www.shengwenlo.com

Curriculum vitae -

Sheng-Wen Lo was born in 1987, Taiwan, currently based in the Netherlands. He is interested in contemporary human-animal relationships, and attempts to spark off debates. He uses still/moving images, sound, video games and various medium. He received his MA in Photography from Kunstakademie St.Joost in the Netherlands, and MSc in Computer Science from the Computer Music Lab at National Taiwan University. Having also been working as a scientist, scientific values and methodologies are crucial to his works.

Sheng is the creative director of Lightbox, a public photo library and a center for contemporary photography at Taipei. During his residency in Europe, he seeks to strengthen the mutual understandings between Taiwanese and the international contemporary photography scene through talks, discussions, writings, and collaborations. Sheng is currently an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie (2019/2020) in Amsterdam.

His recent works are shown in EYE Filmmuseum, World Press Photo, BredaPhoto, LhGWR and Fotofestival Naarden in The Netherlands, ICP Museum in New York, MMCA in Korea, FORMAT Photo Festival, Belfast Photo Festival in UK, OrganVida Photo Festival in Croatia, and LianZhou Foto in China. He is the winner of portfolio reviews at FORMAT Photo Festival (2017), OrganVida Photo Festival (2016), and Young Art Taipei (2015); he is a nominee of Foam Paul Huf Award (2019) and Prix Pictet Photography Prize (2019).

Education & Experiences -

2019 - | Resident Artist - Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten

2018 | Guest Lecturer - World Press Photo

2018 | Guest Lecturer - BredaPhoto Festival MasterClass

2016 - | Creative Director - Lightbox (public photo book library & space for contemporary photography)

2015 - | Commissioned maker (White Bear) - National Geographic Taiwan

2015 - 2017 | MA, Photography, AKV | St. Joost, Netherlands

2009 - 2012 | M.Sc., Computer Music / Computer Science, GIEE, National Taiwan University

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Exhibitions

Solo:

2018 BredaPhoto international photo festival, Breda, The Netherlands (upcoming)

2017 White Bear, Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Greta Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

2017 TUNA, Atlas Initiatief AIR #1 Expo, Breda, The Netherlands

2015 White Bear, Wanderer Studio, Taipei

Group (selected):

2019 "Civilization: The Way We Live Now", Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China (9 March - 19. May)

2018 "Civilization: The Way We Live Now", National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea

2018 "Offline Browser", 6th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei (20 Oct. - 13 Jan)

2018 Arena - Video and Beyond, Cortona On The Move, Italy (12 July - 30 Sep.)

2018 LhGWR, Den Haag, The Netherlands (8 June - 14 July)

2018 World Press Photo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands & various cities

2018 Debiutas 2018, Lithuanian Photographers Association, Vilnius, Lithuania

2018 "New Chic", Riga Photomonth, Riga, Latvia

2017 "Really Real", Roodkapje, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2017 Belfast Photo Festival, Northern Ireland, UK

2017 "Right Here, Right Now", Fotofestival Naarden, The Netherlands

2017 "HABITAT", FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby, UK

2017 "Emerging Talents Exhibition", International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, USA

2016 "Yet Another Gaze – A New Horizon for Contemporary Taiwanese Photography", Lianzhou Foto Festival, China

2016 "Revelations", (Fallout), Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

2016 9419, short film, w/ Research Lab St.Joost, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2015 "REPLAY" (Fallout), video gameplay, photographs, AKV St.Joost, Breda, Netherlands

2014 Des Scripts, photographs, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

2011 The Calla Lilies, photographs, Splashlight Gallery (Lucie Foundation), New York

2011 SDINGUHOTS, video installation, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei

2011 Kaleidoscope, sound & photography installation, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Awards -

2019 | Foam Paul Huf Award Nominee

2019 | Prix Pictet Photography Prize Nominee

2018 | Grant (Rijksakademie Fellowship), National Culture and Arts Foundation (國藝會), Taiwan

2018 | Werkbijdrage Jong Talent (Stipendium Emerging Artists), Mondriaan Fonds, NL

2018 | Winner, World Press Photo, Digital Storytelling - Short Form, Amsterdam, NL

2017 | Winner (FORMAT Award), Portfolio Review, FORMAT Photo Festival, Derby, UK

2017 | Winner, Photo Feature Award, FORMAT Photo Festival & Chinese Photographers magazine, Derby, UK

2016 | Winner (Best Portfolio), Portfolio Review, Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

2016 | Winner, Emerging Talent Award & Exposure Award, Lensculture

2015 | Winner, Best Portfolio Award - Portfolio Review, Young Art Taipei

Residencies -

2019-2020 | Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam

2017. Oct | The Arctic Circle - Autumn Expedition, Svalbard, north pole

2017. May | Atlas Initiatief AIR, Breda (Project: TUNA, Review: Metropolis M)

2017. Jan | foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam

Lectures and Talks -

2019 | Lecture, World Press Photo, Rotterdam World Trade Centre, The Netherlands (3. Feb)

2018 | Artist Talk, “Offline Browser”, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (20. Oct.)

2018 | Talk, Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan (12. Oct.)

2018 | Talk, TEDxTaipei, Taiwan (30. Sept.)

2018 | Panel Talk, BredaPhoto Professional Week, Gallery MotMot, The Netherlands (9. Sept.)

2018 | Talk, World Press Photo Associates Dinner, De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2018 | Lecture, World Press Photo, Zwolle, The Netherlands (upcoming)

2018 | Talk, World Press Photo Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2018 | Guest Lecture, BredaPhoto Festival MasterClass, The Netherlands

2018 | Guest Lecture, Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (FHK), Tilburg, The Netherlands

2017 | Lecture, Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

2017 | Lecture, FORMAT Photo Festival, Derby, UK

2016 | Talk, PHOTO TALKS Special Event, Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan

2015 | Talk, PHOTO TALKS #01, Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan