“I believe when art is in union with faith, devotion, and the intention to benefit the collective wellbeing, it conjures a power that is much greater and much more interesting than a pursuit and display of individual genius.”

1. BIOGRAPHY

Charwei Tsan has graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in Industrial Design and Art & Architectural History (2002) and completed the postgraduate research program La Seine at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (2010). Highly personal yet universal concerns spur Tsai’s multi-media practice. Geographical, social, and spiritual motifs inform a body of work, which encourages viewer participation outside the confines of complacent contemplation. Preoccupied with the human/nature relationship, Tsai meditates on the complexities among cultural beliefs, spirituality, and transience.
Tsai has had solo exhibitions internationally, and has participated in international exhibitions and biennials including solo projects and exhibitions: Islamic Arts Biennale, Diriyah Foundation, Saudi Arabia (2025); Rubin Art Museum, New York (2024); 14th Gwangju Biennale (2023); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2022); Jogja Biennale (2019); Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, UK (2017); Biennale of Sydney (2016); Centre Pompidou-Metz, France (2014); Sharjah Biennial (2013); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (2012), Yokohama Triennial (2011), 6th Asia Pacific Triennial (2009), Centre Pompidou (2008), Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves at ZKM Center of Art and Media, Karlsruhe (2007), Singapore Biennale (2006) and Cartier Foundation, Paris (2005).

Tsai’s works are in public and private collections including those held at Tate Modern, London; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi; M+ Collection, Hong Kong; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Thyssen Foundation / TBA 21, Madrid, Spain; Kadist Foundation, San Francisco/Paris; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami; Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen; Sigg Collection, Zurich; and FRAC Lorraine, France.

Tsai has also published a curatorial journal titled Lovely Daze twice a year since 2005. The complete sets of Lovely Daze are in the library collections of Tate Modern, London, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pompidou Center, Paris, and MACBA, Barcelona.