


During a journey through China he discovered the cut-out drawing, especially used in clich\u00e9d images for tourists there. Pien took over this technique in order to create utterly delicate and complex representations of trees and woods, in which human figures are concealed. These cutout drawings are not only placed on the wall, like classical drawings, but are also used to build large installations that the audience can walk through.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The installations also bring forth video works like Shadow Play<\/em>, in which Ed Pien himself moves through an installation with cut-out paper and networks of ropes that continue to be transformed by means of dynamic, dramatic lighting.<\/p>\n Very recently he started experimenting with aluminium in which cutouts are made by using a powerful water jet. In these aluminium works, he plays with the scale of the people, nature and architecture he portrays. The aluminium cut outs are placed slightly off the wall so the light can cast shadows behind the cut out forms.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1440507584491-628a5fac-75f229a6-773b”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The Drawings of Ed Pien: The Haunting, Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie<\/p>\n (Ontario, Canada).<\/p>\n Underwater<\/em> (curated by Angela Kingston). Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK<\/p>\n Memento<\/em>, Himalaya Art Gallery, 501 Contemporary, Chongqing, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n The Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK<\/p>\n (touring through the UK, China and Canada)<\/p>\n The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Axe-n\u00e9o-sept, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n Muse\u00e9 d’art de Joliette, Joliette, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n Hot Art, Basel, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, B.C., Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Rodman Hall Art Gallery, St Catharines, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Centre d’art de Basse-Normandie, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Tracing Night<\/em>, Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico<\/p>\n Earthly Delights<\/em>, Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, Windsor, ON, Canada<\/p>\n In a Realm of Others<\/em>, The Robert McLaughlin Art Centre, Oshawa, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Strange Scene<\/em>, Keyano College Art Gallery, Ft. McMurray, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Imaginary Beings<\/em>, Galerie Alexander Ochs, Berlin<\/p>\n Earthly Delights<\/em>, Museo Arqueologico, Mazatlan, Mexico<\/p>\n Celestial Bodies<\/em>, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Tracing Night,<\/em> Sir Wilfred Grenfell Gallery, Corner Brook, NF, Canada<\/p>\n Tracing Night<\/em>, St. Mary’s University Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada<\/p>\n Ed Pien<\/em>, Usine C, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n WALLY, Amsterdam<\/p>\n Miller\/Block, Boston, USA<\/p>\n Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada<\/p>\n Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada<\/p>\n Truck, Calgary, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada<\/p>\n L’Expression<\/em>, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Istanbul, TurkeySCOPE Basel,<\/p>\n Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Basel, SwitzerlandLiving – Being<\/p>\n , Song Zhuang Art Center, Beijing, China18th Bieniale of Sydney,<\/em> Australia<\/p>\n Dimensions in Paper, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Paper Doll<\/em>, Owens Art Gallery, NB, Curator, Canada<\/p>\n Selected works<\/em>, Gallery Stratford, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Recent works<\/em>, Art Amsterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Netherlands<\/p>\n Recent works<\/em>, Papier 11 Montreal, Birch Libralato, Toronto<\/p>\n Bleed Drawings<\/em>, Papier 11 Montreal, Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette Art Contemporain,<\/p>\n Underwater<\/em>, The Bluecoat, curator: Angela Kingston, Liverpool, U.K.<\/p>\n Art Rotterdam<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, The Netherlands<\/p>\n Underwater<\/em>, Tullie House, Carlisle, U.K.<\/p>\n Shadow Play<\/em> (DVD screening), The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. U.K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n Ground, Eindhoven, The Netherlands<\/p>\n Underwater, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne,<\/p>\n touring the UK<\/p>\n Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C., Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n CODA Museum, Paper Biennial, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands<\/p>\n Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada<\/p>\n Walter Philips Art Gallery, Bureau de Change, Banff, Canada<\/p>\n Art Sutton, Solace, Quebec (2-person), Canada<\/p>\n Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Begona Melone Gallery, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n Galerie Alexander Ochs, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Canada,<\/p>\n Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, The Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada<\/p>\n The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Imaginary Beings<\/em>, Siemens Forum Bayern, M\u00fcnich, Germany<\/p>\n Important Canadian Art<\/em>, Zierhersmith, New York, USA<\/p>\n