CV
Sheng-Wen LO (b. 1987, Taiwan) is currently based in the Netherlands. His work investigates the relationships between non-humans and contemporary society, often using daily experiences as points of departure. As a maker, his practice encompasses still and moving images, installations, games, and various media. He holds an MA in Photography from AKV|St.Joost in the Netherlands and an MSc in Computer Science from the Computer Music Lab at National Taiwan University. He is an alumnus at the Rijksakademie (2019-2021) in Amsterdam.
Lo is the creative director of Lightbox, a public photo library and center for contemporary photography in Taipei. He facilitates dialogues between Taiwanese and international contemporary photography scenes through talks, writings, and collaborations. Since 2019, he has been collaborating with the Embassy of the North Sea on various oceanic agendas. His recent works have been shown at Foam Fotografiemuseum, EYE Filmmuseum, World Press Photo (NL), Saatchi Gallery (UK), Rencontres d’Arles (FR), Taiwan Biennial (TWN), and Manifesta 15 (ESP). He was selected as Foam Talent in 2021 and received support and fellowships from the Mondriaan Fonds, De Nederlandsche Bank and the Prince Claus Fund.
Contact: sengwenlo@gmail.com (workshops, talks, collaboration proposals are much welcomed)
Collection inquiries: service@avofactory.com
CV in PDF: English (Latest) | 中文 Portfolio in PDF: English
Supported by Kunstenaar Basis
Education
◆ 2015 - 2017 | MA, Photography, AKV | St. Joost, Netherlands
◆ 2009 - 2012 | M.Sc., Computer Science (Computer Music Lab), GIEE, National Taiwan University
◆ 2005 - 2009 | B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University
◆ 2016 | Certificate, Animal Behaviour and Welfare, The University of Edinburgh
◆ 2016 | Certificate, Dairy Production and Management, The Pennsylvania State University
Experiences
◆ 2023-2024 | Pre-biennial research, Manifesta 15, Barcelona
◆ 2023 | Tutor, Royal Academy of Arts, London
◆ 2022 | Workshop lead - Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, Germany
◆ 2022 | Resident Artist - Les Rencontres d'Arles/Fotodok
◆ 2021 | Lecturer - Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, Germany
◆ 2021 | Workshop lead - Camera Arts, Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland
◆ 2019-2021 | Resident Artist - Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
◆ 2018 - | Guest Lecturer/Ambassador - World Press Photo
◆ 2018 | Guest Lecturer - BredaPhoto Festival MasterClass
◆ 2016 - | Creative Director - Lightbox (public photo book library & space for contemporary photography)
◆ 2015 - | Commissioned maker (White Bear) - National Geographic, Taiwan
◆ 2014-2016 | Co-founder/Consultant - Avocado Co., Ltd. ( printmaking studio )
◆ 2013 | Company Chief Counselor, Armed Forces Reserve Command, MND, Taiwan (ROC)
Exhibitions
◆ Solo
2025 EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival, Italy (16 Apr. - 2 Jun.)
2023 White Bear, Avocado Art Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Matter of Scale, Hong-gah Museum, Taipei (30 Jul.-2 Oct.)
2022 Fallout, Avocado Art Lab, Taipei (20 Aug.-18 Sep.)
2020 F/EEL, with Yi-Fei Chen, Embassy of the North Sea / Marineterrein Amsterdam (20 Nov. - 6 Dec.)
2020 Extendable Ears, FOAM Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam (21 Feb. - 28 June.)
2018 BredaPhoto international photo festival, Breda, The Netherlands (5 Sep. - 21 Oct.)
2017 White Bear, Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Greta Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2017 TUNA, Atlas Initiatief AIR #1 Expo, Breda, The Netherlands
2015 White Bear, Wanderer Studio, Taipei
2013 Pedigree Human, (interactive performance/installation), Dajia River Park, Taipei
◆ Group
2025 WASTELAND Festival: (Infra)Structures of Waste, Rotterdam (Jun. - Jul.)
2025 "Civilization: The Way We Live Now”, Kunsthalle München, Germany (Apr. -)
