Solo Exhibition｜The Wanderer in A Thousand Plateaus Art Space
- Chen Wei Ting
- Nov 6, 2025
- 5 min read
A Thousand Plateaus Art Space is pleased to announce the exhibition “The Wanderer” by artist Chen Wei Ting, on view from October 25 to December 7, 2025, at 1000+ Projects Space. This exhibition invites visitors to step into the artist’s meticulously constructed spiritual world — one that is both adorable and uncanny — and experience the unique narrative woven through more than ten paintings and installations. We sincerely welcome your visit！
“No chart was ever held by the wanderer.
What celestial light can mirror the road you take?
I crawl on without end,
Becoming by degrees a single, isolated stone.
You passed through and came back,
Scattering threads that betray the route you followed.
Ponder this, A bubble of foam, or the moon brought down?
The distinction is now irrelevant.” ——Chen Wei Ting
千高原藝術空間欣然宣佈，將於2025年10月25日至12月7日在千高原藝術空間 1000+項目空間呈現藝術家陳威廷的《漫遊者》。本次展覽將邀請觀眾步入藝術家精心構建的“可愛又奇異”的精神世界，感受其十餘幅繪畫與裝置作品所交織出的獨特敘事。誠摯歡迎您的到來！
“旅人未曾有地圖
哪顆星星才能反射你的路
我始終匍匐
緩緩地 化成一顆石頭 形單影隻
過去了 回來了
留下抖落的線 暗示你走過的
問問自己 是泡影 還是 跌落的月亮
都不重要了”——陳威廷
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Poster image：
Chen Wei Ting, Our Illusion, Acrylic on canvas, 120 × 95 cm, 2025 © Courtesy of the Artist and A Thousand Plateaus Art Space
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1000+ Chen Wei Ting: The Wanderer
Duration: 2025.10.25 - 2025.12.07
Opening: 2025.10.25 15:00
Organizer：A Thousand Plateaus Art Space
Artist: Chen Wei Ting
Venue: A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, South Square, Tiexiang Temple Riverfront, Shengbang Street, High-tech Development Zone, Chengdu, China
1000+ 陳威廷：漫遊者
展覽日期：2025.10.25 - 2025.12.07
開幕時間：2025.10.25 （週六）15:00
出品：千高原藝術空間
藝術家：陳威廷
展覽地點：四川省成都市高新區盛邦街，鐵像寺水街南廣場，千高原藝術
【 展覽介紹 Exhibition 】
▲ Chen Wei Ting, To fall like a star, Acrylic on canvas, 27 × 22 cm, 2025
© Courtesy of the Artist and A Thousand Plateaus Art Space
人生如寄，可以回望過去，也可以眺望未來，亦可停留於“漫遊”的狀態之中。
在韓炳哲的《不在場》中，“漫遊者”是一種“不在主體現場，卻未缺席”的存在姿態。它象徵著對人與人、人與物之間距離的尊重，也是一種溫柔的觀察方式。
展覽《漫遊者》通過油畫、石版畫、裝置與立體雕塑，構築出一個介於童趣與詭譎之間的精神世界。對陳威廷而言，“漫遊”並非旅行，而是一種不被命名、持續處於遠處凝視的存在狀態。等待、游走、遲疑，這些心理姿態成為他近年創作中人物的內在節奏。
▲Chen Wei Ting, Perfect Face, Acrylic on canvas, 125 × 95 cm, 2025 © Courtesy of the Artist and A Thousand Plateaus Art Space
《完美的一張臉》《我們的幻覺》等新作透過主體形象的繪畫敘事，延續自我與他者之間關係的探索與沈思。相似的形象也出現在《出口》《檸檬》《如星般墜落》等作品中。藝術家並未構築一個確定的敘事，而是呈現了主體在尋找與徘徊中的動態過程，為觀眾留下進入“漫遊”狀態的空間。
石版畫作為陳威廷近年來的重要實踐，承載了他對“等待”與“遲疑”的經驗。反復的試驗與失敗，成為作品中時間與思索的痕跡。裝置與雕塑作品中反復出現的形象與符號，以不同材質呈現，柔軟與堅硬之間，潛藏著溫柔的不安。
▲Chen Wei Ting, Entrance, lithography, 42 × 33 cm, 2025 © Courtesy of the Artist and A Thousand Plateaus Art Space
觀眾亦在此成為“漫遊者”。展覽沒有單一的敘事線索，每一次凝視都可能與個人記憶發生重疊與偏移。在觀看與自我之間，觀眾被引入一種介于歸家與遠行之間的灰色地帶，持續地、溫柔地漫遊著。
▲ Chen Wei Ting, Hunger Artists, Plush fabric, embroidery, cotton stuffing, 90 × 140 × 50 cm, 2025 © Courtesy of the Artist and A Thousand Plateaus Art Space
Life is but a fleeting sojourn. One may look back at the past, gaze toward the future, or dwell within a state of "wandering".
