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| TSOU Yung-Shan> |
born
in Taipei, Taiwan lives and works in Berlin since 2011 member of BBK Berlin artist/author/translator mobile:+49 174 624 38 42 email:yungshan.tsou@gmail.com |
| Education |
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| 2011 |
Meisterschülerin at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin | |
| 2008 | Erasmus Scholarship, Fine Arts at the Universidad Barcelona |
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| 2002-2010 | Textile and surface design at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, ended with degree of Diplom |
| TSOU Yung-shan
is a Berlin-based Taiwanese artist whose work involves
handwriting and bookmaking as conceptual artistic
expressions. After completing her Meisterschüler study at
the Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin in 2011, Tsou exhibits
her growing folio of works via diverse exhibitions. 2011 she
had her solo exhibition “Silent Years” in the Gallery
VBM20.10 CONTEMPORARY ARTS&DESIGN Berlin; she also
participated in the exhibition “Possible Arts” in
Kunsthaus-Viernheim. In 2012 she curated and took part in
the exhibitions “Book-Like Objects” in tamtamART Berlin and
“Typosphäre – The Current Positions of script-/ imagery” in
Galerie im Turm Berlin. She was one of the finalists of
NOPX|artbook 2012|2013, International Contest of Artist’s
Books in NOPX, which was held in Turin, Italy; then she was
shortlisted in KALEID 2015 London “Artists Who Do Books”. In
the meantime she built up her own edition “Luftschlösschen”.
Its first project is a CD production of an audio play
Heinzelmenschen. Her artist’s books are collected
in USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland and in Taiwan. Collaterally, Tsou has been intensively involved in novel writing since 2011. In 2013 she won the first prize of Taoyuan County Creative Writing Awards in the category of short stories in Taiwan. She has two published novels: THE WAITING ROOM. Its French version La Salle d’attente was published in September 2016. A TRAVELER’S GUIDE TO RIDE-SHARING, was rendered into the music piece Falling Farewell and premiered by Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin in Innovation Series Soundscape—Literature into Music in 2014. Her third novel AVE MARIA was published in 2022. 2015-2017 she took part in the Taiwanese-German literature exchange program Das Leben ist eine Insel. Thank Taiwan Ministry of Culture Fellow, in 2016 she attended artist residencies at Camac Art Centre, France and at Santa Fe Art Institute, USA. In 2017 she was invited to participate in international writers' residency in Château de Lavigny, Switzerland. 2017-2018 she was one literature grant holder of National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan. In 2017 she had her solo exhibition Our Gaze in The Hague. In 2018 she realized the exhibitions Back to Pages: Artists Books in Shanghai and Cross-Domain Reading & Writing: A Biblio-ecology at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. In 2020 she participated in ART TAIPEI|Taiwanese Artists' Books. Thanks to the special scholarship program of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, her book project AVE MARIA was completed. With the NEUSTART KULTUR - scholarship program 2021 from the Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst and the Research Scholarship of Visual Art 2022 of the Berlin Senate Department of Culture and Europe, she has started a new artist's book project. |
Recognitions
| 2022 |
Scholarship holder of Research Scholarship of Visual Art 2022 of the Senate Department of Culture and Europe, Berlin, Germany |
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| 2021 | Scholarship holder of NEUSTART KULTUR – Scholarship Program 2021 of Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst, Germany | |
| 2020 |
Scholarship holder of Special Scholarship Program of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2017-2018 |
Literature grant holder of National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan |
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| 2017 |
International writers' residency in Château de Lavigny, Switzerland |
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| 2016 |
Artist residency at Santa Fe Art Institute, USA; Taiwan Ministry of Culture Fellow |
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| 2016 |
Artist residency at Camac Art Centre, France; Taiwan Ministry of Culture Fellow |
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| 2015 |
Shortlisted in KALEID 2015 London "Artists Who Do Books" |
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| 2015 |
Grant holder of "Books from Taiwan", funded by Taiwan Ministry of Culture |
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| 2013/2014 |
Grant holder of Taipei Book Fair Foundation, funded by Taiwan Ministry of Culture |
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| 2013 |
First prize winner of 18th Taoyuan County Creative Writing Awards in the category of short stories | |
| 2013 |
Grant holder of National Museum of Taiwan Literature, Taiwan |
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| 2013 |
Finalist of NOPX|artbook 2012|2013, International Contest of Artist Books, Turin, Italy | |
| 2011 |
Finalist of 2011 TSMC Literature Prize, Taiwan, novel „The Waiting Room“ (in traditional Chinese) |
Publications
| 2023 |
novel: Ave Maria (extract 2), stadtsprachen magazin, issue 24, Berlin |
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| 2022 |
novel: 萬福瑪麗亞(Ave Maria), Unitas Publishing Co., Taipei |
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| 2020 |
novel: Ave Maria (extract 1), stadtsprachen magazin issue, 14, Berlin |
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| 2018 |
artist's books: Cross-Domain Reading & Writing: A Biblio-ecology, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei | |
| 2017 |
short stoty: Driesprong, Tijdschrift Terras, Amsterdam | |
| 2016/2017 | novel: The Waiting Room (extract), Absinthe: A Journal of World Literature in Translation, issue 22: Pen & Brush, Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
| 2016 |
artist's books: Heinzelmenschen(audiobook), Edition Luftschlösschen, Berlin |
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| 2016 |
novel: La Salle d’attente, Piranha éditions, Paris |
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| 2013-2015 | artist's books: flip!s, Berlin |
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| 2014 |
novel: 鐵道共乘旅遊手冊 (A Traveler's Guide to Ride-sharing, traditional Chinese version) ISBN: 9789866026867, Taipei |
