HOME |   Artists | EXHIBITIONS | ART FAIRS | ABOUT | PUBLICATIONS | WORKS ON OFFER | NEWS | CONTACT  
 
 

Charwei  tsai

     


1980 Born in Taiwan

EDUCATION
 

2010        L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.

                Post-graduate Research Program La Seine.
 

2002        Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts,

                 Industrial Design and Certificate in Art & Architecture History. Providence, USA

CV

 

IMAGES

TEXTS

PUBLICATIONS


SOLO EXHIBITION
 

2012       Espace Louis Vuitton, Singapore. Curated by Eugene Tan.
2012       Asia - One Solo Presentation, Art HK 12: Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, China.

2012       A Pilgrimage Through Light & Spells, Galerie Mor Charpentier, Paris, France.

2012       L’Ombre des Sens, Maison Salvan, Labege, France.

2012       (Two-person exhibition with WU Chi-Tsung).

2011       Thoughtforms, The Guild, Mumbai, India. Curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki.

2011       Elemental Light, TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan.

2011       Gone!, Atelier 7, Paris, France.

2011       My Nature, Deyrolle, Paris, France. Curated by David Rosenberg.

2011       Ah!,  A Tapestry of Sacred Music. The Tunnel, The Esplanade, Singapore.

2009       Between Thoughts and Words, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.

2009       Water, Earth and Air, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia.

2009       Baptism, L’Eglise Saint Severin, Paris, France.

2009       Charwei Tsai: Transience, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, China.     

2008       7 Ideas in 7 Days, Gallery Sora, Tokyo, Japan.

2008       Hydra School Project, CIGE Art Fair, Beijing, China.

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013       Re: emerge Towards a New Cultural Cartography curated by Yuko Hasegawa at Sharjah Biennial 11

2013    ARCO, Madrid, Galerie Mor Charpentie
2013       India Art Fair, New Delhi, presented by The Guild

2013      Art Stage, Singapore, Tina Keng Gallery / TKG+

2012    The Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie, curated by Davide Quadrio & Rudy Tseng & Jenny  

           Chen, Yi&C Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan

2012       Now InkSH Contemporary, Shanghai, China. Curated by Art Hub Asia.
               (Dafne Ayas, Qiu Zhijie, and Davide Quadrio)

2012       Eattopia - Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan. (Traveling)

2012       LOOP, TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan. 

2012       Boundaries on the MoveHerzliya Museum, Herzliya, Israel.

2012       Phantoms of Asia, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA. Curated by Mami Kataoka.

2012       Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan.

2012       ARCO, Madrid, Spain.

2012       Trading Futures, Taipei Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan. Curated by Meiya Cheng and Pauline Yao.

2012       Nomad Store - An Exploration of Young Chinese Creativity - Art, Fashion, Publishing. Presented by ISIS

2012       Gallery at London Newcastle Project Space, London, UK.

2012       Art HK 12: Hong Kong International Art Fair, presented by The Guild

2012       India Art Fair, New Delhi, presented by The Guild

2011       Project Room, Ch. ACO, Santiago, Chile. Curated by Ursula Davila-Villa and Gonzalo Pedraza.

2011       Arrival - Searching for Now, Ruhrtriennale, Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, Germany.

2011       Buddha’s Trace, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

2011       Think Cool, TKG+ (Tunnan), Taipei, Taiwan.

2011       Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan.

2011       Our Magic Hour, Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan.

2011       Eattopia - 2nd Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Taitung Art Museum, Taiwan. Curated by Sean Hu and Yung-Hsien Chen.

2011       Art HK 11: Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, China.

2011       Physical Video, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia.

2011       Paradise, Under RE-construction, ISCP, New York, USA. Curated by Jau-lan Guo.

2011       Silent Significance, LMD Gallery, Paris, France. 

2011       Art Dubai, Dubai, presented by The Guild.

2011       ARCO Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

2011       Dust on the Mirror, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore. Curated by Tony Godfrey.

2011       Myth <-> Reality Constructing Cult-u’re, The Guild, Mumbai, India. Curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki.