2025 Watch Out, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan (29 Mar. - 13 Jul.)
2025 Extendable Ears, MOCA Taipei, Taiwan (17 May. - 24 Aug.)
2025 Whose Ocean Assembly, Theater De Regentes, The Hague(30 Jan.)
2024 Matter of Scale, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Nov. - Apr.)
2024 The ocean speaks, Disseny Hub Barcelona/Manifesta 15 (10 Oct. - 23 Feb.)
2024 Manifesta 15, Barcelona (8 Sep. - 24 Nov.)
2024 ART TAIPEI (24 Oct. - 28 Oct.)
2024 We Are Born by the River, Tainan Art Museum, Taiwan (9 Jul. - 13 Oct.)
2024 Civilization, Jut Museum, Taipei (16 Mar. - 30 June)
2023 HERE NEAR, Les Rencontres d'Arles, France (Jul.-Sep.)
2023 Civilization, Saatchi Gallery, London (Jun.-Sep.)
2023 ONE ART Taipei (Jan.)
2022 Civilization: vivere, sopravvivere, Buon Vivere, Musei San Domenico, Italy (Sep.-Jan. 2023)
2022 Neighbour North Sea, Quartair, The Hague (Nov.)
2022 Coexsist - Fotofestiwal, Łódź, Poland
2021 Foam Talent, FOAM Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam (on view)
2021 PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin, Ireland (1-31 Jul.)
2021 Rijksakademie Open Studios, RABK, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (17-27 Jun.)
2021 reGeneration4, YUZ Museum, Shanghai, China (28 Apr-15 Aug.)
2021 "Civilization - Quelle époque !", MuCEM: Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe, Marseille, France (24 Feb.-28 Jun.)
2020 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (17 Oct.-28 Feb.)
2020 Generation Z, Noorderlicht Fotofestival, Museum Belvédère, Netherlands (18 Jul. - 20 Sep.)
2020 reGeneration4, the Challenges of Photography and its Museum for Tomorrow, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, CH (27 May.-6 Sep.)
2020 Intergalactic Environmentalists #1, Trixie, The Hague, The Netherlands (6-15 March)
2020 Prospect & Concepts (Mondriaan Fonds), Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands (6-10 Feb.)
2020 Animal Lab, Hsinchu 214 Art Center, Taiwan (14 Jan.-22 Mar)
2019 Rijksakademie Open Studios, RABK, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (22-24. Nov.)
2019 Taiwan International Video Art (TIVA) Screening, Paris Asian Art Fair, France (16-20 Oct.)
2019 "Civilization: The Way We Live Now", National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia (13 Sep - 2. Feb 2020)
2019 Summer Open Day & “Recipe About Art", Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan (22-30. June)
2019 "Civilization: The Way We Live Now", Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China (9 March - 19. May)
2018 "Civilization: The Way We Live Now", National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea (18 Oct. - 17. Feb. 2019)
2018 "Offline Browser", 6th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei (20 Oct. - 13 Jan. 2019)
