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Chia-Wei Hsu, born in Taichung, Taiwan and based in Taipei, Taiwan. Graduate of Le Fresnoy National Studio for Contemporary Arts in France, Chia-Wei Hsu’s work as an artist, filmmaker and curator merges the languages of film and contemporary art and unearths the complex mechanisms behind the production of images. Through his artistic practice, Hsu weaves connections between humans, materials and places that have been overlooked or omitted in conventional historical narratives. Hsu has had solo exhibitions at Museum of National Taipei University of Education (2019; Taiwan), Mori Art Museum (2018; Tokyo, Japan), and Van Abbemuseum (2015; Eindhoven, Netherlands). His works had also been exhibited in other international biennials, museums and film festivals. He is also the curator of 2019 Asian Art Biennial at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (2019; Taichung, Taiwan), Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition at Hong-Gah Museum (2018; Taipei, Taiwan) and THAITAI: A Measure of Understanding at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (2012; Bangkok, Thailand).

“Curators usually demonstrate their research and discourse through the dialogue between the artworks. However, as an artist and curator, I focus on ‘creation’ and ‘practice’ during the exhibition rather than analysis and interpretation.” Chia-Wei Hsu believes that when an artist is in a curatorial mode, it is more like gathering a group of artists to move in the same direction together.

• 2019

  The Strangers from beyond the Mountain and the Sea - 2019 Asian Art Biennial (Co-curator), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

• 2018

  Offline Browser: The 6th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition (Co-curator), Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2013

  ThaiTai: A Measure of Understanding (Co-curator), URS21 Chung Shan Creative Hub, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2012

  ThaiTai: A Measure of Understanding (Co-curator), Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

• 2009

  Dandy & Angel (Co-curator), Open-Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2006

  Document 321─The Document Exhibition of the 5th Anniversary of Open-Contemporary Art Center (Co-curator), Open-Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2005

  Illumination Function─One Work Exhibition 8 (Co-curator), Open-Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2004

  Context Space (Co-curator), NTUA, Taipei County, Taiwan

• 2004

  Ultra Thin (Co-curator), Hwa Shan Culture Park, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2014-2016

  Postgraduate Diploma, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, France

• 2005-2010

  MA, Graduate School of Plastic Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan

• 2001-2005

  BA, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan

• 2018-2021

  Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan

• 2011/7-2013/11

  Director, Open-Contemporary Art Center, Taiwan

• Awards

• 2017/5

  Huai Mo Village, 15th Taishin Arts Award “Grand Prize,” Taiwan

• 2016/4

  Theatre of Sacred Armour, Gold Award - Documentary, 49th WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival, USA

• 2013/9

  Finalist, HUGO BOSS ASIA ART, China

• 2009/12

  March 14, Hong Kong Coliseum, S-An Cultural Foundation Award Competition, Taiwan

• 2008/11

  The Story of Hoping Island, Taipei Arts Awards, Taiwan

• Residency

• 2017/7-2017/8

  Artist residency program, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore), Singapore

• 2016/9-2016/11

  Artist residency program, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• 2014/7-2014/12

  Artist residency program, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

• 2010/4-2010/7

  Artist residency program, The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA

• Solo Exhibition

• 2021/11

  A Performance in the Church─Hsu Chia-Wei’s Solo Exhibition, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2019/4

  Giant Panda, Deer, Malayan Tapir and East India Company─HSU Chia-Wei’s Solo Exhibition, Tung Chung Art Award, Museum of National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2019/4

  Hsu Chia-Wei Solo Exhibition─Black and White Project, Art Brussels, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium

• 2019/1

  HSU Chia-Wei’s Solo Exhibition─Black and White Project, Taipei Dangdai, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2018/10

  Chia-Wei Hsu: Black and White─Malayan Tapir, The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA

• 2018/10

  MAM Screen 009: Hsu Chia-Wei, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

• 2017/6

  HSU Chia-Wei’s Solo Exhibition─Industrial Research Institute of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2016/7

  Huai Mo Village, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2016/3

  Huai Mo Village Project, “Insights” sector, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China

• 2015/11

  Positions #2, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

• 2014/11

  On the Margin of Places, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

• 2013/1

  SH-SY5Y, NTUA Cultural and Creative Industry Park, New Taipei, Taiwan

• 2011/4

  Overdubbing, Sakshi Gallery, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2009/4

  March 14, Hong Kong Coliseum, PING PONG, Taipei, Taiwan