HUANG Lan-Ya
HUANG Lan-Ya, MFA, Graduate Institute of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, 2002. During the year of 2008-2013, she is the chairperson of "One Year Gallery". Her residency includes: ISCP, New York (2007), Art Site of Chia-Yi Railway Warehouse (2007), Point B Project, New York (2006), Maejima Art Center, Okinawa (2005), Headlands Center of the Arts, San Francisco (2005), AIR Antwerpen, Belgium (2005), Kyoung AIR Program, Korea (2004) and 18th Street Arts Center, LA (2003).
- Location USA / New York, NY
- Year of the Grant 2007
- Residency International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
- Personal Website HUANG Lan-Ya's Personal Website
“The condition of ‘adrift’ implies a sense of ‘chance’ and ‘rootless-ness.’ On the contrary, the condition of ‘grounded-ness’ implies a sense of ‘stability’ and ‘fortification.’ The spatial energy generated by this pair of relationship exists in the physical space of ‘reality’ as well as in the abstract space of ‘anti-reality.’ This type of relationship is reflected unto how humanity exists in our dimension; since how we react to nature, the environment, and life determines how we relate to each other. The relationship formula thus becomes interactive and symbiotic.
My residency experience inspired me to think about real-world relationships. I came up with the following key points for creating my objects: 1) I decided to use ‘hot glue gun,’ an artificial and industrial material. 2) ‘Fractal’ shapes, complex and irregular shapes of nature as the main forms of my objects. 3) Through ‘spatial installation,’ I integrated my objects with their surrounding space in an attempt to represent the spatial energy generated from the connection between ‘reality’ and ‘anti-reality.’ I wanted my work to blend with the environment, whether indoors or outdoors, to create a site of contrast as well as visual harmony.