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by Jacky Jaan-yuan Kuo, 2025, Brakerøya.

Joanna Chia-yu Lin materializes time and memory through tactile narratives across photography, painting, textiles, and installations. Her most recent project As the Crow Flies explores shifting identities, belonging, and notions of home.

She holds an MFA from Oslo National Academy of the Arts and a BFA from National Taiwan Normal University. She was a 2025 FUTURES nominee by Fotogalleriet. Her work has been exhibited in Norway and Taiwan and is in the collections of Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden, and the Art Bank Taiwan. She is currently developing Stedsveven, a public art project with Tenthaus.

(b. 1995, Chiayi, Taiwan; based in Oslo, Norway)

Education

2020

MFA, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Medium and Material Based Art, Oslo, Norway.

2018

BFA, National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.

Solo Exhibition

2026

(Upcoming)Tell Her That I Love You (Tentative Title), GBLUE Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

2025

As the Crow Flies (The Furthest Shortest Distance) at Glitch, Taichung, Taiwan.

As the Crow Flies, Tenthaus,
Oslo, Norway.

2021

It’s Not Far Away at Oslo Negativ, presented by Kunstplass, Det Gamle Biblioteket, Oslo, Norway.

2020

Cut, Copy, Paste, and Duplicate, Kunstplass, Oslo, Norway.

2016

Reflector, Teh-Chun Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.

Group Exhibition

2026

(Upcoming)
OCCUPY TIME FUTURES travel exhibition, FOTODOK, Utrecht, Netherlands.

(Upcoming)Vårutstillingen, Fotogalleriet, Norway.

2025

Candlelight, Postcards, and the West Coast, Yáo Alternative Space, Taichung, Taiwan.

Off the Wall, Kösk, Oslo, Norway.

MEMORIES IN/BETWEEN, Fotografiens Hus, Oslo, Norway.

2024

Supermarket – Independent Art Fair with Tenthaus Art Collective, Stockholm, Sweden.

2023

Novemberutstillingen, Drammens Museum, Drammen, Norway.

Oslo Negativ with Tenthaus Art Collective, Den gamle Veterinærhøgskolen, Oslo, Norway.

Tegnetriennalen(The Drawing Triennale), All that lies between, Tenthaus, Oslo, Norway.

Kunst rett vest, Gateway Studios, Fornebu, Norway.

2022

Oslo Negativ with Tenthaus Art Collective, Det Gamle Biblioteket, Oslo, Norway.

POLYPHONIC VISION with Tenthaus Art Collective, Store Gilhus Gård, Lier, Norway.

2021

Intersension(al) - the first E.A.S.T exhibition, Northing Space, Bergen, Norway.

På ubestemt tid, Startblokka, Oslo, Norway.

2020

Waiting, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

2019

Walk Wicked, Kunstplass, Oslo, Norway.

A FISH CANNOT SEE THE SEA, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

2018

I Hear Mariachi Static on My Radio, Slurpen, Oslo, Norway.

Bring Your Own Lampshade Somewhere There’s a Party, Torshovparken, Oslo, Norway.

2017

Yilan Awards: Group Exhibition of Award Winner, Sky Gallery, Yilan, Taiwan.

Yilan Awards: Group Exhibition of Award Winner, Cultural Affairs Bureau Exhibition Hall, Yilan, Taiwan.

Nailed It: Graduate Show from NTNU Dpt. of Fine Arts, Teh-Chun Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.

Sub-sub: Graduate Show of NTNU Dpt. of Fine Arts, Woolloomooloo Xhibit, Taipei, Taiwan.

Professor Chen Yin-Huei Scholarship Exhibition, Teh-Chun Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.

2016

Professor Chen Yin-Huei Scholarship Exhibition, Teh-Chun Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.

Award
& Grant

2026

Kulturdirektoratet (Arts Council Norway), Two-year Work Grant for Younger/ Newly Established Artists), Norway

NCAF - National Culture and Arts Foundation, International Cultural Exchange Support, Taiwan.

2025

NCAF - National Culture and Arts Foundation, Visual Arts Grants, Taiwan.

