Szu-Yi Wang 
王 思 懿

Studio Szuyi Wang
Art/architectural designer, artist, researcher, 2019-now
working with space, movements & languages while contemplating time, light & shadows


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Master Architecture (studying)
Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2022-now (with Pre-master Architecture & Technology completed in 2021)

Master Interior Architecture: Research + Design [MIARD]
Piet Zwart Institute - Willem de Kooning Academy, Netherlands, 2016-18




Working & Selected Experience 


STUDIO MAKS, Rotterdam
Freelance designer, 2022-now
Trainee assistant architect, 2018-19


Inside Outside, Amsterdam 
Interior & Spatial Design Trainee, 2020-21

Studium Witte de With, Rotterdam
Class of '18 - research group & educational program developer, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, 2018

DesignAct - design salon & online media, Taipei
Curator, editor, workshop programmer, 2013-19

AGUA Design & City Yeast, Taipei
Designer, workshop planner, researcher, project manager, 2015-16




Exhibition & Screenings 


‘Zi Yuan - A Spring Stroll 字園遊步’ screening at TENT Online Cinema, Rotterdam
With selected 19 Rotterdam-based artists sharing their recent productions, Janurary 2022

‘Zi Yuan - A Spring Stroll in the City Garden’ presented by MOMO Create & Perform in Motel Mozaique Festival, Rotterdam
Reading the spring through language, installations & performance in the whisper of the wind—collab. Nicole van den Berg & Nino Kennis, Voedseltuin Rotterdam, 2021

‘Zi Xian’, Wat ik je nog wilde zeggen (What else I wanted to tell you), TENT, Rotterdam
Under the theme about language & its social dynamic relationship, initiated by city poet Dean Bowen & curated by Rianne Zijderveld, 2020-2021

‘The Form/Rhythm In Between’, Virtural Dutch Design Week 
The paper sculpture series developed for music video ‘Foreshore’, screening & presentation in DDW online exhibition, 2020

‘Ritual upon the Paper’ & ‘Shan yu Shu’, HOW&WOW in Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven 
Cultural craft series presented in HOW&WOW—initiated by Crafts Council Nederland, VEEM Eindhoven, 2019

‘The Hanzi Space’ & research-in-progress urban miniatures, Motel Mozaique Festival, Rotterdam
Installation & urban miniatures research, Theatre Schouwburg, 2019

MIARD Graduation Show, WdKA, Rotterdam
Final thesis & design project, Willem de Kooning Academy, 2018

‘Yi, Er, San, Si’, Excavating Empathy, TENT, Rotterdam
Show & screening; following a urban research workshop by Shimon Attie, 2018

‘Water, Air, Ambience’, Drawing Out: Material dialogues with the Boyarsky-collection, Antwerp
Architectural drawing research & development, deSingel, 2017-18

‘Narrative Rooms’, Theia, online showcase
Online screening during International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), 2017

‘Folded Clusters’, Taipei Free Art Fair, Taipei
Paper installation, Huashan 1914 Creative Park, 2014

YODEX Young Designers’ Exhibition, Taipei
Graduation project, Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, 2013




Publication & Presentation


‘Narrative of Hedging’ - project published in Second Guide to Nature Inclusive Design
Author: Maike van Stiphout. Published by nextcity, Amsterdam, September 2023

‘Zi Xian’ publication-as-exhibition edition - commissioned & published in Wat ik je nog wilde zeggen (What I wanted to say to you)
Curator & Editor: Rianne Zijderveld. Published by Unformed Informed (Publishing), Rotterdam, July 2022

PANT Public #5 - Homesick: storytelling through different media, iii workspace, The Hague
Presentation & panel discussion at PANT (Platform of Artists Netherlands Taiwan) Public–a series curated by Wen Chin Fu, November 2021