Just My Imagination<\/em>, Art Lab & Museum London, London, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Normal, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Canada<\/p>\n Octo-boy<\/em>, Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n The Rest of the World<\/em>, Neuffer Am Park, Pirmasens, Germany<\/p>\n Between Line and From<\/em>, Art Gallery of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada<\/p>\n The Last Judgement Project<\/em>, Seattle Centre, curator Stefano Catalani, Seattle, USA<\/p>\n Metamorphosis<\/em>, Maison de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/p>\n Liminal<\/em>, Ryerson Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Imaginings<\/em>, Mississauga Art Gallery, Mississauga, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Delight<\/em>, Weewerk, Toronto, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Visions and Apparitions<\/em>, Hart House, U of T, Toronto, ON, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Earthly Delights, The Montreal Biennial 2002, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/p>\n Tekeningen, Quartair, The Hague, The Netherlands<\/p>\n Liminal, Bishop’s University Art Gallery, Lennoxville, Canada<\/p>\n Play Tonic, ASpace, Toronto, ON, Canada<\/p>\n Grief Mopping, Neutral Ground, Regina, SK<\/p>\n Galerie Maurits van de Laar (with Karin van Dam), The Hague, The Netherlands<\/p>\n Paper Art, Stormarn Kulturstiftung, Bad Oldesloe, Germany<\/p>\n Liminal, M.A.I., Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Open Space, Victoria (3 person), Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n Reactor Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n Glendon Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space] [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ed Pien [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”32″ animation=”fadeInUp” type=”5″][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs color=”white” spacing=”” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1440507584245-5ee45767-88dc29a6-773b”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Taiwanese Canadian artist Ed Pien (1958) expresses deep human fears in his work. Grotesque creatures are cropping up in his drawings; demons, spirits and ghosts. Thus he continues an age-old tradition in Western and Asian art, the representation of hell. During a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[174],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","hentry","dt_portfolio_category-artist-en","dt_portfolio_category-174","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n
\n 1958<\/td>\n born in Taipei, Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n \n education<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 1982<\/td>\n Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1984<\/td>\n Master of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n lives and works in Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n \n solo exhibitions<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2013<\/td>\n North-South Encounter<\/em>, Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2012<\/td>\n VOLTA New York, <\/em>Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette Art Contemporain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2011<\/td>\n D\u00e9liaison\/Unbinding<\/em>, Le Mus\u00e9e d’art contemporarain des Laurentides, Qu\u00e9bec, CanadaM\u00e9mento<\/em>, Storey Gallery, Lancaster, the U.K.Haven of Delight<\/em>, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2010<\/td>\n Haven of Delight<\/em>, (touring) Museum London, London, Ontario, CanadaThe Room<\/em>, St Johns, Newfoundland, CanadaGalerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands<\/p>\n \n 2009<\/td>\n Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, CanadaNational touring exhibition of HAVENGaleria Nina Menocal Project Space, Mexico City<\/p>\n \n 2008<\/td>\n Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The NetherlandsBirch Libralato, Toronto, CanadaUniversity of Palermo, Petralia ,Sottana, Sicily, Italy<\/p>\n \n 2007<\/td>\n Cornice Art Fair, Venice, ItalyBellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, USACanada House, London, UK<\/p>\n \n 2006<\/td>\n SPACE Gallery, London, UKGalerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The NetherlandsBizart<\/em>, Shanghai, China<\/p>\n \n 2005<\/td>\n New Works<\/em>, The Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON, CanadaIn the Realm of Others<\/em>, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON, CanadaEd Pien, Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/p>\n \n 2004<\/td>\n Earthly Delights<\/em>, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico CityEarthly Delights,<\/em> Museo Ex-Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, MexicoGalerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands<\/p>\n \n 2003<\/td>\n In a Realm of Others<\/em>, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2002<\/td>\n Ed Pien: Survey<\/em>, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2001<\/td>\n The Canadian Culture Centre, Paris, FranceMuseum of Contemporary Canadian Art, TorontoRobert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n \n 2000<\/td>\n De Overslag, EindhovenContemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CanadaL’oeil de Poisson<\/em>, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n \n 1998<\/td>\n Oboro, Montreal, CanadaThe Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1997<\/td>\n Artcite, Windsor, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1996<\/td>\n