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10 Years Retrospective Exhibition of 1839 Contemporary GalleryPublic on-view：2019.04.20 ~ 05.26Opening Reception：04.20  (Sat) 15:00 Venue：1839 Contemporary Gallery（B1, No. 120 Yanji Street, Da’an District, Taipei City 10696, Taiwan R.O.C.）Free Admission What is the 1839 Contemporary? It means from photography invention in 1839 to now.  In order to have many people interest in the photography, understanding and appreciation of […]

Embracing the Beauty of the World with Photography by Christopher Burkett On-View Exhibition│2019/03/02 (Sat) ~ 04/14 (Sun)Reception & Guide│03/09 (Sat) 15:00 ~Venue｜1839 Contemporary Gallery │(02) 2778 8458B1, No. 120 Yanji Street, Da’an District, Taipei 10696, Taiwan (R.O.C)Free Admission Christopher Burkett has been making photographs since 1975. With his wife Ruth by his side, Christopher roamed the […]

New Civilization Landscape photography by Chao Bin-Wen On-View Exhibition│2019/01/12 (Sat) ~ 02/24 (Sun) Meet with artist & Reception│01/12 (Sat) 14:30 ~ Venue｜1839 Contemporary Gallery │(02) 2778 8458 B1, No. 120 Yanji Street, Da’an District, Taipei 10696, Taiwan (R.O.C) Free AdmissionCurator: CHIU, Edward (Tokyo University of the Arts, phD) The 1839 is the year of photography […]

Yoshihiko Uedo│Magical Rainforests Public-onview：November 24~December 30 Meeting with Yoshihiko Ueda: Dec. 1st @14:30 Art talk with Yoshihiko Ueda: Dec. 1st @15:00 (hosted by Edward Chiu) On-line register of art talk: https://goo.gl/forms/wuMo97u4Y5gHx5Mn1 The well-known Japanese photographer Yoshihiko Ueda was born in Hyogo in 1957. He studied under Masanobu Fukuda and Taiji Arita. On one hand, he has […]

Glacier and Iceberg in Antarctica (1967-2018), photographs by Hiroshi Ikeda On-View Exhibition│2018/10/20 (Sat) ~11/18 (Sun) Opening Reception│10/20 (Sat) 14:30 Venue｜1839 Contemporary Gallery │(02) 2778 8458 B1, No. 120 Yanji Street, Da’an District, Taipei 10696, Taiwan (R.O.C) Free Admission 1839 Contemporary Gallery is honored to announce “Glacier and Iceberg in Antarctica” a solo exhibition featuring work […]

Small is Beautiful, a contact print sotries by Bogdan Konopka On-View Exhibition│2018/8/25 (Sat) ~9/30 (Sun) Opening Reception│8/25 (Sat) 14:30 Venue｜1839 Contemporary Gallery │(02) 2778 8458 B1, No. 120 Yanji Street, Da’an District, Taipei 10696, Taiwan (R.O.C) Free Admission Black and white sounds like an absolute simplicity, and there is simplicity in Bogdan’s work, but only […]

Coinciding by Chang Yi-Yun On-View Exhibition│2018/7/14 (Sat) ~ 8/19 (Sun) Meet with artist & photo book signed│7/14 (Sat) 14:30 ~ Venue｜1839 Contemporary Gallery │(02) 2778 8458 B1, No. 120 Yanji Street, Da’an District, Taipei 10696, Taiwan (R.O.C) Free Admission We are pleased to curate the Taiwanese female photographer “Chang Yi-Yun” her recent artworks – “Coinciding” […]

CONTACT PRINT STORIES│Yoshihiko ITO On-View Exhibition│2018/5/23 (Sat) ~ 7/8 (Sun) Meet with Yoshihiko ITO & Artist Talk│6/02 (Sat) 14:30 ~ Curated by│Dr. Edward Chiu Venue｜1839 Contemporary Gallery │(02) 2778 8458 B1, No. 120 Yanji Street, Da’an District, Taipei 10696, Taiwan (R.O.C) Free Admission Yoshihiko Ito was born in Yamagata, Japan, 1951 and graduated from the […]

60th Anniversary of Yosemite Special Edition series by Ansel Adams Pubic On-View：2018/04/13 (Fri)–05/20 (Sun) Venue：1839 Contemporary Gallery (Tel: 02-2778-8458) B1, 120 Yanlji Street, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan ROC Free Admission Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was born in San Francisco and took his first photograph with a Kodak Brownie box camera in Yosemite Valley when he was 14 […]