wen gum gum (b. 1994, Taipei) is a Taiwanese artist whose practice centers on painting and video installation, grounded in a research-based exploration of visual culture. Her work examines how mass media constructs public ideology and idealized images, especially regarding gender representation.
Through image-making, she investigates emotional states, inner spirituality, and internet-driven absurdity. Often featuring fragmented or bodiless figures, her practice critiques objectification while reimagining agency and presence.
Over the past five years, wen gum gum has developed a body of work informed by feminist and queer theory—especially the politics of pleasure and visibility. Embracing distortion, theatricality, and irony, her figures resist conventional portrayals of femininity, functioning as tools for decoding cultural codes and expanding the boundaries of identity.
Her solo exhibition Good Will Hunting (2022, FreeS Art Space, Taipei) explored bodily pleasure through camp aesthetics and feminist critique. In 2023, Of Mice and Women (Back.Y Gallery, Taipei) extended these questions by examining the spectacle of the bodiless female form, fetishization, and queer visuality. In 2025, her focus shifts to visual essays, marginalized queer strategies, and the critical language of contemporary image-making.
In addition to her studio practice, wen gum gum is a graphic t-shirt designer and zine publisher, using independent print media to share visual experiments and cultural commentary. Her work has recently been exhibited in Tokyo, Metro Manila, Switzerland, and Denmark.
近年個展《Good Will Hunting》（2022，福利社）以camp美學回應身體快感與女性主義批判；《Of Mice and Women》（2023，伊日Back.Y）延續對無身體女性形象的注視，深入探討物化、觀看與酷兒視覺性。在2025年的創作中，聚焦於影像論述、邊緣酷兒策略與當代圖像語言的批判實踐。
除藝術創作外，亦從事圖像T-shirt設計與小誌出版，透過獨立印刷媒介進行視覺實驗與文化評論。作品曾於東京、馬尼拉、瑞士與丹麥等地展出。
除工作室創作外，亦從事圖像T恤設計與zine出版，運用獨立印刷媒介延伸視覺實驗與文化評論。作品曾於東京、大馬尼拉、瑞士與丹麥展出。