YYZ, Toronto, CanadaLangage Plus, Alma, Quebec, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1995<\/td>\n Struts Gallery, Sackville, CanadaAccess Gallery, Vancouver, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1994<\/td>\n Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1991<\/td>\n Main\/Access Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1989<\/td>\n Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1987<\/td>\n Galerie Noctuelle, Montreal, CanadaAce Art, Winnipeg, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1986<\/td>\n Articule, Montreal, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1983<\/td>\n Gallery 76, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n \n group exhibitions<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2014<\/td>\n Duo exhibition with Karin van Dam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NLAmsterdam Drawing<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NLPapier 2014, <\/em>Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2013<\/td>\n Suspended Gravity<\/em> (with Karin van Dam), OV Gallery, Shanghai, ChinaPapier 2013, <\/em>Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2012<\/td>\n SCOPE Miami, <\/em><\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Miami, Florida USAToronto International Art Fair,Galerie Pierre Francois Ouelette, Toronto, Ca.Contemporary Istanbul 2012, <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n \n 2011<\/td>\n TWENTY, 20 years Galerie Maurits vd Laar, <\/em>The Hague, The NetherlandsRefiguring Nature<\/em>, Creative Space M50, Shanghai, ChinaBande<\/em>, La Biennial du Lin, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n \n 2010<\/td>\n Scream<\/em>, Justina M. Barnike Gallery, Toronto, CanadaIt is what it is,<\/em> National Art Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2009<\/td>\n Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USASalon Du Dessin Contemporain, Paris, FranceGaleria Toni T\u00e0pies, Barcelona, Spain<\/p>\n \n 2008<\/td>\n Contemporary Istanbul, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Istanbul, Turkey The National Art Gallery, Enchanted Domain, Ottawa, CanadaCollyer Bristow Gallery, Contemporary Chinoiserie, LondonPulse Miami, Birch Libralato,<\/p>\n \n 2007<\/td>\n Art Chicago, Chicago, USAWeatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina, USAK. E. Nash University Art Gallery, Minneapolis Minnesota, USA<\/p>\n \n 2006<\/td>\n e-Billboard Project, Toronto, CanadaThames Art Gallery, St Thomas, CanadaHart House, site-specific intervention, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n \n 2005<\/td>\n Drops<\/em>, Room, RotterdamKunstRAI, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, AmsterdamSelected Drawings, Chicago Art Fair, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2004<\/td>\n The Garden, Pinacoteca, Provinciale di Potenza, ItalyMoon Beings<\/em>, Straal, Cinema de Balie, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsEarthly Delights, <\/em>Mus\u00e9e des Beaux Arts, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada<\/p>\n \n 2003<\/td>\n Selected Works, Goethe Institut, Berlin, GermanyWater Gods Playing Tricks<\/em>, Berlin Art Forum, Berlin, GermanyDrawings, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany<\/p>\n \n 2002<\/td>\n The Fountain, Parkhaus, Berlin, GermanyManifestation, Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montr\u00e9al, QC, CanadaThe Garden, Parc Citro\u00ebn, curator Pernille Grane, Paris, France<\/p>\n \n 2001<\/td>\n Asian American Arts Centre, New York, USAMuseo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, Costa RicaW139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands<\/p>\n \n 2000<\/td>\n The Drawing Centre, New York, USALa Biennale de Montreal 2000, Montreal, CanadaGalerie Maurits van de Laar (with Dieter Mammel), The Hague, The Netherlands<\/p>\n \n 1999<\/td>\n W139, Amsterdam (3 person), The NetherlandsARTIS, Den Bosch (3 person), The NetherlandsPaul Petro Art, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n \n 1997<\/td>\n The New Paradise, Taipei (2 person), Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1996<\/td>\n Artspace, New Haven, CT, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1995<\/td>\n Presentation House, Vancouver, CanadaOO Gallery, Halifax, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1994<\/td>\n Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1993<\/td>\n The Alternator Gallery, (3 person), Kelowna , Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1992<\/td>\n The Red Head Gallery, (2 person), Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1991<\/td>\n The Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, CanadaThe Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1990<\/td>\n Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, CanadaArtspace,(3 person), Peterborough, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1988<\/td>\n Embassy Cultural House, London, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1987<\/td>\n Oakville Galleries, (3 person), Oakville, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1985<\/td>\n Mercer Union, Toronto, CanadaArt Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1984<\/td>\n Galerie UQAM, Montreal, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1981<\/td>\n Trajectory Gallery, London, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/a>\t<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n\n\n
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