2018 Arena - Video and Beyond, Cortona On The Move, Italy (12 July - 30 Sep.)
2018 LhGWR, Den Haag, The Netherlands (8 June - 14 July)
2018 World Press Photo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands & various cities
2018 Debiutas 2018, Lithuanian Photographers Association, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 "New Chic", Riga Photomonth, Riga, Latvia
2017 "Really Real", Roodkapje, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Belfast Photo Festival, Northern Ireland, UK
2017 36 Little Good Things, Cortona On The Move, Cortona, Italy
2017 "Right Here, Right Now", Fotofestival Naarden, The Netherlands
2017 "HABITAT", FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2017 "Emerging Talents Exhibition", International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, USA
2016 "Yet Another Gaze – A New Horizon for Contemporary Taiwanese Photography", Lianzhou Foto Festival, China
2016 "Revelations", (Fallout), Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2016 9419, short film, w/ Research Lab St.Joost, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 "REPLAY" (Fallout), video gameplay, photographs, AKV St.Joost, Breda, Netherlands
2014 Des Scripts, photographs, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2011 SDINGUHOTS, video installation, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei
2011 Kaleidoscope, sound & photography installation, National Taiwan University, Taipei
2009 Change (變), photographs, Fujifilm Gallery, Taipei
Artist in Residencies
2023 | Pre-biennial research, Manifesta 15, Barcelona
2022 | Les Rencontres d'Arles/Fotodok
2019-2021 | Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
2017. Oct | The Arctic Circle - Autumn Expedition, Svalbard, North Pole
2017. May | Atlas Initiatief AIR, Breda (Project: TUNA, Review: Metropolis M)
2017. Jan | foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam
Awards and Grants
2023 | Winner, ONE ART Award, ONE ART Taipei, Taiwan
2023 | Selected artist, FUTURES European Photography Platform / FOTODOK
2022 | Kunstenaar Basis, Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2022 | Pauwhof Fonds, NL
2022 | Project grant, Digital Art Center (DAC), Taipei, TW
2021 | Foam Talent
2021 | STARTS Prize Nominee, S+T+ARTS
2020 | Pauwhof Fonds, NL
2019 | Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Fellowship (Rijksakademie)
2019 | De Nederlandsche Bank Fellowship (Rijksakademie)
2019 | Foam Paul Huf Award Nominee
2019 | Prix Pictet Photography Prize Nominee
2018 | Grant (Rijksakademie Fellowship), National Culture and Arts Foundation (國藝會), Taiwan
2018 | Werkbijdrage Jong Talent (Stipendium Emerging Artists), Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2018 | Winner, World Press Photo, Digital Storytelling - Short Form, Amsterdam, NL
2017 | Winner (FORMAT Award), Portfolio Review, FORMAT Photo Festival, Derby, UK
2017 | Winner, Photo Feature Award, FORMAT Photo Festival & Chinese Photographers magazine, Derby, UK
2016 | Winner (Best Portfolio), Portfolio Review, Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2016 | Winner, Emerging Talent Award & Exposure Award, Lensculture
2015 | Winner, Best Portfolio Award - Portfolio Review, Young Art Taipei
Teachings and Events
2024 | Talk, Matter of Scale, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (11 Oct.)
2024 | Not Illegal Fishing Competition, Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana (11-14 Jul.)
2024 | Living Tower Talks #9, Mediamatic, Amsterdam (28 Jun.)
2024 | Not designed for you, excursion, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam (5 Jun.)
2024 | Talk, Jut Art Museum, Taipei (Mar.)
2024 | Lecture, National Taichung Theater (NTT), Taiwan (Jan.)
2023 | Tutorial, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2023 | Panel, Trigger #5 Launch, FOMU (Fotomuseum Antwerpen)
2023 | Lecture, University of Portsmouth, UK
2022 | Workshop, Ambassade van de Noordzee, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (Oct. 22-23)
2022 | Lecture, NTUPHOTO, National Taiwan University, Taipei (22. Sep.)
2022 | Lecture/Workshop, Digital Art Center (DAC), Taipei (Sep. 18)
2022 | Talk, with Pin-Hua Chen, DAC.TW, Taipei (7. Sep.)
2022 | Talk, Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei (19. Aug.)
2022 | Workshop, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, DE (25-28 Apr. )
2022 | Lecture, École nationale supérieure de la photographie, France (21 Mar)
2022 | Lecture, Oceanic Imaginaries, Studium Generale Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (19 Jan.)
2021 | Guest Lecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (13 Dec.)
2021 | Lecture, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, DE (30 Nov.)
2021 | Panel, Ac/kademie #2: North Sea Tales, Jan van Eyck Academie and Rijksakademie, NL (27. Oct)
2021 | Workshop, Camera Arts, Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland (28 Sep.-1 Oct.)
2021 | Talk (with Maria Delaney), PhotoIreland, Ireland (28. July)
2021 | Reading on Empathy III | With guest reader Sheng-Wen Lo, Sea Foundation, NL (8. July)
2021 | Talk (panel), North Sea Stories, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, NL (25 Jun.)
2021 | Talk, Documentary Futures: New Ecologies, Science and Aesthetics, University of South Wales, UK (10 Jun.)
