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AboutTsungwei Moo lives and works in San Francisco, California. She began her education in Taiwan studying Mass Communication. After emigrating to San Francisco, she continued her education focusing on fine art.
Her work is diverse in both media and content; focused on mixed media painting, printmaking, and ceramic sculpture, with themes that focus on social justice, nature, conservation, and public engagement. Her work has been exhibited at many public locations and museums including, the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Yosemite Museum, SF Muni buses, San Francisco Public Library, and countless galleries. Her works are also in the permanent collection at the San Francisco International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Taiwan Art Bank. In 2019, Moo won the United Airlines "Her Art Here” national contest. Her art is now displayed on a Boeing 757 and can be seen internationally. In 2021, she was the selected cross residency artist sponsored by the French American Cultural Society and Villa SF. |
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Art is powerful. It inspires people and encourages them to make a change. Art shouldn’t be limited in subject matter or in ways to create it.
I am always creating something. It could be that I'm painting, pastel drawing, printmaking, working with mixed media, or making a ceramic sculpture. I love nature. I use recycled wood and natural materials to make art and give them a second chance to live inside my art. I have been a volunteer art instructor at the Yosemite National Park since 2012. I have participated in projects to put my art in public sites. In 2018 I participated in the San Francisco Muni Art project. My art was displayed on 20 buses which traveled throughout the city. In 2019, I won the United Airlines “Her Art Here” contest. My art is now displayed on the exterior of a United Airlines Boeing 757 aircraft. It represents my sweet home San Francisco California. I also use my art to encourage social change. I have used the California gun buyback program to obtain weapons which I transformed into art and a call for peace. I want to use my art to make this world a better place . What is next for me? Life is unpredictable. I will continue to create new and exciting art. |
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Awards
2022 Selected commissioned artist for the Covid-19 Time Capsule project, San Francisco Public Library and San Francisco Art Commission 2022 Bedford Gallery “If a Tree Falls” exhibition Award 2021 Villa SF x Lighthouse Immersive Artist in Residence at Immersive Van Gogh, San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by French American Cultural Society 2021 San Francisco Art Commission, Individual Artist Grant Recipient, San Francisco, CA 2020 Selected award artist, “The de Young Open”, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA 2019 United Airlines “Her Art Here” national contest winner. My artwork displayed on the exterior of a United Airlines Boeing 757 aircraft. 2019 Selected commissioned artist, United Playaz and Robby Poblete Foundation “Art of Peace - San Francisco” . Transformed California gun buyback weapons into art. 2018 San Francisco Beautiful, Muni Public Transportation Art Award My artworks displayed on 20 buses drove around in San Francisco for year long 2018 Selected commissioned artist, Robby Poblete Foundation, Art of Peace Project, Phoenix Rising Award. Transformed California gun buyback weapons into art. 2017 Westfield San Francisco Center, Urban Wallflower Award 2016 San Francisco Women Artists, Merit Award Exhibitions 2023 Penghu Fireworks Festival International Artist in Residency exhibition, Penghu islands, Taiwan. 2023 “Mothers and Daughters, generations of female immigrants “ San Francisco Public Library (solo) 2022 “The Possibility of Watercolors” Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taoyuan City Government, Taiwan 2022 “If A Tree Falls” Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (juried) ceramic sculpture 2021 Immersive Van Gogh San Francisco / Villa San Francisco artist in residence (solo show) 2021 ABC7 News “Black History Month” artist in action 2020. De Young Museum "the De Young Open" 2020. CCSSF Ocean Campus Visual Art Gallery solo show 2020. California State Building, curating and exhibition artist 2020. City Art Gallery, group show 2019 “Her Art Here” United Airlines, Boeing 757 airplane 2019 United Airlines Polaris Lounges in SFO and LAX airport 2019 “Art of Peace” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 2019 “East on West” Group Show, the State of California Building, San Francisco 2018 Art for AIDS Group Show, San Francisco Metreon 2018 Asian Week Group Show, Misho Gallery, San Francisco 2016~2019 City Art Gallery, San Francisco 2016~2019 E14 Gallery, Oakland 2016~2017 Back to the Picture Gallery, San Francisco 2016~2017 Refusalon, Union Square, San Francisco 2015~2018 Mission Bay Library printmaking solo show / ceramics showcase 2015 Gallery 85, San Jose 2015 Gallery Sixty-Six, New Mexico 2009~2016 San Francisco Women Artists Gallery 2012~2016 Yosemite Art Center solo show 2015~2017 Refusalon, JW Marriott, San Francisco 2012~2014 Steamroller Printmaking Festival, San Francisco 2013~2015 California Pacific Medical Center annual printmaking show 2011~2013 De Young Museum, San Francisco 2012 Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum 2012 Pancake and Booze art show, San Francisco 2012 Mina Gallery, San Francisco 2011 SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco 2011~2012 ArtSpan Open Studios, San Francisco 2011 Fillmore Art Walk, San Francisco 2011 San Francisco Traveler Art show 2009~2011 Studio Gallery, San Francisco 2008~2013 Fort Mason Gallery Showcase, San Francisco 2010 CCSF Arts Gallery: Ceramic Sculpture Showcase Residency 2023 Penghu Fireworks Festival International Artist in Residency exhibition, Penghu islands, Taiwan. 2022 New Pacific Studio sponsored artist in residence 2018 New Pacific Studio sponsored artist in residence 2015 La Ceiba Grafica, Mexico, printmaking and ceramics artist in residence 2012~2022 Yosemite Conservancy soft pastel drawing workshop residency instructor 2000 Da Dao Fine Art Museum, Tau Yuan, Taiwan, Artist-in-residence Curation 2023 Penghu islands Fireworks Festival International Artists in Residency program, Penghu, Taiwan 2023 “Mothers and Daughters, generations of female immigrants “ San Francisco Public Library (solo) 2020 “Artist as a Curator ” Group Show, California State Building Office of State Senator Scott Weiner, San Francisco (invitational) 2019 The National Day of Taiwan, Taipei Economic Culture Center, San Francisco Education 2016 Laney College, ceramics figure sculpture, continue education 2009~2012 City College of San Francisco, Fine Art field, continue education 1998. Tamkang University, Mass Communication, Taipei, Taiwan, BA degree Art Instructor 2022~current Sharon Art Studio, San Francisco Golden Gate Park National Recreation 2012~2022 Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Conservancy |
