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2024 Artist
Chien-Hsing Wu
《When The Metallic Cicada Sings》｜2023
AKI Gallery
Chien-Hsing Wu was born in Taiwan in 1987. WU received his MFA from National Taipei University in 2017. His work spans multiple artistic mediums, including painting, mixed media, installation, video, sculpture, and performance art. WU often utilizes everyday objects in his work, stimulating discussions around their external forms and internal energy as well as their potential for transformation and preservation. His early artwork was in dialogue with the concept of “home,” constructing interpersonal networks, and value systems, taking these as his main points of creative departure. Through the means of artistic expression, WU singles out parallels between the transformation of Taiwan’s industrial landscape and the course of his own life, over which he watched his family’s business deteriorate with the decline of traditional industries. Through his work, the artist seeks to find an alternative for these withering industries, making them shine again.
Chien-Hsing Wu was born in Taiwan in 1987. WU received his MFA from National Taipei University in 2017. His work spans multiple artistic mediums, including painting, mixed media, installation, video, sculpture, and performance art. WU often utilizes everyday objects in his work, stimulating discussions around their external forms and internal energy as well as their potential for transformation and preservation. His early artwork was in dialogue with the concept of “home,” constructing interpersonal networks, and value systems, taking these as his main points of creative departure. Through the means of artistic expression, WU singles out parallels between the transformation of Taiwan’s industrial landscape and the course of his own life, over which he watched his family’s business deteriorate with the decline of traditional industries. Through his work, the artist seeks to find an alternative for these withering industries, making them shine again.
Willy VERGINER
《 Rayuela (Moongirl) 》｜2019
AKI Gallery
Willy Verginer (b.1957) was born in Bressanone. He attended the Art Institute of Ortisei, where he studied Painting. Willy Verginer lives and works in Ortisei Italy. After graduating, Willy Verginer worked in various wood sculpture studios in Val Gardena. In the 80s, by means of autonomous learning, he tried to distance himself from conventional methods. Later in the 90s, together with Walter Moroder, Bruno Walpoth, he formed the art group Trisma. After ten years of research, and crises, 2005 marked a turning point for Willy Verginer. His works were shown in Galleria Castello in Trento with a radical change of style and showed figurative sculptures developing an original plastic language combined with acrylic paint with shades of artificial colors. He was later invited at the 54th La Biennale di Venezia in 2011 to represent Trentino Alto Adige. Willy Verginer carves his masterpieces out of lime tree wood and covers them with detail-less tint areas of acrylic paint and gold. Each piece from Willy Verginer is extremely realistic, almost creating an illusion of body painting of living statues, ready to come to life. Touching or viewing, they leave no one indifferent. The sculptures gestures are elegant and their poise is calling to serenity, whilst avoiding the sensation of inertness.
Willy Verginer (b.1957) was born in Bressanone. He attended the Art Institute of Ortisei, where he studied Painting. Willy Verginer lives and works in Ortisei Italy. After graduating, Willy Verginer worked in various wood sculpture studios in Val Gardena. In the 80s, by means of autonomous learning, he tried to distance himself from conventional methods. Later in the 90s, together with Walter Moroder, Bruno Walpoth, he formed the art group Trisma. After ten years of research, and crises, 2005 marked a turning point for Willy Verginer. His works were shown in Galleria Castello in Trento with a radical change of style and showed figurative sculptures developing an original plastic language combined with acrylic paint with shades of artificial colors. He was later invited at the 54th La Biennale di Venezia in 2011 to represent Trentino Alto Adige. Willy Verginer carves his masterpieces out of lime tree wood and covers them with detail-less tint areas of acrylic paint and gold. Each piece from Willy Verginer is extremely realistic, almost creating an illusion of body painting of living statues, ready to come to life. Touching or viewing, they leave no one indifferent. The sculptures gestures are elegant and their poise is calling to serenity, whilst avoiding the sensation of inertness.
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