Shin Yang is an artist and spatial designer based in Los Angeles and Taipei. Her multidisciplinary approach, drawing on her academic background in art and architecture, explores diverse ways of experiencing space. Yang collaborates extensively with visual artists, architects, curators, and scenic designers. As a recipient of the John K. Branner Fellowship, she undertook a three-month research journey across nine countries in 2022. In 2017, she was selected for a six-month exchange opportunity at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Yang received the Chester Miller Fellowship in 2023 for her project Detours & Deviations and earned her Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley in the same year, following her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts in 2018.
Having lived and worked in Los Angeles, Prague, San Francisco, and Taipei, and traveled to over 20 countries in the past decade, Yang’s extensive international experiences significantly influence her work. Her projects delve into themes of urban environments, memory, and spatial perception, examining both the psychological and physical dimensions of spaces. Yang views her work as complete only when it engages with “events,” reflecting a rich tapestry of spatial narratives and sensory experiences. Her ongoing project, Palimpsest, funded by the National Culture and Arts Foundation Grant, investigates spatial memory through an AI-driven immersive experience, exploring the intersections of imagination and reality and the nuanced “touch” of digital media.
1996 born in Taipei, 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
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
Portraits of Places (2023)
2022
Shortlisted – International Architecture Competition – Home for the Blind
Touch House (2022)
EXPERIENCE
2023 –
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Associate & licensure candidate
Michael Maltzan Architecture
YWR Architects
2022 – 2023
Assistant Scenic Designer/Artist
English (2023) / Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Within These Walls (2023), In the Red and Brown Water (2022) / Zellerbach Playhouse
2021 – 2022
Graphic Designer
Issue 10 “Body+Performance” (2022) at Room One Thousand
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Liminal Spaces; Platform Artspace, Berkeley, CA, United States
On Detour; Bauer Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA, United States
Branner, Stump & Beckerman Returning Fellows Exhibition; Bauer Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA, United States
2015 – 2018
95-3 Geographical Park (2018); self-curated 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