Bio
With a psychology background, Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia is a freelance artist now working in the New York City area after receiving her Master’s degree in Community Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art. She focuses on performance art and painting, simultaneously investigates relational art and mental health. Her vision is to keep developing the interdisciplinary of the two fields, psychological art, in order to utilize psychology knowledge on a broader scale in art.
Julia sees her art as a medium that has the ability to raise awareness of social issues mildly. She tends to build each of her performances into a conversation by utilizing interactions in order to invite audiences to not only view as audiences but also join the conversation with her. Julia expects her performances can become mind-open spaces for people to share thoughts comfortably and talk about social issues safely together.
Being involved in communities allows Julia to learn from others and see social issues in different aspects. She values the time that an artist spends on relationship building as an artist in the community. This is the way she becomes a part of the people and stays in solidarity with them.
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EDUCATION
2020 MFA in Community Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA,) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2017 BS in Clinical Psychology, Fu-Jen Catholic University (FJCU,) New Taipei City, Taiwan.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2020- Artist in Residence, ARTS By the People, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
2019-2020 Graduate Program Assistant, MICA, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2019-2020 Teaching Fellow, Keswick Multi-care Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2018-2019 Community Artist, The Chinatown Collective, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2017 Website UI/ UX Designer, MyProGuide, Taipei, Taiwan.
EXHIBITION/ PERFORMANCE
2021 Asia North 2021 Exhibition
Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Collective Health
Collar Works, Troy, NY, U.S.
2020 16 Online Performance Art Festival
Virtual Event, Online Performance Art
2020 JUSTICE Online Juried Competition and Exhibition
Online, The Art Guild, Manhasset, New York, U.S.
Through the Window Juried Show
Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
The Distance to the Truth, MFA in Community Arts Thesis Talk
Zoom (Virtual Event), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
The Search of Johnny Redacted, Online Interactive Show
Youtube (Virtual Event), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
MFACA Cohort Show
Hurwitz Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2019 Every Calorie Counts, INCLUDE ME!: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
AICAD Symposium, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Solo Exhibition, -HOMETOWN- Beyond Pacific Ocean
Charm City Night Market, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Inter//Action: Artists Respond to the Natural World
Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
MAT & MFACA First-year Show
Hurwitz Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
So Fa r From Home
The Crown, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
National Association for Schools of Art and Design Group Exhibition
Leidy Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2017 Fu-Jen Catholic University Clinical Psychology (FJCU CPSY) Graduate Exhibition
44 South Village, Taipei, Taiwan
GRANT/ AWARD
2020 Hornorable Mention, Through the Window Juried Show
Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
2019 Teaching Fellow, Libby Bowerman Fellowship
Keswick Multi-care Center & Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Community Engagement Grant (Project HOMETOWN -Beyond Pacific Ocean-)
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Collaborative Community Artist, Grit Fund
Charm City Night Market, The Chinatown Collective, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2018 MICA Community Arts Scholarship
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2016 College Student Research Scholarship
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan