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LAST UPDATE : 2023.09.1 / EDITOR : tcaa
13 artworks / 16 exhibition / 0 essays

Ming-Jiun Tsai was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1981, and Nantou is her hometown. She has been a nomad moving between different countries, cities and houses since age sixteen. As an observer, her long-term relationship with art – studying and working in the field of art since junior high school – stimulates her interests in the relationship between art, public and society. As an independent curator and artist, Ming-Jiun Tsai’s projects are often site and context specific involving working closely with different collaborators and producing commissions. Recently, her care of environment, nature and biological issues leads her project into environment without walls.

Ming-Jiun Tsai is currently a full-time assistant professor in short-term contract in Tunghai University Department of Fine Arts. Her curatorial projects in recent three years include ‘2019 Madou Sugar Industry Art Triennial’, ‘Oasis’, ‘Collective Negative Space Village – Ministry of Culture: Taiwan Air Force Innovation Base Experimental Architecture Project’, ‘Knead and Gain – HOU Chun Ming Interview project’ and ‘Post-Ecolonialism Project – Practice Rooted in Communities’.

birth year
1981
Place of Birth
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
education
2010
MFA in Curating Department of Art
Goldsmiths College
2006
MFA in Fine Art Department of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts and Creative Design
2003
Bachelor Degree of Education Department of Arts
National Hsinchu University of Education
experience
2019
Present Position
Department of Fine Arts, Tunghai University Assistant Professor on short-term contract
2015
Resigned
Department of Fine Arts, Tunghai University Lecturer on short-term contract
2014
Resigned
Crane Gallery Exhibition Pproducer
2013
Resigned
Derive Art Founder (Exhibitions Curator & Administration Manager)
2012
Resigned
The Quan Curatorial Team.Micro-Creative Extension Programme at Stock 20 Exhibitions Curator & International Contact
2010
Resigned
Taipei Biennial Research assistant of Hongjohn Lin
2009
Resigned
British Art Show 7 Member of the Reflection Committee
2008
Resigned
The Quan Artist Agency Co. Ltd Projects Manager
2007
Resigned
L’orangerie International Art Consultant at Stock 20 Programmes Manager
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2006
The Unbroken Pieces
Tunghai University Art Centre , Taichung , Taiwan
2005
Track II – Weekly Tracking
23B in Stock20 , Taichung , Taiwan
2005
What do you see?
23B in Stock20 , Taichung , Taiwan
2014
Artists at TAV: Chun-ta Yves Chiu
Taipei Artist Village , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
Tung-Hai as An Adjective
Tunghai University Art Centre , Taichung , Taiwan
2010
8 Femmes
Tamtam8 (Now tamtamART) , Berlin , Germany
2009
Welcome to Curating Century
Fifth China Songzhuang Cultural Arts Festival , Beijing , China
2007
The Forest of Art
Ninety-nine Mountain Art Zone , Nantou , Taiwan
2007
Tea ·Infusion ·Impulse – 100 reasons for tea
Tunghai University Art Center , Taichung , Taiwan
2006
The New Voice of Art, Artist’s Space
Collection Hall of Chienkuo Technology National TAIWAN Craft Research Institute , Taichung , Taiwan
2006
University
NHCUE Art Space , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2006
University
Chienkuo Technology University , Changhua , Taiwan
2006
University
LHU Art Center of Lunghwa University of Science and Technology , Taoyuan , Taiwan
2006
Turning The Theater-Sensational Mobilization!
National TAIWAN Museum of Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2005
Story Teller
Taichung City Seaport Art Center , Taichung , Taiwan
2004
New Formula – Tiny Crushed Pills, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2003
DEAD MATTER
7 Dollars Space , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2022
Exhibition
How we became artists
TKG+ Project
Taipei , Taiwan
2021
Exhibition
A Rhythm of Tree Forming the Forest
Chiayi Art Musuem
Chiayi , Taiwan
2021
Other Events
Planting Trees for Shades in the Future
 