2010       Carnet d’Inspiration, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.

2010       Taiwan Calling, Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary.

2010       Tentative Expansion of a Parisian Place (5 Drawing Exercises), Galerie Mor-Charpentier,  Paris, France.

2010       2nd Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

2010       Dust on the Mirror, Djanogly Gallery, University of Nottingham, UK.

2010       Mantras, Moqueries, Monstres et Mutations, Galerie Martine et Thibault de la Châtre,

2010       Paris, France. Curated by David Rosenberg.  

2010       Forum Biennale, Taipei Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan. Curated by Manray Hsu.

2010       Emerging Asian Artists, Art Gwangju, Korea.

2010       Art HK 10: Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, China.

2010       Reshaping History: Chinese Art from 2000-2009, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China.

2010       Graouw, Galerie Intuiti, Paris, France.

2010       The Seven Day Weekend, Museum of L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.

2010       CIRCA Puerto Rico 10, Galeria Casas Riegner, Puerto Rico, USA.

2010       The Tradition of the New, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India.

2009       Perpetual Dialogue, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA.

2009       6th Asia-Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

2009       Art Taipei 2009, Osage Gallery (Hong Kong), Taipei, Taiwan.

2009       Beautifully Banal, Smack Mellon, New York, USA.          

2009       Art HK 09: Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, China.

2009       Taiwan.Doc, Museum of L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.

2009       THE LA LA, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.

2009       Circle, Cartier Foundation, Paris, France. (Online Project)

2008       Space by Federico Herrero, San Jose, Costa Rica.

2008       Gallery Sora, NADA Art Fair, Miami, USA.

2008       Nature Fragile, Museum of Hunting and Nature, Paris, France.

2008       Traces of the Sacred, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Curated by Jean de Loisy.

2007       EAT/ART, Video screening/food/reading at Monkey Town, New York, USA.

2007       Frolic: Humor and Mischief in New Taiwanese Art, 2X13 Gallery, New York, USA. (Traveling exhibition)

2007       21 Cities at Once Performed, Conflux Festival, New York, USA.

2007       Animamix Biennale, Shanghai MoCA, Shanghai, China. Curated by Victoria Lu.

2007       Destroy Athens Biennale, Bettina, Athens, Greece.

               Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany. Curated by Peter

               Weibel and Wonil Rhee.

2007       Étrangère, Transversal, Restaurant du Musée d’art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris, France.

2007       How Far Would You Go For Love?, Cartier, Paris, France. (Online Project)

2006       Belief: First Singapore Biennale, Singapore.      

2006       Summer Hot, Taipei Economic and Cultural Center, New York, USA.

2006       PostER, Hydra Old High School. Hydra Island, Greece. Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis.

2005       J’en Rêve, Cartier Foundation. Paris, France. Curated by Herve Chandes.
  

COLLECTIONS

 

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia

 

PUBLIC TALKS

 

2011        “Artist’s Talk”, JJ School of Art, Mumbai, India. Organized by Clark House Initiative, Mumbai.  

2011        “Dust on the Mirror”, discussion led by Charles Merewhether and Tony Godfrey with artists of

the exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore.

2011        “Artist’s Talk”, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Mysore, India. Invited by NS Harsha.

2010        Roundtable discussion led by artist Chris Evans, Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan. Curated by Tirdad Zolghadr.

2010        “Lovely Daze”, Presentation at Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

2010        “Artist’s Talk”, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. 

2010        “Lovely Daze”, Forum Biennale, Taipei Contemporary Art Center, Taiwan.

2009        “6th Asia Pacific Triennial”, Public Talk, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

2009        “Charwei Tsai: Water, Earth, and Air”, Public Interview with Margaret Throsby,

2009        Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia.

2008        “Traces of the Sacred”, Interview, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

2007        “Fine Print Program – Lovely Daze.” Organizer and Speaker for Panel Discussion at  P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York.

