MO WORKS: "MOTES OF LIVING LIGHT"

Short film by

Thomas Jacobi (Direction and Images)

with

Dave Greygoose (Poem & Voice)

Eddie McGuire (Music)

Yupin Chung (Translation)

Glasgow 2011

Part of the exhibition 'China through the Lens of John Thomson 1868-1872' at The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012 "7000 Imprints 印記 7000 Abdrucke", Wandelhalle Bad Wildungen, Germany
2010 "Culture of Capital" Liverpool Biennial 2010, Liverpool, UK
2010 "SANCTUARY", St George's German Lutheran Church, London, UK
2010 "Cleansing the House with Ink" 以墨洗宅, Ricefield Arts and Cultural Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2009 "the shadow of the hand writes before the thought" / "Cleansing the House with Ink", CLIMATE FOR CHANGE, Fact, Liverpool, UK
2009 "From A Distance - At Close Range II", Ricefield Arts and Cultural Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2008 "Local Heroes", View Two Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2008 "From A Distance - At Close Range", View Two Gallery, Liverpool Biennial 2008, Liverpool, UK
2007 "100=1" Exhibition, Fuzhou, China
2007 "Art and Environment", International Art Symposium and Exhibition, Xiamen Fine Arts Museum, Xiamen, China
2007 "German Garden", Cenentary Celebration Exhibition, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2005 "Welcome to China!", Exhibition and Performance, Rosary Gallery, Fuzhou, China
2005 "Hidden Treasures at Public Places", LCB Depot, Leicester, UK
2005 "...may contain traces of...", Leonardo Art Center, Uppingham, UK
2004 "Textures", Recent Paintings and Prints, The City Art Gallery, Leicester, UK
2003 "New Abstract Oil Paintings", Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
2003 "Interior", G. Gelbert Showroom, Cologne, Germany
1999 "The Sublime - Attempts of Location Finding", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
1998 and 2002 Solo Exhibitions, German Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1998 "Paintings in Broken Taiwanese", Pacific Cultural Foundation Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1990 Master Degree Show, MAK, Museum for Applied Art, Vienna, Austria

TALKS AND INVITED LECTURES

2013 "Form and Function: A Square Huanghuali Table", The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, UK
2012 "Think globally - Work locally", Deutsche Kulturwoche, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
2012 "Die Sprache der Textur", Wandelhalle Bad Wildungen, Germany
2011 "The Creative Act - From Material to Meaning", Nankai University, Tianjin, China
2011 "Unrolling Chinese Scrolls", Confucius Institute/Hunterian Museum/University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
2010 "Four Seasons' Drinks in China", The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, UK
2009 Visiting Lecturer and Artist in Residence, CAA, Hangzhou, China
2009 " 'Mo' Work to Do. Recent Ink Rubbings and Pigment Works on Paper", Huntarian Art Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2008 "From A Distance - At Close Range", Working in China 2005 - 2008, China Talks Symposium, View Two Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2008 "Serving the West with 'Yeast': New Treasures from the Art Workshop China", International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 "View Two - Paintings on Chinese Porcelain and Chinese Porcelain on Paintings", National Museums Liverpool, UK
2007 "In Search of a New Sincerity", The Real Thing - Contemporary Art from China, Liverpool Tate, Liverpool, UK
2006 "Contemporary Art Market and Creative Clusters at M50, Shanghai", Kings College London, UK
2006 "Take a Seat and Have a Cup of Art at M50, Shanghai", International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Vienna, Austria
2006 "Cleansing the House with Ink", Artist Talk, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral Art Foundation, Bad Ems, Germany
2006 "Welcome to China", Talk and Workshop, Leonardo Art Center, Uppingham School, Uppingham, UK
2005 Invited Lectures, Department of Fine Arts, Wu Yi Shan College, Wu Yi Shan City, China
2005 "The Artist's Voice between Creation and Interpretation - Intentionality and Distance", Tate Liverpool Research Forum, Liverpool, UK
2001 Invited Lectures, Department of Fine Arts, Teachers College, Taipei, Taiwan

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