WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Researcher

• 2023-now  PhD researcher at Arts and Culture Studies, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  • PhD topic: The Notion of Audience in Participatory Art

• 2018-2019  Educational Research and Project Fellow at HIDE AND SEEK AUDIOVISUAL ART 

Project Leader of Experimental Narrative: the Interpretation and Cultural Production of Visual Art-making Experiences, funded by the NCAF. /  Editor of Experiencing Culture Program- Film and Civic lecture for Senior High School, funded by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.  /  Co-manager of 2018 Teaching Artist Project, host by Fubon Cultural & Educational Foundation.

 

Guest Lecturer & Workshop Facilitator

• 2024  Co-Host Pick-Your-Cake Workshop, invited by Grabbing the Land Archives program, WEST Den Haag Open Pavilion. (The Netherlands)

• 2022  Workshop Facilitator, Indigestion — Second-Generation Zine Creation Workshop. TROPICAL DIARY, New Immigrants Joint Services Center Taoyuan, and Taoyuan Department of Social Welfare. (Taiwan) 

• 2022  Co-Lecturer, Creative Teaching Workshop of Museum IP for Teachers, National Museum of History. (Taiwan)

• 2021  Project Co-organizer and Lecturer, Anion: Writing Workshop for Newcomers. Hosted by SLY Art Space. (Taiwan)

• 2018  Workshop Facilitator, Art Classes Adults Remember: Revisiting School Art Education Through Childhood Memories. DreamN for teachers. (Taiwan)

• 2017  Lecturer, Weekly Art Workshop for Elderly Participants, Taipei Medical University Community Care and Research Centre. (Taiwan)

 

Art Manager & Advisor

• 2020-2021  Curator of Ari Saumai! and Pupuzu. Host by ISRC of NTUST, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

• 2020  Exhibition advisor of NEST, host by Endospace Sound Visual Art (Taiwan)

• 2018  Exhibition advisor of #4 am, host by LearningFromThePoor (NGOs work with homeless communities) (Taiwan)

• 2015-2016  Residency Manager at BAMBOO CURTAIN STUDIO (FULLTIME)

• Managing residency and cultural exchange projects, such as 'Cultural Leadership Program' with Cambodia Living Arts, 'Green Art Action Exhibition' in Tamsui, etc.

 

Research & Teaching Related  

• 2024-2025  Research Associate. Taiwan Art Space Alliance. (Taiwan/ The Netherlands)

• 2012-13  Research Assistant of Arts and Medicine Program; Teaching Assistant of Oral History in Taipei National University of the Arts (Taiwan)

• 2010  Practice art teacher at Taipei First Girls High School for one month (Taiwan)

 

Co-Editor

• 2015  Co-editor and writer of Green Art Action Project, Green Boat: Row Your Boat, Bamboo Curtain Studio.

• 2011  Co-Editor in NTNU I'm here! Project, hosted by National Taiwan Normal University.

• 2011  Co-Editor of YunHe Life Local Newspaper (Taiwan)

 

Translator & Moderator

• 2024  Translation suggestion for Double Echo of Time exhibition, hosted by iii, Den Haag (The Netherlands)

• 2020  Moderator of Nobody Is Everywhere. At g0v Summit, (December 5.) (g0v is a civic hacking movement since 2012) (Taiwan)

• 2017  Interpretation for exhibition opening talk Garari Nehiora, curated by Waley Art and Space One. May, Seoul (South Korea)

 

Volunteer & Internship

• 2024  Host of ESHCC PhD Club Blog. Helped at Taiwan Research Day (The Netherlands)

• 2013-2012  Internship at ART PLUS magazine in the editorial team, 2013 (Taiwan) / Internship in SEDAI GROUP and 1920s Bookstore, 2012 (Taiwan)

• 2011  Volunteer in Taipei Art Festival & Urban Nomad Film Festival (Taiwan)

 

 

GRANTS & AWARDS

• 2026｜Taiwan–Belgium–Netherlands Academic Exchange and Mobility Grant Program.｜Ministry of Education, Taiwan

• 2023–2027｜National Scholarship for Overseas PhD Study｜Ministry of Education, Taiwan (USD 200,000 awarded for four years)

• 2017｜International Cultural Exchange Grant (Outbound)｜National Culture and Arts Foundation (NCAF), Taiwan

• 2010｜4A Yahoo! Advertising Competition｜The Association of Accredited Advertising Agents of Taipei, Taiwan

 

 

EDUCATION

• 2011-2014  Master of Art Management, Graduate Institute of Arts Administration and Management, Taipei National University of the Arts. Thesis: Research on the Autonomy of Cultural Production of "Independent Periodicals" in Taiwan.

• 2007-2011  Bachelor of Fine Art, National Taiwan Normal University. Majored in Graphic Design. Graduated project 'SQUARE' regional magazine. Completed High School Teacher Education Program.

