Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh 謝宣光
Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Lives and works in Los Angeles
Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2015 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.A.
2010 BA, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.A.
2010 BA, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition
2025 Lost and Found, AUTOMATA ARTS with supports from Mike Kelley Foundation, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2015 The Islands, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.A.
2012 Traveler's Eye, Hug Cafe, Taipei, Taiwan
2025 Lost and Found, AUTOMATA ARTS with supports from Mike Kelley Foundation, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2015 The Islands, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.A.
2012 Traveler's Eye, Hug Cafe, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibition/ Screening (past 10 years)
2024 Music for your Inbox, April featured Artist, Streaming Platform
2024 Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film and Video, Mexico
2025 Just Like Us, Latino Theater Company at LATC, Los Angele, U.S.A.
2025 Apsara: Beyond the Guidance, Oakland Asian Culture Center, Oakland, U.S.A.
2024 The Far Country (West Coast Premiere), Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, U.S.A.
2024 囍宴音樂劇 The Wedding Banquet Musical (World Premiere), Hua Musical, Taipei Performance Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2024 Whittier Boulevard, Latino Theater Company at LATC, Los Angles, U.S.A.
2024 Rebirth of Apsara (World Premiere), Green Music Center, Sonoma, CA/ Z Space, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2024 Until, Until, Until..., Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.
2023 Letters From Home (East Coast Premiere), Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, U.S.A.
2023 Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side (World Premiere), CalArts Center for New Performance, RedCat, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2023 The Odyssey (World Premiere), Tulane University, Lupin Theater, New Orleans, U.S.A.
2023 Tacos La Brooklyn (World Premiere), Latino Theater Co. at LATC, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022 Roe, Keck Theater, Occidental College, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022 The Great Jheri Curl Debate (World Premiere), David Henry Hwang Theatre, East West Players, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022 Current: Heartbeat/ Current: Equilibrium, Boomtown Brewery, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022 Sound House, The Wende Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A. / Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL), UC Irvin, U.S.A.
2021 Magical Night in the Museum (World Premiere), Tainqiao Theater / Jiangxi Arts Center Grand Theatre/ Shanghai Oriental Art Center, China
2021 Carolyn Bryan Project (associate design), MOD Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles
2020 Letters From Home, Claire Trevor Theater, UCI Illuminate, Irvin, U.S.A.
2020 El Camino Donde Nosotros Lloramos, Festival Internacional de Teatro Universitario (FITU), Mexico City, Mexico
2019 Boney Manilli, Terra Kulture Theater, Lagos, Nigeria
2019 TERRA (World Premiere), Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Stomping Ground L.A., Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2019 Ground Water (World Premiere), Grand Rapid State University, Michigan, U.S.A.
2019 Letters From Home, AMP Theater, Los Angeles Mission College, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Until, Until, Until…, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A./ Live Art Exchange Festival, Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Ameryka, Block Party, Kirk Douglas Theater, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 The Collective Memory Project, The Ford Theater, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Cabaret, Amp Theater, Los Angeles Mission College, U.S.A.
2018 Letters From Home, Independent Shakespeare. Co., Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Green Table, Lupin Theater, New Orleans, U.S.A.
2018 Carolyn Bryant Project (associate designer), RedCat, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Antigone X., California Repertory Company, Long Beach, U.S.A.
Grants/ Awards
2025 Outstanding Projection Design Finalist, The Far Country, Berkeley Repertory Theater, San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle
2024 Mike Kelly Foundation, Organizational Support Grand with AUTOMATA ARTS, U.S.A.
2024 Outstanding Projection Design Finalist,Tacos La Brooklyn, Latino Theater Company at LATC, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
2023 Outstanding Set and Projection Design Finalist Finalist, Letters From Home, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Elliot Norton Awards
2022 Outstanding Projection Design, The Great Jheri Curl Debate, East West Players, Stage Raw Award
2016 Best Film- The Islands, SEFF Binghamton: 2016, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.
Interview/ Publication
2024 Mike Kelley Foundation, Spotlight with AUTOMATA ARTS, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2019 Voyage L.A.- Feature Artist, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2016 Live Design Magazine August, What’s Trending: Design on a Dime, U.S.A.