2006        “Artist on Art.” Art Asia Pacific Magazine Artist’s Talk at Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA.

2006        “Lotus Mantra.” Artist’s Talk for VSA at National Council of Social Services at Singapore Biennale.


INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION – Lovely Daze is a curatorial journal of artist’s works and writings published, designed,
and edited by Charwei Tsai in limited editions. www.lovelydaze.com

 

2012         Special Edition: Taipei Contemporary Art Center

2012        “Millenium Magazines”, MoMA Library, New York, USA.

2012        “Nomad Store – An Exploration of Young Chinese Creativity – Art, Fashion, Publishing.” Presented by ISIS
                Gallery at London Newcastle Project Space, London, UK.

2011        “Issue 8: Pilgrimage”, book launch at Printed Matter, New York, USA.

2011        “Issue 8: Pilgrimage”, book launch at Miami Art Basel, Printed Matter, USA.

2010        Lovely Daze Presentation, Bibliotheque Kandinsky, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

2010        London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK.

2010        “Longe Daqui, Aqui Mesmo (Far Away, Right Here)”, 29th Sao Paulo Biennial Library Project, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2010        Tokyo Art Book Fair, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

2010        “On Publications, Portraits, Public Art & Performance”, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK.

2010        “MAGAZIN”, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany.

2009        “Issue 6: A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose”, New York Art Book Fair, P.S.1.                              

2009        Center of Contemporary Art, Long Island City, New York, USA.

2009        “Special Edition: Rose”, book launch, Zine’s Mate, First Tokyo Art Book Fair, Japan.

2008        “Special Edition: Under Influence”, book launch, New York Art Book Fair. New York, USA.

2008        “Special Edition: Under Influence”, book launch, Utrecht. Tokyo, Japan.

2008        “Artist’s Magazines”, exhibition, Art Basel, Switzerland. Curated by AA Bronson & Lionel Bovier.

2008        “Issue 5: Hunters & Gatherers”, book launch, New Jerseyy, Basel, Switzerland.

2008        “Issue 5: Hunters & Gatherers”, exhibition and book launch in collaboration with

2008        Ekovaruhuset, The Gabarron Foundation, Carriage House Center for the Arts, New York, USA.  

2008        “Lovely Daze”, exhibition, About Glamour Gallery, Brooklyn, USA.

2007        “Issue 4: Numbers”, host of closing reception, book launch and performance at New York Art Book Fair, New York, USA.

2007        “Espaces Cartographiques”, exhibition, Fondation des États-Unis. Paris, France.

2006        “Issue 3: When I am alone, everything is so surreal”, book launch and performance at

2006        Whitney Museum at Altria, New York, USA.

2006        “Issue 2: Take a stroll”, book launch and performance at New Museum Bookstore,  New York, USA.

2006        “Lovely Daze”, First New York Art Book Fair, New York, USA.

2006        “MEGAZINES”, exhibition, Visionnaire, New York, USA.

2005        “Issue 1: A day in New York when nothing happens”, book launch and performance at Printed Matter, New York, USA.

 

MONOGRAPHS
 

2012      A Pilgrimage Through Light & Spells. Idem, Paris. With Interview by Leanne Sacramone. (French/English/Chinese)
2009        Charwei Tsai: Water, Earth and Air. Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia. With Introduction by
                Tony Ellwood (Director, Queensland Art Gallery) and Gene Sherman (Director, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation,
                Sydney); Essay by Suhanya Raffel (Deputy Director, Queensland Art Gallery); and Interview by Tony Brown (Director of
                Program La Seine, L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)

2009        Charwei Tsai: Transience. Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, China. With Interview by Lesley Ma (Independent Curator). (English/Chinese)

 

  

Lives and works in Paris and Taipei.

In addition to her art practice, Tsai publishes, edits and designs Lovely Daze, a contemporary art periodical released biannually.

 

     
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
 
 
 
 
 
 

© 2002 The Guild | All rights reserved

Find us on