TAO Haiyue is a multimedia artist currently based in Berlin, Germany. She grew up in a southeastern coastal city Hangzhou, China during a period of reform and rapid urbanization. After studying Sculpture in Shanghai, she pursued an MFA in Public Art at the Weimar Bauhaus University in Germany. In 2015, Tao Haiyue and her partner founded YUUE, a product design studio in Berlin, Germany, with a mission to explore the border between art and design. She has been honored with the title of "Top 50 The best designers in Germany" by the AD Magazine Germany.
Being actively engaged in interdisciplinary creative practices in the field of art and design. Her art practice centers around investigating contemporary issues, including individual and collective memory, migration and conflict. "I try to explore how groups share, inherit and construct memories." In different cities, she looks for elements or objects with special collective meaning as her creative inspiration. Her works have been exhibited in China, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2021, Tao Haiyue founded the "Normal Normal" object collection project. It aims to rediscover the beauty of everyday objects, challenge cultural exoticism.
Tao
Hai
Yue
born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2006-2011 Double Bachelor's Degree in Sculpture and Economics, Shanghai Normal University, China
2010 Exchange Program of University of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland
2012-2014 MFA program “Public Art and New Artistic Strategies”at Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany
Selected Exhibitions
“GIR D’AIR”, Fundaziun Nairs, Scoul, Switzerland, 2024
“Creative Shelf”, C*SPACE, Berlin, Germany, 2023
“HHÖØMMÈĘ”, CHAxARTxRTM, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2023
“Normal Normal |Exhibition of curated common objects by Tao Haiyue”, CHAxARTxAMS, Amsterdan, Netherlands, 2023
“Learning from the earth”, ART SAFIENTAL Biennale, Switzerland, 2022
“Streetlight”, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2018
“Was bleibt?”, Neues Museum, Weimar, Germany, 2017
“Illuminate the Darkness”, Viehauktionshalle, Weimar, Germany, 2014
“We are all public now”, Other Music Academy, Weimar, Germany, 2014
“Creative Shelf”, C*SPACE, Berlin, Germany, 2023
“HHÖØMMÈĘ”, CHAxARTxRTM, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2023
“Normal Normal |Exhibition of curated common objects by Tao Haiyue”, CHAxARTxAMS, Amsterdan, Netherlands, 2023
“Learning from the earth”, ART SAFIENTAL Biennale, Switzerland, 2022
“Streetlight”, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2018
“Was bleibt?”, Neues Museum, Weimar, Germany, 2017
“Illuminate the Darkness”, Viehauktionshalle, Weimar, Germany, 2014
“We are all public now”, Other Music Academy, Weimar, Germany, 2014
“What can I not know about you” group exhibition at Gallery ALU, Gallery Java and Gallery Roman Petrovic in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013
“Mostar City Lab”, Public Art Exhibition, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013
“Mostar City Lab”, Public Art Exhibition, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013
“(Un)Disciplined Body” group show at former SEDBezirksparteischule in Erfurt, Germany, 2012
“Summer of 2006” group show at Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum, China, 2011
Spring Arts Salon 2011, Shanghai, China, 2009
“Open Expression ”Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition , Shanghai Mingyuan Culture and Art Center, China, 2009
“MALI Awarded Works Exhibition” group exhibition at Wuxing Gallery, China, 2008
“12th Art Exhibition of Zhejiang Province”, Zhejiang Art Museum, China, 2008
“Absurd Truth” group exhibition at Shanghai XuHui Art Gallery, China, 2008
“Summer of 2006” group show at Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum, China, 2011
Spring Arts Salon 2011, Shanghai, China, 2009
“Open Expression ”Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition , Shanghai Mingyuan Culture and Art Center, China, 2009
“MALI Awarded Works Exhibition” group exhibition at Wuxing Gallery, China, 2008
“12th Art Exhibition of Zhejiang Province”, Zhejiang Art Museum, China, 2008
“Absurd Truth” group exhibition at Shanghai XuHui Art Gallery, China, 2008
Artist Residency
Fundaziun Nairs, Artists in Residence 2024, Scoul, Switzerland
Alps Art Academy, LEARNING FROM THE EARTH, Tenna Switzerland
DAAD Foundation, Bauhaus goes south-east Europe, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alps Art Academy, LEARNING FROM THE EARTH, Tenna Switzerland
DAAD Foundation, Bauhaus goes south-east Europe, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Grants & Awards
Alps Art Academy,
Scholarship Awardee, Tenna Switzerland
Top 50 The best designers in Germany, AD Germany
DAAD Foundation, Scholarship Awardee, Germany
The 11th National Art Exhibition Finalist, China
Top 50 The best designers in Germany, AD Germany
DAAD Foundation, Scholarship Awardee, Germany
The 11th National Art Exhibition Finalist, China
Catalogue & Publications
Talk & Lecture
Art writing
IDEAT Magazine, Radical Future: Olafur Eliasson 未来公共艺术何以链接社区与公众? , January, 2021
IDEAT Magazine, Ecolife: Olafur Eliasson 撬动社会的隙缝，December, 2017
VISION Magazine, Artist interview, Based in Berlin : Lars Bjerre 那个有着古怪幽默感的丹麦人, March Issue, 2015
VISION Magazine, Artist interview, Based in Berlin: Tim Eitel 他想做绘画的炼金术士, May Issue, 2015
VISION Magazine, Artist interview, Based in Berlin: Joachim Sauter 新媒体艺术的 “空间复兴“ 者, July Issue, 2015
IDEAT Magazine, Ecolife: Olafur Eliasson 撬动社会的隙缝，December, 2017
VISION Magazine, Artist interview, Based in Berlin : Lars Bjerre 那个有着古怪幽默感的丹麦人, March Issue, 2015
VISION Magazine, Artist interview, Based in Berlin: Tim Eitel 他想做绘画的炼金术士, May Issue, 2015
VISION Magazine, Artist interview, Based in Berlin: Joachim Sauter 新媒体艺术的 “空间复兴“ 者, July Issue, 2015
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