Let’s Meet After the Rain
August 26 @ 10:00 am – September 5 @ 5:00 pm
Opening Reception: August 26, 2026, 4:30 – 6:00 pm
This solo exhibition by Wei-Yin Chen, 2026 Tainan National University of the Arts (TNNUA) Artist Exchange artist from Taiwan, depicts living things at their most beautiful moments, just as they are about to fade away. It was inspired by the anxieties and grief surrounding time and death within my family. Throughout the process, my focus gradually shifted from death itself toward imagining the anticipation of an impending loss, and extended to moments when spirits return in different forms, carrying blessings with them.
The sudden heavy rains that occurred during my residency gradually became a connecting element throughout the works. Within scenes where reality and fantasy coexist, I use excessive water, the decay of food and plants, and the pests of summer to explore the separation and reunion of closely connected beings through a humorous lens.
About the Artist
The artist’s ceramic practice centers on the hollow eyes of her clay figurines and the viewing relationships constructed through their gazes. By arranging linear sightlines, she guides the viewer into a mode of looking that hovers between participation and exclusion. As a medium that shifts narrative perspectives, the figurines mirror the artist’s inner states of escape and vulnerability. Their empty eyes not only respond to her sculptural training and considerations of ocular form, but also translate the viewpoint of the weak under conditions of power imbalance.
Motifs of girls and tears often transform “showing weakness” into an act of “resistance,” while the cute, cartoon-like visual language reveals the tragedy concealed beneath a sweet appearance. The technique of inflated modeling heightens emotional tension, allowing cuteness to become a vessel for social alienation and rebellious energy. In addition, the work actively explores cross-dimensional relationships between the two- and three-dimensional. Through the improvisational and fractured qualities of imagery, it reconsiders the intertwined possibilities of image and space.
