Contact
For private commissions or to request further information:
email | wanrulin@rurubombltd.co.uk
instagram | @rurubombart
email | wanrulin@rurubombltd.co.uk
instagram | @rurubombart
Lin, Wan Ru
ABOUT
Lin, Wan-Ru 林宛儒 was born in Taiwan but lives and works in London. She is based at Thames Side Studio. Fascinated by the possibilities of photography and videography, Wan-Ru has engaged analogue dark-room techniques alongside digital images and documentary videos. With a focus on process and aesthetics, Wan-Ru has approached topics including dream, time, environment and manipulation of materials, light and photographic technologies, always questioning the possibility of the image.
STUDIO
2022 Oct- now Thames-Side Studios
Lin, Wan-Ru 林宛儒 was born in Taiwan but lives and works in London. She is based at Thames Side Studio. Fascinated by the possibilities of photography and videography, Wan-Ru has engaged analogue dark-room techniques alongside digital images and documentary videos. With a focus on process and aesthetics, Wan-Ru has approached topics including dream, time, environment and manipulation of materials, light and photographic technologies, always questioning the possibility of the image.
STUDIO
2022 Oct- now Thames-Side Studios
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024~2025 Light, Time and Riverbank, solo Exhibiiton, Themes Side Studios: Lounge, London , UK (29.11-05.01)
2017 Un- Consciousness Perceiver, 2 People Solo Exhibition, St James Hatcham Church, London, UK (05.10-09.10)
2012 憶。聲 Episodic Sound Story, 2 People Solo Exhibition, Ku Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (14.05-27.05) (Extend by Gallery to 31.05)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023-2025 Annually; Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Woolwich Open, London, UK
2021 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival, */ ADAF 2021, Athens, Greece (20.09-31.10)
2021 Environmental Alterations, Loosen Art, Rome, Italy (14.09-22.09)
2021 Re:store Re:new Re:imagine - Finding balance through art, Willesden Gallery, London, UK (05.08-03.09)
2021 195th RSA Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Virtual Gallery Group Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland (02.04-30.05)
2021 Re:store Re:new Re:imagine - Finding balance through art, Virtual Gallery Group Exhibition, Willesden Gallery, Wembley, UK ︎ (06.02-28.02)
2017 13th Athens Digital Arts Festival, */ ADAF 2017, Video Art, Post Utopia Collection, Athens, Greece (18.05-21.05)
2017 The Spring Salon, Candid Art Trust, London (30.03-06.04)
2017 The Spring Collection, curated by Focus LDN, Menier Gallery, London, UK ︎ (28.02-02.03)
2016 XV Degree Show, Visual Design & Group Exhibition, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK (07.07-11.07)
2012 10 The Ten Degree Show, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, TW (08.06-10.06)
2011 DuPont™ Home 2050: Tyvek®+Corian®+Kevlar®; Ms Helene Löfman; DuPont™, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2011 From Analogue to Digital and Back Again, Mr Scott Hessels + Mr Jen-Hui Liao; Worshop, Group Exhibition: Lost & Found™, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2010 Tangible Interfaces, Ms Alessia Giardino X Professor Pey-Chwen Lin, Workshop, Group Exhibition, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2010 Ty…What ?, Workshop, Group Exhibition, Tyvek®; DuPont ™ Tyvek®, Workshop, Group Exhibition, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2010 AiQ Smart Cloth, Workshop, Group Exhibition, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan,
GUEST ARTIST
2023 eye4change X Arts Council England, London
PUBLISHED WORK
2025 Book: Gatedarkroom Bare/ Bear
2020 Issue 8- Exhibition-The Environment Issue, Haus_A_Rest ︎
INTERVIEW
2023 eye4change X Arts Council England︎
2021 Environmental Alterations, Loosen Art ︎
2017 Wan-Ru Lin: Finding Light in the Dark, Focus LDN︎
TEACHING
2020 - now Online Teacher, SkillShare,
Staff Pick : Illuminating Films: How to Create Compelling Abstract Art at Home ︎Staff Pick : Futuristic Imaging: Photoshopping Your Pictures into Abstract Art︎ Yes! You Can: Churning Out Unstoppable Art Ideas ︎
EDUCATION
2016 – 2017 MRes in Filmmaking , Photography & Electronic Arts
Goldsmiths , University of London, London, UK
2015 – 2016 MA in Photography : The Image & Electronic Art,
Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
2008 – 2013 BA in Media and Visual Communication Design,
Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
FEATURE
Invert/Extent press (2021), Dark & Moody Photography (2020)
2024~2025 Light, Time and Riverbank, solo Exhibiiton, Themes Side Studios: Lounge, London , UK (29.11-05.01)
2017 Un- Consciousness Perceiver, 2 People Solo Exhibition, St James Hatcham Church, London, UK (05.10-09.10)
2012 憶。聲 Episodic Sound Story, 2 People Solo Exhibition, Ku Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (14.05-27.05) (Extend by Gallery to 31.05)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023-2025 Annually; Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Woolwich Open, London, UK
2025 Friends Together, Co-curated with Frank Creber, House of Denna, London, UK (10.02-07.03)
2024 2nd edition of the ECO Feminism Festival, The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park London, UK
(13.03-17.03)
2024 “Bear/ Bare”, Group Exhibition with members from The Gate Darkroom, Thames-Side Studios: Lounge, London, UK (01.02-25.02)
2023 NEW WAVE, Group Exhibition, part of Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays, Spitalfields Studios, London, UK (06.07-05.10) 2022 192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Dublin, Ireland (23.05- 24.07)
2024 “Bear/ Bare”, Group Exhibition with members from The Gate Darkroom, Thames-Side Studios: Lounge, London, UK (01.02-25.02)
2023 NEW WAVE, Group Exhibition, part of Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays, Spitalfields Studios, London, UK (06.07-05.10) 2022 192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Dublin, Ireland (23.05- 24.07)
2021 Environmental Alterations, Loosen Art, Rome, Italy (14.09-22.09)
2021 Re:store Re:new Re:imagine - Finding balance through art, Willesden Gallery, London, UK (05.08-03.09)
2021 195th RSA Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Virtual Gallery Group Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland (02.04-30.05)
2021 Re:store Re:new Re:imagine - Finding balance through art, Virtual Gallery Group Exhibition, Willesden Gallery, Wembley, UK ︎ (06.02-28.02)
2017 13th Athens Digital Arts Festival, */ ADAF 2017, Video Art, Post Utopia Collection, Athens, Greece (18.05-21.05)
2017 The Spring Salon, Candid Art Trust, London (30.03-06.04)
2017 The Spring Collection, curated by Focus LDN, Menier Gallery, London, UK ︎ (28.02-02.03)
2016 XV Degree Show, Visual Design & Group Exhibition, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK (07.07-11.07)
2012 10 The Ten Degree Show, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, TW (08.06-10.06)
2011 DuPont™ Home 2050: Tyvek®+Corian®+Kevlar®; Ms Helene Löfman; DuPont™, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2011 From Analogue to Digital and Back Again, Mr Scott Hessels + Mr Jen-Hui Liao; Worshop, Group Exhibition: Lost & Found™, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2010 Tangible Interfaces, Ms Alessia Giardino X Professor Pey-Chwen Lin, Workshop, Group Exhibition, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2010 Ty…What ?, Workshop, Group Exhibition, Tyvek®; DuPont ™ Tyvek®, Workshop, Group Exhibition, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2010 AiQ Smart Cloth, Workshop, Group Exhibition, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan,
GUEST ARTIST
2023 eye4change X Arts Council England, London
PUBLISHED WORK
2025 Book: Gatedarkroom Bare/ Bear
2020 Issue 8- Exhibition-The Environment Issue, Haus_A_Rest ︎
INTERVIEW
2023 eye4change X Arts Council England︎
2021 Environmental Alterations, Loosen Art ︎
2017 Wan-Ru Lin: Finding Light in the Dark, Focus LDN︎
TEACHING
2020 - now Online Teacher, SkillShare,
Staff Pick : Illuminating Films: How to Create Compelling Abstract Art at Home ︎Staff Pick : Futuristic Imaging: Photoshopping Your Pictures into Abstract Art︎ Yes! You Can: Churning Out Unstoppable Art Ideas ︎
EDUCATION
2016 – 2017 MRes in Filmmaking , Photography & Electronic Arts
Goldsmiths , University of London, London, UK
2015 – 2016 MA in Photography : The Image & Electronic Art,
Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
2008 – 2013 BA in Media and Visual Communication Design,
Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
FEATURE
Invert/Extent press (2021), Dark & Moody Photography (2020)