Professor & Costume Designer

Yi-Meei Wang, Ph.D.

Professor in the Department of Drama and Theatre at National Taiwan University. Specializing in theatrical costume design, Shakespearean interpretation, costume semiotics, digital fashion, and technology-integrated cultural performance.

Shakespeare Costume Designs

As You Like It - Costume Design

As You Like It (2016)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Po-shen Lu

Venue: Nanhai Theater

As You Like It - Costume Design Scene 2

As You Like It (2016)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Po-shen Lu

Venue: Nanhai Theater

As You Like It - Costume Design Scene 3

As You Like It (2016)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Po-shen Lu

Venue: Nanhai Theater

As You Like It - Costume Design Scene 4

As You Like It (2016)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Po-shen Lu

Venue: Nanhai Theater

Measure for Measure - Scene 1

Measure for Measure (2011)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Po-shen Lu

Venue: NTU Theater

Measure for Measure - Scene 2

Measure for Measure (2011)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Po-shen Lu

Venue: NTU Theater

Measure for Measure - Scene 3

Measure for Measure (2011)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Po-shen Lu

Venue: NTU Theater

Measure for Measure - Scene 4

Measure for Measure (2011)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Po-shen Lu

Venue: NTU Theater

Romeo and Juliet - Metamorphic Version

Romeo and Juliet – Metamorphic Version (2008)

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Chia-ming Wang

Venue: NTU Theater

Research & Expertise

Academic Focus


  • Theatrical costume design & Shakespearean costume interpretation
  • Costume semiotics and material culture
  • Digital fashion, virtual character creation & computer-aided textile design
  • Generative AI application in costume design
  • Design and knowledge management in performing arts

Selected Publications


2022

Wang, Y. M., & Sung, T. J. Symbolic metaphor and interpretation of costume design in Sunlight After Snowfall. Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore.

2022

Wang, Y. M., & Sung, T. J. The costume design management of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Journal of Design.

2013

Wang, Y. M. Classic and Evolution: Digital Costume Design. Chuan Hwa Book Co.

Honors & Exhibitions

Selected Honors


2011

Honor of the Extreme Costume Project

Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Prague

1998

First Prize

25th Taipei Fine Art Exhibition, Taipei Fine Art Museum

1991

New Young Artist of 1991

American Craft Council, USA

International Exhibitions


  • 2025: The Radiance of Contemporary Taiwanese Women Artists, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
  • 2015: Costume at the Turn of the Century, Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Moscow
  • 2009: World Stage Design, OISTAT, Korea
  • 2004: Gwangju Biennale, Korea