2021 | Panel (with Emily Shin-Jie Lee), Posthuman Futures in Literature and Art, OSL/NICA Symposium, NL (4 Jun)
2021 | Talk, PANT Online #7, 荷蘭皇家視覺藝術學院（Rijksakademie）的駐村日常, online (15 May.)
2021 | Visiting lecture, Institute of Photography, Falmouth University, UK (25 Apr.)
2021 | Panel, Embodied Interface, webinar
2020 | Talk (Panel), ‘THE EEL IS ALSO AN AMSTERDAMMER’, De Balie, Amsterdam
2020 | Talk, PANT online #2 與羅晟文和陳儀霏聊 F/EEL 鰻魚逃脫計畫, online (13. Dec)
2020 | Talk (Panel), PANT Public #2, online
2019 | Talk, ‘Photobooks Shaping Society’, UNSEEN Book Market, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (22. Sep)
2019 | Talk (Panel), UNSEEN x Futures, Westergastheater, Amsterdam (21. Sep)
2019 | Talk (Panel), UNSEEN x ARIAS, SPUI25, Amsterdam (21. Sep)
2019 | Talk, Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan (12. July)
2019 | Talk (Panel), Pier-2 Artist In Residence, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (14. Apr)
2019 | Guest Lecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (8. Apr)
2019 | Guest Lecture, AKV St.Joost Master Institute, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (14. Mar)
2019 | Lecture, World Press Photo, Rotterdam World Trade Centre, The Netherlands (3. Feb)
2018 | Artist Talk, “Offline Browser”, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (20. Oct.)
2018 | Talk, Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan (12. Oct.)
2018 | Talk, TEDxTaipei, Taiwan (30. Sept.)
2018 | Panel Talk, BredaPhoto Professional Week, Gallery MotMot, The Netherlands (9. Sept.)
2018 | Talk, World Press Photo Associates Dinner, De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 | Lecture, World Press Photo, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2018 | Talk, World Press Photo Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 | Guest Lecture, BredaPhoto Festival MasterClass, The Netherlands
2018 | Guest Lecture, Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (FHK), Tilburg, The Netherlands
2017 | Lecture, Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2017 | Lecture, FORMAT Photo Festival, Derby, UK
2016 | Talk, PHOTO TALKS Special Event, Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 | Talk, PHOTO TALKS #01, Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan
Critic Reviews
Kim Knoppers / Scherpstellen: acht auteurs over de ontwikkeling van fotografie binnen de beeldende kunst, Mondriaan Fonds, 2023
Yu-Ning Cheng / Art Accrediting v.101, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 2023
Bo-Yi Shen 沈柏逸 / 崩壞與重繪尺度：談羅晟文、蘇郁心、吳其育的藝術式研究，報導者，2022
Zoe Yeh 葉佳蓉 / Matter of Scale (curator’s review), Hong-gah Museum, 2022
Shinjie Lee 李欣潔 / 在人類世重新想像與其他物種的關係：感知型密室逃脫《F/EEL》, 空總實驗波CLABO, 2021
Kim Knoppers / Extendable Ears by Kim Knoppers, curator at Foam, 2020
Shinjie Lee 李欣潔 / 羅晟文的「伸縮耳」：一個關於聽與聆聽的實驗與反思, 今藝術 ARTCO, 2020
Tsung-huei Huang / Taipei Biennale 2018 SYMPOSIUM: Art Work as a Means of Creating Utopian Visions
Emma Kisiel / Muybridge's Horse, 2018
Sujong Song / [사진 속으로] 북극곰 프로젝트 (White Bear) , Khan ArtView, 2016
Marie-Odile PERULLI / Reportage au coeur du festival de photo incontournable en Chine, ELLE, 2016
Kuo, Li-Hsin 郭力昕 / White Bear (curator’s review), Wanderer Studio, 2015
Selected Press & Publications
PDF version: link
2023 | Trigger #5, FOMU (Fotomuseum Antwerpen)
2023 | La Provence，L'incroyable chasse aux trésors de Sheng-Wen Lo (Jul.)
