Artist Statement

Po-Yun Kuo is a Taiwanese interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, video installation, and performance art.

Her practice explores the intersections of the body, mobility, and politics. She is particularly interested in how shifts in space reflect the dynamics of power and social class. Frequently reconfiguring found objects from public environments, she creates new meanings that challenge conventional uses and perceptions of space.

Humor and irony are central to her work, often used to deconstruct spatial power structures and expose their inherent absurdities. Through improvised performances in public settings, she disrupts existing spatial orders, prompting audiences to reconsider sensory experience and the blurred boundaries between art and daily life.

In addition to her artistic practice, she is also a documentary and experimental film director. Her films focus on socio-political issues in East Asia, with a particular interest in women's diary films and personal narratives.

Education

  • Taipei National University of Arts (MFA New Media Art), Taipei, Taiwan ／國立臺北藝術大學 新媒體藝術碩士

  • Royal College of Art (MA Contemporary Art Practice), London, UK／英國皇家藝術學院 當代藝術實踐碩士

  • Little Theater School (Performance), Taipei, Taiwan／小劇場學校 2023 期、演出小組

  • Chonnam University (Fine Art – Exchange Student), Gwangju, South Korea／韓國光州全南大學 美術學院交換計畫

  • Tsinghua University (Photography – Exchange Student), Beijing, China／中國北京清華大學 攝影學系交換計畫

  • National Chengchi University (BA Video Production), Taipei, Taiwan／國立政治大學 廣播電視學系影像製作組、人文創新學院

Group Show

  • 2026, Brackish 5-18: 一種調適中的導電環境, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2026, Wind Water Wishhhhh, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2025, Toast and to the Void, Plant Room, London, UK

  • 2025, Beyond Residence Permit, Studio Gallery, London, UK

  • 2025, The Fall of Icarus, Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, London, UK

  • 2025, Aftersense CAP LIVE, Hangar Gallery, London, UK

  • 2025, Come and Play, Studio Gallery, London, UK

  • 2025, Rites of Ruins, Safehouse 1, London, UK

  • 2025, Rejection – When No Said Yes, Hangar Gallery, London, UK

  • 2025, Drift, CAP Studio Gallery, London, UK

  • 2024, CAP x Painting, Hangar Gallery, London, UK

  • 2020, The Forest at 21, Dongyanshan National Forest Recreation Area, Yilan, Taiwan

Performance

  • 2026, 游牧者之歌 Nomad Song, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2025, 白人鬼 White Man Ghost in 重複不重複 Seen Yet Not Past 既視未過去, 空場2.0, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2025, 幾張紙 A Pieces of Paper, 熔爐 FURNACE, Hong Kong

  • 2025, 正在群嶼 Archipelagoing, WURE AREA, Hong Kong

  • 2025, 航行座標：島嶼練習手冊 x 漂浮影像 跨國映演 Navigation Coordinates: Island Practice Manual x Floating Images, 牯嶺街小劇場 Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2025, The Imaginarium of Beings - in "A London Art Guerrilla Tour - Zones of Estrangement", Highgate Wood, London, UK

  • 2025, On Co-Duty - by Yujie Duan in the exhibition "Temporarily Closed" ANNEX By The Koppel Project, London, UK

  • 2025, Island Practice Manual - Falconbrook Primary School, London, UK

  • 2025, Container - CAP Gallery Space, London, UK

  • 2025, Again, Again and Again - by Casper Dillen in the exhibition "Un-palinodic Recurrence", Purist Gallery, London, UK

  • 2025, Bedsheet Diary - in the project "The Crack of Light: Thresholds of (In) Visibility", London, UK

  • 2025, Claiming Space – Tracing Boundaries in Motion, London, UK

Workshop

  • 2021, Modern Taiwanese Women Poets ep1&2, Guest Speaker, Beijing, China

  • 2021, Home and Mobility – Taiwanese Documentary Appreciation, Guest Speaker, Beijing, China

  • 2021, Shin Kong Dementia Video Creation Workshop, Workshop Instructor, Taipei

  • 2020, Women's Salon ep1&2, Taipei

  • 2019, Witch's Cave – The Witch Letter Reading Project, Taipei

Film Festivals & Screenings

  • 2026, Sensory Amplifier Moving Image Screening – Luscious Club, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2025, EX Terra – Finchy Cinema Community, London, UK

  • 2025, Aftersense – Genesis Cinema, London, UK

  • 2022, Golden Film Awards Competition – General Award Nomination / Best Editing Nomination, Taipei, Taiwan／金片子大賽 最佳影片入圍、最佳剪輯獎獲獎

  • 2022, 14th Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taipei, Taiwan／關渡電影節 選片

  • 2022, Glimmer Film Festival – Honorable Mention, Taipei, Taiwan／螢光影展 選片

  • 2021, Golden Movie International Film Festival (GMIFF) – Best Director Award, Singapore／新加坡國際短片電影節

  • 2021, Micro Movie Association of R.O.C. – Silver Award in Documentary Category, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2020, Pigdon Street International Film Festival, USA

  • 2020, Chen Wen-chen Memorial Foundation Screening, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2020, Her International Film Festival, USA

  • 2020, FOTOGENIA Festival – International Film Poetry Festival, Spain

  • 2020, Moscow Shorts – Moscow Short Film Festival, Moscow, Russia

  • 2020, Oregon International Short Film Festival (OISFF), USA

  • 2020, VASTLAB Experimental Film Festival, Spain

  • 2020, Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Cross-Strait Short Film Showcase, China

  • 2019, Cross-Strait Student Film Festival, China

  • 2019, See Jimei Youth Film Exhibition, China

Curatorial Projects

  • 2026, Sensory Amplifier Moving Image Screening – Luscious Club, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2025, 航行座標：島嶼練習手冊 x 漂浮影像 跨國映演 Navigation Coordinates: Island Practice Manual x Floating Images, 牯嶺街小劇場 Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 2025, EMO Moving Image Screening - Studio Gallery, London, UK

  • 2025, Drift(s) Group Show - Studio Gallery, London, UK

  • 2020, In Search of Ocean Star Screening, Taipei, Taiwan

Publication 

  • 2024, 《聚。場：小劇場學校課程全記錄》 – Editor

Email: poyun.kuo@gmail.com

Instagram: poyunkuo_

Phone number: +4407901668438