biography of TSAI Wen-Ying (1928-2013)
Personal data
Birth : 1928 - Xiamen, China
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : China - United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesRepresentatives
Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
Education
1953 : University of Michigan (Mechanical Engineering Diploma) – Ann Arbor MI, United States
1953 – 1957 : The Art Students League of New York – 215 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
1956 – 1958 : New School for Social Research (Politics & Social Sciences Graduation) – New York NY, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1950:Moves to the USA
Lives and works in Paris, France
Grants
1963
1963 : Whitney Fellowship – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : Whitney Museum of American Art – 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street – New York NY, United States
Prizes
1971
1971 : Design in Steel – American Iron & Steel Institute – United States
1969
1969 : Center of Advanced Visual Studies – Massachussett Institute of Technology – Cambridge MA, United States
Awarded by : MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 77 Massachusetts Avenue – Cambridge MA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : Light installation - Metal - Steel 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Sound installation Movements and styles
Op ArtSolo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1983
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – Paris, France
1983 – 1984
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2002
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
2001
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
1970
3ème Salon international des galeries-pilotes
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
1970
Group exhibitions
1970
Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
1970
1968
The Machine Show
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1968
Cybernetic Serendipity
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
1968
1965
The Responsive Eye
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1965
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
1970
L’art cinétique
Paris, France
1970
Dictionaries
1999
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 – 400 years of Artists in America
Publisher: Sound View Press – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
Director of publication: Falk Peter – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
1999
ISBN : 0932087558
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