Ivan is an artist and a researcher. He has a strong background in science, trained as a physicist at the Max-Planck Institute (Germany) and Imperial College London (UK). He is currently an Assistant Professor of Applied Arts at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. His current works explore the theoretical models in sciences and realizing them in the form of visual art, installation, and performances. He enjoys engaging the public and make them wonder about the internal mechanism of our world and how all things are connected by simple and elegant ideas. He is also the Founder of art collective Legacy Lab International.
Education
- 2002 – 2007 Dr. rer. nat in Theoretical Physics, Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany
- 1999 – 2002 BA & MSci in Physics, Imperial College London, UK
Employment History
- 2016 – Present Assistant Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
- 2015 – Present Advisor, Taipei City Government
- 2013 – Present Founder and Director, Legacy Lab International Ltd.
- 2009 – 2012 Researcher, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
- 2008 – 2009 Researcher, Max-Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany
- 2007 – 2008 Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Art Residency
- 2014 iMAL, Center for Digital Culture and Technology, Brussels
Awards
- 2017 National Fine Art Award (New Media Art), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
- 2015 First Prize, Star of Creative Industry Award, Ministry of Culture
- 2015 Nominated, The 6th Digital Arts Performance Award Taiwan
- 2014 Distinction, Public Space Design, Taipei International Design Award