Education
1988 Ohio University, M.F.A. Photography
1988 Ohio University, M.A. Art Education
1985 Greylands College, United Kingdom. Certificate of Photography
Professional Experience
1989 to present
Professor of Photography. Advertising Department, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
2004 to present
Director, The Center for Media and Informational Design, School of Communication, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Adjunct Faculty Positions Graduate School of Department of Arts and Crafts Education, Taipei Educational University.
Graduate School of Applied Media Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts
Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, Tainan National College of the Arts
Fu-Ren University, Chinese Cultural University, and World Broadcasting College
1996 to 1997 Contributing Editor. T-PHOTO Photography Magazine, Taipei , Taiwan.
1994 to 1996 Contributing Editor. Image Photography Magazine, Taipei , Taiwan.
1989 to 1994 Instructor. Fu-Ren University, Chinese Cultural University, and World Broadcasting College. Part-time positions
1989 to 1991 Gallery Director. Fotosoft Image Space, Taipei , Taiwan.
Grants
2005 Visiting Scholar. Department of Integrative Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Six-month fellowship granted by the National Science Council in Taipei
1999 Visiting Scholar. Department of Integrative Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Twelve-month fellowship granted by the National Science Council in Taipei, Taiwan.
1996 Best Academic Research Publication for The History of Surrealism in Photography and Its Applications . Awarded by the National Science Council in Taipei, Taiwan.
Solo Exhibitions
2011 The Latent and the Visible, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei
2002 The Puppet Bridegroom, National Chengchi University Art Center, Taipei
2002 French Chair in Taiwan , Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
2001 Between Real and Unreal , Chiao Tung University Arts Center, Hsing Chu,Taiwan
2001 Recollection and Representation: Photographs by Ben Yu from 1989 to 1999 ,
Art Center of Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
2000 Taiwanese House, Forderkoje Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
1999 French Chair in Taiwan , IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan.
1990 Image Construction , Taipei Fine Arts Museum,Taiwan.
I mage Construction , Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan.
1989 Dragon's Vision , Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
1985 City Hunter , Greylands College, United Kindgom.
1984 Ben Yu Photographs Solo Exhibition , Gallery of Taipei American Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Group Exhibitions
2005 Visiting Scholar. Department of Integrative Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Six-month fellowship granted by the National Science Council in Taipei
2005 Human Security, project -Limits on Freedom- Art of Taiwan Today, The Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, PA, U.S.A.
2004 CO4 Taiwan Avant-Garde Documenta II, National Cultural Association, Taipei
2005 The Multiform Nineties: Taiwan's Art Branches Out, Taipei Fine Art Museum ,
2004 Readings of People: Familiarity and Strangeness - Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Taipei Fine Art Museum ,
2003 The Trails of Time, 50 years Taiwanese Art since the End of World War II , Ch'ang Liu Art Museum, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Notable Chinese and Taiwanese Photographers Exhibition , National Museum of History, Taipei
2002 Magnetic Writing II , IT Park, Taipei
New Aesthetic in Taiwan , Jeff Hsu's Art Gallery, Taipei
Asian Super Real Life , Portsite Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Cross-Cultural Perspectives , Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, Johnstown, and Ligonier Valley, PA, U.S.A.
The Sixth Biennial Photography Art Acction: something for every home , CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
2002 Asia Photo Biennale , Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea
Paradise in Search of a Future , Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
2001 Paradise in Search of a Future , CEPA Gallery, Buffalo N.Y.
2000 Vision of Pluralism: Contemporary Art in Taiwan, 1988-1999 , Kaoshung Mountain Museum, Kaoshung, Taiwan; National History Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; China Fine Art Museum, Beijing, China
1999 Entry→Zoo , Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
15th National Annual Fine Art Invitational Exhibition , Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Fine Art Museum Permanent Collection Exhibition , Taipei, Taiwan
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Taipei Fine Art Museum
1998 You Talk / I Listen , Centre d'Art et de Culture de Marne-la-Vallee, Paris, France.
You Talk / I Listen / Taiwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 S.P.E. of China Teacher's Group Show , Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Third Tainan Annual Fine Art Invitational Exhibition , Tainan, Taiwan.
