Shin Yang is an artist and spatial designer based in Los Angeles and Taipei. Rooted in her academic background in art and architecture, her multidisciplinary approach explores diverse ways of experiencing space. Her work delves into themes of urban environments, memory, and spatial perception, examining both the psychological and physical dimensions of spaces. Her ongoing project, Palimpsest, funded by the National Culture and Arts Foundation Grant, investigates the fluidity of spatial memory and its representations through an AI-driven immersive experience.
As a recipient of the John K. Branner Fellowship, Yang embarked on a three-month research journey across nine countries in 2022. Earlier, in 2017, she participated in a six-month exchange program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. She received the Chester Miller Fellowship in 2023 for her project Detours & Deviations and earned her Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley the same year, following a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts in 2018. Yang actively collaborates with visual artists, architects, curators, and scenic designers.
1996 born in Taipei, Taiwan.
GRANTS
2024
National Culture and Arts Foundation Grant
The National Culture and Arts Foundation (NCAF) was established to create a favorable environment for the development of arts and culture, encourage professional undertakings, and raise cultural standards in Taiwan. Yang received a generous grant from NCAF in 2024 for her ongoing project, Palimpsest. The grant will fund the entire, two-year development of this project starting January 2025.
2023
Chester Miller Fellowship
The Chester Miller Fellowship celebrates exceptional research and design in architecture. Yang received this award for her project, Detours & Deviations (2023), an immersive experience that dynamically integrates memories, participant behaviors, and AI technology.
2022
John K. Branner Fellowship
The John K. Branner Fellowship supports independent travel to explore specific architectural questions or issues. Among its applicants, Yang was recognized for her research into the mental structures of urban environments.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
2024
Shortlisted – London International Creative Competition – Professional Category
Portraits of Places (2023)
2022
Shortlisted – International Architecture Competition – Home for the Blind
Touch House (2022)
RESIDENCIES
Can Serrat – International Art Residency (2025); El Bruc, Spain
A six-week residency for visual artists, multidisciplinary artists, and writers from around the world.
Hualien Stone Sculpture Studio Program (2015); Hualien, Taiwan
A one-month residency offering artists the opportunity to create within multiple stone sculpting studios in Hualien.
COLLABORATIONS
VR Installation
Palimpsest (2025-); Paul Wang, Hanyi Zhang
Detours & Deviations (2022-2024); Paul Wang
Through the Looking Glass (2023); Eric Wang, Paul Wang, Kevin Wang, Jasmine Zheng
Architectural Design
Michael Maltzan Architecture (2024)
YWR Architects (2023-2024)
Media Installation
Time Decay (2024); Arianna Khmelniuk
Carbonivore (2023); Asma Kazmi, Jill Miller
228-Meter Decoration (2017); David Brna
Scenic Design
English (2023) / Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA, United States
Within These Walls (2023), In the Red and Brown Water (2022) / Zellerbach Playhouse, Berkeley, CA, United States
Graphic Design
Ghibli Graduate Guild Logo (2023); Ghibli Graduate Guild
Issue 10 “Body+Performance” (2022) at Room One Thousand
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Liminal Spaces (2023); Platform Artspace, Berkeley, CA, United States
On Detour (2023); Bauer Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA, United States
Branner, Stump & Beckerman Returning Fellows Exhibition (2023); Bauer Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA, United States
95-3 Geographical Park (2018); joint exhibition with artist Han-Jou Hou; Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan
Šaloun Collectivity Problems Research Itinerant Institute (2017); Šaloun, Prague, Czech Republic
Bird on a Wire (2017); Šaloun, Prague, Czech Republic
From Another World (2017); Puli, Nantou / Art Lynn, Sanyi, Miaoli, Taiwan
Stone Sculpture – Life (2016); National Taitung Living Art Center, Taitung, Taiwan
Ka-Shan (2016), TNUA Underground Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Exhibition of Hualien Stone Sculpture Studio Program (2015); Hualien Art Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
EDUCATION
2020 – 2023
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Architecture (M.Arch)
2017 – 2018
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Exchange Student Program
2014 – 2018
Taipei National University of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Graduated with Highest Academic Distinction