfield Market by @yuchenwang__

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5 months ago

Two events are coming up as part of the Semeiko-Wang Nature Remembered Project at the London Museum Studios @wearelondonmuseum

Earth Week Walk
Tue 21 Apr, 4-6pm
FREE
Celebrate Earth Week with our artists-in-residence for an exploratory walk through Smithfield, uncovering the hidden nature of the city.

Drawing with Nature
Tue 28 Apr, 3-5pm
FREE
Join our artists-in-residence for an experimental drawing session using a palette sourced directly from the earth.

Book on the London Museum website, the link is in my bio.

Or copy this:
https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/the-semeiko-wang-nature-remembered-project/

About the Semeiko-Wang Nature Remembered Project:

A new artistic collaboration from the Semeiko-Wang family exploring a love for the hidden, natural world. Lily, Yu-Chen and Andro are currently our family-in-residence at London Museum Studios from February to May 2026. They explore how we navigate everyday environments, where nature can be found around us, and how nature is remembered and felt across the city, particularly between Caledonian Park and Smithfield. From their local neighbourhood to the museum’s home, they uncover historical and geographical connections through exploratory walks and research into the London Museum’s archives and collections to develop new work. A series of public events are taking place throughout the residency, which share their findings and offer insight into the creative process.
#london #UK #contemporaryart #artworkshops #nature #architecture #londonmuseum taken in London Museum by @yuchenwang__

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6 months ago

Remember Nature 2025 @remembernaturemetzger @tate Modern last week

Thanks to the curators @val_ravaglia @libraryoflight @andreagregsonsculpture for making it happen, @ma_art_and_ecology students for their support and to the captive audience!

A Man Called Adam, Ria Bagley, Sophia Barton, Youngsook Choi, Patricia Domínguez Claro and Eduardo Navarro, Tom Doubtfire, Hamish Fulton, Anya Gallaccio, Paul Harfleet, Laura Hopes, Uta Kögelsberger, Bernadette McBride, Maddi Nicholson, Nancy Odufona, Cornelia Parker and Yu-Chen Wang.

@amancalledadam_hq
@riabagley
@sofiabartonart
@young.sook.choi
@__patriciadominguez
@eduardo____navarro
@tom_doubtfire
@a.walking.artist
@anyagallaccio
@thepansyproject
@laurahopes
@fire_complex
@picturesofbernadette
@maddi.nicholson
@nancyodufona
@corneliaparkerartist
@yuchenwang__

Also with:
@rspb
@rspb_ambassadors
@majafowkes
@ma_art_and_ecology
@fromtheground.up__
@sean.talbot.art
@iluttrek
@haoran_wu139
@rtlesswhiteradish

Images courtesy of Andro Semeiko-Antelidze @androsemeiko
Images on placards courtesy of @jessrphoto_ @yuchenwang__ taken in Tate Modern by @yuchenwang__

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