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| 2013 |
novel:
等候室 (The Waiting Room, traditional Chinese version) ISBN:9789866026379,
Taipei |
Reviews/Interviews (selected)
| 2022 | 鄒永珊獻給世間的救贖──寫《萬福瑪麗亞》看亂世浮生，China Times, Taiwan | |
| 2020 |
PARATAXE digital 1: Tsou Yung-Shan in conversation with Martin Jankowski | |
| 2018 |
【人物誌】鄒永珊：十年熬一顆大蘋果，轉角國際 udn Global |
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| 2017 |
Le Vent Sombre: La salle d'attente |
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| 2017 |
Nancy Hoffmann: New Spaces |
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| 2016 |
En attendant Nadeau: J’habite entre ici et là-bas |
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| 2016 | Lettres de Taïwan: Tsou Yung-Shan: « This is about expectation » |
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| 2016 |
RTI: Artist and Author Tsou Yung-Shan (part 1/ part 2) | |
| 2015 | The Quietus, Verfreundungseffekt: Waiting For Something To Happen —Tsou Yung-shan's The Waiting Room | |
| 2014 |
Living in Berlin x interview 024 | |
| 2013 |
Taipei Times, Book review: The Waiting Room |
Selected exhibitions
| 2022 |
Book presentation: Ave Maria, Novilla, Berlin Asia Arts Club, Berlin |
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| 2020 |
ART TAIPEI 2020｜Taiwanese Artists' Books: Materials and Interfaces, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| 2018 |
Back to Pages: Artists' Books, Bananafish Books and Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| 2018 |
Cross-Domain Reading & Writing: A Biblio-ecology, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| 2017 |
Our Gaze, solo exhibition; SinArts Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| 2016 |
SFAI140, Santa Fe Art Institute, USA |
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| 2016 |
Book Semiotics, Santa Fe Art Institute, USA |
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| 2016 |
Cabinets of curiosities: intermediate worlds of visible and invisible creatures, Alter Friedhof St. Marien–St. Nikolai, Berlin |
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| 2016 |
26th KOUSAKU exhibition: People who plant a tree, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan |
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| 2014 | Touring exhibitions of documents about making “A Traveler's Guide to Ride sharing”, diverse independent bookstores, Taiwan | |
| 2014 |
Book presentation in Taiwan Pavillon at Frankfurter Book Fair |
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| 2013 |
The 4th Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize and Exhibition, Sheffield U.K. |
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| 2013 |
102年度國立臺灣文學館好書推廣主題書展, National Museum of Taiwan Literature, Tainan, Taiwan |
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| 2013 |
NOPX|artbook 2012|2013, International Contest of Artist Books in NOPX, Turin, Italy | |
| 2013 |
Abwesend, anwesend, solo exhibition; Joie Éternelle, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| 2012 |
Typosphäre – The current positions of script-/ imagery, Galerie im Turm Berlin |
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| 2012 |
Book-Like Objects, tamtamART Berlin |
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| 2011 |
POSSIBLE ARTs, Kunsthaus-Viernheim | |
| 2011 |
Silent Years, solo exhibition; VBM20.10 CONTEMPORARY ARTS & DESIGN Berlin |
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| 2010 |
The Incredible 10 und Friedichstadt Zentral - experimental music- und art festival Dresden |
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| 2009 |
Voyage Voyage!, Galerie Bild Plus Berlin |
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| 2008 |
Anonyme Zeichner #9, art space Kreuzberg/Bethanien Berlin |
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| 2006 |
Segmente des Alltag, solo exhibitions; art space Polymar und Bona-Preiser-Bibliothek Berlin |
Collections
| 2019 | private collection in France |
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| 2017 |
book collection, The Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation, Switzerland |
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| 2016 |
artists book collection, Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico, USA | |
| 2016 |
artists book collection, Denison University Library, Granville, Ohio, USA |
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| 2013 -2016 |
private collections in Canada, Germany, Taiwan, USA |
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2013 |
The AGYU artist book collection, The Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada |
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2011 |
private collection in Taiwan |
| 2020 |
PARATAXE presentation: Tsou Yung-Shan & Milenko Goranović Literaturhaus Berlin |
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| 2019 |
FernostBerlin – die asiatischen Autor*innen Berlins PARATAXE Symposium V, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin |
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| 2018 -2023 |
Graphic design in the project Sheng of TPMC (Tout Pour la Musique Contemporaine), France |
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| 2018 |
24-hr Soapbox Speech |
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| 2018 |
Cross-Domain Reading & Writing: A Biblio-ecology in Art│Lectures |
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| 2018 |
Cross-Domain Reading & Writing│Talk |
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| 2017 |
Speaker of Conversas Berlin #25 |
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| 2017 |
Guest artist-writer of Taiwan Week, Netherlands |
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| 2017- |
Columnist for UDN Global |
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| 2016 |
Bookbinding workshop at Institute of American Indian Arts, USA |
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| 2015 -2017 |
Book design in the project of german-taiwanese literature exchange program Das Leben ist eine Insel – Literatur@Taiwan |
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| 2014 |
Innovation Series: SoundScape–Literature into Music with Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, premiered in Taiwan |
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| Juni 2013 | Open Art Academy in the Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz Berlin |
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| 2012 -2013 |
Calligraphy workshops im HdA Kunstsalon Berlin |
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