賴奕璇
創作論述

我的作品模糊了建構與解構,真實與虛構之間的界線,並跨越二維和三維的空間。我結合攝影、雕塑、現成物以及我的身體形成組合體,作爲靜物和自拍照的主體。利用周遭的現成物和廢棄物作為我的材料,我喚起身體流動性、身份的複雜性,以及他者的概念。攝影作為這些材料的載體和舞台,使我能夠將我們瞬間即逝的物理世界中,呼應出感知與心理的景觀。通過攝影對雕塑組合物的轉化,我引發感官感知和觸覺之間曖昧的對話。在我為相機建構的世界中,物體、材料和身體融為一體,為陌生的領域提供一種歸屬感。

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賴奕璇是一位台灣裔的藝術家,現居紐約,她融合手工雕塑、現成物和自己的身體,創作編導攝影,並介於二維和三維之間,探索適應、不確定性和陰性主題。她曾獲得 Light Work(2024年)和 Vermont Studio Center(2023年)的駐留獎學金,並於2023年參加了NYFA移民計劃。她展出的個展包括於NARS基金會(2024年)、456畫廊(2024年)和Spring Break Art Show(2020年),參加的聯展包括Photo London(2023年)、Floor_Gallery(2023年)、Wassaic Project(2022年)和Well Well Project(2022年)。賴的作品被LensCulture評論家評選為2022年的前十名之一。

展覽經歷
2024Gut Feeling, NARS Foundation Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2023Nothing but trouble, All st gallery, New York, NY
Portraits beyond faces, Floor_ Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Somerset House, Photo London, London, UK
In / Between, curated by Yanira Castro and Martita Abril in New York Live Arts, New York, NY
23 artists in 2023 exhibition, Ubique Gallery (virtual)
Hybridity, ANTE curatorial, curated by Audra Verona Lambert, Brooklyn, NY
Paroxysm, curated by Alison Pirie, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2022Lonely Rock - Self portraiture, curated by James McGrik, Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL
Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow, PHMuseum Photo Festival Bologna, Italy
Body Embodiment Digital Self, iidrr, New York, NY
Smart Objects, Flattened Images, curated by Kelda Van Patten, Well well project,
Portland, OR
Between Here and Now in conjunction with The Vantage points, South Street Seaport Art
Space, New York, NY
A Body: Figure and Flesh, Floor_ Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
SELECTED GRANTS / AWARDS

PhMuseum 2023 Woman Photographers Grant shortlist
NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program
LensCulture Critic’s Top 10 Photographers Choice
Vermont Studio Center Residency Fellowship
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency Fellowship
Center Santa Fe photography review scholarship