徐夢涵 Hsu Meng-Han / Ours 004

徐夢涵
 
1988   生於台灣新竹
2010   國立臺北藝術大學美術系學士畢業
2012 - 2014 修業於國立臺北藝術大學美術系碩士班創作組
現今   居住、創作於台灣台北
 
獲獎
2019   PX3 法國攝影大賽，榮譽入圍 / Fine Art / Architecture，巴黎，法國
2019   MIFA 莫斯科國際攝影大賽，銀牌 / Portfolio / Fine Art，莫斯科，俄羅斯
2014   臺南新藝獎，優選，臺南市政府文化局，台南藝術博覽會，台南，台灣
2013   第七屆龍顏藝術創作獎，特優，台北，台灣
2012   Made in Taiwan－新人推薦特區，入選，文化部，台北國際藝術博覽會，台北，台灣
2012   高雄美術獎，入選，國立高雄市立美術館，高雄，台灣
 
典藏
國立台灣美術館，台灣
文化部藝術銀行，台灣
金石堂龍顏基金會，台灣
 
藝術家徐夢涵的作品涵蓋多樣媒材，其創作內容展現私密與開放的藝術語彙，並圍繞著生死、情慾與生活的軌跡。她從小接受紮實的學院訓練，多年來擅長在作品中，以隱喻呈現視覺張力，尤其以壓克力作品《疼痛》系列最為代表。近年並延伸至攝影、裝置，《手記》系列的油畫，以及從細微中凝視壯麗，用藝術書寫台灣的《Ours》系列；強烈的個人風格與豐沛能量，往往激起觀者情緒的共鳴。
 
藝術家創作自述
疼痛，是一種強烈的字眼。它是令我們意識並證明自己還活著且存在的重要方式。無論肉體的苦楚還是心靈的傷痛，皆是內向、深切屬於自身。儘管這極為私密，卻是普世的人類都曾擁有與無可避免的歷程。當人們知覺生命有限，終將逝去時，疼痛所發揮最大的功能之一，就是為現實的存在尋找意義和理由。
 
 
Hsu Meng-Han
 
1988   Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan
2010   B.A of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
2012 – 2014   M.F.A.Program, Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
Present   Lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan
 
Awards
2019   PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Honorable Mention / Fine Art / Architecture, Paris, France
2019   Moscow International Foto Awards, Silver / Portfolio / Fine Art, Moscow, Russia
2014   Next Art Tainan, the Excellence Award, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government, Taiwan
2013   Long Yen Foundation: The 7th Arts Scholarship, the High Distinction Award, Taiwan
2012 Made in Taiwan – Art Taipei Young Artist Discovery, Selected, MINISTRY OF CULTURE, Taiwan
2012   Kaohsiung Awards, Selected, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
 
Collection
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
Art Bank Taiwan, Taiwan
Long Yen Foundation, Kingstone Bookstore, Taiwan 
 
Hsu Meng-Han is a multidisciplinary artist whose work revolves around visions of life, passion, and mortality. Having studied art from an early age, Hsu has cultivated a practice of using metaphor to create visual tension, expressed through an artistic vocabulary that is at once intimately personal and open. Essence of Pain (2011–2021), a series of acrylic paintings, and the oil paintings in her Manuscript series (2016–2021) are emblematic of this style.
In Ours (2020–2021), a series of paintings on Taiwan, she focuses on fine details to elucidate the splendour of subtle forms, honing in on a certain way of seeing that she has refined over in recent years as her portfolio has expanded to include photography, installation, and other forms of art. There is a palpable emotive energy in Hsu’s art and fiercely personal visual language that resonates throughout her work.
 
Pain — a powerfully charged word, a critical reminder that we’re still alive, a testament to our existence. Be it physical suffering or spiritual anguish, all pain points inwards, cuts deep into the self. So incredibly private, yet universal, it’s an inevitable experience, share by all human beings. But it’s only when we’re conscious of life’s finitude, of the fact that it ends, that we see one of pain’s greatest functions play out: a means of finding meaning in reality and reason in existence.