Tishan Hsu
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Tishan Hsu (born 1951) is an American contemporary artist based in New York. Hsu's practice examines the "embodiment of technology," or technology's impact on phenomenology and affect.[1] Hsu's works span across painting, sculpture, drawing, and computer-generated media and often incorporate unusual materials such as digital media, silicone, and Styrofoam.[2] Recently, after his mother's death in 2013, Hsu's works have turned towards the relationship between technology and race, history, and heritage. From 1994-2018, Hsu was Professor of Visual Arts at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, as well as a visiting professor at Pratt Institute and Harvard University.[3] Hsu has served as a Member of the Board of White Columns and a Governor of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Hsu spent his early years in Zurich, Switzerland, and then grew up in Ohio, Wisconsin, Virginia, and New York. Hsu studied Environmental Design and Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his B.S.A.D. in 1973 and M.Arch. in 1975. During his time at MIT, he studied film at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University. He moved to New York in 1979, where he quickly became a part of the East Village scene at the time. He had his first show in New York at Pat Hearn Gallery in 1985, followed by a show in 1987 at Leo Castelli Gallery.[2] In the spring of 1988, Hsu left for Cologne, where he stayed for two years.[4] Upon his return to New York in 1990, Hsu began teaching at Sarah Lawrence College.