Experience

Current Position

Professor, Department of Visual Arts and Design, National University of Tainan

Education and Professional Experience

2023/2–present: Professor, Department of Visual Arts and Design, National University of Tainan
2022/8–2023/7/31: Professor and Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Development, National University of Tainan
2017/8–2023/1: Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts and Design, National University of Tainan
2010/7–2011/8: Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University, UK
2004/2–2017/7: Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts and Design, National University of Tainan
2005/2–2005/7: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Architecture and Art, Tainan National University of the Arts
2000/4–2003/6: Ph.D., Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, University of Central England (now Birmingham City University), UK
1998/10–1999/10: M.A. in Art & Design Education, University of Warwick, UK

Other Academic and Professional Experience

2024: Jury Member, “Phenomenon Writing - Visual Arts Criticism Project,” National Culture and Arts Foundation
2024: Thesis Committee Member, Graduate Institute of European Cultures and Tourism, National Taiwan Normal University
2024: Oral Examination Committee Member, Institute of Creative Industries, National Cheng Kung University (English-taught program)
2023: External Ph.D. Examiner, University of the Arts London (UAL), UK
2019–2021: Nominator for Artist-in-Residence Program, Yale-NUS College (Yale University and National University of Singapore)
2021: Honorary Guest Lecturer, International Conference “How We Make ARTS Together,” Silpakorn University, Thailand
2023: Convenor, "Instructors’ Community for Enhancing EMI in the Field of the Arts 2.0," Southern Taiwan Bilingual Education Resource Center, National Sun Yat-sen University
2021–present: Member, International Association of Art Critics (AICA); Director, AICA Taiwan Chapter
2022–present: Director, Taiwan Art History Research Association
2022: Exhibition Jury Member, Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University, Thailand
2021: Reviewer, Postdoctoral Research Workshop, Center for Social Practice and Development Research, National Sun Yat-sen University
2021: Critique Instructor, Graduate Institute of Interdisciplinary Art, National Kaohsiung Normal University
2021: Curator, "120°22'E, 22°20'N: Solo Exhibition of Hong Ming-Chueh," Tainan Art Museum
2020–2021: Thesis Reviewer and Committee Member, Graduate Institute of Arts Management and Cultural Policy, National Taiwan University of Arts
2020: Research Reviewer, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
2020: Final Critique Instructor, Institute of Creative Industries, National Cheng Kung University (English-taught program)
2019: Thesis Proposal Reviewer, Institute of Creative Industries, National Cheng Kung University
2020: Critique Instructor, "Contemporary Art Workshop: Psychogeography and Spatial Occupation," Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University
2018–present: Advisor, Graduate Student Association, Department of Visual Arts and Design, National University of Tainan
2018–2019: Curator, "Lingering Flames of Reminiscence," Shuijiaoshe Cultural Park Exhibition Hall, Tainan City Government
2018–2019: Thesis Proposal Reviewer and Committee Member, Dennis Montera, Institute of Creative Industries, National Cheng Kung University
2018: Supervising Instructor for "Deaf Culture Exhibition," co-hosted by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature and Tainan City Government
2017: Outdoor Installation Art Jury Member, Shuijiaoshe Cultural Park, Tainan City Government
2017: Street Art Museum Jury Member, Bureau of Urban Development, Tainan City Government
2016: Lecturer, "Bilingual Art Talent Training Program," Tainan City Cultural Center
2016: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Art Research, National University of Tainan
2014: Ph.D. Thesis Reviewer, Institute of Graduate Studies, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
2012–present: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (peer-reviewed, Intellect, UK)

Awards and Honors

2017 Book publication grant awarded by the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Visual Arts Category, 2nd Term of 2017, for the book "Aesthetic Counterattack: Social Practices in Contemporary Art"
2006 Curator of "Residency/Displacement: Narratives Between Inside and Outside the Studio" at Hama Star Art Space, Kaohsiung (Supported by the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Visual Arts Category, 2nd Term of 2006)
2001–2003 Recipient of the National Culture and Arts Foundation’s "Art Research and Social Environment Integration" Doctoral Dissertation Grant in Art Sociology

Research Projects

Research Projects

2024/8/1–2026/7/31, Principal Investigator, "Asian Perspectives on Art and Social Practice: Case Studies from Taiwan and Japan on Satoyama-Satoumi, Activism, Regional Revitalization, and Sustainability," NSTC Research Project No. NSTC 113-2410-H-024-010-MY2
2023/8/1–2024/7/31, Principal Investigator, "Discourses and Practices of Community-Based Art Festivals: Activism, Regional Revitalization, and Sustainability," NSTC Research Project No. NSTC 112-2410-H-024-020
2021/8–2023/7, Principal Investigator, "Reviving Taiwan’s Environmental Aesthetics: Insights from Socially Engaged Art Practices and Community Art Festivals," NSTC Research Project No. MOST 110-2410-H-024-007
2022, Member, Academic Research Group and Classic Seminar Project "Interdisciplinary Art Education Research Group: Southeast Asia Focus," funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (01/01/2022–12/31/2022)
2019, Member, Classic Seminar Project "Creative Economy and Urban Well-being," funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (01/01/2019–12/31/2019)
2017, Member, Classic Seminar Project "Urban and Cultural Creative Economy," funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (01/01/2017–12/31/2017)
2010/2–2010/7, Principal Investigator, Ministry of Education Excellent General Education Program: "Appreciation of Visual Arts," Ministry of Education, Taiwan
2008/8–2009/1, Principal Investigator, Ministry of Education Excellent General Education Program: "Appreciation of Visual Arts," Ministry of Education, Taiwan
2004/2–2004/7, Principal Investigator, "Art as Social and Cultural Representation: A Case Study of the Rice Warehouse Artist-in-Residence Program," NSC Research Project No. NSC93-2411-H-024-991

International Collaborations

2021 Academic Host for Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Meiqin Wang, Professor of Art History, California State University Northridge, USA
2018–2019 Collaborator for International Cooperation Project: "Sea-centric Forms of Socially Engaged Art (SEA): Critical Re-Imagination of Intercultural Flow in the Kuroshio Current" (Collaboration with Dr. James Jack), Yale-NUS College (a collaboration between Yale University and the National University of Singapore)

Publications

1. Journal Articles and Book Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

2023 "Contemporary Art as an Approach to the Inheritance of Tribal Traditions and Memories: A Case Study of the Morikawa Satoumi Wetland Art Festival," Nanyi Journal, No. 26, pp. 21-25. (ISSN 2220-9093)
2022 "Revival of Environmental Aesthetics in Taiwan: Insights from Socially Engaged Art Practices and Local Art Festivals," Art Critique, No. 43, pp. 221-256. THCI Core Journal (ISSN 1015-6240)
2022 ‘Environmental aesthetics in Taiwan: revival through socially-engaged public art practice and creative placemaking’, in Socially Engaged Public Art in East Asia: Space, Place, and Community in Action, pp. 119-147, Wilmington: Vernon Press. (peer-reviewed book chapter) (ISBN 978-1-64889-342-1)
2022 "Artivism in Taiwan: From Activism to Environmentalism in Artistic Practices," Journal of National Kaohsiung Normal University: Humanities and Arts, No. 52, pp. 1-17. THCI Level 3 Journal, ACI (Academic Citation Index) (ISSN 1021-4542)
2021 Wei-Hsiu Tung (2021), "Military Dependents’ Villages as Cultural Heritage Sites: Tracing Collective Memory and Diaspora History at Shuijiaoshe," Museum Studies Quarterly, 35(4), pp. 75-91. TCI-HSS (Taiwan Humanities and Social Sciences Citation Index) (ISSN 1029-3140)
2020 ‘From Social Art Practice to Environmental Aesthetic Awakening and Civil Engagement: The Case Study of Cijin Kitchen,’ Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Vol.7, No. 2&3, pp. 307-324. (Scopus, ESCI Journal)
2019 "Cultural Creative Spaces and the Social Practice of Art," Cultural Creative Spaces and Products, Taipei: Wu-Nan Book Inc., pp. 39-68. (ISBN 978-957-763-155-8)
‘When Social Practice Art Overcomes Globalization: Attending to Environment and Locality in Taiwan’, Culture and Dialogue, Vol.6, No.2, pp. 223-250. HII Journal (Humanity International Index) (ISSN 2222-3282)
2017 "Collaborative Dialogues and Co-Learning in Art Classrooms: Insights from the No.13 Studio Artist-in-Residence Project," Journal of Art Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 45-58. (ISSN 2070-3589)
2015 "Expanded Domains: Art Interventions in the Public Sphere," Art Forum, Vol. 7 (Reissue), National Cheng Kung University, pp. 95-108. (ISSN 2073-2384)
2013 "Art Interventions in Communities: Aesthetics and Practice of Socially Engaged Art," Journal of Art Research, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 27-38. (ISSN 2070-3589)
2012 ‘The Return of the Real: Art and Identity in Taiwan’s Public Sphere,’ Journal of Visual Art Practice, Vol.11, Nos. 2&3, pp.157-172. (ISSN 1470-2029)
2009 ‘Art as A Cultural System: Towards A New Genre of Artist-in-Residence,’ The Journal of Asian Art & Aesthetics, Vol.2, The Asian Society of Arts, Airiti Press Inc., pp.83-88. (ISSN 2071-655-9)
2009 "Artist-in-Residence Programs: The Aesthetic Wanderings of Contemporary Artists," Aesthetics and Art Studies, No. 4, Taipei: Taiwan Society of Aesthetics and Art Studies, pp. 181-193. (ISSN 1683-6057)
2007 "The Artistic Energy of Cultural and Community Participation: A Case Study of the Mico Community Artist-in-Residence Project," Visual Art Forum, No. 2, Department of Fine Arts/Graduate Institute of Visual Arts, National Chiayi University, pp. 5-20. (ISBN 978-986-01-0772-2)

