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Hsiao-Chu Hsia is a multidisciplinary artist from Taiwan, now based in New York, USA, focusing on a mix of performance art and installation art. She has a background in clinical psychology and received an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, USA. “Relationship” is the keyword of Hsia’s practice, addressing solidarity yet conflicts between individuals, cultures, generations, humans and environments. She builds immersive experiences to address social topics from psychological perspectives, exploring the applications of psychological theories in performative art. Her research interest echoes words by Vernon Lee, a British writer who published art essays, expressing possession of collecting facts that bridge the gap between the subjective study of aesthetics and psychology (Vernon Lee, The Psychology of an Art Writer, David Zwirner Books, 2018.)

In 2024, Hsia had her solo exhibition “The Third Party” at Queens College in New York City, as she received the 2023 Queens Arts Fund from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. She was the resident artist at Casa Lethbridge, Canada, and SÍM Residency, Iceland, in 2023. Most recently, Hsia is one of the participating artists in the residency program on Governors Island with the Taiwanese American Arts Council and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in 2025.

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EDUCATION

2020 MFA in Community Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD, USA

2017 BS in Clinical Psychology, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

RESIDENCY/ PROGRAM

2025 Satellite Program, New Dance Alliance, New York, NY, USA
2023 Artist in Residence: Dance, Casa, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
         Organizations-in-Residence on Governors Island​, Taiwanese American Arts Council, Queens, NY, USA
         SFSIA 2023 New York City: Cognitive Justice and the Crisis of Epistemology, Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art
         Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, Visual and Multidisciplinary Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, USA
         Artist Residency, SÍM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland
2020 Artist in Residence, ARTS By The People, Morristown, NJ, USA

EXHIBITION/ PERFORMANCE

2025 ECO Art on Island Thematic Exhibit I (curated by Taiwanese American Arts Council,) Governors Island, New York, NY, USA

         ART IS, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo, Gyeonggi, South Korea

         Performance in Flux: Digital Flux, IMMERSE 2025, IMMERSE, Orlando, FL, USA

2024 The World’s Borough Exhibition, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY, USA

         Underground Art and Design Art Fest: Jukebox of Dissonance, G-Gallery, New York, NY, USA

         SOLO Show The Third Party, Queens College Art Center, Queens College, Flushing, NY, USA

         Grace Exhibition Space Spring Series 2024, Grace Exhibition Space, New York, NY, USA

2023 From Island to Island (curated by Taiwanese American Arts Council), Governors Island, New York, NY, USA

         Weaving Islands, Governors Island, New York, NY, USA

         Three Patterns (funded by Maryland State Arts Council and TRP Foundation), The Bank, Baltimore, MD, USA

         NYC Art Bridge: Wellness Through Art (curated by Taiwanese American Arts Council), QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, Queens, NY, USA

         MAKING VISIBLE, Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, USA

         In/ Between 2023: Lush Friction, New York Live Arts, New York, NY, USA

2022 Multi-us (commissioned performance for artist Shih-Pao Lin’s solo exhibition The Golden Age), Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY, USA

         Walking in the Cosmos: Artists Interpreting Urban Reverence, Voelker Orth Museum, Queens, NY, USA

         Art in Odd Place, 14th St., New York, NY, USA

         From Urban Reverence to Urban Divergence (curated by Taiwanese American Arts Council), IW Gallery, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY, USA

         Hellbond: Dancing with the Spirits, ​​Asia North Festival 2022 (sponsored by Grit Fund 2022,) Hopper House Gallery, Baltimore, MD, USA

         Where Are You Today?, Gene Frankel Theatre, New York, NY, USA

         Where Are You Today?, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2021 Apocalypse: A Performance Art Marathon, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY, USA

         New Normal: Working Through Quarantine (Juror: Grace Graupe-Phillard,) Payne Gallery, Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA, USA

         Centrifugal Revolving, FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY, USA

         Centrifugal Revolving, El Museo, Buffalo, NY, USA

         Centrifugal Revolving, CultureLab LIC, Queens, NY, USA

         Asia North 2021 Exhibition, Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

         Collective Health, Collar Works, Troy, NY, USA 

2020 Bilateral Interflow, Online Premiere Event, ARTS By The People, Morristown, NJ, USA

         CreArt Music Festival 2020/ 21 (invited by CreArtBox) Online Screening, CreArtBox, Queens, NY, USA

         Through the Window Juried Show, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI, USA

         16 Online Performance Art Festival, Online Video Screening

         2020 JUSTICE Online Juried Competition and Exhibition, The Art Guild, Manhasset, NY, USA

2019 MFACA Cohort Show, Hurwitz Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA

         INCLUDE ME! 2019 AICAD Symposium (organized by Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design,) Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA

         -HOMETOWN- Beyond Pacific Ocean Solo Exhibition, The Chinatown Collective, Baltimore, MD, USA

         Inter//Action: Artists Respond to the Natural World, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA

         So Fa r From Home, The Crown, Baltimore, MD, USA

2017 Fu-Jen Catholic University Clinical Psychology (FJCU CPSY) Graduate Exhibition, 44 South Village, Taipei, Taiwan

GRANT/ AWARD

2023 Queens New Work Fund, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY, USA

2022 Grit Fund 2022, The Peale Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

2021 Juror Selected Artist by Grace Graupe-Pillard, Payne Gallery, Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA, USA

         Philadelphia Independent Media Fund with Chen-Yi Wu, Shou-An Chang (Separated, Long Ver.,) Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

         Short Documentary Film Grant with Chen-Yi Wu, Shou-An Chang (Separated, Short Ver.,) Together We Film, Taipei, Taiwan

2020 Hornorable Mention, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI, USA

2019 Libby Bowerman Fellowship, Keswick Multi-care Center & Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA

         Community Engagement Grant (Project HOMETOWN -Beyond Pacific Ocean-,) Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA

         Grit Fund 2019 with The Chinatown Collective, The Peale Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

2018 MICA Community Arts Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA

2016 College Student Research Scholarship, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

ARTISTIC ACTIVITY

2025 Panelist of 2025 Queens Arts Fund. New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, USA

         Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day with the Taiwanese American Arts Council. NYC DOT Department of Transportation, New York, NY, USA

2023-2024 Associate Board of Grace Exhibition Space. Grace Exhibition Space, New York, NY, USA

2024 Guest Speaker of 2024 Taiwanese American Conference-East Coast (TACEC.) West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA

2023 Artist Talk & Workshop. Casa, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

         Dance Workshop. Drama Department, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

         CHATogether Artist Talk by Eunice Yuen, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 2023 Conference. Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, NY, USA

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