Fangas Nayaw

Born in Taitung, Taiwan. Fangas is an artist, director, choreographer, and performer. His versatile practices probe into the dynamics of audience participation and the possibilities of new technology in the performing arts, while constantly reflecting on his indigenous identity and cultural tradition as Amis. 

His VR film work, A Song within Us, was selected in the SXSW VR competition 2020, while the performance work, masingkiay: Co-creating a Collective, was invited to Cosmopolis #2 in Pompidou Centre, Paris in 2019. His directorial and choreographic work, Mailulay, won the 14th Taishin Arts Award in 2016. He was an invited artist of 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art and 2023 Munich Dance Festival.