BIOGRAPHY
| Born: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Education: |
University of Pittsburgh, (M.A. in Mathematics, 1994)
Tufts University, (B.S. in Mathematics, 1992)
The Bronx High School of Science, 1984-1988 |
| Location: |
Miami, Florida |
COLLECTIONS |
| 2008 |
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, "Surprised Again on the Diagonal," 2002, oil on canvas, 72 x 66 in (183 x 168 cm) |
| 2007 |
Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA, "Demonstrations" drawings and paintings |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2008 |
Processes & Representations, Neue Galerie
Oberschöneweide / Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany,
August 2008 |
| 2008 |
Transition Gadgets, Shoreline Community College
Art Gallery, Shoreline, WA, April 3 - April 30 |
| 2007 |
Demonstrations, Shift Collaborative Studio,
Seattle, WA,
May 3 - June 2 |
| 2002 |
9-11 Reactions / Reflections, The National
Arts Club, New York, NY, September 16 - 28 |
| 2000 |
Lun-Yi TSAI, Oil Paintings, The China National
Museum of Art, Beijing, China September 26 - October 15 |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2008 |
Karl Hofer Gesellschaft Sommerfest an der Spree,
Neue Galerie Oberschöneweide, Berlin, Germany, July 2008 |
| 2007 |
Convergence: 14 Emerging Northwest Artists,
Burien Arts Gallery, February 2 - March 31 |
| 2006 |
Aesthetics/Analytics, , Seattle Art Museum
Gallery, Seattle WA, November 9 - December 9, Curated by Barbara
Shaiman
Shift^3: New Members Exhibit, Shift Collaborative
Studio, Seattle WA, November 2 - December 16 |
| 2005 |
Digital Art Gallery: 9th International Conference
on Information Visualization, University of Greenwich, London,
England, July 6 - 8
Art + Math = X, Patterns in Nature Digital
Gallery, CU Special Year in Art and Mathematics http://euclid.colorado.edu/~farsi/conference/artist_tsai.html
Intersection: Art + Math, UMC Art Gallery, University
of Colorado at Boulder, June 27 - August 5
Art of Resistance:
Criminal Beauty, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, May 14
& 15
Beyond Borders: A Celebration of our Ethnic Diversity,
The Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, Washington, May 5
- June 16, 2005 |
| 2004 |
VEXED: on the theme of art and politics,
, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Oct. 5 -
29, Curated by Esther Luttikhuizen
Beyond Talk: Redrawing
Race, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, April 30 - December
12 |
| 2002 |
True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit,
The National Arts Club, New York, NY, July 9 - August 20 |
BOOKS |
| 2004 |
Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and
Drama by Robert DiYanni, McGraw-Hill, p. 639 |
| 2003 |
SoHo—The Rise and Fall of an Artists’
Colony by Richard Kostelanetz, Routledge, pp. 181 – 185 |
|
SEATTLE STUDIO
LECTURES |
| 2009 |
"Across the Great Divide: Bridging
the Two Cultures of Math & Art," Math Colloquium Speaker,
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA, November 13 |
| 2008 |
"Processes & Representations," Math
Colloquium, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Miami,
Coral Gables, FL, December 3rd
Math Colloquium Speaker, Dept of Mathematics, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, November 21st
"Processes & Representations," Math Colloquium, Dept.
of Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford, MA, October
3rd
Invited Math Club Speaker, "Processes & Representations,"
Dept. of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA, September 26th
|
| 2006 |
Math Colloquium Speaker, "Demonstrations:
Mathematics & art," Dept. of Mathematics, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA, October 31st |
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES |
| 2009 |
Math,
Art, and the Infinite: Mapping Reality, by Lun-Yi Tsai,
Tufts Magazine (Cover story), Fall 2009, p. 16 - 21 |
| 2008 |
Calculating
Reality: An Interview with Lun-Yi Tsai, Tufts
University News, October 29, 2008
The Art Behind Math: An interview with artist and professor, Lun-Yi
Tsai, by Andrea Cebrecos, Metropolis Newspaper, October 6, 2008
Local prof’s art adds up to German Honors, by Fabiola
Santiago, Miami Herald, September 6, 2008
MDC Professor and Artist Named Germany’s “Mathmaker
of the Week,’ by Nicole Tallman, Miami Dade College News
& Notes, September 2, 2008
Mathemacher der Woche Lun-Yi Tsai: Der Brückenbauer (Mathmaker
of the Week Lun-Yi Tsai: The Bridge
Builder), Jahr der Mathematik 2008, August 25, 2008
Im Portrait (interview), Berlin Online TV – Freshmilk, by
Bianca Welsch, July 5, 2008
“Transition Gadgets at SCC Gallery” by Jocelyn Robinson,
The Enterprise, Seattle, WA, April 11, 2008 |
| 2007 |
Beautiful
Math & Fantastic Reality, NPR Radio KUOW 94.9
FM, Seattle, June 1, 2007
Intuition + Math + Architecture = Drawing, by Sheila Farr, The
Seattle Times, May 25, 2007, p. 43H
"Conceptions
of Space" (Beautiful Geekery) by Jen Graves, The Stranger,
May 10, 2007, p. 23
Math & Art Month by Rachel
Shimp, The Seattle Weekly, May 16, 2007, p. 28 |
| 2005 |
Two exhibits celebrate the power of art by
Mike Murray, Herald (A&E), April 29, 2005, p. 27 |
| 2004 |
Vexed: an exhibition of politically charged art
by Erin Perschbacher, Internationalist, Winter, p. 49
Mathematical Impressions: Lun-Yi Tsaï A92 by Laura Ferguson,
Tufts Magazine, Fall 2004, p. 59
Artists speak volumes, despite ‘No Comment’ by Jared
Smith, The Trail, October 8, 2004, p. 12
Wing Luke exhibit fosters dialogue about racial differences by
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 4, 2004
Compelling collection of art with a conscience by Matthew Kangas,
Seattle Times, May 28 |
| 2002 |
Artists’ SoHo, by Richard Kostelanetz, NYArts
Magazine, November, p. 93. |
|
