Liu Chien-Kuang born 1988 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. As a glass designer and maker, he has been greatly influenced by many different cultures and glass-making techniques today. Since he graduated from the National Taiwan University of Education Art and Design, he had been to Japan, Denmark, Sweden, and China, to cooperate with talented glass artists and studios. His goal is to explore a new phase of glass-making, by combining old techniques with new knowledge. Also, he challenges to create novel expressions of the glass itself.
Liu Chien Kuang decided to become an independent Artist during studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Bornholm design school. During his time of study in Denmark, he was interested in traditional glass-making knowledge and use them with his own cultural experience in his sculpture. He starts to focus on using material glass to create objects to reflect his cultural background such as paper and wood, two materials that have been a part of his life since his childhood. He found the harmony to combine wood structures with blown glass objects. Liu Chien Kuang also did his practice in master's program at Konstfack, Stockholm. He strengthens his work with material culture and post-colonial theory and tries to question the position of the museum, audience, and artists in the Morden society. He wins the Swedish Freemasonry art and culture scholarship after graduating from Konstfack. Currently, Liu Chien Kuang is based in Gustavsberg, Sweden continuing his practice and experiencing Swedish culture. He likes to study historical museum glass collections to learn the forgotten technique and untold stories and reinvent his story through his material universe.
Liu Chien Kuang decided to become an independent Artist during studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Bornholm design school. During his time of study in Denmark, he was interested in traditional glass-making knowledge and use them with his own cultural experience in his sculpture. He starts to focus on using material glass to create objects to reflect his cultural background such as paper and wood, two materials that have been a part of his life since his childhood. He found the harmony to combine wood structures with blown glass objects. Liu Chien Kuang also did his practice in master's program at Konstfack, Stockholm. He strengthens his work with material culture and post-colonial theory and tries to question the position of the museum, audience, and artists in the Morden society. He wins the Swedish Freemasonry art and culture scholarship after graduating from Konstfack. Currently, Liu Chien Kuang is based in Gustavsberg, Sweden continuing his practice and experiencing Swedish culture. He likes to study historical museum glass collections to learn the forgotten technique and untold stories and reinvent his story through his material universe.
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Education
2017— 2019 MA CRAFT! - Konstfack University of Art, Crafts and Design, Sweden 2014-2017 BA Design - Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Bornholm design school, Denmark 2007-2011 National Taiwan University of Education, Art and Design, Taiwan Working Experience 2020- Start a studio space in G-studio, Gustavsberg, Sweden 2020 Join Stockholm glas working team, Gustavsberg, Sweden 2017 Co-Founder / Owner of "Normal Object Factory", Design and Craftsmanship Studio, Sweden 2017 Teaching assistant with Baltic Sea Glass, Jinan, China 2016 Baltic Sea Glass, Bornholm, Denmark 2016 Internship with Vidar Koksvik and Kari Håkonsen, Oslo, Norway 2016 Internship with Ned Cantrell and Karen Nyholm, Ebeltoft, Denmark 2015 Internship - worked with Peter Ivy, Toyama, Japan 2012 - 2014 Kun’s crystal, Taiwan 2010 Internship in Fresco glass studio, Tsujino Takeshi, Osaka, Japan Residency 2021 “North Norwegian Art Centre AIR program” Svolvær, Norway Exhibition 2023 XXV- Interlude, Group show, Spazio Nobile & Studiolo Gallery. Brussels, Belgium 2022 ” Stone from other mountain- pass, present, future”, Form/Design center, Malmö, Sweden 2022 “Tyst kunskap: den skapande handen”, Rejmyre art lab, Rejmyre, Sweden 2021 ” Stone from other mountain SAK Edition 2021”, Riche, Stockholm, Sweden 2021 “Glass Tilstander”, North Norwegian Art Centre, Svolvær, Norway 2021 “工藝協奏曲 Craft Concerto” Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan 2020 “DET FRÄMMANDE OCH DET IGENKÄNNBARA”, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2019 “SPACE OF HYPER MATTER”, The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden 2019 “Konstfack degree exhibition”, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden 2019 "Vårsalong", Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden 2018 “All Walls Endless Waves”, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden 2017 “Elements”, Bachelor Exhibition, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Denmark 2017 “The Autonomous Art Object Exhibition”, Library of Architecture, Design & Performing Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark 2016 “Pure Silica- Joint exhibition of Taiwan and Hong Kong glass art“ Hong Kong 2016 “Mästarna bakom glaset 2016“ Brösarp, Sweden 2016 “HsinChu International glass festival“ HsinChu, Taiwan 2016 “GLAS“ Galleri Rasch, Rønne, Danmark 2015 “2015 International Student Online Exhibition“ Glass Art Society 2015 “Mästarna bakom glaset“ Brösarp, Sweden 2015 “FORÅRSUDSTILLINGEN” Svanekegaarden, Danmark 2015 “Recoding zoo” Lee gallery(solo), Taipei, Taiwan 2014 “Scoop it” MANO Contemporary Jewelry & Object, Taipei, Taiwan 2013 “Young art Taipei” Lee gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2013 “Young art Taipei” Lee gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2010 “What happen?!” Taipei, Taiwan Scholarship 2021 ”Artist working scholarship”, Konstnärsnämnden, Sweden 2019. “frimurare stipendium” Sweden 2018. “Studio scholarship”, summer course in Corning Museum of Glass, USA 2017. “Full scholarship master of art” CRAFT!, Konstfack, Sweden Fairs 2018 Stockholm Furniture Fair “Green House”, Normal Object Factory Stockholm, Sweden 2017 TENT LONDON, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design. |
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