Michael Yuen
Michael is an Australian artist and curator. His artistic practice centres on interventionist installation traversing many artforms working in public and museum space. His work is associated with interdisciplinary, public space and media practices. Formally trained as a composer, Michael’s installation-based works use a combination of sound and light with a conceptual emphasis on technology.
He has worked with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Melbourne) jointly with the Hayward Gallery (London), Adelaide Festival of Arts, SSamzie Space (Seoul), Yuanfen New Media Art (Beijing), Zendai Museum of Modern Art (Shanghai), Australian National University, Australian Network for Art and Technology, JamFactory (Adelaide), received a Ruby Litchfield and AsiaLink award and was the artistic director of Project 3 (2006 Adelaide Festival of Arts). He has served on the Inter-Arts board for the Australia Council of the Arts (2006-7). Michael has received commissions by festivals, museums and the Australia Council for the Arts, and he has been invited to be artist in resident at several leading arts institutes. He has been invited to facilitate masterclasses and workshops, guest lecture and serving on various boards.
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2001–04 |
Bachelor of Music (Composition), Elder Conservatorium Adelaide University |
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Lives and works in Adelaide, Australia and Beijing, China. |
Work
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2008 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007–9 |
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2007 |
Exhibitions (selected)
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May 2010 |
Kunstverein Baden, Austria (Donkey Institute of Contemporary Art). |
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May 2010 |
Love, Vienna, Austria (Talks). |
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May 2010 |
Cellar Space, Krakow, Poland. |
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May 2010 |
MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary. |
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May 2010 |
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May 2010 |
Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. |
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Dec 2009 |
Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (Black Tee). |
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Oct 2009 |
Cou Huo, Chen Xinpeng and RedBoxStudios, Beijing (Follow (documentation)). |
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Aug 2009 |
Beijing 798 Biennial (Donkey Institute of Contemporary Art). |
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Aug 2009 |
Beijing Modern Dance Company (Black Tee). |
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Aug 2009 |
Donkey Institute of Contemporary Art, Beijing. |
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2009 |
Christmas Palm, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany |
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2009 |
Also Space, Beijing, China |
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2009 |
Audio On Loop 1 – A multi-channel headphone installation curated by Damian Castaldi, Loop Space Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (Sound + Light (2004), Music for Piano (2001)) |
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2009 |
Oz/Asia Festival at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide (Follow (documentation) with a video by Rick Widmer) |
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2009 |
North Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin (Pulse) |
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2009 |
South Australian School of Art, Adelaide (K2-02, collaboration with architect Stephen Loo) |
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2009 |
Zendai MoMA, Shanghai (Follow (documentation)) |
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2008 |
October Contemporary, Videotage, Hong Kong (Black Tee) |
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2008 |
YuanFen New Media Space 798, Beijing (Pulse) |
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2008 |
Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai (Follow) |
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2008 |
Mercury Resource Centre, Australia (Follow) |
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2008 |
SSamzie Space, Seoul (Pulse) |
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2007 |
SSamzie Space, Seoul (Follow) |
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2007 |
There Forever, Port Festival, temporary public artwork, Adelaide (Flash) |
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2007 |
WearNow Symposium, National Museum of Australia & ANU – Canberra (Black-tee) |
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2006 |
Eyes Lies Illusions, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, collaboration with Craig Walsh – Melbourne (Swarm) |
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2006 |
Digital Sites, Adelaide Train Station (DirectArt (Table) |
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2006 |
Project 3, Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts (DirectArt) |
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2005 |
ArtSpace, Moving Image, Adelaide Festival Centre (DirectArt) |
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2005 |
Australian Computer Music Conference, QUT – Queensland (Atrium) |
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2005 |
Delicatessen Gallery (Solo Show), Adelaide (DirectArt) |
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2005 |
Project 2, The Apothecary 1878, Adelaide (Sound & Light) |
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2004 |
University of Adelaide, Adelaide (6 Blue Panels) |
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2003 |
Rundle St/Red-door 2, Rundle St Studio, Adelaide (composition 4c) |
Press and Publications
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Reference |
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2008 |
Yuen, Michael (2008). Follow. Broadsheet. Vol 37 No 4. Centre Art Contemporary of South Australia. |
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2008 |
Catching, Rebecca (2008). Follow. That’s Shanghai (September). |
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2008 |
Shin Hyunjin (2008). On Pulse (Catalogue Essay). Digital Passages: Journey Beyond Reality’s Threshold. YuanFen New Media Space 798, Beijing. |
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2007 |
Keys, Erin (2007). Michael Yuen Public Art Workshop. JMGA. |
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2006 |
Mitchell, Samara (2006). Innovations for the ear (review). RealTime. Issue 72 (April-May). |
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2006 |
Yuen, Michael (2006). Project 3. Filter. Issue 62 (March–June). ANAT. |
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2006 |
Trigg, Fiona (2006). Swarm (catalogue essay). Eyes, Lies, Illusions. Australian Centre for the Moving Image. |
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2005 |
Whittington, Stephen (2005). Minimalism at the Apothecary (review). RealTime. Issue 66 (April-May). |
Collections
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Collection |
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2007 |
Black Tee, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea. |