王博彥,出生於台灣台中,現生活與工作於紐約。2015 年於台北藝術大學完成新媒體藝術碩士學位,同年考取公費留學赴美,並於 2017 年於紐約視覺藝術學院完成電腦藝術碩士學位。近期個展包含「黑太陽」,台北數位藝術中心,台灣台北(2020); 「Atlas Portal 隨身指南」,台灣書院,美國洛杉磯(2018); 「An Obscure Silhouette」,Flux Factory,美國紐約(2018)等。作品曾於國內外多處美術館及藝術節展出,包含德國波昂美術館,美國紐約布朗克斯美術館,美國水牛城布區菲爾德美術館,國立台灣美術館,台北數位藝術節,台北藝博新人推薦特區等。現任教於紐約市立大學 Hunter College 和紐約 Pratt Institute。

Artist Statement

In my recent practice, I imagine alternative worlds and selves to create narratives that grapple with issues of identity, sexuality and masculinity. My work employs hybrid cinema genres and analytical aspects of filmmaking to explore personal and collective emotions and histories, with a focus on the queer and immigrant experience. I am interested in examining the concept of representation -- the politics of seeing and being seen. There is a confessional nature in my work, a desire to unravel repressed emotions.

Constructed with photorealistic texture and physical lighting, I utilize 3D computer graphics as an artistic medium to create tableaux situated between reality and mentality, autobiography and fiction. I approach image-making as a theatrical endeavor, staging and rendering scenes with psychological tension to probe into the emotional landscape of the self. The influences of my work include slow cinema, theater, Japanese anime, and art historical references such as magical realism, performance and video art.