 

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INVITED SPEAKER

• 2026  12th Art+Feminism Wikistormers, Feminist Tenting Across Borders, March 27, 2026. (Invited by Dr. Karen Keifer-Boyd). Penn State University. (USA, remote presentation)

• 2024  Taipei Literature Festival: The Potential of a Magazine to Influence Its Era: On the Formation of Perspectives in Experimental Publications. Hosted by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government. (Taiwan)

• 2024  “What If We Very Much Want to Write?”: Writing Observations from Alumni. Invited by the Graduate Institute of Arts Administration and Management, Taipei National University of the Arts. (Taiwan)

• 2023  Montfort College, Rotterdam. (The Netherlands)

• 2022  “Being an Audience or Artist in Exhibitions: Stories of Collaboration in Exhibitions.” Zhonghe Junior High School. (Taiwan)

• 2021  “How to Formulate Our Questions in One Place.” Online talk hosted by graduate students from NKNU. (Taiwan)

• 2021  “If We Couldn't Tell What We Like, Let's Try Talking About What We Dislike.” Online workshop for junior high school students. (Taiwan)

• 2021  “Pet Phrases and Conjunctions: Thoughts on Bilingual Teaching Policies in Art Education.” Art x English x Life 01 for art teachers. (Taiwan)

• 2019  “Accompanied Through Arts,” TCAC, Taipei. (Taiwan)

• 2014-2019  Invited Speaker on zine culture at VOICE Space, THINKERS Space, archipiélago (Reader's View: When We Face Something Everyone Could Do), and SEAMi Bookstore. Presenter at “ZIlIIINE,” 2015 Zine Zine Fair, Garden City Publishers. (Taiwan)

 

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PUBLICATIONS

 

Peer-reviewed Articles

• Tseng, P.-H., Cheng, A. Y.-C., Lin, H. M., Hong, T. (2026). Public art dialogue-diary as transnational feminist storytelling. Visual Arts Research. [THCI]

• Hong, T. (2026). The Perception and Co-Creation of Everyday Objects in Grassroots Participatory Practices. In the publication (Accepted. Expected publication date: mid of 2026)

• Hong, T. (2021). Publishing as Artistic Practices as a Form of Creativity and Distinction: An Investigation on the Narrative Disarray Inside and Outside of the Fields of "Xiao Zhi" and "Artists' Books" Throughout the Past Decade in Taiwan. In Journal of Taipei Fine Arts Museum. [THCI]

 

Articles

• Sensoring Together, Speaking Together: Accessibility and Inclusive Practices at Kunstinstituut Melly, Taichung Art Museum, Aggregate Vol.2.

• ​​Refusing to Get Used to It: Notes on Gender, Conflict, and (the Sense of) Safety in Rotterdam’s Arts and Cultural Community, CLABO, CLab TAIWAN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE LAB. (Pioneer art institution in Taiwan)

• 2025 Ecology Domain As a Way to Observing the Sustainably of AIR. .

• Empowerment of Tears and Violence: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s Collected Artwork, “Tear Gun”. ARTouch.

• Let’s Get the Conversation Rolling: Exploring Print Media’s Cultural Influence, Then and Now. Published by Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government. (Annual publication of Taipei Literature Festival.)​​

• 2023  (Re) Defining artist-in-residency. Taiwan Art Space Alliance.

• 2023  Local Space for Art, Objects, and Daily Sharing Gatherings in Maastricht: HAE. Published by ZhengbinArt.

• 2020  Projection Mapping at this Disorderly Wall: NEST in SLY Art Space at the Year of Pandemic, ARTouch. 

• 2019  Experimental Narrative Art Critic Project. Published at ARTouch and Oranje Express.

  • Can Art Be Taught? The Artists’ Companion as Lecturers- When Artists Outside of Galleries Encounter Teenagers Outside of School. 

  • It’s Not an Accident for Arts to Settle Down: Visit the Only Non-profit Space at the 1960s Shopping Mall with Motel Spatie.

  • The Stairs, Studio, the Boat: Memories of Cultural Working in Jan van Eyck Academie.

  • Viewing Photography in the City, a Development of the Viewers’ Perspectives: Visiting BredaPhotos for its Guided Tour and Educational Programs.

• Changes and Information of the Space: 1646.

• 2020  La Gaîté Lyrique: A Digital Culture Site in City, in ‘ARThon No. 1: VR Matters’. Published by Digital Art Center.TW.

• 2017-18  ‘Key Scene’ Online Column on art critic platform host by Dimension Endowment of Art.

  • Bitter and Sweet in Zine Workshops: Interview of Annisa Rizkiana Rahmasari. 

  • SIANG KONG, and Moonlight at Taladnoi- Community Stories in China Town at Bangkok.

