（Taiwan, b.1969）
Tu Wei-Cheng (Taiwan, b. 1969), born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and currently lives and works in Taoyuan, Taiwan. He holds a Master’s degree in Plastic Arts from Tainan National University of the Arts and is currently an assistant professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts. Tu’s artistic style combines archaeology with technological replicas, collaging forms from different civilizations and eras. He incorporates local legends and contemporary phenomena to create a sense of dislocation between history and reality. Tu has been awarded the Taishin Art Award Jury's Special Prize and has been invited to exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) and the Museum of Asian Arts (France). His works have been permanently collected by institutions such as National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, and Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts.
Tang Tang-Fa observes daily life with a keen perspective, transforming artistic concepts into tangible forms and implementing them in everyday spaces. Traditional markets have long been seen as chaotic places, but Tang uses rich colors and creativity to attempt to bring about change through art. Through the “Market Stall Project,” he breaks away from the traditional exhibition framework and directly integrates art into the public's daily life, bringing art into markets and communities. In his work “Pork Stall,” he uses painted pork as a medium to showcase the vitality and cultural inclusiveness of the market, while challenging the infinite possibilities of the market environment as a performance space. This work is not only a visual presentation but also a tribute to traditional market culture, exploring its multiple facets in contemporary society.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Archaeology of Neiweipi”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022 “THE ARK Museum", Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2022“Bu Num Civilization in the Musée des Arts Asiatiques”, Museum of Asian Arts
(Musée des Arts Asiatiques), Nice, France
2019 "The Future of Now: Bu Num Civilization in the Rijksmuseum",
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017 "Museum of Relationship — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition", National Central
University Art Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2015 "Mapping Folds of the Body — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition", TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 "The Interaction Between the Body and the City", Yihui Art Museum, National
Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
2012 "The Emperor’s Treasure Chest of the City", Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 "Optical Trick", VT Artsalon, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 "Confucius Dancing Mambo — Tu Wei-Cheng Solo Exhibition",Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan
2008 "Grand View of Bu Num", Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2003 "The Beauty and Mystery of Bu Num Civilization Revealed",MOCA Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2003"The Exhibition of Excavation Work at the Bu Num Civilization Site", Tainan National College of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2001 "Special Exhibition on the Bu Num Civilization Site", Prototype Art Gallery,
Tainan, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 “Here-Elsewhere: Eight Enchantments to Transmute Time and Space Contemporary Taiwanese Sculpture”,Kunstquartier Bethania Studio 1, Berlin, Germany
2025“XSWL”, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2024 "Fragments of the Bu Num Civilization", Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2024"PALAFANG-Planet Explosion Observatory”, Hualien County Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
2023 "A Journey of Lightness: 25 Years of Hantoo", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023“I use my body to draw an island”, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2022 “ Taishin Arts Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition”, MoNTUE, Taipei, Taiwan
2022“ March of Stories”, C-LAB (Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab), Taipei, Taiwan
2021 “Oku-Noto Triennale 2020 + ”, Suzu, Japan
2020 "Okinawa・Jeju・Taiwan Peace Art Exchange Exhibition", Naha Civic Gallery,
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
2019 "The Soul of Architecture", Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2019"Taoyuan Land Art Festival", Taoyuan, Taiwan
2018 "The 1st Thailand Biennale: Edge of the Wonderland", Krabi, Thailand
2017 "Collecting Europe", Victoria & Albert Museum, London, U.K.
2016 "A Beautiful Disorder: Exhibition of Contemporary Greater Chinese Artists",
Cass Sculpture Foundation, Chichester, U.K.
2015 "(In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art", Vancouver, Canada
2014 "Jie: Contemporary Art from Taiwan, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art",Cornell University,Ithaca, U.S.
2013 "Credit Suisse: Innovation In Art Series The Collectors Show: Weight of History",Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2012 "Double Take", White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012"9th Gwangju Biennale — Roundtable", Gwangju Biennal Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea