Charwei Tsai

Charwei Tsai

  • Soft and Weak Like Water

    Gwangju Biennale Curated by Artistic Director Sook-Kyung Lee, Associate Curator Kerryn Greenberg, and Assistant Curators Sooyoung Leam and Harry C. H. Choi 7 April ~ 9 July 2023

  • A Temple, A Shrine, A Mosque, A Church

    A Temple, A Shrine, A Mosque, A Church Series, 2022 Gold ink on hand-woven mats by craftswomen from Al Ghadeer, Abu Dhabi 300cm x 5 pieces (orange), 150cm x 4 pieces (green), 150cm x 4 pieces (purple) Commissioned by Art Dubai, UAE Special thanks to Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez and Al Ghadeer UAE Crafts in my soul…

  • Touching the Earth

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    Touching the Earth I & II 觸碰⼤大地 2022 Hand-woven ikat textile made with hand-spun cotton yarn and plant-based dye from Sumba, Indonesia In collaboration with Alia Swastika & Nency Dwi Ratna The remote island of Sumba in Indonesia is known for its warp ikat, a traditional tie dyeing and weaving technique. An Indonesian curator Alia…

  • Coming Together

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    Coming Together, 2022 Hand-woven and hand-embroidered textile made with hand-spun nettle yarn and shoulang yam dye 200x300cm In collaboration with Bulaubulau community, Yilan, Taiwan Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Japanese colonizers imposed the “five year aboriginal policy” (五年理蕃計劃), which banned tattooing on the face and restricted traditional weaving. Therefore, the knowledge of…

  • Numbers

    Charwei Tsai In collaboration with Stephen O’Malley Numbers, 2021 數字 Video with sound & color, 16min44sec Co-commissioned by Sydney Opera House & C-Lab, Taipei With support from the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan Numbers, 2022 is a multi-channel video and sound installation that marks Tsai’s first collaboration with the musician Stephen O’Malley, who is well known…