Wen-hao Tien
Born and raised in Taiwan, Wen-hao has been residing along the Charles River, Massachusetts, since 1996. As an interdisciplinary artist, her career includes teaching, speaking, and community services. Wen-hao’s practice is rooted in her curiosity about self-expression and civic engagement in multicultural societies. Her recent solo exhibitions experiment on the interplay between art exhibitions, visual history, and public humanities. As the 2020 Artist-in-Residence at Boston’s Pao Art Center, she produced a body of work during a pivotal time in Asian American civic movements on Boston Chinatown local history. Her work is exhibited frequently in the Northeast, presented at the Boston Sculptors Gallery where she is a member, and supported by the generosity of grants. Wen-hao’s project, Weed Out, is featured in a new book, Crossing Boundaries & Confounding Identity: Chinese Women in Literature, Art, and Film, SUNY Press 2023. Wen-hao is a notable teacher in both conceptual art and traditional Chinese calligraphy (theory and practice). She is affiliated with UMass Lowell and Boston University.
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (MPH), Lesley University College of Art and Design (MFA)
Solo Exhibitions
“Wen-hao Tien: It Speaks for Itself?” Curator: Adriel Luis, Gaslight Gallery, Frederick, MD (2022)
“Wen-hao Tien: Home on Our Backs”, Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA (2021)
“Wen-hao Tien: Weed Out”, Holzwasser Gallery, New Art Center, Newton, MA (Sept/Oct 2017)
“Wen-hao Tien: Walking Toward Water”, Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA (Fall 2011)
Group Exhibitions
Build and Lay Bare, Boston Sculptors Gallery Associate Artists’ exhibition, 2022
Becoming, Boston Sculptors Gallery Associate Artists’ exhibition, 2021
Close to Home: Keith MacLelland, Colin McGuire and Wen-hao Tien, Galatea Gallery, SOWA Boston, MA (2018)
Dialogues: Medium and Materiality, New Art Center Main Gallery, Newton, MA (2018)
Wen-hao Tien & Cristina Hajosy, Holzwasser Gallery, New Art Center, Newton, MA (2013)
"N is for Net/work" installation in "An Alphabet of Inspiration: Artists Celebrate 100 Years of Collections" Boston Children's Museum, Boston, MA (April 2013-May 2014)
“Facing East: Long-bin Chen, Zhuqing Jiang, Wen-hao Tien, Biying Zhang" Mill Fine Art, 530 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM. (fall 2012)
“Looking Both Ways: Republic of China 100 Years and Beyond”, Eastern Michigan University, University of Michigan and Confucius Institute, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, MI (September 2011) http://art.emich.edu/events/looking-both-ways
“10 Asian American Artists”, Celebrating Asian Heritage Month, Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA (May 2011)
“Keepers of Tradition”, National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA (2008/2009)
Boston Children's Museum. 2014
