Highest Education｜ Master’s Degree, Graduate Institute of Sculpture, National Taiwan University of Arts
Research Specialties｜ Wood Sculpture
1992 Born in Taitung, Taiwan
2018 Received M.F.A. in Sculpture from National Taiwan University of Arts
2018–2023 Artist-in-residence at Banqiao 435 Art Zone
2022–2023 Instructor of Basic Sculpture at Xue Xue Experimental Education Institution
Education
| 2018 | MFA, Department of Sculpture, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2015 | BFA, Department of Sculpture, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | “Be Like Water – Yao Ting WU Solo Exhibition”, Capital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2021 | “Good Diving – Yao Ting WU Solo Show”, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2017 | “Solemn Human – Yao Ting WU Solo Show”, Taipei, Taiwan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2025 |
“Snaken Year” Lunar New Year Wood Carving Group Show, Taiwan
“Ingenious Anthology” International Sculpture Exhibition, Taiwan
“Dragon Year” Lunar New Year Wood Carving Group Show, Taiwan
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| 2024 | “Bangkok Design Week – Contemporary Wooden Art Exhibition”, Thailand |
| 2023 | “The Year of the Rabbit Group Show”, Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum, Miaoli, Taiwan |
| 2022 | “See the World Through Your Hands Group Show”, Banqiao 435 Art Zone, New Taipei City |
| 2021 | “New Normal Group Show”, Taiwan |
| 2020 |
“FLAWLESS – Contemporary Figurative Wood Sculpture Exhibition”, Capital Art Center, Taipei
SanYi Art Residency Project, Miaoli, Taiwan
“Da Lao Wood Carving Trio Artists Group Show”, Taiwan
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| 2019 |
“Amazing Artist in Art 435 – Huge Woodcarving Creating Live Show”, New Taipei City
“Chiang Mai Design Week Group Show”, Thailand
“Shapes of the Woodland – Wood Sculpture in Asia Area Group Show”, Taiwan
“Wave – Figurative Wood Sculpture During 50 Years in Taiwan Group Show”, Taiwan
“Ohtawara 5th Shoes Box Exhibition”, Japan
“Pig Year” Chinese New Year Wood Carving Group Show, Taiwan
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| 2018 |
“East Rift Valley Granary Festivities” Art Residency Project, Taiwan
“Ohtawara” Art Residency Project, Japan
“The Story of Gaia Wood Carvings Group Show”, Taiwan
“Dog Poems” Chinese New Year Wood Carving Group Show, Taiwan
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| 2017 |
“Sculpture 5.7.5 Group Show”, Japan
“The Imagination of Art in Cloud Group Show”, Taiwan
“Taiwan Cultural and Creative Industry Art Fair Group Show”, Taiwan
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| 2015 | “Tsukuba New Artist Exchange Project Group Show”, Japan |
Art Fair
| 2025 | “ONE ART Taipei 2025”, Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei, Capital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2023 |
“ART TAIPEI” Art Fair, Taiwan
“ART TAICHUNG” Art Fair, Taiwan
“ONE ART Taipei 2023”, Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei, Capital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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| 2022 | “Art Taipei 2022”, TWTC Hall 1, Capital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2021 |
“Art Kaohsiung 2021”, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
“Art Taipei 2021”, TWTC Hall 1, Capital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
“Art Tainan 2021”, Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Tainan, Capital Art Center, Tainan, Taiwan
“ONE ART Taipei 2021”, The Sherwood Metaverse, Capital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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| 2020 |
“Young Art Kaohsiung” Art Fair, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
“Art Taipei 2020”, TWTC Hall 1, Capital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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| 2019 | “Seoul Art Expo 2019”, COEX, Gallery Iriya, Seoul, Korea |
Residencies
| 2020 | “Sanyi Wood Art Transmission Project”, Residency Program, Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum, Miaoli, Taiwan |
| 2018 |
“Granary of All Things – Earth Festival Art Season”, Residency Program, Taitung, Taiwan
“Ōtawara City Institute of Art Residency Program”, Ōtawara City Institute of Art, Tochigi, Japan
“Banqiao 435 Art Zone Artist-in-Residence”, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Awards
| 2019 | “Jié Bàn Harvest Festival – Solid Wood Carving Competition”, Third Prize |
| 2016 | “The 7th International Miniature Sculpture Exhibition & Competition”, National Taiwan University of Arts, Gold Award |
| 2014 |
“College of Fine Arts Sculpture Exhibition, National Taiwan University of Arts”, Second Prize in Wood Carving
“International Woodcarving Competition”, Third Prize
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| 2013 |
“’Woodcarving Art Heritage Camp’ Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum”, Outstanding Work Award
“’Embrace the Forest’ College Student Woodcarving Camp”, First Prize
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Collections
| 2019 | Gaze and Legacy, Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center, Taoyuan City, Taiwan |
| 2018 | Kurohane no Shimenawa, Ōtawara City Institute of Art, Japan |
| 2017 | Solemn Humanity – Innately Complete No. 5, Lihpao Cultural Arts Foundation, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Solemn Humanity – Innately Complete No. 3, Department of Sculpture, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan |
| 2014 | Hopelessly Attached .., Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum, Taiwan |
| 2013 |
Freedom in Reality, Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum, Taiwan
Human and Monkey, Chiayi County Cultural and Tourism Bureau, Taiwan
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| 2012 | Don’t Be Like That, Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum, Taiwan |