Chiu Huai-Hsuan
Taiwan
Chiu Huai-Hsuan was born in 1987 in Taipei, Taiwan. She has an Master's degree in Sculpture Department from Taiwan National University of Arts, and currently resides in Taipei. Her works involve crafting miniature desks, chairs, books, and bookshelves from various types of wood, incorporating kinetic mechanisms to make these objects come to life. Through these kinetic devices, she controls the movement of the objects, leading to a dynamic interplay between control and unpredictability, creating a continuous cycle. In recent years, Chiu Huai-Hsuan has placed a greater emphasis on the inherent qualities of her materials. The cabinets and books in her artworks retain the natural textures and colors of the wood, showcasing the time-traces left by the trees. These traces are carefully preserved and displayed in micro-sized books, drawers, and cabinets, following meticulous cutting, joining, inlaying, bonding, and polishing by the artist herself. Chiu Huai-Hsuan's work presents a macroscopic perspective through its miniature form, narrating the journey of life. Her creations are not just bookshelves but also symbolize a forest.
Chiu Huai-Hsuan’s works received One Art Award in 2020 and Horizon Award by 15th Vulon Wood Sculpture Award in 2012.Her most important solo exhibitions include: The Hidden Traces in Tree, YIRI ARTS, Taipei (2022), The Lin’s Next Door – That’s Meet in the Study Room, The Lin Family Mansion and Garden, Taipei (2019), and Micro-Theater: Handwriting after X Erasing X Elapsing, Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center, Tainan (2016). Group exhibitions include: New Memories In Holiday, Artside Gallery, Seoul(2023,2022); Mini Artwork: Heritage, Nan Gallery, Taipei (2021), Tiny Movement, YIRI ARTS, Taichung, (2015). Work by the artist is held in museum collections include Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taichung; Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center, Tainan and Bureau of Cultural Affairs Kaohsiung City Government.