"I create spaces intertwined with brushstrokes and emotions, refining more interpretations and imaginations of painting."

-Tsai, Yu-Chen 蔡宇貞

Tsai Yu-Chen, born in 2000 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, holds an MFA from National Kaohsiung Normal University. Her painting practice explores still life, perspective, and cross-cultural dialogue. Tsai’s artistic journey centers on the changeability of perspective, continually evolving through the act of making. She has developed a distinctive approach to still life, capturing objects from shifting viewpoints and using the idea of “collecting” to transform unattainable items from daily life into subjects she can possess through painting.

Exploring multiple viewpoints remains a central challenge in Tsai’s compositions, pushing her beyond conventional structures and allowing her to shape a personal visual language. She is drawn to the beauty that emerges from breaking established rules, imagining the many angles from which an object might be seen. The resulting aesthetic is both unstable and balanced, creating a visual harmony that feels intentionally—and pleasantly—displaced.

Tsai Yu-Chen has been recognized with awards such as the 2024 Next Art Tainan Award, one of Taiwan’s most prestigious honors. In April 2024, she was featured as the cover artist and in a special interview for Chill in CANS Contemporary Art News. She was invited by the Tainan City Government Cultural Affairs Bureau to present a solo exhibition at City Hall. Her works have been exhibited in museums and art spaces across Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hangzhou, and Macau, participated in major international art fairs, and were successfully auctioned at Guardian Hong Kong in 2024.

「我透過筆調與情感交織所創造出的空間，淬鍊出更多對於繪畫的詮釋及想像。」 ——Tsai, Yu-Chen 蔡宇貞

蔡宇貞，2000 年生於臺灣高雄，國立高雄師範大學美術系碩士。她的藝術旅程圍繞著視角的多變性，通過創作過程的探索與成長，發展出一套獨特的靜物捕捉方式，運用「收藏」的概念，將日常生活中那些不可觸及的事物轉化為畫作中的珍貴主題。多重視角的探索始終是她構圖中的核心挑戰，促使她跳脫既有的形式框架，進而建構個人的視覺語彙。她對「規則例外的美麗」深感著迷，並想像物件在不同角度下的各種可能性。因而，她的畫面在不穩定與平衡之間並置，產生一種令人愉悅的錯置與和諧。

蔡宇貞榮獲 2024 Next Art Tainan Award——臺灣最具指標性的藝術獎項之一，也曾獲多項國內指標性獎項。2024 年 4 月，她受《CANS 當代藝術新聞》之 Chill 專題邀請，成為封面藝術家與專訪對象，於各大畫廊展出。其後，她亦受台南市政府文化局邀請於市府舉辦個展。作品曾於臺北、臺中、臺南、高雄、杭州與澳門等地之藝術空間及美術館展出，並參與多場國際藝術博覽會；其作品亦於 2024 年香港嘉德拍賣中順利成交。