About Mizzonk

Post-Contemporary Installation Art Duo

Mizzonk is the name of the artist duo Wan-Yi Lin and Roger Chen. Both are Taiwanese Canadians and graduates of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

Established in Brooklyn and based in British Columbia since 2002, they have collaborated for over two decades, focusing on design in earlier years and fine art in recent years.

Mizzonk has received awards including the Accent on Design Award in New York City and the TID Award for Space Installation Art in Taipei. Their works were carried by museum stores, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC. Recent projects include a year-long participatory art project in Maple Ridge, BC; public art installations in La Conner, WA, Tacoma, WA, and Pingtung, Taiwan; a solo installation at the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle, WA; and exhibitions at Art Taipei and the Richmond Art Gallery, BC.

Mizzonk's H O M E ≠ H•O•M•E installation, funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and BC Arts Council, explores the fine line between loneliness and solitude. Rooted in the Zen Buddhist teaching “Be a home for yourself,” and drawn on Wan-Yi's latch
Mizzonk's post-contemporary installation A Journey Within is a public participatory art project, providing a safe and contemplative space for introspection.
A Grieving Gift by Mizzonk explores the transcendental meaning of death, intangible realms, and a construct beyond the confines of the reasoning mind. The title, A Grieving Gift, reflects the paradox of grief: while painful, it can lead to a deeper s
Funded by BC Arts Council and currently in development, Mizzonk's INSIGHT dives deep into the reflective practice as taught in Ancient Eastern Psychology, inviting viewers to experience an inner transformation through Roger's multi-year self-document
An image of Mizzonk Billboard Art in Pingtung, Taiwan. Mizzonk's Chingtao 21 Billboard Art Project is a deliberate act of reclamation, a response to an intrusive urban development. The inaugural work, Where are you? is more than a question of place,
A detail from Mizzonk's H O M E ≠ H•O•M•E (Home but Not Home)- a clock frozen in a distant memory, marking the transformative moment of shifting from loneliness to solitude.
Mizzonk’s installation War confronts conflict, divides, and the human compulsion for victory. The work envelops the viewer within a triangular "war zone," where the words "I will win" resonate in 75 languages, juxtaposed with the universal game of ro
A detail of the A Journey Within by Mizzonk. In this participatory project, many people "shared responses stem from a place of profound personal reflection and authticity.The stories, though brief, are strangely all-encompassing, often carrying the i
The childhood table from Mizzonk's H O M E ≠ H•O•M•E (Home but Not Home), an automated installation. It is a table that contains distant memories that fade upon a mental switch. When switched off, it is a table of a curious inquirer. The title invite
This is an exhibition view of Mizzonk's Six Acres, presented by the Richmond Art Gallery. Six Acres is a two-channel video installation produced from numerous intuitive watercolour drawings inspired by 20 years of coexisting with nature. Artists Wan-