Graduated from Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, France, Chia-Wei Hsu stresses specifically on the actionability underneath image creation when comes to the practice of art, while linking up the relationships of humans, materials, and places omitted in the narrative of the conventional history through establishing the incidents beyond camera. Hsu has had solo exhibitions at MoNTUE, Taipei, Taiwan (2019), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2018), Industrial Research Institute of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office at Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (2017), Huai Mo Village at Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2016) that was recognised by the Annual Grand Prize of the 15th Taishin Arts Award, Huai Mo Village Project at Art Basel, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China (2016), and Position 2 at Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2015). He has participated in exhibitions at Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2019), Biennial at Shanghai, Gwangju, Busan and Sydney (2018), 2 or 3 Tigers at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany (2017), 2016 TAIPEI BIENNIAL – Gestures and Archives of the Present, Genealogies of the Future at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2016), HUGO BOSS ASIA ART at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2013), The 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia: This is not a Taiwan Pavilion at Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy (2013), and Faux Amis / An Ephemeral Video Library at JEU DE PAUME, Paris, France (2010).

He and a group of artists also run an art space in Taipei: Open-Contemporary Art Centre, an organisation with functions of curation, creation, narrative, inter-disciplinary exchange, education as well as the promotion of art that strives to seek every possibility to create communication in contemporary art. He is also the curator of Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition at Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2018), THAITAI: A Measure of Understanding at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand (2012), and co-curate the 2019 Asian Art Biennial at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (2019) with Ho Tzu Nyen.

EDUCATION

• 2010  MFA, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2005  BFA, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

EXPERIENCE

• 2019  The Strangers from beyond the Mountain and the Sea: 2019 Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
• 2018  Curator, “Taiwan international Video Art Exhibition 2018 – Offline Browser”, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2017  Artist Residency Program, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA), Singapore
• 2016  Artist Residency Program, Sa Sa Art Project, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 2015  Artist Residency Program, Le Fresnoy Studio National Des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France
• 2014  Artist Residency Program, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
• 2013 Curator, “Thaitai: A Measure of Understanding”, Chung Shan Creative Hub, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2012 Curator, “Thaitai: A Measure of Understanding”, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2011-13  Appointed as Director of Open – Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2010  Artist Residency Program, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
• 2009  Curator, “Dandy & Angel”, Open – Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2006   Curator, “Document 321: The 5th Anniversary of Open – Contemporary Art Center”, Open – Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2005   Curator, “Illumination Function – One Piece Work 8”, Open – Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2004  Curator, “Context Space ”, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2004   Curator,  “Ultra Thin”, Huashan Culture Park, Taipei, Taiwan

 AWARDS

• 2017  Huai Mo Village, The 15th Taishin Arts Award, Annual Grand Prize, Taiwan
• 2016  Theatre of Sacred Armour, The 49th WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival, Gold Award for Documentary, USA
• 2013  Hugo Boss Asia Art Award, China
• 2009  March 14, Hong Kong Coliseum, S-An Cultural Foundation Award, Taiwan
• 2008  The Story of Hoping Island, Taipei Arts Award, Taiwan

 COLLECTIONS

• 2018  Spirit-writing, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Art Bank Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan
• 2018  SH-SY5Y, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Art Bank Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan
• 2018  Ruins of the Intelligence Bureau, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2018  White Building Series, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2015 Marshal Tie Jia –Turtle Island, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
• 2014 Marshal Tie Jia – Jingsi Village, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
• 2013  Huei Mo Village, DSL Collection, Paris, France
• 2010  The Story of Hoping Island”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

SOLO EXHIBITONS

• 2019 “Giant Panda, Deer, Malayan Tapir and East India Company – Hsu Chia-Wei Solo Exhibition”, MoNTUE, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2019 “Art Brussels: Hsu Chia-Wei Solo Exhibition – Black and White Project”, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
• 2019  “TAIPEI DANGDAI: Hsu Chia-Wei Solo Exhibition – Black and White Project”, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2018   “Chia-Wei Hsu: Black and White – Malayan Tapir”, The International Studio & Curatorial Program(ISCP), New York, the United States
• 2017 “Hsu Chia-Wei Solo Exhibition – Industrial Research Institute of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office“, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2016 “Huai Mo Village”, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2016 “Huai Mo Village Project”, Art Basel Hong Kong | Insights, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China
• 2015  “Positions #2”, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• 2014  “On the Margin of Places”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
• 2013  “SH-SY5Y”, National Taiwan University of Arts Cultural and Creative Industry Park, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2011  “Overdubbing”, Sakshi Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2009  “March 14, Hong Kong Coliseum”, Ping Pong, Taipei, Taiwan