• 2016  Art Column. National Training Institute for Farmers' Organizations’ magazine. 

  • Lookland Independent Bookstore: Books, Vegetables, and More.

  • Interview of Project Pollen.

 

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CONFERENCES & RESEARCH SEMINARS

• 2026 Hong, T. Interpreting the Daily Life Objects: The Perception and Co-Creation of Everyday Objects in Grassroots Participatory Practices. 17th European Sociological Association Conference (ESA) Strengthening Democracies: Social Action, Solidarity, and Sustainable Futures, Track: RN02 - Sociology of the Arts. Warsaw. (Poland)​​​

• 2025  Hong, T. The Busy Audience as Co-author and Consumer: Analysis of the Audience Perception of Participatory Artworks Combined with Consumption. International Conference on Cultural Economics (ACEI) Conference. Rotterdam. (The Netherlands)

• 2025  RMeS Winter School & Graduate Symposium 2025-26 (The Netherlands)

• 2024  Tseng, P.-H., Hong, T., Cheng, A. Y.-C., Chen C. L. (2024, April 6). Art across borders: Transnational public art dialogue-diary as reflective and affective pedagogy. National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, MN. (USA, remote presentation)

• 2024  Tseng, P.-H., Cheng, A. Y.-C., Lin, H. M., Hong, T. (2024, June 13). Public art dialogue-diary as transnational artistic knowledge. United States Society for Education Through Art (USSEA), Santa Fe, NM. (USA, remote presentation)

• 2023  Para-Educational Research Seminar, HFBK, Hamburg (Germany)

• 2023  Hong, T. Recalling First Art Class Memories: Recollecting Individuals Art Class Memories in Childhood. iJADE Conference. (UK, remote presentation)

• 2013  Symposium of Cultural Resources, Taipei National University of the Arts. (Taiwan)

 

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ARTISTIC PRACTICES

 

Exhibitions

• 2023｜The Guidance of Escape｜In Continuous Dialogue (with Eddie Choo Wen)｜Helsinki, Finland

• 2021｜Seasons of Cleaning｜Bridge Hole Project, curated by OFF-Site｜Taiwan

• 2021｜Borrowed Conditions: Personal Indoor Tent Evaluation｜In Between (with Ning Tsai), 435 Art Zone｜Taiwan

• 2021｜Small Table Matters｜SLY Art Space｜Taiwan

• 2020｜Color Sample & Voice Mail｜SANYING ART, New Taipei City Art Museum｜Taiwan

• 2019｜Art-Class-Memory-Manual for Adults: for Language Settled｜The Process of Knowledge, Haiton Art Center｜Taiwan

• 2017｜Memories of Art Class｜Hae｜Maastricht, Netherlands

• 2016｜A Conditioned Game｜Art of Six, Waley Art｜Taiwan

 

Artist-in-Residency

• 2023｜Radius of Evacuation (Personal Level)｜Artist-in-Residence, Making Circle, NTCAT / New Taipei City Art Museum｜New Taipei City, Taiwan

• 2017｜Work Team Participant, Jac. P. Thijsse Lab, Jan van Eyck Academie｜Maastricht, Netherlands

• 2016｜Uänn-Thiap: BCS on Tour｜Residency project with KUNCI, Lifepatch, and BACC｜Indonesia / Thailand

 

Calligraphy & Logo

2013-Present｜Calligraphy commissions for three concerts at Taipei Arena.｜Calligraphy for the opening title of The 2014 Consensus. Taiwan Public Television Service (PTS Taigi)｜Logo and visual identity design for independent bookstores and cultural spaces, including BOOKSTOREAROUND｜Calligraphy commissions for art and cultural events, including Taipei Hakka Education Center and National Taiwan University Center for Teaching and Learning Development.

 

 

FEATURED

• Sun Y.C.; Lai Y.Y. (2023, August 9) Treating the Faceless’ Art Experiences Equally: An Interview with an Independent Researcher Tze-Ning Hong. The Taiwan Research Hub, University of Nottingham. https://taiwaninsight.org/2023/08/09/treating-the-faceless-art-experiences-equally-an-interview-with-an-independent-researcher-tze-ning-hong/ (UK)  

• Hsu S.Y. (2022, August 7) Three Hundred Million Dollars of Positivity: Four Powerful Women in the Arts and Their Paths Through Adversity. HeyShow.com. (A Taiwanese art and design media platform established in 2000) . (Taiwan)

• Hsu S.Y. (2022, Feburary 17) Atypical Labour: From Living in a Tent to Curating Exhibitions — The Artistic Journey of Hong Tze-Ning. HeyShow.com. (Taiwan)

• Tseng K.H. (2016) Interviewed on Radio Taiwan International regarding cultural exchange as a team member of BCS . (Taiwan)