Xiuching Tsay

Xiuching Tsay explores the fragile, persistent trace of human selves in spaces where accelerated industrialization and enduring spiritual beliefs coexist. Her practice reworks material remnants with vivid colour palettes and DIY-inspired visual language, creating spaces where memories are recollected not as fixed records but as shifting, living vessels. She responds to the emotional fallout of industrial saturation, where spirit and memory fight to persist. Observing anonymously made objects, makeshift charms, prayer poles found in streets, shops, and temple surroundings, Tsay is drawn to how DIY cultures hold both collective and personal presences, expressing their own built stability and rhythms. Resisting standardization and erasure while remaining entangled with cultural economies, her work reimagines these assemblages, carrying fragments of remembrance and faith, shaped by emotions and the interconnection between internal and external forces.

Tsay lives and works in Chonburi, Thailand, and London, UK. Her solo exhibitions include Homelink, Well Projects, London, UK (2024); and A Haze in Their Gaze at Daniel Benjamin Gallery, London, UK (2019). She has participated in several group exhibitions including A Fixed Point Observation From Two Billion Light-Years Away, Tang Contemporary, Hong Kong (2024); Un/Inhabiting, Changingroom Gallery, London, UK (2023); Seeds of Changing, curated by Miranda Chance, Sapling, London, UK (2022); Myselves, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2020); and The End of Expressionism, Jan Kaps, Cologne, Germany.