2. International Conference Papers (Presented in English, Peer-Reviewed)

2024 ‘The ‘New Genre Artistic Residence’ in Taiwan: Implications from Bamboo Curtain Studio’s Socially Engaged Art Practice (1995-2021)’, 2024 Res Artis Annual Conference, 6-8 Sep, 2024, Taipei Artist Village
2024 ‘Reimagining Ecological Art: Connections between Marine, Botanic and Land Communities’, Co-chair of curated panel with Associate Prof. Dr. James Jack, The 19th International Conference of Arts in Society, May 24-27, 2024, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
2024 ‘Restor(y)ing Intercultural Flows: Sea-centered Encounters’, Co-author paper presented with Associate Prof. Dr. James Jack, The 19th International Conference of Arts in Society, May 24-27, 2024, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
2023 ‘Socially Engaged Art for Well-Being and Social Inclusion: A Case Study of International Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration in Taiwan’, The Kyoto Conference on Art, Media and Culture (KAMC2023), 10-13 Oct, 2023, Kyoto Research Park
2022 ‘Carried by Currents: Sea-centric Art Caring Beyond Borders’, Ocean as Archives Conference, 5-6 July, 2022, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (conference paper presented with Dr. James Jack, Waseda University)
2021 ‘Sea-centric Socially Engaged Art: Exploring Intercultural Flow in the Kuroshio Current’, Conference of the 12th International Convention for Asian Scholars (ICAS), 24-28 August, 2021, Kyoto, Japan (Virtual Conference) (Funded by NSTC Research Project)
2020 “Opportunities for Critical Heritage: Socially Engaged Art Practice in East and South East Asia”, Chair of curated panel, Association of Critical Heritage Studies, 5th Biennial Conference, 26-30 August 2020, University College London, UK (Virtual Conference)
2020 “From Documentation to Social Practice: Art and the Critical Heritage of Military Dependents’ Villages in Taiwan”, Association of Critical Heritage Studies, 5th Biennial Conference, 26-30 August 2020, University College London, UK (Virtual Conference)
2019 “From Social Art Practice to the Awakening of Environmental Aesthetics: The Case Study of Qijin Kitchen,” Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Annual Conference, Urban Transformations and Contemporary Art in China, Tate Liverpool, UK, 11-12 November, 2019 (Approved and Funded by R&D Office of NUTN)
2019 “Environmental Aesthetics in Taiwan: Revival through Social Art Practice,” The 11th International Convention of Asian Scholars, Leiden University, Netherlands, 16-19 July, 2019 (Funded by NSTC for International Conference Presentation)
2018 “Military Dependents’ Villages as Heritage Sites: Tracing Collective Memory and Diaspora History in Shuijiaoshe Village,” 4th Association of Critical Heritage Studies World Congress, Zhejiang University, 1-6 September, 2018 (Funded by NSTC for International Conference Presentation)
2017 ‘Relation, Collaboration and Conversation As Artistic Intervention For Environmental Awakening and Revival’, 2017 College of Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, 15-18 February, 2017, New York, United States (Funded by NSTC for International Conference Presentation)
2016 ‘Collective Memories and Anti-globalization: Artistic Community Intervention in Taiwan’, 20th International Congress of Aesthetics, 24-29 July 2016, Seoul National University, South Korea (Funded by International Association of Aesthetics & Seoul National University Honorarium)
2016 ‘Artistic Intervention for Environmental Awakening and Revival: Case Studies in Taiwan’, 2016 Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference, 31 March-3 April 2016, Seattle, United States (Approved and Funded by R&D Office of NUTN)
2015 ‘Artistic Collaboration into Communities for Environmental Aesthetics in Taiwan’, International Forum of Environmental Aesthetics, 1 August 2015, Echigo-Tsumari Art Field, Japan (Approved and Funded by R&D Office of NUTN)
2014 ‘Art for Cultural Awakening: A New Genre of Artist-in-Residence Schemes in the Taiwanese Public Sphere’, Association for Asian Studies Conference, 16-18 July, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2011 ‘The Return of the Real: Art in the Public Sphere in Taiwan’, Symposium at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Media and Design, London Metropolitan University, 30 June 2011, UK
2004 ‘Art for Social Engagement: Implications for Art Critics in the Process and Practice of Artist-in-Residence Schemes’, International Symposium on Historical Buildings and Art Space, AICA 2004 World Congress in Taiwan-Kaohsiung Symposium II, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Funded by AICA)

