Join us at the Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery on Saturday 10/18 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm for the opening reception of “Tracing the Layers: A Message from Taiwan”, a group exhibition of works by 5 contemporary Taiwanese artists, curated by Yen-Hua Lee, the 2025 recipient of the Goldmark Cultural Center’s Anthony Okonofua International Artist Residency.
The exhibition features works by Wen-Tao Liu, Tzuying Sung, Bu Xiao, Yan-Ru Li, and Yukaotani and Hank Ou from O2 Lab Art&Tech.
During the reception, curator Yen-Hua Lee will present an artist talk about the exhibition.
The exhibition is on display from 10/13 to 10/25 in the Ruth Andres Gallery.
Free admission and parking. 13999 Goldmark Dr, Dallas TX 75240.
About the Exhibition
Tracing the Layers: A Message from Taiwan brings together five contemporary artists from Taiwan—O2 LAB Art & Tech, Wen-Tao Liu, Tzu-Ying Sung, Bu Xiao, and Yan-Ru Li—in an exhibition curated by Yen-Hua Lee, on view at the Goldmark Cultural Center in Dallas from October 13 to 25, 2025.
The exhibition explores how everyday cultural elements from Taiwan can be “traced” across layers of material, memory, and meaning. Through media ranging from installation and sculpture to mixed media, collage, and visual mapping, the works investigate themes of identity, spatial memory, urban tension, and hidden histories.
Highlights include:
O2 LAB’s light-based paper installation that evokes Taiwan’s mountainous landscapes and layered cultural heritage.
Liu’s transformation of housing advertisements into a quiet critique of real estate inequality.
Sung’s cultural collages using transparent tape as a metaphor for Taiwan’s complex past.
Xiao’s soft, scent-infused sculptures that question the contrast between humble materials and luxury aesthetics.
Li’s delicate architectural drawings that archive domestic space and memory.
Together, the artists offer a message from Taiwan that is nuanced, layered, and deeply resonant with questions of place, history, and contemporary life.
About the Curator
Yen-Hua Lee was born in Taiwan. She earned a Master of Arts from the University of Dallas in 2004, and obtained an MFA from Northern Illinois University in 2007. She has received numerous accolades, including the First Prize at the 2024 Taiwan Emerging Art Award, First Place at Studio Montclair in 2008, First Place at the Newark Arts Council’s Open Doors 08, First Place at West of Center Art House in Northville, Michigan, and the 3rd Fiber Creation Award from the Museum of Fiber Arts in Taichung, Taiwan. She has also been awarded several art residency fellowships.
Her work has been exhibited in Taiwan, Poland, China, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Russia, and the United States. Lee has held over 30 solo exhibitions at prestigious venues, including the Zarya Center of Contemporary Art, Cooper Union School in New York City, Chiayi Art Museum in Taiwan, Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan, National Tsing Hua University Art Center in Taiwan, Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo in Jalisco, Mexico, CYCU Art Center in Taiwan, Dallas Contemporary in the USA, NY Studio Gallery in New York City, Taipei Cultural Center in New York City, and Gallery Uno in Chicago.
She has also participated in group exhibitions at notable institutions such as the Aomori Contemporary Art Centre in Japan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Pier-2 Art Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Yingge Ceramic Museum in Taiwan, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan, Taitung Art Museum in Taiwan, China Ceramic Museum in China, Chelsea Art Museum in NYC, Katonah Museum in New York, Masur Museum of Art in Louisiana, Westchester Biennial in 2008, 2010, and 2012 in New York, and the ARWI International Art Fair in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2007.
Her works are part of the collections of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the Kohler Arts Center in the USA, the Taichung City Government’s Port Art Center, the China Ceramic Museum in Jingdezhen, China, as well as private collections both domestically and internationally.