Hey there! I’m Hsiao-Chi Chu, a cross-disciplinary practitioner with a focus on art, cultural heritage, migration, refugees, and humanitarian development. I specialise in bridging humanitarian fieldwork and curatorial practice — building platforms, archives, and cross-regional networks that connect displaced communities’ cultural knowledge with the systems that need to hear it.
#Humanitarian & Development #Migration & Refugee #Social & Climate Justice # MEAL #Curating #Socially Engagement # Art # Museum #Heritage
Curatorial Projects
- 2021 – Present | Co-founder & Curator | Refugee Path & Refugee Week Taiwan(Hybrid / Taiwan)
- 2020 – 2021 | Project Producer | BIO:ART SEA:T Project (Exhibited Hybrid & Grassland, Taiwan)
- Supported by: Grant of the New Southbound Art & Culture Exchange Project, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.
- 2020 | Co-curator | Together: Voices across borders (疫起呼吸：穿越邊界的聲音) , Refugee Week Taiwan & London Refugee Week (Taipei, Taiwan)
- 2017 | Exhibition Manager | 17’ DREAMIN’ MoNTUE (Open Call Project) (MoNTUE, Taiwan)
- Coordinated two major exhibitions fostering emerging artistic dialogues: MASINGKIAY (嗨歌三百首) (May–Jun 2017) and THE SERENE GALLERY (一個人的美術館—寂靜敲門)(Apr–May 2017).
- 2016 – 2018 | Conservation Exhibition Manager | MED #161 Touch and Time Open Studio (Episode I–III) (MoNTUE, Taiwan)
- Coordinated a pioneering three-part open studio exhibition focusing on the transparent conservation processes of plaster casts, wood, paper, and film.
- 2015-2016 | Outreach Program Producer & Educator | One Piece Museum Education Program (MoNTUE, Taiwan)
- Designed and executed off-site heritage education programs bridging museum collections with local schools:
- More Human Than Human (超凡入聖) (JinHwa Junior High, featuring plaster cast friezes of the Parthenon).
- Distance (距・離) (ZhongJiao Elementary, featuring plaster cast of the Visitation of Cathedral of Chartres).
- 2014 – 2018 | Artist & Curator | Anti-Communist Martyr Art Project –Zhongyi Snack Bar(忠義小吃部) & Bodily Folds(疊合景觀) (Taiwan)
Socially Engagements & Solo Exhibitions
- 2018 | Artist | Family Portrait on the Grassland, Is/In-Land: Taiwan-Mongolia Contemporary Art Nomad Project (Exhibited at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (Taipei) & 976 Art Gallery (Mongolia)).
- 2014 | Artist & Researcher | Riding a Submarine, Exploring the Water Alleys(乘著潛水艇、探險水巷去) , Taoyuan Land Art Festival , Taiwan
- 2013 – 2015 | Artist-in-Residence (淺表 / Sur.layer) | Banqiao 435 Art Zone Residencies & Exhibitions | (N
- 2014 – 2015: “Artificial Odor (人工臭味)” Project (Exhibited at Banqiao 435 Art Zone, Taipei Free Art Fair, OnSite, Taipei, Taiwan).
- 2015: Stranger (陌生人)
- 2014: Water Management Path (理水路)
Institutional Media & Publications
Media Relations Manager & Executive Editor @ MoNTUE (2015 – 2018) Spearheaded public relations, media strategies, and editorial productions for major institutional exhibitions, bridging Taiwanese contemporary art with global institutions.
- International Collaborations (Media Lead & Executive Editor):
- 2017 | Yōga: Modern Western Paintings of Japan (日本近代洋画大展)– In collaboration with Tokyo University of the Arts.
- 2015 – 2017 | L’OUVRE 9 (打開 羅浮宮九號) – In collaboration with the Musée du Louvre, France.
- Major Contemporary Exhibitions (Media & PR Manager):
- 2016 | No No Sleep (無無眠) – Solo Exhibition by internationally acclaimed director Tsai Ming-liang.
- 2016 | The 14th Taishin Arts Award Exhibition (第十四屆台新藝術大展) – Taiwan’s premier contemporary art award.
- 2016 | Like Too Loud a Solitude (過於寂靜的喧囂) – Shin Leh Yuan Art Space 20th Anniversary Exhibition.
- 2015 | The 13th Taishin Arts Award Exhibition (第十三屆台新藝術大展)– Taiwan’s premier contemporary art award.
Heritage Conservation
- 2014 – 2015 | Conservation Assistant | Truly a World Treasure: Selected Works from Yageo Foundation Collection , Condition Report of Guess What? x Hardcore Contemporary Art
- 2013 | Conservation Assistant | Metro Plus- Parthenon Frieze (S36BW-413051511062), Museum of National Taipei University of Education (MoNTUE)