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LAST UPDATE : 2022.11.11 / EDITOR : avatintern
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Born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan in 1969, Tu Wei-Cheng received his M.F.A from the Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts of Tainan National College of Arts in 2005. He won the 28th Taipei Art Prize of Taipei Fine Art Museum in 2003, the grant of plastic art of S-an Cultural Foundation in 2003, and the Jury`s Special Award of the second Annual Taishin Arts Awards.

His important exhibitions include: Special Exhibition on the Bu nam Civilization Site in Prototype Art Gallery, Tainan in 2001; Exhibition of Excavation Work at the Bu nam Civilization Site in Tainan National College of Arts; The Beauty and Mystery of Bu nam Civilization Revealed in MOCA, Taipei in 2003; Shanghai Biennale in 2006; and Shcomtemporary, Shanghai in 2007.

In his works, the artist plays the roles of an art-creator, a curator, and an art promoter/an art dealer, who motivate the circle of academy, commodity, and the media. While the artist makes up the Bu nam Civilization, excavates it, interprets it and demonstrates it, he also manufactures Bu nam Civilization products, sells Bu nam counterfeits, and collects them.

The massive work project irrationally commixes our stark experiences and memories of civilized relics, conventional artifacts with art as well as contemporary way of art display. Chronological orientation, too, is viewed in a disordered way. Meanwhile, the works dual elicit the concept of creation/curation/museum/collection system/viewing are simultaneously. The questions highlighted through the non-dualistic relationship between old/new, traditional/contemporary, authentic/counterfeit, virtual/real, creation/curation, individual/system, art/market in the work are clearly the motivation behind the creative process. It finally evokes an intricate visual and sensual experience, representing a very unique example in contemporary art.

birth year
1969
Place of Birth
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Place of Residence
Taoyuan
Taiwan
education
2005
MFA Institute of Plastic Art
Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
1993
BFA
Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2019
The Future of Now: Bu Num Civilization in the Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam , Netherlands
2017
Museum of Relationship — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition
National Central University Art Center , Taoyuan , Taiwan
2015
Mapping Folds of the Body — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition
TKG+ , Taipei , Taiwan
2014
The Interaction Between the Body and the City
Yihui Art Museum, National Changhua University of Education , Changhua , Taiwan
2012
Image Bank Treasure Hunt — Taishin Edition
Taishin Tower , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Optical Trick-The 10th Taishin Arts Award project ...
Taishin Tower , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
The Emperor’s Treasure Chest of the City
Tina Keng Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2011
Optical Trick
VT ARTSALON , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
Confucius Dancing Mambo — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition
Providence University Art Center , Taichung , Taiwan
2008
Grand View Bu Num
Lin & Keng Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2003
The Beauty and Mystery of Bu Num Civilization Revealed
MOCA Taipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2003
The Exhibition of Excavation Work at the Bu Num Civilization Site
Tainan National College of the Arts , Tainan , Taiwan
2001
Special Exhibition on the Bu Num Civilization Site
Prototype Art Gallery , Tainan , Taiwan
2001
Exhibition of Artifacts from the Bu Num Civilization Site
Howard Plaza Salon , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
1999
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Pei Chuang Art Center , Taipei County , Taiwan
2019
The Soul of Architecture
Jut Art Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2019
Taoyuan Land Art Festival
Taoyuan , Taiwan
2019
Yao-Chi City
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) , Taipei , Taiwan
2019
Future Archeology-Technology
Der-Horng Art Gallery , Tainan , Taiwan
2019
Future Past — Hantoo 21st Century
Moon Gallery , Taichung , Taiwan
2019
Cosmicomics
Taoyuan Arts Center , Taoyuan , Taiwan
2018
Hantoo 20th — A Place with Hills
Taitung Art Museum , Taitung , Taiwan
2018
Black Gold Art Festival — #connection #expansion #localization
Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse , Chiayi , Taiwan
2018
The 1st Thailand Biennale: Edge of the Wonderland
Krabi , Thailand
2018
TAIWAN ANNUAL
Taipei Expo Park , Taipei , Taiwan
2018
Fight Club — Hantoo 20th
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2018
Moving, Flowing, Transmitting: Exhibition on Contemporary Calligraphy
Yilan Museum of Art , Yilan , Taiwan
2017
Imagery of Yore in Rear View — Hantoo Art Group
Tina Keng Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Longing I
Museum of the Military Dependents' Village , Taoyuan , Taiwan
2017
We Are Not Real
The 201 Art , Taichung , Taiwan
2017
Kau-Puê, Mutual Companionship in Near Future: 2017 Soulangh International Contemporary Art Festival
Soulangh Cultural Park , Tainan , Taiwan
2017
Media Archaeology: Indescribable Mark of Life
Art Museum at National Taiwan University of Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Hardcore Rally with Hantoo Art Group
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2017
Collecting Europe
Victoria & Albert Museum , London , UK
2016
Art Kaohsiung
Pier-2 Art Center , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2016
Hantoo Art Group and Contemporary Art in Taiwan
Kyoto University of Art and Design , Kyoto , Japan
2016
Future Civilization X Contemporary Literati — The Sincewell Collection
Sincewell Gallery , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2016
The Flux of Time and Space — New Media Art Forum and Exhibition
Ox Warehouse , Macau , China
2016
Traces: Sketches, Manuscripts & Models of Hantoo Art Group
Hungkuang Arts Center, Hungkuang University , Taichung , Taiwan
2016
Feng Chi — 2016 Hantoo Art Group Exhibition
FreeS Art Space , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
Nightview Keelung
Keelung Cultural Center , Keelung , Taiwan
2016
TAIWAN ANNUAL
Taipei Expo Park , Taipei , Taiwan
2016
Folk Art Parade X Design Exhibition, Restoration of Pan Li-Shui Stele
Soulangh Cultural Park , Tainan , Taiwan
2016
Very Image — Reflections of Art Spaces and Contemporary Art in Taiwan: VT Artsalon and Its Members
Shalini Ganendra Fine Art Malaysia
2016
Hantoo in Penang Modern Art Exhibition
Daiichi Art Space , Penang , Malaysia
2016
A Beautiful Disorder: Exhibition of Contemporary Greater Chinese Artists
Cass Sculpture Foundation , Chichester , UK
2016
Public art installation Ancient Molten Gold — A Brocade of Flowers
Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum , Chiayi , Taiwan
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