OCA - Office for Contemporary Art, International Support, Norway.

FUTURES (Europe-based photography platform) artist, nominated by Fotogalleriet, Norway.

Kulturrådet, Prosjektstøtte visuell kunst, Norway.

2024

Norske Fagfotografers Fond, utstillingstøtte, Norway.

Kulturrådet, Prosjektstøtte visuell kunst, Norway.

Kunstsentrene i Norge (KiN), Regionale Prosjektmidler for visuell kunst, Norway.

Globus Opstart for Singapore Art Museum EX-SITU residency, Nordic Culture Fund, Denmark.

2023

Norsk Fotografisk Fond, Prosjektstøtte Høst, Norway.

BKV, Prosjektstøtte til arbeid med kunstnerarkiv med Dag Alveng, Norway.

Kulturdirektoratet, NKF Prosjektstøtte visuell kunst, Norway.

2022

Oslo Kommune, Ettårig Subsidiert Arbeidslokale (2022—2023), Norway.

Kulturrådet, Kunstnerassistentordningen (Artist assistant grant), Norway.

Kulturrådet, Prosjektstøtte, Norway.

2021

BKV Prosjektstøtte, Norway.

2020

Kulturrådet, Diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere(Scholarship for Newly Established Artists), Norway.

2017

Yilan Awards, Merit Award, Taiwan.

Bank of Taiwan Art Awards, Judges' list Award, Taiwan.

Professor Chen Yin-Huei Scholarship, Honorable mention, Taiwan.

2016

Professor Chen Yin-Huei Scholarship, First Place Award, Taiwan.

2015

Annual Awards of Dpt. of Fine Arts, Second Place Award in Mixed Media, Taiwan.

2014

Annual Awards of Dpt. of Fine Arts, First Place Award in Drawing, Taiwan.

Collection

2024
-
2026

(Ongoing

) Stedsveven, Oslo Kommune Kunstsamling, Oslo, Norway.

2024

From Far Away, Postcard Edition. Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden.

2020

Curtain. Kunstplass. Oslo, Norway.

2018

Silent Observer. Art Bank Taiwan-National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Taichung, Taiwan.

Interference. Art Bank Taiwan-National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Taichung, Taiwan.

Press

2025

Between Clarity and Blur, Aevin Lou. (in Taiwanese Mandarin)

Gazing at Oneself within the Continuum of Dwelling, Jie Ching Shih, Taishin ARTalks. (in Taiwanese Mandarin)

Arttaca Spotlight by Arttaca.

Bilder på Flukt, on Kunstkritikk, by Stian Gabrielsen.(in Norwegian)

2023

Tegnetriennalen, on NUMER megazine, Kollektive Loggføringer by Nina M. Schjønsby. (in Norwegian)

2021

I fotohjørnet: An interview with Oslo Negativ.

VISP Artist of the month (May).

Curatorial Practice

2024

Daddy’s Dinner, with Tenthaus Art Collective, at 413BETA, Seoul, South Korea.

2023

MOMENTUM 12, with Tenthaus Art Collective, Moss, Norway.

Workshop
& Residency

2024

EX-SITU: Art Spaces Residency at Singapore Art Museum, with Tenthaus Art Collective, Singapore.

2022

Documenta 15, Workshop and hangout session, with Tenthaus Art Collective, invited by Indonesian collective Gudskul,Kassel, Germany.

Publication

2020

I don’t have a clue how to become an internet-based ceramicist, publication from MFA in Medium and Material-based Art, and MFA in Art and Public Space.

Membership
& Collective

2022- present

Tenthaus Art Collective, Oslo, Norway

2021- present

LNM(Landsforeningen Norske Malere)/ NBK (Norske Billedkunstnere)

Relevant
Work Experience

Project Coordinator

Tenthaus, Oslo, Norway.

Artist Assistant

Dag Alveng, Oslo, Norway.

Artist Assistant

Callum Innes, Oslo, Norway.

Production Assistant

Kunstplass, Oslo, Norway.

Last Updated 02.02.2026

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