Su-Mei Tse at Nested, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
Su-Mei Tse is a visual artist whose multidisciplinary work contemplates existence, notions of time, and rhythm. She expresses life questions by capturing fleeting moments of memories and feelings through various media including photography, sculpture, film, and installation. Impressions in everyday existence, whether they be a passing thought, transitory state, or a visual or auditory experience, are lyrically translated in her work. Tse was initially trained as a classical cellist before completing visual arts studies. This leads her to reflect on the nature of music and self, while the perception of visual and auditory elements remain central to her work. The artist’s practice is not solely seen and heard, but it is felt. Similarly responding to her background of Chinese and British descent, Tse offers contemplations of cultural variance stemming from her own relationship between East and West.
Su-Mei Tse (b. 1973, Luxembourg) lives and works in Berlin and Luxembourg. She earned her MFA from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (2000). Solo institutional exhibitions include: Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2019); Hayward Gallery, London (2018); Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2018); Portland Museum of Art, OR (2018); Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland (2018); MUDAM, Luxembourg (2017); Académie de France à Rome, Villa Médicis, Rome (2014); Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (2011); Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (2009); Seattle Art Museum (2008); MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston (2007); MOCA, Taipei (2007); and MoMA PS1, New York (2006) among others. She participated in Beijing International Art Biennale (2022); Setouchi Triennale, Kagawa, Japan (2022; 2016); Biennale of Sydney (2018); and São Paulo Biennial (2004) among others. She was awarded the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco Prix (2009); Edward Steichen Award (2005); and Venice Biennale Golden Lion for Best National Participation (2003) among others.
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