Artist | Wendy Tai
Installation / Sculpture
Hong Kong
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About Wendy Tai
Wun Ting Wendy TAI is a mixed-media artist interested in creating temporal, interactive and performative installations. Her work ranges from quiet, personal introspection to playful, social engagement. Tai holds a BA in Fine Arts from University of Pennsylvania and is a Master of Fine Arts candidate at the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art. She received the Grant for Emerging Artists from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2009. Tai has lived in Hong Kong,Canada and the United State.
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EDUCATION
2011
Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Master of Fine Arts Candidate
May 08
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, concentration in Sculpture; History of Art minor. Summa cum laude
Study Abroad
Columbia University: Reid Hall Art History Program, Paris, France
Honors
University Scholar; Dean’s List 2004-5, 2006-7, 2007-8
GRANTS | FELLOWSHIPS
2006-8
University Scholar Grant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Investigating an alternative to conceptualizing the city within visual media, using Johannesburg, South Africa as a case study
2008
Kelly Senior Research Grant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2007-8
RBSL Curatorial Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Year-long seminar to participate in the curation of cultural programming at Slought Foundation
2005-6
Penn Humanities Forum Research Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The use of Chinese language in Chinese contemporary art as a medium for cultural and political Commentary
EXHIBITIONS | PUBLICATIONS
2009 xlieux, Experimenta, Hong Kong
2009 ‘Unusual art sale’, Experimenta, Hong Kong
2008 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art, Penn Graduate Humanities Forum, Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Points of Departure: Inner and Outer Journeys in Contemporary Art, Penn Graduate Humanities Forum, Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Work chosen for The Penn Review, University of Pennsylvania’s literary magazine
2006 For Use at Home or On the Go, aSFe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Word and Image, Penn Undergraduate Humanities Forum, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Work chosen for Propaganda Silk, University of Pennsylvania’s Asian culture magazine
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