About Paint House Studio
The "Paint House Studio" was founded in 2000 at No. 20, Lane 161, Section 2, Dongmen Road in Tainan, and ceased operations at the end of 2018.
On January 1, 2021, the art project Effects of Reconstruction: Paint House Ex-Situ Preservation began implementation in the rural countryside of Dainei District, Tainan. During this period, amid evolving pandemic conditions and changing climate patterns, we constructed a platform-oriented space in the increasingly wild forest.
In the summer of 2022, a complex system of both tangible and intangible elements continuing from Paint House Studio began to be preserved at the new location. Called PH2 (Paint House 2), this system is considered to be the next phase of Paint House Studio. It also heralded the launch of a new initiative: Jiaoli Lin (literally the “exchange force forest”) Greenhouse Art Residency Project. This creative project emerged from ongoing dialogues between Lin Huang-Ti and a group of young and mid-career artists who have maintained geographical connections with Paint House over many years.
Jiaoli Lin is the local place name, coincidentally metaphorical of the exchange forces between artists who are creating in this forest. Greenhouse represents our consensus on actions in this agricultural zone—replacing forceful development with gentle artistic cultivation, allowing creative work in the forest to coexist with the natural environment.
The Archive, or Found Objects exhibition at C-LAB in March 2025 continues this creative context and responds to performance plans developed from the Paint House Studio Archive. Participating artists include Rui-Heng WANG, Xin-Cheng CHEN, Wan-Xi LIN, Min-Yi WANG, Si-Jie CHEN, Li-Ying KANG, Yi-Zhe CHEN, Jian-Zhi LIN, Cheng-Liang LI, Yao-Sheng LI, Hui-Yu CUI, Zi-Qi YE, Bonnie TCHIEN, Wei-Hao ZENG, Jun-Yu XU, Pin-Wei JUAN, Yu-Wen HUANG, Jia-Ying LI, Kai-Min DONG, Yi-Xian QIU, Jing-Xiang WANG, Ting-Wen YANG, You-Li LIN, Wan-Ting WANG, and Huang-Di LIN. These artists continue to develop various dialogical collective creations through long-term collaborative rapport, constantly cultivating their own subjectivity through various forms of exchange and interaction.
▌Exhibition Period：29th March - 13th April, 2025
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00–19:00; closed on Mondays. (Special Opening Hours: April 11, 12:00–21:00; April 12–13, 9:30–19:00)
Exhibition Venue: Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Art Space I
Participating Artists: (in alphabetical order) Bob Bo-Young LIN, Bonnie TCHIEN Hwen-Ying, CHEN Hsin-chen, CHEN Qiao-ni, Chen Si-jie, CHEN Yi-che, CIOU Yi-sian, DONG Kai-min, HSU Chun-yu, HUANG Lien-kai, HWANG Yu-wen, JUAN Pin-wei, KANG Lih-ying, Lee Jia-ying, LEE Yao-sheng, LI Cheng-liang, LIN Chien-chih, LIN Huang-ti, LIN Wan-chien, LIN Yu-li, TSENG Wei-hao, TSUI Hui-yu, WANG Ching-hsiang, WANG Min-yi, WANG Ruei-heng, WANG Wan-ting, YANG Ting-wen, YEH Tzu-chi, YEH Yu-Tang
▌Events
Opening Reception & Guided Tour: March 29, 2025 (Saturday), 14:30–16:00
Registration Form: https://forms.office.com/r/42Nd8X0VKm
"Capturing Shadows" Workshop: March 30, 2025 (Sunday), 14:00–15:30
Workshop Instructors: Lin Huangdi, Wang Wanting
Workshop Registration Link: Accupass
※ All exhibition-related activities will be conducted in Chinese.
Organizers: Ministry of Culture, Asia Art Archive, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB)