Una Ursprung was born in 1985 in Taipei, Taiwan. She graduated from the Taipei National University of the Arts in 2007, and Ecole Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne site Quimper in France in 2011 (from which she received Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique, the highest honor awarded by the National Arts Councils and Culture Agencies). Ursprung’s focal theme lies in landscapes, particularly forests and trees. Every forest from different stages echoes her life experiences at the time. Since 2016, Ursprung has been residing in Swiss countryside where she developed new methods of painting. She employs abstract lines to create a vivid contrast through the combination of oil painting and spray painting. The visual message conveyed through the landscape does not collapse with the spray painting process but is rather expressed from the inner instead of the outer intentions. Moreover, brushstrokes that carry the body and subliminal messages float across the surface, transforming and reconstructing the visual message. Her works have been exhibited in Taipei, London, and Paris.
UNA URSPRUNG
EDUCATION
| 2011 | MFA, Ecole Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne, Quimper, France
(Graduated with a DNSEP with honors from the EESAB in Quimper) |
| 2007 | BFA, Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan |
AWARDS AND FUNDING
| 2022 | “The 72nd Jeune creation”, Selected, Paris, France |
| 2012 | “The 57th Le Salon de Montrouge”, Selected, Paris, France |
Selected Press
- 2020.05 How long has it been since you absorbed phytoncides from nature? Let her take you to experience the most free Swiss forest bathing!
- 2017.10_Today’s Art_The turning point of the two-sex forest.jpg
- 2017.10_Beautiful Lady_Xu Changyu Met a Quiet Forest.pdf
- 2017.09 Transformed into an Elves Dancing in the Forest – Xu Changyu’s New Works Solo Exhibition
- 2014.04 Prestige｜2014.04 Art Tribute: Moments in Light
- 2012.03 CANS ｜ Wanderer at the End of the World
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | “Gemstone Forest”, Galerie PJ, Metz, France |
| 2021 | “Following Nature”, Delphian Gallery, London, UK |
| 2017 | “Accomplishing a Forest”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2014 | “Journeys to Recover Your Future”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2011 | “La flâneuse du Finistère”, Piaopiao Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2007 | “Lake”, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- “The 22nd Graduate Exhibition of the Department of Fine Arts”, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Une autre situation”, EESAB, Quimper, France
- “AD HOC”, Church of Kerfeunteun, Quimper, France
- “Nucleus”, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland
- “Contemporary Classics: A Joint Exhibition of Ten Young Artists”, A Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Les paysages en été”, Piaopiao Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Miscellaneous”, EESAB, Quimper, France
- “Art Taipei”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Exploring With a Balloon – Taiwan Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Young Art Taipei”, Sheraton Grande Taipei Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
- “The Delightful Color of Spring”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “The 57th Le Salon de Montrouge”, Paris, France
- “A Paris Apparus”, Galerie Les Petits Carreaux, Paris, France
- “Art Taipei”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- “The Following Shadow”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Spring Exhibition Starry Night Sky”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Art Kaohsiung”, Chateau de Chine, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- “Art Kaohsiung”, Chateau de Chine, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- “Walking by Taiwanese Art: 1927-2014”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Art Taichung”, Millennium Hotels, Taichung, Taiwan
- “Wondrous Artistry & Diamond Mastery”, De Beers Diamond and Artistry Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Young Art Taipei”, Regent, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Kiss Kiss My Baby”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “The Decay of the Angel”, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Art Kaohsiung 2015”, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- “Art Taipei 2015 ”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Art in the Library II – Summer Festival Exhibition”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- “Art Tainan”, Tayih Landis Hotel, Tainan, Taiwan
- “Freshness of March”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
| “Art16 London”, Olympia Grand, London, UK |
| “A Place of One’s Own”, Juming Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan |
| “Art Düsseldorf 2017”, Areal Böhler, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| “ArtFormosa 2017”, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Eslite Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan |
“Art Taipei 2018”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
“Art in the Library III – Spring Festival Exhibition”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
| “Where we once were someone”, online exhibition, Yngspc, Wisconsin, USA
“Art Tainan 2019”, Tayih Landis Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan |
| “Trio show”, Galerie Tracanelli, Grenoble, France
“Home Game”, online exhibition, Saint Maison Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “Aurelia Arts Festival”, online exhibition, Aurelia Arts Fest, London, UK “Wild”, Salle Dutrievoz, Bastille, Grenoble, France “Holiday”, online exhibition, A Way gallery, British Columbia, Canada “Duo show”, Galerie Tracanelli, Grenoble, France “Greetings from Miami”, Hashimoto contemporary, New York, USA “Becoming Habits: Chapter one”, Studi0, St Moritz, Switzerland |
| “Rush of spring”, online exhibition, Steak Galley, Edinburgh, Scotland
“The top 100”, The auction collective, London, UK “Art on the postcard”, Hoxton Gallery, London, UK “Shattered speech”, Grove collective, London, UK “Delphian Open Call Winner Exhibition”, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK “Dandelion”, Delphian Gallery, Basel, Switzerland “Yellow Square”, Galerie Tracanelli, ESAD, Grenoble, France |
| “72th Jeune création festival”, Fondation Fiminco, Romainville, France
“Life Goes On! Group Exhibition”, Rich Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan “In the Garden”, Galerie PJ, Metz, France “Fin de travaux”, Galerie Tracanelli, Grenoble, France |
“Face au rêve”, Galerie PJ, Metz, France
“Art Busan 2024”, Galerie PJ, BEXCO Busan, Korea
“17th DAEGU International art fair”, Galerie PJ, EXCO Daegu, Korea
| “Art Tainan”, Silks Place Tainan, Liang Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan |
