Cian-Yu Bai was born in 1984 in Changhua, Taiwan; she lives and works in Amsterdam.

She received an MFA from the Taipei National University of the Arts in 2012 and completed a two-year residency at De Ateliers in 2014.

She presented The Ice in your Eyes at Stevenson, Amsterdam in 2023. Previous solo exhibitions have taken place at Stevenson Cape Town (2022); AdK Actuele Kunst, Amsterdam (2018, 2016); St. Johannes-Evangelist-Kirche, Berlin (2016) and T.N.U.A 8&1/2 Gallery, Taipei (2011). Bai has featured in group exhibitions at Pingtung Art Museum (2024); Stevenson, Cape Town (2023; 2021); Galerie Helder, Den Haag (2020); Royal Palace, Amsterdam (2015-19); VT Artsalon, Taipei (2010-17); Marres - Center for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht (2017); Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (2014); Nanhai Gallery, Taipei (2010); A Gallery, Taipei (2010); Show Gallery, Kaohsiung (2009) as well as AdK Actuele Kunst, Amsterdam (2015-20).

Bai won the 2019 Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst, and 2016 Public Prize of the same award. She is the recipient of the Buning Brongers Prize (2014).

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