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2026

CANOPY PROJECT

Imprinted Surface: Skin, Paper, and the Wounds of the City

SHENG-YA FU

2026/7/10 - 8/23

2024 Tung Chung Prize|GHOST IN THE SEA-M
Imprinted Surface: Skin, Paper, and the Wounds of the City begins with a small, bodily experience—like pressing a fingernail into swollen skin to make a cross-shaped mark after an insect bite in the summer, an instinctive gesture to relieve the itch. It is a form of touch and observation prompted by discomfort, a small act of responding to irritation through sensation. “Imprinted Surface” refers not only to swelling skin and emerging traces, but also to a process of gradual revelation: through moments of pause and lingering, attention slowly shifts toward what is fragmented, fleeting, forgotten, or perhaps in need of being forgotten. Continuing the artist’s recent exploration of paper, wounds, and vulnerable states of perception, the exhibition extends its focus from personal bodily experience into urban public space. Using the city park as both setting and point of departure, the works emerge from gestures such as gathering fallen leaves, resting on benches, and attending to street remnants and bodily traces, reconsidering relationships between shelter, pause, seeing, and being seen within the city. Combining printmaking with thermochromic and photochromic inks, the works resist immediate visibility. Viewing becomes a process that requires closeness, waiting, and participation. Between visibility and invisibility, the exhibition seeks to slowly bring forth the overlooked traces of the city—wounds, memories, and moments of temporary pause.
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Dates|2026/7/10 - 8/23 Opening Event|7/11(Sat.) 14:00 Artist Talk|7/18(Sat.) 15:00 Guest speaker: YIN, Pao Ning Workshop|7/25(Sat.) 14:00 Venue ❘ Hong Foundation(12F., No. 9, Sec. 2, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, Taiwan) Opening Hour|11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Closed on Mondays and national holidays )

ARTIST

SHENG-YA FU

The artist primarily works with printmaking and soft sculpture, beginning from observations of everyday paper materials. Through the residues, imprints, and traces absorbed and retained on paper surfaces, the work reflects on what is worthy of preservation and what is erased or rendered invisible. Recent works continue an ongoing observation of family and intimate relationships, while also incorporating experiences of wounds encountered in work settings. The artist reflects on scars, scabs, and processes of bodily repair, relating the formation of wounds to the mark-making qualities of printmaking, where pressure and force leave impressions on a surface. This further connects to an enduring interest in states of vulnerability and sensory perception. Through motifs such as stains, skin flakes, fragments, residues, and recurrence, paper becomes the primary medium for exploring how traces accumulate, transform, and reappear. The work also incorporates thermochromic and photochromic inks, allowing images to shift between visibility and invisibility. Activated through touch, temperature changes, and specific lighting conditions, these materials enable images to emerge gradually, extending the temporality of viewing and perception.
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