Folding Ritual - show & tell program, Meet the Makers at HOW&WOW in Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
Workshop & showcase during the exhibition HOW&WOW—initiated by Crafts Council Nederland, VEEM Eindhoven, 2019




Projects, Research & Collaboration


UUAHIB (exrcise) - moving landscapes, WORM Rotterdam
Workshop visitig artist & performer for artist Ratri Notosudirdjo, Elementary school Landje, 2021

Who Wants to Live in a World without Magic? - TENT Rotterdam
Exhibition design & spatial concept development for artist Mehraneh Atashi, TENT Rotterdam, 2021

‘Rings’ presented in ‘Out of Office - de out of office wandelroute’ by het NUT at the neighborhood Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht
Interview, creation & exhibition, invited by het NUT (Nieuw Utrechts Toneel), exhibited at Pathé Utrecht Leidsche Rijn, 2021

Exhibition Model of 'Visitor Centre of Park Vijversburg' for 2019 EU Mies Award, Barcelona
Modelling for project 'Visitor Centre of Park Vijversburg’, exhibition model, STUDIO MAKS, 2019

Taipei Issuuuue - urban issues expo, World Design Capital, Taipei
Curatorial project manager at AGUA Design (Collaboration: Taiwan Design Center), 2016

Signboard Design Specification - research & publication, Taipei
Project manager & researcher at City Yeast (Collaboration: URO, Taipei City Goverment), 2016

Parent-child Market - at Xinfu & Dongsanshui Street Market, Wanhua Taipei
Project manager & execution at City Yeast (Collaboration: Taipei City Goverment), 2015-16

Made by Everyone 人人出品:  chinese characters creation, CMP Block Museum of Arts 勤美術館, Taichung
Project programmer & exhibition planner at DesignAct, 2015

Ren Pin Design 人品設計, NCKU - Tokyo Designers Week 2013, Tokyo
Exhibition production of Industrial Design dept., National Chung Kung University, 2013




Workshop & Collaborative Events


Non-reading Reading Group - at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Public event - reforming collective reading behaviors, hosted together in Studium Witte de With, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, 2018

Follow Your Ears - in exhibition ‘Kunstal for Music’ at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Public event - guiding map research during Rotterdam museumnacht, hosted together in Studium Witte de With, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, 2018

A Playful Practice Seminar - in exhibition ‘Kunstal for Music’ at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Public event - performing dialogues between practice and academics, hosted together in Studium Witte de With, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, 2018

On The Most Powerful Catalyst - event of Reading Room series in HNI, Rotterdam
Event production team for HNI fellow Füsun Türetken, Het Nieuwe Instituut, 2017

Yilan Dream: educational workshop, Yilan
Project manager, tutor & execution at City Yeast, 2016

Meet the Mountain - environmental exploration workshop, Pinglin Taipei
Workshop planning at DesignAct, 2014




Grants, Award & Selection

Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (NL) / National Culture and Arts Foundation (TW) / Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2022




Writing

Follow the Ninjas - Dwell in the Era of the Electronics
2020, Research Essay (available upon request) 

Letters to N. - Read Alexander Brodsky’s letters & drawing for The Shed
2020, Research Poem (available upon request)

To Investigate the Sense of Emptiness in Space
2018, Graduation Thesis

The Move as Time Never Stops—Reflection on Cities on The Move (1997-)
2017, Research Essay

The Arcade Practice—In the Name of the Inner Boulevard, the Name of Desire
2017, Research Essay

How the Sun Shines Is How the Sun Drives Us
2017, Research Essay




Education

Master Architecture (studying)
Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2022-now (with Pre-master Architecture & Technology completed in 2021)

Master Interior Architecture: Research & Design [MIARD] 
Piet Zwart Institute - Willem de Kooning Academy, Netherlands, 2016-18

Industrial Design 
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 2009-13


Language

Mandarin / English




Contact

szuyi.sywang[at]gmail.com  
+31 6 57695341




© SZU-YI WANG. 2022