1996 The Quest For Identity: 1996 Taipei Biennial , "Family Album” light box installation,
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Contemporary Taiwanese Portraiture , "Family Album" light box installation,
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Second Tainan Annual Fine Art Invitational Exhibition , Tainan, Taiwan.
Tainan Photography Festival Invitational , Tainan, Taiwan.
1995 Hualien Hui-lan Art Invitational Competition , Hualien, Taiwan.
1994 Truth and Falsehood , Up Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
1992 Made in Taiwan (II) , Taipei Photography Festival, Fuji Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
Horizon of Korean Photography , Seoul Fine Art Museum, Korea.
1991 Made in Taiwan (I) , Taipei Photography Festival, Rainbow Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
1990 First Photography Auction and Exhibition , Fotosoft Image Space, Taipei, Taiwan.
1989 Reconstructed Photographs , Level 3 Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Something About Gauguin , First Gallery, Invitational Show, New York, U.S.A.
1983 Center , Jazz Photography Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
1981 The Butterfly Orchestra , Ley-Ley Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
Public Collections
2001 Taipei Fine Art Museum
1993 Taiwan Museum of Art
Conference Papers
2004 "The Research of Photography in Taiwanese Higher Education After the Post-Photography Movement", Advertising and Public Relations Annual Conference, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
2002 "From Photography's Role in Conceptual Art to Thinking About Conceptual Photography", Advertising and Public Relations Annual Conference, National Cheng-Chi University, Taipei , Taiwan.
2001 "A Humanistic Review for Digital Technology", Department of Arts and Crafts Education, Taipei Municipal Teachers College, Taipei , Taiwan.
1997 "Discussion of Fine Art Photography", Society of Photographic Education in China Annual Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Research of Contemporary Advertising Photography Style" Society of Photographic Education in China Annual Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan.
1996 "Introduction to Landscape Photography", Society of Photographic Education in China Annual Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Elementary Photography Education in the Age of Digital Imagery", Hualien Teachers College Art Education Conference, Hualien, Taiwan.
1994 "Surreal Photo Images in Taiwanese Magazine Advertising, Text Analysis and Study" Advertising and Public Relations Annual Conference, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Surrealism Photography", Chinese Photographer Conference, Ju-Hai, China.
1993 "Surreal Fashion Photography in Magazine Advertising", International Conference of Chinese Communication Research and Education, Taipei, Taiwan.
Publications
2005 “The Research of Photography in Taiwanese Higher Education After the Post-Photography Movement, Journal of Taipei Fine Arts Museum. vol, 8
2002 “The Art of Talking Picture”, Modern Art vol.101, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Digital Photography: A New Tool for "Old" Fine Art?", Journal of Aesthetic Education , No. 125, Taipei , Taiwan.
“A Review of the “Straight” characteristics of Modern Photography using Formalism and Expressionism in American Photography as Examples”, Journal of Taipei Fine Arts Museum .vol,4.
1995 "Current Taiwanese Advertising Photography Review". R.O.C. Advertising Annual Report , 1995-96.
1994 Translation. "Photography and Art Movements from 1960 through 1990", Modern Art vols. 54 and 55, Taipei, Taiwan.
1993 Discussion of the History of Western Photography, Keelung Cultural Center, Keelung, Taiwan.
1992 "Western Fine Art Photography Since 1960 - Straight and Manipulated Photographs", Journal of Taiwan Museum of Art vol. 16, Taichung, Taiwan.
"Thinking About Manipulated Photography", Modern Art vol. 44, Taipei.
Translation. "Feminism and Postmodernism", Modern Art vol. 50, Taipei.
Translation. "New Topographics", special issue for the Second Taipei Photography Festival Committee.
Books
2003 Issues of Fine Art Photography, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
2002 The Puppet Bridegroom , Published in association with the National Department of Education.
2001 Reading into Taiwan. Part One: Between Real and Unreal . Chiao Tung University, Hsing Chu, Taiwan .
1995 The History of Surrealism in Photography and Its Applications , Wen-la publisher, Taipei, Taiwan.
1990 Ben Yu Photographic Constructions , Taipei, Taiwan.
Professional Affiliations
College Art Association.
Society for Photographic Education.
Society for Photographic Education in China, founding member. Executive Director. 1989-1998
Taipei Photography Festival. Founding member and President the first year.1991 |
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