Taiwanese artist Hsu Su-chen is an inter-disciplinary artist whose recent work has encompassed themes of migration, gender issues in multicultural environements, biological imperialism and environmental ethics concepts in relation to biochemical technology. From September - December 2008, Su-chen was be hosted by the National Herbarium of Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. She investigated plants as the subject of and evidence for migrations in island geography, leading to an exhibition at Domain House in December 2008.

An Asialink/Taipei Artist Village project supported by Taipei Culture Foundation and The Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government.

 

Taipei artist Wen-Fu Yu's work uses goose down feathers to represent landscapes that remind people of the sensitivity and beauty of nature in today's technologically advanced world.  Wen-Fu’s residency was divided between the Salamanca Arts Centre and the King Island Cultural centre, one of Arts Tasmania’s Wilderness Residencies.  He created two large-scale installation works at each site for the 2007 10 Days On The Island festival.  His work on King Island was so well received that the local council have turned the site into a sculpture park.

Funded by the Australia Council, the Taipei Cultural Bureau and Arts Tasmania.

Nobuhiro Ishihara, visual artist and former curator at Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan, creates work relating to primitive mythology and aboriginal cultures. He has exhibited widely in Japan and New York and has been the recipient of the Ueno-no-mori Award (Ueno-no-mori Museum, Tokyo) and the Fillan award (Broadway Tokyo Gallery). At Sydney's Artspace, Ishihara participated in the 2006 group show It's a new day, a residency driven project spanning a three month period located in and around the Gunnery in Sydney. He also held an open studio that fostered numerous networks with local artists and curators.

Supported by the Australia Council.

Huang Ching-Yi is a young Taipei artist. The material she uses in her work - corrugated paper - is a product of consumer society. Produced from wood pulp and processed to standard specifications, this 'characterless mass-produced material' is generally used for the purpose of packaging. Huang brings this dead material to life by sticking one layer on top of another, mimicking the way organic substances like paramecium reproduce, split and extend. Such work is an expression of the artist's interest in the irrepressible nature of self-growth, the unrestrained passion of youth and the instinctive impulse of endless expansion. Huang Ching-Yi was resident at the Artists' Foundation of Western Australia from October to December 2004.

Funded by the Taipei Cultural Bureau.

Indonesian ceramicist, curator and writer, A. Sudjud Dartanto, worked at the Institute of Modern Art and Fusions Gallery, Brisbane. Sujud is one of the founding directors of Galeri Benda in Yogyakarta and is a writer with an impressive list of published reviews, articles and catalogue essays. During his time in Brisbane Sujud made ceramics with members of the Australian Network of Clay & Glass Artists at Fusions Gallery and met and interviewed local artists as part of his research for a book that compares the practices of Australian artists with their counterparts in Indonesia. He also began to generate inter-cultural dialogue between artists from both countries.

Supported by the Australia Indonesia Institute.

Yeh Wei-Li is a Taipei photographer, educated in the US at the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Florida.  Since 1993 he has exhibited in 5 solo and more than 22 group exhibitions in Taipei, Tampa, New York, Providence and Atlanta.  His work has explored ideas about place, memory and the home. Yeh Wei-Li was resident at the NSW Ministry Studios at the Gunnery in Sydney, funded by the Taipei Cultural Bureau. During his residency Wei-Li made photographs and researched work for an exhibition of Taiwanese/Australian photography to show at the Taipei Artists Village upon his return.

Supported by the Taipei Cultural Bureau.

Taipei artist Julie Chou creates video and installation works concerned with the cultural and social aspects of life, often working with rural communities. Her Asialink residency was shared between Fremantle Art Centre and IASKA - International Art Space Kellerberrin where she worked closely with local residents to present new works. Too Salty used the common language of food and history to raise awareness of the salination issues in Western Australia. Chou also collaborated with fellow IASKA resident, Indonesian artist Prilla Tania, to produce video work incorporating oral histories.

An Asialink/Taipei Artist Village project supported by Taipei Culture Foundation and The Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government