Fangas Nayaw
Co-Artistic Director of Fist & Cake Production. Indigenous creative performing artist. His recent performance, choreography, and creations stretch across film, drama, and dance; thus, he gained the name, “Creative Monster.” His creative styles vary and probe into the nature of human taxes and dynamics, which led him to submerge himself in nature and search within it. His directing piece, “Mailulay: Traces on the Wall,” won the 14th Taishin Arts Award annual top five artworks prize. Another, “A Song Within Us,” was shortlisted in South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festivals and Kaohsiung Film Festival VR competing films. He was the choreographer for the opening program of the Taipei 2017 29th Summer Universiade and resident artist in Xitee International Art Village in Paris in 2018. His curatorial and directing work, “Three Hundred Masingkiay Songs,” was invited to Cosmopoli Biennale at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He was the performance curator and coordinator of 2020, 2021 Nuit Blanche Taipei, and 2021 Taiwan Cultural Expo theme house. He was invited to participate in the 2021 Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Taiwan Indigenous Exhibition in Australia. As a director, choreographer, performer, and lecturer, Fangas Nayaw has participated in numerous artworks and activities in various venues, including National Theatre & Concert, National Taichung Theater, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), and Taipei Art Festival.
