Lee Tzu Hsun
Born in Taipei in 1973, Lee Tzu Hsun lived in Germany from 1995 to 2009 and graduated with a master’s de- gree from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2003. In 2001 he was awarded the “Most Popular Award” at the 54th Art Exhibition of the Kunsthalle Baden, in 2006 he was awarded the “Friedrich Woldenbech Scholarship” by the City of Cologne, in 2007 he was awarded the 1st “Bosch Rexroth AG Art Prize” in Germany. “Bosch Rexroth AG Art Prize” in 2007, Lee Tzu Hsun is considered one of the most representative contemporary artists in Taiwan and currently lives and works in Beijing, China.
Lee Tzu Hsun is adept at presenting the mind’s illusory feelings about the world with the manipulation of ut- most physical reality, and the tension between the two forms the unique appeal of his works. Lee’s work ori- ginates from the artist’s perception and experience of inner life, which he translates into symbolic images that correspond to each other, and through complex mechanical design, he constructs a continuous running scenic installation. Lee Tzu Hsun’s work uses re-fictional imagery to present the invisible nature of the world, and uses a precise and detailed expression to map the relationship between people and the world. His large-scale the- atre installations naturally create a dream-time atmosphere and a personal aesthetic style where poetic and rational order coexist. “The Alien Galaxy” series that Lee began to create in 2007 is a ‘bionic machine’ that lies between living and inanimate objects. In this way,
Lee Tzu hsun mimics life forms, exploring whether there are forms of existence outside the human perspective in order to consider a redefinition of the consciousness of life. Lee has participated in many major exhibitions both at home and abroad, among which are important solo ex- hibitions: “The Alien Galaxy” (Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2018); “The Alien Galaxy” (Pace Beijing, 2012); “Mys- tery of the Glass Bead Game “ (Cheng Pin Gallery, Taipei, 2004). Selected group exhibitions are as follows: “Confused Pandora” published at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung (2015) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (2008); “Maze Theatre” published at the Taipei Biennale (2002); “Temple of Love” published at the Today Art Museum, Beijing (2009), Maison de l’Art de Créteil, France, Theatre de l’Acte de Maubeuge (2007), Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (2001) and Baden-Museum in Schwerin, Germany (2000), among others. “Big Fish” was published at the National Art Museum of China, Beijing (1999), the Mu- seum of History, Taipei (1999), and the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (1999); “Robot II” was published at the Association of Visual Artists, Cologne, Germany (2006), Cornell University/Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, USA (2004), the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (2002), and the Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany (1997). His works have been collected by major art museums, foundations, art institutions and collectors in China and abroad.
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