Taiwanese artist Chou Yu-Cheng's upcoming exhibition at Kiang Malingue's Sik On space, “borrnnn”, features a new series of gradient paintings that draw inspiration from the joy of welcoming a newborn child into the world. The paintings of tender, loving gestures are also the latest development of a singular artistic practice that meticulously explores the materiality of art.

Chou Yu-Cheng

Chou Yu-Cheng was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1976, he graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the research program - La Seine. Chou investigates the interrelationship between society and aesthetics through minimal yet choreographed means that allows him to reveal the peculiarities of object, space and life. Chou’s solo exhibitions include: Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2015); Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2014); Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (2014); and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado (2008). Recent group exhibitions include: Lyon Biennial (2019); Performa Biennial, New York (2019); Liverpool Biennial (2018); New Museum, New York (2015); Queens Museum, New York (2013); and Taipei Biennial (2012). Chou’s work is held in multiple museum collections including the University of Salford, Manchester; CFCCA, Manchester; Taipei Fine Art Museum; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art. 

Kiang Malingue

Kiang Malingue is a commercial gallery with spaces in Hong Kong and New York, founded in 2010 by Lorraine Kiang and Edouard Malingue. This initiative builds a critical dialogue between international contemporary artists, both emerging and established, who combine aesthetic concern with conceptual enquiry, and work across different disciplines from video and installation, to painting and sound.

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