Yu Chen TSAI

Tsai Yu-Chen’s artistic journey unfolds around the shifting multiplicity of perspectives. Through exploration and growth in her creative process, she has developed a unique way of capturing still life. With a collector’s sensibility, she gathers fleeting moments and objects, employing the concept of “collecting” to transform the intangible yet deeply emotional into precious subjects within her paintings. She skillfully adopts Western painting materials while blending them with the quietude and restraint of the East, infusing her works with poetry and inspiration, and constructing a calm yet profound visual language. For her, style should not be confined by an era; it is the plurality of contemporary viewpoints that provides fertile ground for creation. Her works resemble an attentive gaze—slowly unfolding her unique and profound vision and imagination in a dialogue that transcends both culture and time.

Her paintings employ the layered techniques of classical oil painting, choosing wood panels as the foundational support. The surfaces reveal thick brushstrokes and a sense of composure. The hardness and flatness of the wood not only sustain her assertive brushwork but also resonate with her quiet and restrained style. Like the stability and warmth of wood tones, the panel becomes the vessel of her poetic visual language.