Taiwanese artist and director
Hsin-Chien Huang
Born (1966-01-13 ) 13 January 1966 (age 58) Nationality Taiwanese Education Bachelor of mechanical engineering NTU Bachelor of Science of Product Design ACCD Master of design IIT Known for VR , Digital Art Notable work La Camera Insabbiata(2017), Bodyless(2019), Samsara(2021) Awards [Best VR Experience Award] - 74th Venice International Film Festival [Honorary Mention] - 2020 Prix Ars Electronica [Golden Mask] - 2020 Newimages Festival [Jury Award] - 2021 Texas SXSW Festival [Conceptual Design - Gaming, AR & VR (NEW)] - 2022 Muse Design Awards [Best VR Short Film] - 2023 Animest Romania International Animation Festival [Creator of the Year Award] - 2023 XRMust XR Awards
Hsin-Chien Huang (Chinese : 黃心健 , born 13 January 1966) is an artist and director working in mixed media. Science, technology, new media, programming, and algorithms are tools he uses to bring the universe of his imagination to life. He served as artistic director for SEGA and Sony . Huang collaborated with pioneering American media artist Laurie Anderson on their VR work La Camera Insabbiata/Chalkroom [ 1] which won the Best VR experience Award[ 2] [ 3] at the 74th Venice International Film Festival [ 3] [ 4] (it was the first edition of the festival that introduced its virtual-reality section); he also designed her 1995 CD-ROM , Puppet Motel . His work Bodyless [ 5] [ 6] was also nominated[ 7] in the 76th of the festival. In 2011,Huang received the "Pride of Taiwan" honor from president of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou .[ 8]
He founded Storynest Studio after 2001, which engaged in artistic creation and commercial design. Huang is currently a distinguished professor[ 9] at National Taiwan Normal University .
His VR film Samsara [ 10] won the 2021 SXSW Jury Award.[ 11] [ 12]
Early life
At the age of four, the cornea of Hsin-Chien Huang's right eye was damaged so badly he was practically blind in that eye, his vision only returning after receiving a donated cornea at age 14. He lacked depth perception in the interim, so seeing things "properly" has since felt like a luxury to him.
Huang's mother is the eminent oil painter, Lee Lan.[ 13] Raised in an artistic environment, Huang was given his first computer, an Apple II, when he was in senior high school. Since that time, programming language has become his second language.
After graduating from college in Taiwan with a degree in mechanical engineering, he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in product design from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, followed by a master's degree from the Institute of Design at Chicago's Illinois Institute of Technology .
Artwork
Year
Title
2022
VR: The Eye and I [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
2021
VR: Samsara [ 17]
2020
Through the Body
2019
VR: Bodyless [ 5]
2019
VR: Kuo Hsueh-Hu: Three States of Home Gazing [ 18]
2019
VR: The Universe of Liu Kuo-Sung [ 19]
2018
VR: To the Moon [ 20]
2017
VR: La Camera Insabbiata [ 1] [ 21]
2017
VR: Aloft
2017
Window of Heaven and Earth, Mirror of the Travelers
2013
The Moment We Meet
Exhibitions
2024 - 'Living in the (Un)real: An Immersive Journey between Art and Surveillance[ 22] ' at MEET Cultural Digital Center, Milan, Italy
2022 - 'Hsin-Chien Huang: The Data We Called Home'[ 23] at Pratt Gallery - New York, the States
2022 - 'Being X: Hsin-Chien Huang's Metaverse Theater' [ 24] at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts - Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021 - "Un portal a la memoría[ 25] " at L.E.V. Festival, Gijón, Spain
2020 - "Out of the window"[ 26] International Exhibition Produced by Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts & Centraal Museum Utrecht - Taoyuan, Taiwan
2020 - "In the name of tree"[ 27] Art Museum of National Taiwan Normal University - Taipei, Taiwan
2020 - "RE:Human Touch- A Closer Future"[ 28] Taiwan Creative Content Agency - Taipei, Taiwan
2019 - "Immersive Interactive Unit"[ 29] International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 - "Vortex Program"[ 30] Laboratorio de Electrónica Visual L.E.V. Festival - Madrid, Spain
2019 - "Every step in the right direction"[ 31] Singapore Art Museum - Singapore, Singapore
2019 - "Our Moon. Longing, Art and Science"[ 32] Naturhistorisches Museum Wien - Vienna, Austria
2017 - "La Camera Insabbiata/Chalkroom" [ 33] Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei, Taiwan
2014 - "Thus have I remembered, once my mind was free"[ 34] Cathay Gallery - Taipei, Taiwan
2008 - "The art of mortal apparatus"[ 35] Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei, Taiwan
Collaboration
Awards
Year
Event
Award
Work
Status
2023
FilmGate Miami Interactive Media Festival[ 36] [ 37]
Best of Fest Award
The Eye and I
Won
2023
XRMust XR Awards[ 38]
Creator of the Year Award
The Eye and I
Won
2023
Animest Romania International Animation Festival[ 39]
Best VR Short Film
Samsara
Won
2022
Muse Design Awards 2022[ 40]
Conceptual Design - Gaming, AR & VR (NEW)
Dance of Light
Won
2022
VR AWARDS 2022[ 41]
VR Film of the Year
Samsara
Nominated
2022
Bolton International Film Festival
VR Competition
Samsara
Nominated
2022
SIGGRAPH 2022
VR Competition
Samsara
Nominated
2022
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Best Virtual Reality
Samsara
Nominated
2022
Prix Ars Electronica[ 42]
Computer Animation Honorary Mention
Samsara
Won
2022
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
VR Competition
Samsara
Nominated
2022
Animafest Zagreb[ 43]
VR Competition: the Best VR Project
Samsara
Won
2022
International Festival of Animated Films ANIFILM
International Competition of VR Films
Samsara
Nominated
2022
Laval Virtual Awards
VR/AR for Entertainment & Medias
Samsara
Nominated
2021
Jeddah Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF)[ 44]
Sliver Yusr Immersive Award
Samsara
Won
2021
Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
Future IS SENSIBLE Award
Samsara
Nominated
2021
VRE VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE -EXTENDED EDITION (3rd Edition)[ 45]
Special Jury Prize
Samsara
Won
2021
Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories (FIVARS)[ 46]
Best Interactive Experience
Samsara
Won
2021
Venice International Film Festival
VR Expanded Section
Samsara
Nominated
2021
Cannes XR[ 47]
Best VR Story
Samsara
Won
2021
The 5th Indian World Film Festival (India )
Short Animation [ 48]
Bodyless
Won
Texas SXSW Festival (Texas )
Jury Award [ 12] [ 11]
Samsara [ 10]
Won
2020
Los Angeles Film Award (Los Angeles )
Best Virtual Reality[ 49]
Bodyless
Won
Asian Academy Creative Awards (Singapore )
Best Immersive(360, VR)[ 50]
Kuo Hsueh-Hu: Three States of Home Gazing
Won
Newimages Festival (Paris )
Golden Mask [ 51] [ 52] [ 53]
Bodyless
Won
Prix Ars Electronica (Austria )
Honorary Mention[ 54]
Bodyless
Won
2019
Kaohsiung Film Festival[ 55] (Kaoshsiung )
Special Mention [ 56]
Bodyless
Won
The 76th Venice International Film Fextival
Interactive [ 57]
Bodyless
Nominated
2017
The 74th Venice International Film Festival
Best VR Experience Award[ 3] [ 2]
La Camera Insabbiata [ 58] [ 1]
Won
2013
Public Art Award (Taipei )
Art Creation Price[ 59]
The Moment We Meet
Won
Publications
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