Charwei Tsai (she/her)
Wysing Arts Centre
Photography of artist Charwei Tsai taken during her residency at Wysing Arts Centre in May 2023. She was jointly invited for the residency by Kettle’s Yard and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
During her residency she produced ‘Ancient Desires’; a set of over 200 ceramic offering vessels and bowls of differing sizes and shapes. The work was featured in the exhibition ‘Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia and friends’ at Kettle’s Yard.
![ID Image 1: Artist Charwei stands smiling, wearing a matching black top and scarf around her neck, whilst leaning with both arms on a large table in Wysing’s Ceramics Studio. There are huge shelves filled with buckets of ceramic glazes behind her, al](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6533f9be8e0657670b0ea26f/332c047b-d9b4-431f-b232-ce14f710d7e9/Lucy+Rose+Shaftain-Fenner+-+Charwei+Tsai-1.jpg)
![ID Image 2: Artist Charwei stands leaning over, wiping a clay bowl with a wet sponge at a table in Wysing’s Ceramics Studio. There is a selection of work in progress items and clay on the table and a range of ceramics equipment blurred out behind her](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6533f9be8e0657670b0ea26f/f4493397-7c93-4c1e-9645-fe0b83683e91/Lucy+Rose+Shaftain-Fenner+-+Charwei+Tsai-4+%281%29.jpg)
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Below are photos taken by Lucy of some of the 200 ceramic offering bowls that Charwei produced during her residency.
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Some of the photography above was featured in British Art Studies, Issue 25 - ‘Ancient Desires’ - Cover Collaboration discussion between Charwei Tsai, Rosie Cooper and Sarah Victoria Turner
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