Ayo Yunyu Shih

Teaches at Abrons Arts Center

Born in Changhua, Taiwan, year 1985 SHIH sees art as a medium of social observation. In his eyes, art creation and works are forms of reference in long flow of history. In 2010, SHIH present his first large scale art project Farewell to A Building, the DongDongGuanProject, SHIH gathered a crew to wash and say goodbye a building about to be demolished. Through the process he tried to handle memory both collective and private with a gentle touch. The art project covered various aspects including architecture design, public relations, public lectures, communication and funding. This work was also invited to the 2010 Taipei International Forum Biennial. As a graduate of National Taiwan University, SHIH devoted to explore fields of history, philosophy, sociology and poetry. In 2012, SHIH receive New Artist Society Scholarship from SAIC and now a MFA student in School of the Art Institute of Chicago.