b. 1981
b. 1981
Wu Chi-Tsung’s innovative work features a broad range of media including photography, video, installation and painting, in which he combines traditional and contemporary forms and methodologies to explore perceptions of the physical and natural worlds. Trained from an early age in the practices of Chinese calligraphy, Chinese ink painting, watercolor and drawing, Wu Chi-Tsung worked for many years in a traditional idiom. Following a period spent creating experimental ink paintings, he turned to video, installation and photography, finding in these new media compelling conceptual stratagems that spurred new and dynamic approaches to making images. These have included films that conceptually translate traditional cut-branch flower paintings into time-based moving images and his recent Cyano-Collage Series, in which he connects Eastern and Western culture and art to integrate traditional aesthetics with startling contemporary language.
Born in 1981 in Taipei, Wu Chi-Tsung currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan and Berlin, Germany. He was the recipient of the Liu Kuo Sung Ink Art Award, Hong Kong and Taiwan, 2019. In addition, he was awarded the WRO Media Art Biennial, 2013 and Taipei Arts Award, 2003. He was short-listed for the Prudential Eye Awards, 2015 and the Artes Mundi, 2006. His work has been included in international exhibitions at institutions such as the Mori Art Museum, Japan; the National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom; the Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg; the Museo Del Palacio De Bellas Artes, Mexico; the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Art Museum, Beijing, China; Shanghai Art Museum, China; the Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea; the Minsheng 21st Century Museum, Shanghai, China; the Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, China; the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan; the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan amongst others. His work is included in renowned collections such as the Xie Zilong Photography Museum (XPM), the Post Vidai Collection, M+ Hong Kong, The Vero Beach Museum of Art, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Borusan Contemporary Art Collection.
Wu Chi-Tsung
Cyano-Collage 183, 2023
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel, acrylic, mounted on aluminum board
59 1/16 x 59 1/16 inches (150 x 150 cm) round
(WCT-81)
Cyano-Collage 147, 2022
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel, acrylic, mounted on brass board
47 1/4 x 47 1/4 inches (120 x 120 cm)
(WCT-60)
Cyano-Collage 150, 2022
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel, acrylic, mounted on aluminum board
57 1/2 x 116 15/16 inches (146 x 297 cm)
(WCT-63)
Cyano-Collage 127, 2022
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel, acrylic, mounted on aluminum board
35 7/16 x 82 11/16 inches (90 x 210 cm)
(WCT-51)
Cyano-Collage 121, 2021
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel, acrylic, mounted on aluminum board in four parts
diameter: 141 3/4 inches (360 cm)
(WCT-42.A-D)
Cyano-Collage 120, 2021
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel, acrylic, mounted on aluminum board in six parts
each panel: 118 1/8 x 59 inches (300 x 149.9 cm)
overall: 118 1/8 x 354 3/8 inches (300 x 900 cm)
(WCT-43.A-F)
Cyano-Collage 112, 2021
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel, mounted on aluminum board, in two parts
each panel: 59 1/16 x 18 7/8 inches (150 x 48 cm)
approx. overall: 59 1/16 x 39 3/4 inches (150 x 101 cm)
(WCT-31)
Cyano-Collage 064, 2019
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel
118 1/8 x 236 1/4 inches (300 x 600 cm)
(WCT-10)
Wrinkled Texture 089, 2020
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper
image: 81 1/2 x 30 11/16 inches (207 x 78 cm)
overall: 111 13/16 x 35 3/8 inches (284 x 89.8 cm)
(WCT-47)
Cyano-Collage 082, 2020
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel
artwork: 48 x 42 1/2 inches (122 x 108 cm)
framed: 49 1/16 x 43 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches (124.6 x 110.5 x 7 cm)
(WCT-26)
Cyano-Collage 073, 2019
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel
53 1/8 x 27 9/16 inches (135 x 70 cm)
unique
(WCT-15)
Drawing Study 001 - Seascape Longdong, 2021
single-channel video, 4 min
edition of 5 with 2 APs (#3/5)
(WCT-34.3)
Wu Chi-Tsung
Still Life 012 - Buttercup Tree, 2019
single channel video, 6 min 58 sec
edition of 5 with 2 APs
WCT-13
Cyano-Collage 072, 2019
cyanotype photography, Xuan paper, acrylic gel
27 9/16 x 53 1/8 inches (70 x 135 cm)
unique
the work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
WCT-14
Wire VI, 2021
wire, lens, LED light, metal, tripod
dimensions variable
unique
(WCT-46)
Wu Chi-Tsung
Landscape In The Mist 001, 2012
single channel video, 9 min 16 sec
edition of 6 with 1 AP
WCT-3
Wu Chi-Tsung
Dust, 2006
video camera, projector, tripod
dimensions variable
Wu Chi-Tsung
Crystal City 007, 2015
track, motor, LED, plastic
dimensions variable
Taiwan News, April 5, 2024
Wu Chi-Tsung, jing-atmospheres, November 5 – December 18, 2021
Interview with artist Chi-Tsung Wu about "Phantom of Civilization", an exhibition presented at Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain (May - September 2015).
吳季璁 WU CHI-TSUNG