2023 | The Guardian, A polar bear theatre in Rotterdam zoo
2023 | 鏡新聞: 文藝賦格 - 身而為人的意識 / 何思瑩
2023 | De Correspondent, Waarom is krimp zo moeilijk? Veeteelt is de kern van onze cultuur / Thomas Oudman
2022 | PALM, magazine Jeu de Paume, (Un)cover Letter - F/EEL / Federica Chiocchetti
2021 | De Correspondent, The world behind clothing invisible? Not if you gather your own down jacket / Emy Demkes
2021 | De Groene Amsterdammer - Namens de mossel maak ik bezwaar / Julia Kantelberg
2021 | Foam Magazine #58: Talent
2021 | Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, ’We Had Plans’ (book)
2020 | NRC - Hoe het is om even een paling te zijn / Sophie van der Stap
2020 | Het Parool - Een paling krijgt nogal wat te verduren bij zijn entree in Amsterdam / Bart van Zoelen
2020 | Metropolis M - Wanneer gaan we eindelijk iets doen? - bij de uitreiking van de Spinozalens aan Bruno Latour / Marsha Bruinen
2020 | Télérama.fr - “reGeneration4” : les meilleurs photographes de demain s’exposent à Lausanne
2020 | reGeneration4, Musée de l'Elysée / Scheidegger & Spiess, ISBN: 978-3-85881-857-47
2020 | 空總實驗波CLABO: 非人生物與當代社會間的關係，《伸縮耳》與荷蘭Rijksakademie駐村實紀
2020 | Foam 3h: Sheng-Wen Lo - Extendable Ears (Cahier)
2020 | Next Nature Network: Interview
2020 | DAMN° 75: Drowning in Data – Information Art. by Edo Dijksterhuis
2019 | 凝視・1095 —《報導者》2015-2018影像集
2018 | World Press Photo / Witness: Interview
2018 | De Telegraaf (printed & online): Een donsjas zonder dierenleed (Down)
2018 | Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Thames & Hudson, ISBN: 0500021708
2018 | 序文：《以動物為鏡》，黃宗慧 著，啟動文化出版
2018 | ARCHIVO: Fallout
2018 | 今藝術 ARTCO #309: 荷蘭當代攝影 (Dutch Contemporary Photography) (printed & online)
2018 | Feature Shoot: Interview (Down)
2018 | UDN / CTA (當代動物思潮): Interview
2018 | The Reporter (報導者) I Interview
2018 | VICE China: The Creator Project (Down)
2018 | AD Magazine (printed & online): De favoriete hebbedingen van fotograaf Sheng-Wen Lo
2017 | VOP 攝影之聲：《2017 SHOUT特輯》(Fallout)
2017 | World Press Photo/ Witness: Interview (Organ Vida Photo Festival 9th Edition Artist)
2017 | de Volkskrant: (printed & online) Ijsberenblues
2017 | Metropolis M: Atlas Initiatief AIR #1 (TUNA)
2017 | AD Magazine: (printed & online) Interview
2017 | De Morgen: (printed & online) Waarom ijsberen ijsberen
2017 | SPIEGEL ONLINE: So leben Eisbären in China und Europa
2017 | National Geographic: (printed & online) Picture Stories
2017 | The Guardian: White Bear: at home with the polars
2017 | Huffington Post: Culture and Arts
2017 | El País: Sin noticias del Ártico
2017 | Feature Shoot: PHOTOGRAPHER REFLECTS ON THE REALITIES OF ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY
2017 | Pf.nl: Discussie over dieren in gevangenschap
2017 | It's Nice That: Interview
2017 | Wired: Interview
2017 | MSN: Following the White Bear
2017 | Quest: (printed) Beren Burcht
2017 | GEO: (printed) Interview
2017 | Konbini: Interview
2017 | 中國攝影家雜誌（China Photo）：(printed) 訪談（FORMAT攝影節特稿獎）
2017 | 色影無忌：訪談
2017 | 農傳媒：當北極熊不再雪白
2015 | 中國時報：白熊計畫展覽專訪 （8月16日）
2015 | 攝影世界雜誌（北京）： 訪談 （7月）
Collection
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ambassade van de Noordzee, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Avocado Art Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
Private collections