YEN-YU, TSENG
CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE ARTIST
TSENG Yen-Yu is a Taiwanese artist with a MFA degree. Who uses old garments and waste textile by observation and experiment, for wrapping works as her own textile technique of deconstruction and re-assemblage. This is an unique way she created to sculpture fabrics as her style, especially after the trend of industrialization and globalization. She expresses objects and stories to reflect who she is and what surrounds her, as the interrelationship between human society and natural environment.
PORTFOLIO
2023 Faber Andorra residency, La galeria d'art Taranmana, Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra
2022 Textile Knows-Local Fashion Collecting Project, collaborated with Shi-Pai Elementary School of Senior Academy, Hong Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
old clothes from artist's aging family members, sewing thread, sample from Jim Thompson Fabric brand, silk thread from Jim Thompson brand factory, two books of Jim Thompson from William Warren Library, 343*188*40 cm, 2022, installation
old clothes from artist's aging family members, sewing thread, sample from Jim Thompson Fabric brand, silk thread from Jim Thompson's factory, 3D printed head from 3D lab of Industrial Technology Research Institute, 480*480*500 cm, 2022, wrapping, installation
2021, sewing thread, old clothes or waste textile from artist's family members and residency place, 350*250*260 cm, wrapping, installation
2021, old clothes and stones from TESA Center, shell debris from Shimen Cave, sewing thread from 1 to 10: 41*45*23, 25*82*17, 55*34*13, 48*45*18, 25*41*16, 17*48*20, 37*38*47, 61*58*12, 22*37*9, 56*53*23 cm, wrapping, installation
2021, sewing thread, old clothes or waste textile from artist's family members and residency place, 300*300*200 cm, wrapping, installation
2021, sample silk fabric from Jim Thompson's brand, silk thread from Jim Thompson's factory, sewing thread, 3D printed head from 3D lab of Industrial Technology Research Institute, 30*22*21, 54*30*10, 68*35*24, 57*45*12, 45*12*14 cm, wrapping, installation
2020, fabric scrap from puppets, , sewing thread From L to R: 35*50*17, 20*20*22, 30*22*25, 35*30*25, 30*20*10, 20*30*15, 30*25*12, 40*30*10, 35*35*12, 40*30*40 cm, wrapping, installation