Ching Wen Tsai
| Ching Wen Tsai | |
|---|---|
 Ching Wen Tsai exhibition opening headshot.jpg Tsai in exhibition opening April 2016 | |
| Born | Tsai, Ching-Wen March 30, 1989 Taipei City, Taiwan |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Taiwanese |
| 🏫 Education | Maryland Institute College of Art |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Art installation, Design, Sculpture |
| 🌐 Website | www |
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Ching Wen Tsai (Chinese: 蔡鏡汶; pinyin: Cài Chīngwén,; born 30 March 1989) is a Taiwanese interdisciplinary artist and designer who lives and works in New York City.
Early life and education[edit]
Tsai was born in Tapei city, Taiwan in 1989. She was raised and spent teenage to early 20s between Taiwan and Singapore. She received the first diploma in advertising design from Fu-Hsin Trade & Arts school in Taiwan; second diploma with admission test award of Tuition Grant Scheme from Ministry of Education Singapore and Ngee Ann Kongsi Merit Award Scholarship from Ngee Ann Kongsi in fine art - Western painting from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Singapore from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, Tsai was offered Competitive Scholarship for her bachelor degree in fine arts - interdisciplinary sculpture at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).[1] She was selected and offered funds for Overseas Study Trip - Europe from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2011; Summer Travel Intensive South Africa program from The Winifred M. Gordon ’28 International Programs Award for residency in 2014.
Career[edit]
In the Singapore period, her designed work, Tracing Memories, was selected and included on permanent display of Art in Transit (AIT) programme[2][3] at Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) - Bencoolen MRT Station[4], which is the deepest station with a depth of 43 metres below ground level (equivalent to a 14-storey building)[5] , on the Downtown Line by the Land Transport Authority Singapore in 2011.
Her work has been exhibited in Taiwan, Singapore[6], Japan, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her artworks have been exhibited in galleries among New York, New Jersey and to Long island in Islip Art Museum in 2016[7][8] and 2018; in Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum with award of Excellent Prize by Modern Japan Art Society in 2018.[9][10]; The William V. Musto Cultural Art Center of Union City Museum of Art in 2021. She also participated in art activities including Annual Chashama GALA; Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) Fall for Arts Festival.[11] Tsai had her first solo exhibition, Tranquil Spree, in Brooklyn, New York City in 2017.[12][13][14] She became member of the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association (RIVAA) in 2020.
Artistic works[edit]
Visual Art[edit]
Tracing Memories To preserve the memories of Bencoolen Street used to be, Tsai and her fellow student team collected over 800 iconic images symbolising history and life of Bencoolen submitted by the community. These captured the station’s surroundings as it features patterns, decorative elements, buildings, trees and more.[15] The photos are used to form twelve 1.6m tall human silhouettes.The life-size female silhouettes for the artwork were obtained from still-videos of herself performing painting activity representing her alma mater- Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). The male silhouettes performing student activity represent the Singapore Management University (SMU). Each of the silhouettes are made up of at least 60 similar photos.[16][17] These silhouettes are connected with a string leading towards each of the exit for Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and Singapore Management University (SMU); serving as a form of way finding in the station. The string is therefore used in the artwork as a metaphor that connects the public together.[18] The artworks are situated at the two entrances of the station with ground operation opening to the public since October 2017.[19]
Book[edit]
On The Map Officially published and presented by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador, this bilingual (English-Spanish) art book with text by art historian Jose Rodeiro who teaches at New Jersey City University.
References[edit]
- ↑ Hannan, Patricia (March 12, 2016). "Spiritual Gift Making with Ching Wen Tsai". NY Art Installation, Inc. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ 楊, 杰喻 (October 1, 2017). "市区线第三阶段 乘地铁观赏"地下"艺术" [DTL3; Appreciating ‘underground’ art while taking a train ride]. Lianhe Zaobao Singapore Press Holdings Limited 聯合早報 (in Chinese). Singapore. Retrieved 2021-01-27.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Yeo, JY (October 16, 2017). "DTL3; Appreciating 'underground' art while taking a train ride" (PDF). Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Art Strings Attached" (PDF). Government of Singapore. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Projects C936 Bencoolen Station". BCI Asia Construction Information Pte Ltd. November 13, 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ Yap, Lindsay (June 8, 2019). "Loads to see and do at this art fair". EXPAT LIVING SINGAPORE. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Artists Think "Inside the Box" at Islip Art Museum". Woman Around Town. June 30, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Artists Announced for Islip Art Museum's Slide Slam 2". hamptonsarthub. Hamptons Art Hub LLC. October 18, 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "公募第45回近代日本美術協会展受賞者発表" [Announcement of Winners of the 45th Modern Japan Art Society Exhibition] (in Japanese). 代日本美術協会. 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-27.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "第45回記念近代日本美術協会展作品紹介｜小品公募部門" [45th Anniversary of the Modern Japan Art Society Exhibition Work Introduction] (in Japanese). 代日本美術協会. 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-27.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Emma, Jones (October 15, 2020). "Roosevelt Island Fall for Arts Festival: Reclaiming Our Time". UP Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Tranquil Spree". Artsy. 2017. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ ARTI.NYC (September 3, 2017). ""Tranquil Spree". Ching Wen Tsai's first solo show". Art Week. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Tranquil Spree-Ching Wen Tsai's 15 Sep 2017 – 24 Sep 2017". ArtRabbit. September 3, 2017. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Art in Transit". Land Transport Authority. 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "DTL3; Appreciating 'underground' art while taking a train ride". Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. November 16, 2017. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Bencoolen MRT Station". Land Transport Guru. February 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "NETWORK/Downtown Line". SGTrains. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Bencoolen station". sgWiki. December 14, 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
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