3. Monographs (Sole Author, Peer-Reviewed)

2019 Aesthetic Counterattack: The Social Practice of Contemporary Art, Taipei: Artist Publishing House (Sponsored by the National Culture and Arts Foundation) (ISBN 978-986-282-229-6)
2017 The Social Practice of Contemporary Art: Towards the Power of Reality and Change, Taipei: Chuan Hwa Book Co., Ltd. (ISBN 978-986-463-454-5)
2013 Art for Social Change and Cultural Awakening: An Anthropology of Residence in Taiwan, Rowman and Littlefield, USA (ISBN 978-0-7391-6584-3)
Website Link: https://rowman.com/ISBN/978073916584

4. Other Conference Papers (Presented in Chinese, Peer-Reviewed)

2022 "When the Empty Mountain Is Not Empty?! Curating the Longci Kuoshan Festival in Tainan and Its Implications for Environmental Aesthetics", Annual Meeting of Taiwan Association for Social Research, National Cheng Kung University, November 12-13, 2022.
2022 "Contemporary Art as a Means of Tribal Tradition and Memory Transmission: A Case Study of the Mori Kawa Satoumi Wetland Art Festival", International Conference on Localization and Relocation: Modernization of Traditional Arts, National Cheng Kung University, October 13-14, 2022.
2021 "The Revival of Environmental Aesthetics in Taiwan: Enlightenment from Socially Engaged Art Practice and Local Art Festivals", Annual Conference of the Taiwan Art History Research Association, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, November 13-14, 2021.
2021 "Artivism in Taiwan: Artists Shifting from Activism to Environmentalism", Symposium on "Dynamics in Art Practices", National Kaohsiung Normal University, October 1, 2021.
2020 "From Environmental Aesthetics to Public Engagement: The Social Practice of 'Cijin Kitchen'", Annual Conference of Taiwan Art History Research Association, National Cheng Kung University, September 12-13, 2020.
2018 "Perspectives on Socially Engaged Art from an Educational Viewpoint", 2018 International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) Asia Regional Congress & the 7th World Chinese Art Education Symposium, The Education University of Hong Kong, December 8-10, 2018. (Approved and funded by the R&D Office of NUTN)
2018 "Art for Cultural Awakening: Artist-in-Residence Programs and Taiwanese Identity after the Lifting of Martial Law", Annual Conference of Taiwan Art History Research Association, National Taiwan Normal University, March 24-25, 2018.
2017 "Between Documentation and Art Actions: The 'Mirage: A Survey of Idle Public Facilities in Taiwan' Project", Symposium on Archives, Documents/Remaking, and Exhibition, National Cheng Kung University, November 25, 2017.
2015 "Relationship, Dialogue, and Context: Artist-in-Residence Programs as Cross-disciplinary and Cross-cultural Exchanges", Symposium "Reconsidering the Publicness of Art: Beyond 'Everyone is an Artist'", National Kaohsiung Normal University, November 19-20, 2015.
2013 "Art Intervention into Space: Imaginary Communities of People, Culture, and Environment", 2013 AICA Taiwan Annual Conference, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, October 23, 2013.
2009 "Art Intervention in Communities: Practices of Socially Engaged Art", Visual Arts Symposium 2009, Department of Fine Arts, National University of Tainan.
2008 "Artist-in-Residence Programs: Aesthetic Journeys of Contemporary Artists", Cultural Studies Association 2008 Conference "Leshen, Live Life — Style Movements, Life Politics, and Private/Public Society", Department of Mass Communication, Chinese Culture University, Taipei.
2008 "The Social Impact of Art: British Community Arts and Cultural Policy", Local Aesthetic Practice: Community vs. Art Symposium, National Culture and Arts Foundation, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
2004 "Contemporary Art Creation as a Form of Social and Cultural Representation: A Case Study of the Mi Cang Artist-in-Residence Community Project", 2003 Annual Conference of the Cultural Studies Association: By Culture, Department of Sociology, Soochow University, Taipei.

