Hsin-Chien Huang (, 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 which won the Best VR experience Award at the 74th Venice International Film Festival(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 was also nominated in the 76th of the festival. In 2011，Huang received the "Pride of Taiwan" honor from president of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou.
He founded Storynest Studio after 2001, which engaged in artistic creation and commercial design. Huang is currently a distinguished professor at National Taiwan Normal University.
His VR film Samsara won the 2021 SXSW Jury Award.
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. 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 YearTitle2022VR: The Eye and I2021VR: Samsara2020Through the Body2019VR: Bodyless2019VR: Kuo Hsueh-Hu: Three States of Home Gazing2019VR: The Universe of Liu Kuo-Sung2018VR: To the Moon2017VR: La Camera Insabbiata2017VR: Aloft2017Window of Heaven and Earth, Mirror of the Travelers2013The Moment We Meet
Exhibitions 2024 - 'Living in the (Un)real: An Immersive Journey between Art and Surveillance' at MEET Cultural Digital Center, Milan, Italy 2022 - 'Hsin-Chien Huang: The Data We Called Home' at Pratt Gallery - New York, the States 2022 - 'Being X: Hsin-Chien Huang's Metaverse Theater' at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts - Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2021 - "Un portal a la memoría" at L.E.V. Festival, Gijón, Spain 2020 - "Out of the window" International Exhibition Produced by Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts & Centraal Museum Utrecht - Taoyuan, Taiwan 2020 - "In the name of tree" Art Museum of National Taiwan Normal University - Taipei, Taiwan 2020 - "RE:Human Touch- A Closer Future" Taiwan Creative Content Agency - Taipei, Taiwan 2019 - "Immersive Interactive Unit" International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands 2019 - "Vortex Program" Laboratorio de Electrónica Visual L.E.V. Festival - Madrid, Spain 2019 - "Every step in the right direction" Singapore Art Museum - Singapore, Singapore 2019 - "Our Moon. Longing, Art and Science" Naturhistorisches Museum Wien - Vienna, Austria 2017 - "La Camera Insabbiata/Chalkroom" Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei, Taiwan 2014 - "Thus have I remembered, once my mind was free" Cathay Gallery - Taipei, Taiwan 2008 - "The art of mortal apparatus" Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei, Taiwan
Collaboration
2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition: Hall Design (2019) Expo 2010 Shanghai China: Interactive Device (2010) Incomparable concert Jay Chou: Audio Visual Design (2004) Puppet Motel: Designer of the music/art CD-ROM by Laurie Anderson (1995)
Awards Year Event Award Work Status2023FilmGate Miami Interactive Media FestivalBest of Fest AwardThe Eye and I2023XRMust XR AwardsCreator of the Year AwardThe Eye and I2023Animest Romania International Animation FestivalBest VR Short Film Samsara2022Muse Design Awards 2022Conceptual Design - Gaming, AR & VR (NEW)Dance of Light2022VR AWARDS 2022VR Film of the YearSamsara2022Bolton International Film FestivalVR CompetitionSamsara2022SIGGRAPH 2022VR CompetitionSamsara2022Ottawa International Animation FestivalBest Virtual RealitySamsara2022Prix Ars ElectronicaComputer Animation Honorary MentionSamsara2022Annecy International Animated Film FestivalVR CompetitionSamsara2022Animafest ZagrebVR Competition: the Best VR ProjectSamsara2022International Festival of Animated Films ANIFILMInternational Competition of VR FilmsSamsara2022Laval Virtual AwardsVR/AR for Entertainment & MediasSamsara2021Jeddah Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF)Sliver Yusr Immersive AwardSamsara2021Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)Future IS SENSIBLE AwardSamsara2021VRE VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE -EXTENDED EDITION (3rd Edition)Special Jury PrizeSamsara2021Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories (FIVARS)Best Interactive ExperienceSamsara2021Venice International Film FestivalVR Expanded SectionSamsara2021Cannes XRBest VR StorySamsara2021The 5th Indian World Film Festival (India)Short AnimationBodylessTexas SXSW Festival (Texas)Jury AwardSamsara 2020Los Angeles Film Award (Los Angeles)Best Virtual RealityBodylessAsian Academy Creative Awards (Singapore)Best Immersive(360, VR)Kuo Hsueh-Hu: Three States of Home GazingNewimages Festival (Paris)Golden MaskBodylessPrix Ars Electronica (Austria)Honorary MentionBodyless2019Kaohsiung Film Festival (Kaoshsiung)Special MentionBodylessThe 76th Venice International Film FextivalInteractiveBodyless2017The 74th Venice International Film FestivalBest VR Experience AwardLa Camera Insabbiata2013Public Art Award (Taipei)Art Creation PriceThe Moment We Meet
Publications
Huang Hsin-Chien's XR Insights 2022. The Color Devourer 2016. Technology Mirage 2013. ISBN 9862134224 Pictographic Labyrinth 2003. ISBN 9789574113088
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