In Byung-Chul Han's Non-Being There, the "wanderer" is described as one who is absent from the scene yet never truly missing—a presence that maintains distance and observes with gentleness. It reflects a respect for the space between people and things, and an awareness of relational distance.
The exhibition The Wanderer unfolds through paintings, lithographs, installations, and sculptures, constructing an inner world that balances playfulness with a subtle sense of unease. For Chen Wei Ting, "wandering" is not a form of travel, but an unnamed state of being—one that exists perpetually on the edge of observation. Waiting, drifting, and hesitation form the emotional rhythm of his recent works.
▲Chen Wei Ting, Lemon, Acrylic on polystone, H32 × 17 × 12 cm, Ed. 50, Product / How2work, 2025
© Courtesy of the Artist and A Thousand Plateaus Art Space
In his new pieces Perfect Face and Our Illusion, the narrative unfolds through the depicted figures, continuing a quiet inquiry into the relationship between self and other. Similar motifs can be found in works such as Exit, Lemon, and To Fall Like a Star. Rather than delivering a clear narrative, Chen presents a process of seeking and suspension, leaving open space for the viewer to enter a state of "wandering".
Lithography has become a significant medium in Chen's recent practice, with repeated experiments and failures marking a slow process of waiting and reflection. In his installations and sculptures, recurring forms and symbols emerge through shifting materials, where the tension between softness and hardness conceals a gentle disquiet.
Within this space, the viewer too becomes a wanderer. The exhibition offers no linear narrative; each gaze may overlap or dislocate with one's own memories and emotions. Between looking and being looked at, between homecoming and departure, one drifts gently in the grey zone—in the act of wandering itself.
【 藝術家介紹 Artist 】
Chen Wei Ting, born in Tainan, Taiwan, graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a Master's degree in Global Art Practice. His works incorporate painting, poetry, and installation to explore themes of childhood imagery, mono no aware, and the uncanny, forming his distinctive artistic world. Using acrylic and oil pastels as primary mediums, he integrates poetic text into his visuals, creating the intersection of childhood and adulthood.
Recent solo exhibitions include A Trace of Grey (Tainan Art Museum, 2025) and Paramita (Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 2024). Additional exhibitions have been presented in New York, Hong Kong, London, Seoul, Thailand, and Japan. Recognition includes selection for the Ueno Royal Museum Painting Grand Prize Exhibition, the Grand Prize at the Shibuya Awards, the Tomio Koyama Jury Prize (Shibuya Awards 2023), and inclusion in the CAF Award 2022. Recipient of a production grant from Arts Council Tokyo. Works have been acquired by institutional collections such as the Tainan Art Museum, Lih Pao Cultural Arts Foundation, and Dali Art Plaza (Taichung). Currently based in Tokyo, with ongoing engagement in artistic research and practice.
陳威廷，出生於臺灣台南，畢業於東京藝術大學國際藝術實踐碩士課程，作品透過繪畫、詩與裝置，探討童年意象、物哀、幽異等內容，構成其世界觀。他的作品多以丙烯壓克力與油性粉彩為媒介，並結合詩句，呈現童年與成人的交錯狀態。
近年在台南立美術館（2025年個展《一抹灰》）、高雄市立美術館（2024年個展《彼岸》）舉辦個展，並於紐約、香港、西班牙、杜拜、泰國、日本等地展出。曾獲上野之森美術館繪畫大賞（入選）、Shibuya Awards（大賞）、Shibuya Awards 2023（小山登美夫評審賞）以及CAF Award 2022（入選）等獎項，並獲東京藝術委員會（Arts Council Tokyo）助成。作品亦被台南市美術館、麗寶文化藝術基金會、台中大里藝術公園典藏。目前定居於日本東京持續創作。
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