Solo Exhibition

2015 Affectionate faces of the Island, Galerie Grand Siècle, Taipei

2014 Date of Blossom, ART SOLO, Taipei Expo Dome, Taipei, Taiwan

2014 The Fragrance of Ylang in Spring Garden, Providence University Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan

2013 The Fragrance of Plum Blossom Secretly Giving Off, Galerie Grand Siècle,Taipei

2011 LOVE THIS WORLD, Galerie Grand Siècle, Taipei

2011 Flower and bird, Sincewell Gallery (Kaohsiung)

2010 Flower Story, Art in Open House (Tainan)

2009 The Dream in the Mirror, KYUT ART Center

2009 Blossoms of the Island, Departure area, Kaohsiung International Airport

2008 I am who I am, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art

2005 Touch that Self, Kaohsiung City Cultural Center

Group Exhibition

2015 Old Bottle New Décor, Bouquet Float and Brim, Colored painting Barrel, Taichung Cultural & Creative Industries Park, Taichung, Taiwan

2015 ART STAGE SINGAPORE, Galerie Grand Siècle, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

2015 Beam Spring, Galerie Grand Siècle, Taipei, Taiwan

2014 ART KAOHSIUNG, Galerie Grand Siècle, THE PIER-2 CENTER, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2014 ART TAIPEI, Galerie Grand Siècle, World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2014 ART TAICHUNG, Galerie Grand Siècle, Millennium Hotels, Taichung, Taiwan

2014 Small Artistic Creation.Collection, Lotus Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2013 Mona Lisa Made in Taiwan, Kaohsiung Musuem of Fine Arts (Kaohsiung)

2013 Spring Voice, Show Gallery, Kaohsiung

2012 Rouge, Providence University, Taichung

2012 Mid-Age, Kaohsiung CulturalCenter ,Kaohsiung

2012 Art Taichung, Galerie Grand Siecle,Tainan

2012 Whatever, we love,  Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan

2011 New Style of Happiness—Aesthetics of Wine Tasting, Kaohsiung Musuem of Fine Arts

2011 The Feeling of Young Woman, Evergreen Laurel Hotel, Taichung

2011 Great Open,Open Art Box, Taichung

2010 Yes, Taiwan, Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art

2010 Today‧Contemporary Art from, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Korea

2010 Blessed Land, Sincewell Gallery (Kaohsiung)

2010 Old is New, SLY Art, Taipei

2009 Summer, Sincewell Gallery (Kaohsiung)

2009 Wild Ginger Flower in a Song, Piaopiao Galeery (Taipei)

2009 2009 Kaohsiung Awards, Kaohsiung Musuem of Fine Arts (Kaohsiung)

2009 The Beauty of Body, Sincewell Gallery (Kaohsiung)

2008 2008 Kaohsiung Awards, Kaohsiung Musuem of Fine Arts

2002 Did you see the Rainbow Today?, Kaohsiung City Cultural Center (Kaohsiung)

Collection

2015 Loose Dress yet no Regret, Godsend, Unripe Strawberry I, Wild Lily, Art Bank, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan

2014 Aloofness and Prosperity, Environmental Restrictions, Art Bank, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan

2013 Women are allowed to see white hair—My Mona Lisa, Collection of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts

2013 Black, Gold: Elegant Balance, Capitalism-Clashing with an Outfit, We have no method to know the truth, Collection of Art Bank, Ministry of Culture

2012 Man and Mirror 3, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

2011 God Bless My Land, Collection of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts

2009 Knitting Wood, Collection of KYUT Art Center

2008 The Love and Desire of an Artist, Collection of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts

Awards

2009 Kaohsiung Awards Honorary Mention

2008 2008 Kaohsiung Awards Honorary Mention and Special Awards

新苑藝術 Galerie Grand Siècle

島嶼的深情容顏 - 柳依蘭個展

開幕時間｜2015/9/11 晚上六點半

展覽時間｜2015/9/11 – 2015/10/11

展覽地點｜新苑藝術

開放時間｜1pm - 6pm (Tue - Sun)，週一與國定假期休。

2015年9月將呈現「島嶼的深情容顏」，展出柳依蘭最新的創作。一系列的平面繪畫作品，誠如柳依蘭一往的風格，洋溢著對島嶼生活的濃厚感情，在用筆厚實的油彩中，奏出自我與島嶼生命的協奏曲。