Taiwan
2020
Exhibition
Survival of the exceptional
Tainan Art Museum
Tainan , Taiwan
2020
Exhibition
Arts of Coming Down to Earth in ‘Taipei Biennial 2020 - You can I Don’t Live on the Same Planet’
National Taipei Finearts Museum
Taipei , Taiwan
2019
Exhibition
The Work-in-progress Art of the Everyday
Tunghai University Art Gallery
Taichung , Taiwan
2019
Exhibition
Let’s not have class and go to see teachers’ collection today
Tunghai University Art Gallery
Taichung , Taiwan
2019
Exhibition
The Desired End of Spirit – Lee Chu-Hsin Solo Exhibition
Yu-Hisu Museum of art
Nantou , Taiwan
2019
Other Events
Madou Sugar Industry Art Triennial (Co-Curator)
Madou District
Tainan , Taiwan
2018
Exhibition
Oasis
Vital Space: Live Forever Foundation
Taichung , Taiwan
2018
Other Events
Collective Negative Space Village – Ministry of Culture: Taiwan Air Force Innovation Base Experimental Architecture Project (Co-Curator)
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-Lab)
Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Other Events
Knead and Gain – Hou Chun Ming Interview project
Tunghai University Art Gallery
Taichung , Taiwan
2017
Other Events
Post-Ecolonialism Project – Practice Rooted in Communities (Co-curator)
Chiayi County Everlasting Development Association
Chiayi , Taiwan
2017
Other Events
Post-Ecolonialism Project – Practice Rooted in Communities (Co-curator)
Jiaxian
Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2016
Other Events
I Land – a collaborative performance (Creative Director)
Asian Cultural Council
New York , U.S.A
2015
Exhibition
Slices of film (Co-Curator) ‘AnimA section in 2015 Digital Art Festival Taipei’
Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Exhibition
Situation of existence: Contemporary realistic art in East Asia(producing)
Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art
Nantou , Taiwan
2015
Exhibition
We meet here - Neiwan
New Hakka Cultural Park
Hsinchu , Taiwan
2014
Exhibition
RE EXHIBITING
P3 Warehouse at The Pier 2 Art Centre
Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2014
Exhibition
RE WRITING
FreeS Art Space
Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Exhibition
To Be Continued at Intersecting Vectors – Experimental Projects from the TFAM Collection
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Exhibition
Yard at The 11th Taishin Arts Award Exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Art
Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Exhibition
A Gathering at AVAT (Association of the Visual Arts in Taiwan)
2012 Artists Fair
Taichung , Taiwan
2012
Exhibition
Yard
Tunghai University Art Centre
Taichung , Taiwan
2011
Exhibition
In/side/out
Stock 20
Taichung , Taiwan
2011
Exhibition
Burcu was here
CAM Gallery
Istanbul , Turkey
2011
Exhibition
Burcu was there
Everspring Museum of Fine Arts
Taichung , Taiwan
2010
Exhibition
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Tamtam 8 (Now tamtamART)
Berlin , Germany
2010
Exhibition
The dictionary of received ideas
Q Art Space
London , UK
2010
Exhibition
The Journey to the West – Chu ChunTeng Solo Exhibition
Goldsmiths College
London , UK
2010
Exhibition
Member of Nomination Panel, Photo 50
The London Art Fair 2010
London , UK
2010
Exhibition
Beyond The Map(Project Curator)
https://curatingbeyondthemap.wordpress.com/
London , UK
2009
Exhibition
Co-curator, Photo50 – Any similarity to actual events or characters is purely coincidental
The London Art Fair 2009
London , UK
2007
Exhibition
Now, she is in Taichung. Where is your home? If you asked, “Taipei” she will answer so. -Shino Hisano solo exhibition
Stock 20
Taichung , Taiwan
2007
Exhibition
Still Sign
Cultural Affairs Bureau
Taichung , Taiwan
2007
Exhibition
Ambiguous Childishness(Organizer)
Stock20
Taichung , Taiwan
2006
Exhibition
Question in Site(Organizer)
B09 in TAIWAN Architecture, Design and Art Center
Taichung , Taiwan
2016
Book
ART & Curator in ‘Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Cultural – ARTalks: ART&___ Forum’
Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Cultural
2015
Book
Artist in ‘A Tale of Two Cities – Lu Hsien-ming Exhibition: Glimpses of Cities’ exhibition catalogue
MoCA
2014
Book
Yard exhibition catalogue
Ming-Jiun Tsai
2012
Book
Executive Editor, RESIDE, HERE and NOW – Stock 20 Micro-creative Program
The Quan Artist Agency Ltd
2011
Book
Mirror, mirror on the wall exhibition catalogue
Ming-Jiun Tsai
2010
Book
Goldsmiths Curatorial Critique blog
https://goldcurating.wordpress.com/author/mingjiuntsai/
2014
Article
If it was not for love – what ‘The Production of Artist’ reminds me‘
‘The Production of Artist: the Technologies of Young Artists from Kaohsiung’ exhibition catalogue
  ,P.14-15
2014
Article
來一碗魚翅焿
Dimension Endowment of Art online publication
   
2014
Article
If there is something called successful failure
art plus Taiwan
No. 28  
2014
Article
Story after to be continued
Very View
No. 14 ,P. 04
2013
Article
to be continued…
NOT Today
1/6  
2012
Article
In this Yard in
Very View
No. 02 ,P. 04
2010
Article
Why So Serious?! – Finding a balance between seriousness and jokes
‘Why So Serious’ exhibition critic
  ,http://whysoserious-mediasuchthing.blogspot.tw/search/label/%E5%B1%95%E8%A6%BD%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96
2010
Article
A CONVERSATION in ‘Dialogues’
Goldsmiths MFA Curating degree publication
  ,P. 12-13
2010
Article
Goldsmiths in 2008-2010 in ‘art folios magazine’
The Quan Artist Agency Co. Ltd
  ,P. 26-27
2010
Article
Gwenaël Bélanger, Sandra Setzkorn and Flavia Sollner
Fair Guide 2010
  ,P. 22-29
2009
Article
Any Similarity to actual events or characters is purely coincidental
London Art Fair 2009
  ,P. 38-47
2013
Visual Arts Finalists, Yard,
The 11th Taishin Arts Award
Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture
Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Winner
Funding for International Art Project
National Culture and Arts Foundation
Taipei , Taiwan
2010
8 Femmes
Funding for International Art Project
National Culture and Arts Foundation
Taipei , Taiwan
2007
One Take
Funding of ‘The Forest of Art – Ninety-nine Mountain Art Zone’
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Taichung , Taiwan
2006
 
Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honour Society
 
2003
Scholarship
 
Lee Tze-Fan Fine Art and Crafts Education Foundation
Hsinchu , Taiwan
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