5. Other Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2021 "South, Islands, and Ocean Cultures: The Natural Imprints and Environmental Aesthetics in the Creative Journey of Hong Ming-Chueh", 120°22′E, 22°20′N Hong Ming-Chueh Art Collection, Curatorial Essay, Hong Ming-Chueh Studio, pp. 5-13.
2020 "Art Calling the Public: From Post-Nature to the Challenges of the Anthropocene", ACT Art Critique of Taiwan, Winter Issue, No.80, January 2020, National Taiwan University of Arts, pp. 45-50. (ISSN 1561-1493)
2019 "The Power of Reality and Change: Socially Engaged Art Practice in Taiwan", Bishan Magazine, Issue 11, Citic Publishing (ISBN 978-7-5217-1141-7)
2018 "The Practice of Socially Engaged Art in the 'Pride in Deafness' Exhibition", Newsletter of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature, Issue 59, June 2018, pp. 18-22. (ISSN 2707-9813)
2017 'Art and Aesthetic Environmental Awakening at Plum Tree Creek', Institute of International Asian Studies Newsletter, p.31, Spring Issue 2017.
2016 "De-Sanctifying Contemporary Art: Audience Participation and Dialogue through Relational Aesthetics", Art Accreditation, No.67, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, pp. 46-53. (ISSN 1816-3157)
2011 "Dialogues and Connections in Life", Women's Strength and Resilience: Marriage, Family, and Sisterhood, National Cheng Kung University Gender and Women's Studies Center, pp. 133-142. (ISBN 978-957-11-6304-8)
2009 "Teaching Practice of 'Visual Art Appreciation' Incorporating Life Experience and Gender Issues", Quality General Education and Teaching Innovation: Humanities and Arts Education, General Education Center, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, pp. 211-235. (ISBN 978-986-83252-7-2)
2007 "The Power of Change: Integrating Art with Local Community Life in the Mi Cang Artist Community Project", Art in Community Building, Ministry of Education Talent Cultivation Program for Public Art, National Taiwan University of Arts, pp. 140-148. (ISBN 978-986-02-2045-2)
2005 "The Texture of History: On the Reuse of Idle Spaces in Taiwan", Cultural Window, Issue 82, December 2005, Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan, pp. 20-26. (ISSN 1562-7985)
2002 "Cultural Exchange in Artist-in-Residence and International Art", The Cutting Edge, Vol.4, Internationalism and Arts of Cross-Culture, Peterborough School of Art(s), University of Leicester, UK, pp.31-35, (ISBN 0 9539873 3 7; ISSN 1366-8005)

6. Theses

2003 Art for Social Change: The Role of Artist-in-Residence Schemes in Challenging Taiwanese Cultural Identity, Ph.D. Dissertation, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England, UK
1999 Cultural Impact in Contemporary Art and Art Education: Implications for Art Education Reform in Taiwan, MA Dissertation, University of Warwick, UK