Portrait by Samuel Bourtuche, 2016

Yang holds a Master art degree in Public Art & New Artistic Strategies at Bauhaus University Weimar in Germany. Prior to that, she completed the Gallerist Programme at the De Appel Arts Centre in Amsterdam (2013) and holds a Bachelor degree from Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London in London (2008).

With a specific interest in cultural exchange and relational aesthetics, she has conducted several research trips at institutions, such as in the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2013), KW Berlin (2012) and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (2009). Yang has also curated numerous exhibitions and public talks internationally. Her recent curated projects include: Sonic Territories (2019), Berlin/ Kinmen; Meet Me At The Newsstand (2016), Weimar; Outer Market History in Motion (2016), Paris and Wymiana/ Exchange at local_30 (2015), Warsaw. The most recent public talk was titled Transforming Trauma Through Art February 28 Massacre, 1947 at the Goethe Museum in Weimar Germany. She was invited to give a speech at Xue Xue Institute Taipei, De Appel Arts Centre Amsterdam and Asia Art Archive at the Art Basel Hong Kong.

Her recent practice focuses on Taiwan mythology and Buddhist Taoism religious ceremony. Her performances were shown at Kunsthaus Dresden (2016) and Palais am Festungsgraben as part of the 2nd Berliner Herbsalon hosts at Maxim Gorki Theater (2015). 

She lives and works in Taipei & Berlin.

策展人簡介|楊凱婷(Ada Kai-Ting Yang)

台北艋舺人,旅歐獨立策展人與跨領域藝術家。畢業於英國倫敦藝術大學雀兒喜藝術與設計學院(Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London)及德國威瑪包浩斯大學(Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)公共藝術與新藝術策略研究所(獲教育部公費留學獎學金)。

旅居英、德 15 年期間,深耕歐陸獨立策展實踐逾十年,專注於公共空間實踐、觀念藝術、社會介入與流動性展演。

2015 至 2016 年間於德國威瑪創立快閃展演品牌「TING」,策劃多項介入公共場域的流動性展覽、行為表演與音樂計畫。曾與多位國際知名當代藝術家與創作者深度合作交流,包括巴塞爾藝術展藝術獎(Baloise Art Prize)得主克萊爾‧霍普(Claire Hooper)、波蘭藝術家寶琳納‧歐羅斯卡(Paulina Olowska)、德籍當代藝術家約翰‧博客(John Bock)、攝影藝術家羅特·布里斯·盧森堡(Rut Blees Luxemburg)以及法籍作曲家奧古斯丁‧毛爾斯(Augustin Maurs)等。

其策展與研究計畫屢獲國內外重要文化機構與基金會獎助支持,包括:駐德國台北代表處文化組、德國威瑪 Sparkasse 銀行基金會、德國圖林根邦學生會、威瑪包浩斯大學創意基金、文化部、國家文化藝術基金會、台北市政府文化局、財團法人當代藝術基金會、台北歌德學院及英國文化協會。

現生活與工作於台北。