Louise Hsu works in the field of contemporary art. She holds a Master’s degree in Art History from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. She has been involved in international art events such as the Taipei Biennial, Taiwan (2008) and the Animamix Biennial at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MOCA) (2010). In 2010, she joined the exhibition department at MOCA and has curated exhibitions for MOCA Studio and MOCA Plaza, in addition to developing the museum’s art magazine, MOCA Monthly. Her interest in video art led her to establish the Video Art Exhibition Series, which is held at MOCA Plaza and showcases an array of media art, including video, animation and interactive digital work. Since 2010 MOCA has hosted eight series of the Video Art Exhibition involving 48 national and international artists. Since 2013 Louise Hsu has established the independent art center, Artstream International, which dedicates itself to developing international programs of art and culture.
Chronology：
Working Experience
Since 2013 Director of Artstream International
2012-2013 Chief Curator of Hermitage Gallery
2010-2012 Specialist and Curator by Exhibition Department of Moca Taipei
2009-2010 Art Lecturer of Dharma Drum Mountain Community University
2008-2010 Editor by Dharma Drum Publication
2004-2006 Research Assistance by Art History Institute of Free University Berlin
1995-1999 Editor by Dharma Drum Publication
Important Curatorial and Administrative Exhibitions of Moca Studio at MOCA Taipei
2011.09-11 Beyond Calligraphy- New Contemporary Calligraphy Art by Hsu Young Chin
2011.06-07 Charting Sacred Territories: Holy Morphosis- A Solo Exhibition by Emily Cheng
2010.11-12 Two Trees-A New Work Exhibition by Yang Na and Mu Lei
2010.09-10 Taike Fantasia-A Solo Exhibition by Shy Gong
2010.07-08 ℃-Pulsalting Space-A Solo Exhibition by Moroizumi Sigeru
2010.06-07 Tripolar- 3 Position of German Video Art
2010.05-06 Here I Am- A Solo Exhibition by Polin Yang
2010.04-05 Surplus Enjoyment- An Exhibition by NINA and Valentin
2010.03-04 Hero- A Solo Exhibition by Amano Yoshitaka
Important Curatorial Exhibitions for “The Video Art Exhibition Series on Moca Plaza”
2011.08 The Land of Nowher, Artists:Sha Ming-Hsien, Zhang Mores, Zhang Bo-Yang
2011.06 The King of Fools-A Solo Exhibition by Han Hoggerbrugg, Artist:Han Hoogerbrugge
2011.03 The Age of Superluminal, Artists:Eric Leon Organic, Din Chin-Chung
2011.02 Body Transformation, Artists:Max Hattler, Pinn Su, Wang Xing-Xiang, Hong Shiu-Wen
2010.12 Space and Trap
2010.10 Eyes of Memories
2010.08 Floating Cities, Artists: Shanglin Wu, Nina and Valentin, I-Chun Chen
Robert Seidel, Max Hattler, Daniel Burkhardt
Important Speaking Experience
2012.03.18 Museum Acts as a Vehicle for Artists and Audiences:
3 Performative Community Art Projects by Moca Studio at MOCA Taipei
as Cases March Meeting Programm Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
2011.06.01 Curating and Contemporary Art, Taiwan Normal University
Department of Visual Communication
2010.04.15 Art and Sensation, Chung-Jen College of Nursing Heath Sciences and Manegment
2009-2010 Art Lecture Series at Dharma Drum Mountain Community University
Important Sponsorship
2012 Sponsorship of Visiting-Research Program in Berin and Kassel / Goethe Institute
2012 Sponsorship of Speakers of Ｍarch Meeting Program / Sharjah Art Foundation
2010 Sponsorship of internships at art institutions in and outside Taiwan / Contemporary Art
Foundation in Taiwan
2009 Sponsorship of internships at major art events in Taiwan / Contemporary Art Foundation in
Taiwan