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 currently presents My Heartbeat Singing at Midnight at Stevenson Amsterdam, following The Ice in your Eyes (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); Hive Center for Contemporary Art (2023); 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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