「藝術無法離開人類而獨立存在，因而，我較想觸碰的也是"人"的問題。在我的作品中常出現的圖像，無論是女性，男性，孩子，老人....，他們都是我繪畫中的載體，擔任起我創作中想要傳達的思想，觀念，風格，文學，故事，敘述...的視覺承載。這些人物圖像是我，是你，是他，是云云眾生，是這塊島嶼上的我們。」

在盛艷的圖像中，柳依蘭將自我形象融入女性形體中，是畫藝術家自己的容顏，也是浮世眾生的姿態，所謂眾生相皆我相，其實看見的都是我們自己。它們散發了鮮明氣質、華麗、裝飾感，但情緒上卻似憂傷而抑鬱。以強烈的對比呈現了自身感懷，透過每件作品串連起島嶼故事的容貌，在今年盛暑尾聲裡悠蕩著對生命意義的訴說。

柳依蘭，生於1966年，高雄左營人，現居及創作皆在高雄。未受過專門學院派的美術教育。自學繪畫，長期以來透過描繪自我肖像中，摸索出對生命情感的寄託。個展十餘次，包括「還有梅花暗自香」（新苑藝術，台灣，2013）、「花鳥人間」（新思維人文空間，台灣，2011）、「我就是我」（高雄市立美術館，台灣，2008）。聯展包括ART KAOHSIUNG（駁二藝術特區，台灣，2014）、台灣報到—2010台灣美術雙年展（國立台灣美術館，台灣，2010）、「今日—當代台灣」（慶南道立美術館，韓國，2010）。

Galerie Grand Siècle

An Affectionate Portrait of the Island – A Solo Exhibition by LIU Yi Lan

Reception| 11 Sep, 2015 18:30

Exhibition | 11 Sep- 11 Oct, 2015

Venue| Galerie Grand Siècle

Open | 1pm - 6pm (Tue - Sun), Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays

This September, Galerie Grand Siècle is presenting LIU Yi Lan’s latest creation “An Affectionate Portrait of the Island”. A series of painting just as LIU’s ever style; full of strong passion towards lives on the island, which plays the concerto of self and the island’s life, with thick and powerful oil colours.

“Art could not exist independently of humans, thus, I would like to touch issues around ‘humans’. The images appeared throughout my artworks, regardless of women, men, children or elders… they were the carrier in my paintings, which visually carried the thoughts, concepts, styles, literature, stories, narratives…that I hope to deliver. The people’s images be me, be you, be he, be all living beings, be us on this island.”

In her vivid images, LIU has planted her own figure into the women’s bodies; she was painting herself, also other living beings. As the saying goes “All sentient beings be me”, we were gazing at ourselves in fact. These figures radiated brightness, magnificence and decorative sense, yet they were bathed in grief and depression emotionally. The strong contrast demonstrated her own sentiment, through every single work and piece out the portrait of the island’s stories, and softly recounted the meaning of life at this late long summer.

LIU Yi Lan, Born 1966 at Zuoying, Kaohsiung, currently work and live in Kaohsiung. She has not been through an academism system. She self-studies painting, and has been exploring emotional sustenance towards the love of life through a long practice of self-portrait. LIU had over ten solo exhibitions, including “The Fragrance of Plum Blossom Secretly Giving Off” (Galerie Grand Siècle, Taiwan, 2013), “Flower and bird” (Sincewell Gallery, Taiwan, 2011), “I am who I am” (Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan, 2008). Group exhibitions including ART KAOHSIUNG (THE PIER-2 ART CENTER, Taiwan, 2014), “Yes, Taiwan” Taiwan Biennial (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan, 2010), “The Contemporary Art of Taiwan” (Gyeongnam Art Museum, Korea, 2010).