Bo-yi Wu (b. 1998)
Bo-yi is a multidisciplinary artist based between London and Taipei. His practice investigates the tensions between nature, technology, and systems of human control. Working primarily with invasive plant species—particularly Japanese Knotweed—Wu employs traditional papermaking techniques to transform these materials into both substance and metaphor. Through this process, he examines how plants are reclassified, governed, and narrated across cultural, legal, and ecological frameworks. Merging disappearing craft with contemporary art, his work offers renewed perspectives on environmental politics and cultural heritage.
Education
2022-2024 Goldsmiths University of London, MFA Fine Art
2017-2021 National Taiwan University of Arts, BFA Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Boundaries of Coexistence, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Walking the Line, Experimental Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2021 Existence, Experimental Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Group Exhibitions
2025 Spaceshifting, Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL), London, UK (upcoming)
2025 Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Burgh House, London, UK (upcoming)
2024 Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art degree show, London, UK
2023 When you force a melon from the vine, it won’t be sweet, Safehouse, London, London, UK
2021 HILL, NTUA, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2021 Development and Encroachment, NTUA Experimental Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2021 NTUA Sculpture Annual Exhibition, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2020 NTUA Sculpture Annual Exhibition, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2020 The 11th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2019 The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2018 The 9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Award
2025 Royal Society of Sculptors, Winner of Gilbert Bayes Award
2021 NTUA Sculpture Annual Exhibition, Mixed Media, Second/ Third Prize
2020 NTUA Sculpture Annual Exhibition, Mixed Media, Second Prize
Art Community Involvement
2024 Volunteer, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
2019 Volunteer, Setouchi Triennale, Kagawa, Japan
Work Experience
2022 Exhibition Assistant, YO-CHANG ART MUSEUM, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Project Planning and Production of Artist Interviews
吳柏毅
活躍於倫敦與台北兩地的跨領域藝術家，創作關注自然、科技與人類控制系統之間的張力。他主要以入侵植物——特別是日本虎杖——作為材料，運用傳統造紙工藝，將這些被視為威脅的植物轉化為兼具物質性與隱喻性的創作形式。透過這樣的實踐，他探討植物如何在文化、法律與生態制度中被重新命名、治理與敘述。其作品融合逐漸消逝的工藝與當代藝術語彙，試圖為當代生態政治與文化遺產提供新的觀看視角。
學歷
2022–2024 倫敦大學金匠學院 藝術創作碩士｜倫敦，英國
2017–2021 國立臺灣藝術大學 雕塑學士｜新北市，台灣