The Ways to Pack
Jui-Tsz SHIU Solo Exhibition
Jui-Tsz SHIU Solo Exhibition
DATES｜April 08, 2023 - May 06, 2023
OPENING｜April 08 (14:30)
＊The artist will be on the spot and guide for the visitors.
OPENING｜April 08 (14:30)
＊The artist will be on the spot and guide for the visitors.
Statement
Between frequent relocations, the body, as if never landing, lingers in the process of moving around. When the body carries the old space into a new one, my perception of space falls into the chaotic mingling of memory and reality. In the slow relocation process, the middle ground, the body and mind form a place for shelter. I repeatedly attempt to picture the structure of this comfortable place for which I hope to give a name and establish a rational and practical passageway for further travel. After closely examining the different possibilities of approaching this abstract concept of a place, I have realised that the pursuit of imagery, spiritual, and poetic imagination comes from my body’s strong attachment to the physical space.
To get close, I reflect on my connection with different spaces, regularly examining both the physical and emotional experience to grasp an internal order which follows wherever I go. Perhaps the concept is similar to packing. The step-by-step process of remembering, imagining, internalising and realising a space resembles organising, categorising, storing and packing things. With art as the approach, the exhibition observes the connection between people and space, repeatedly playing back memories and writing inventions. The Ways to Pack explores a passageway based on past emotion, experience, and awareness, compressing bodily sensations from the slow process of relocations into flashing moments while transforming geographical locations into spiritual spaces. In a subtle narration composed of installations, videos, sounds, and objects, the exhibition packs up the complex emotions and memories of places into the body. It exercises the migration of bodily sensations while presenting existing spatial awareness.
To get close, I reflect on my connection with different spaces, regularly examining both the physical and emotional experience to grasp an internal order which follows wherever I go. Perhaps the concept is similar to packing. The step-by-step process of remembering, imagining, internalising and realising a space resembles organising, categorising, storing and packing things. With art as the approach, the exhibition observes the connection between people and space, repeatedly playing back memories and writing inventions. The Ways to Pack explores a passageway based on past emotion, experience, and awareness, compressing bodily sensations from the slow process of relocations into flashing moments while transforming geographical locations into spiritual spaces. In a subtle narration composed of installations, videos, sounds, and objects, the exhibition packs up the complex emotions and memories of places into the body. It exercises the migration of bodily sensations while presenting existing spatial awareness.
Artist｜Jui-Tsz shiu
The creative practice employs spacial installation, video and sculpture to interpret physical spaces and memories tied with bodily sensations. Through observation of flowing impressions and the projection of present reality, the artist takes either fictional or physical actions to summon the passageway for experience and imagination. Her recent works explore the mental process of those moving from one place to another, taking material elements as symbols and metaphors for spirituality.
CV
1995 born in Tainan, Taiwan, currently lives and works in Taipei.
Education
2019-2021 MFA, Media, Arts, Design and Technology, Frank Mohr Institute
2014-2018 BFA, Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
Group Exhibitions
2023 Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 De Belofte, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, Netherlands
2022 May the Art World Tear Us Apart Til We Meet Again, Bierumer School
2021 Fried Together, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, Netherlands
2021 Undercover Routes, Nanhai Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Essential Interests, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, Netherlands
2021 Detour, Former Sugar Factory, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Wildvang, Kunstpunt, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Clash Lab, Clash Festival, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 We Care A Lot, Online exhibition, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Re:Mote, Re:Search Gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Circle Doing Word, Online exhibition, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Re:present #1, Koepelzaal, Groningen, Netherlands
2018 The Wandering Land: Wang YuChing and Shiu Jui-Tsz, New Taipei City
2018 Young Voices, Dadun Cultural Center, Taichung City, Taiwan
2018 Pigs Don’t Fly-Outstanding Art Prize Exhibition, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts
2017 PM2.5, A Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Special Exhibition of Grand Stone Era, Hualien Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
2016 The False Adventure: Wang YuChing and Shiu Jui-Tsz, 8 1/2 Gallery, Taipei
2016 From another world, Applied Arts & Design Gallery, Nantou, Taiwan
2016 Bagels and green tea, Haohaus Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Residency
2022 Witte Rook, Breda, the Netherlands
Awards
2023 Kaohsiung Award, Selected
2022 Amarte Fonds
2021 Corona Bridging Grant for Artists, Curators, Researchers, Mondriaan fonds
2021 Lutch, Kunstpunt
2020 Hendrik de Vriesstipendia, Nominated&Audience award, CBK Groningen 2019-2020 Hanze Scholarship, Hanze University of Applied Science
2019 Taiwan Ceramics Awards, Nominated
2018 Outstanding Art Prize, Taipei National University of the Arts
2017 First Prize, The 31st Exhibition of Department of Fine Arts
CV
1995 born in Tainan, Taiwan, currently lives and works in Taipei.
Education
2019-2021 MFA, Media, Arts, Design and Technology, Frank Mohr Institute
2014-2018 BFA, Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
Group Exhibitions
2023 Kaohsiung Award, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 De Belofte, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, Netherlands
2022 May the Art World Tear Us Apart Til We Meet Again, Bierumer School
2021 Fried Together, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, Netherlands
2021 Undercover Routes, Nanhai Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Essential Interests, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, Netherlands
2021 Detour, Former Sugar Factory, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Wildvang, Kunstpunt, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Clash Lab, Clash Festival, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 We Care A Lot, Online exhibition, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Re:Mote, Re:Search Gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Circle Doing Word, Online exhibition, Groningen, Netherlands
2020 Re:present #1, Koepelzaal, Groningen, Netherlands
2018 The Wandering Land: Wang YuChing and Shiu Jui-Tsz, New Taipei City
2018 Young Voices, Dadun Cultural Center, Taichung City, Taiwan
2018 Pigs Don’t Fly-Outstanding Art Prize Exhibition, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts
2017 PM2.5, A Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Special Exhibition of Grand Stone Era, Hualien Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
2016 The False Adventure: Wang YuChing and Shiu Jui-Tsz, 8 1/2 Gallery, Taipei
2016 From another world, Applied Arts & Design Gallery, Nantou, Taiwan
2016 Bagels and green tea, Haohaus Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Residency
2022 Witte Rook, Breda, the Netherlands
Awards
2023 Kaohsiung Award, Selected
2022 Amarte Fonds
2021 Corona Bridging Grant for Artists, Curators, Researchers, Mondriaan fonds
2021 Lutch, Kunstpunt
2020 Hendrik de Vriesstipendia, Nominated&Audience award, CBK Groningen 2019-2020 Hanze Scholarship, Hanze University of Applied Science
2019 Taiwan Ceramics Awards, Nominated
2018 Outstanding Art Prize, Taipei National University of the Arts
2017 First Prize, The 31st Exhibition of Department of Fine Arts
OPENING｜2023 / 04 / 08 Sat. 14:30
DISCUSSION｜ 2023 / 04 / 08 Sat. 15:30
GUEST｜WANG De-Yu
Guided Tour｜2023 / 04 / 22 Sat. 15:00
DISCUSSION｜ 2023 / 04 / 08 Sat. 15:30
GUEST｜WANG De-Yu
Guided Tour｜2023 / 04 / 22 Sat. 15:00