2016 Women CineMakers, Special Edition, Vol 5, United Kingdom
2024 Music for your Inbox, April featured Artist, Streaming Platform
2024 Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film and Video, Mexico
2023 Intermediaciones: X Muestra Internacional de Videoarte y Cine Experimental, Colombia
2022 MONO NO AWARE XVI, New York, U.S.A.
2022 Bogota Short Film Festival, Bogota, Colombia
2022 Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Turkey
2022 Women Make Waves International Film Festival 台灣國際女性影展, 台灣短片單元, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Festival Ecra 6, Brazil
2022 Taiwan Spectrum: Personal Cinema of Female Directors, DaFilms- Streaming Platform
2022 VIDEOAKTION, R. - Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin, Germany
2022 Non-syntax Experimental Image Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Landscape Elsewhere, Calm & Punk Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Taiwan International Documentary Festival: 台灣切片｜真實的呢喃：1990s以降的女性私電影, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 ANALOGICA- 10 Year Retrospective, Zagreb, Croatia/ Gallerie Foto Forum, Bolzano, Italy
2021 Queer Vision 台湾現代女性実験映像集「母の満ち潮 娘の引き潮」, Lumen Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2022 MONO NO AWARE XVI, New York, U.S.A.
2022 Bogota Short Film Festival, Bogota, Colombia
2022 Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Turkey
2022 Women Make Waves International Film Festival 台灣國際女性影展, 台灣短片單元, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Festival Ecra 6, Brazil
2022 Taiwan Spectrum: Personal Cinema of Female Directors, DaFilms- Streaming Platform
2022 VIDEOAKTION, R. - Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin, Germany
2022 Non-syntax Experimental Image Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Landscape Elsewhere, Calm & Punk Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Taiwan International Documentary Festival: 台灣切片｜真實的呢喃：1990s以降的女性私電影, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 ANALOGICA- 10 Year Retrospective, Zagreb, Croatia/ Gallerie Foto Forum, Bolzano, Italy
2021 Queer Vision 台湾現代女性実験映像集「母の満ち潮 娘の引き潮」, Lumen Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2019 21e Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris, Paris, France
2018 Dissolving Sights, Automata, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 ARCHIVI, SI Fest OFF Savignano, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy
2018 International Film Festival: ZOOM - ZBLIŻENIA, Jelenia Góra, Poland
2018 Nomadica | Analogica Selection#7, Menomale, Bologna, Italy
2018 Analogica Selection 7, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2018 Dissolving Sights, Automata, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 ARCHIVI, SI Fest OFF Savignano, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy
2018 International Film Festival: ZOOM - ZBLIŻENIA, Jelenia Góra, Poland
2018 Nomadica | Analogica Selection#7, Menomale, Bologna, Italy
2018 Analogica Selection 7, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2017 Video On The Road, 空場 Polymer Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Dobra- Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 Syros Int'l Film Festival, Syros, Greece
2016 BAINS ARGENTIQUES: International FilmLab Meeting, Nantes, France
2016 Kaohsiung Film Festival 高雄電影節, 短片競賽單元, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 Beyond The Lines Art Show, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2016 Honey House Art Show, Long Beach, U.S.A.
2017 Dobra- Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 Syros Int'l Film Festival, Syros, Greece
2016 BAINS ARGENTIQUES: International FilmLab Meeting, Nantes, France
2016 Kaohsiung Film Festival 高雄電影節, 短片競賽單元, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 Beyond The Lines Art Show, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2016 Honey House Art Show, Long Beach, U.S.A.
Selected Video Projection for Performance (past 10 years)
2025 Boney Manilli, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, U.S.A.2025 Just Like Us, Latino Theater Company at LATC, Los Angele, U.S.A.
2025 Apsara: Beyond the Guidance, Oakland Asian Culture Center, Oakland, U.S.A.
2024 The Far Country (West Coast Premiere), Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, U.S.A.
2024 囍宴音樂劇 The Wedding Banquet Musical (World Premiere), Hua Musical, Taipei Performance Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2024 Whittier Boulevard, Latino Theater Company at LATC, Los Angles, U.S.A.
2024 Rebirth of Apsara (World Premiere), Green Music Center, Sonoma, CA/ Z Space, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2024 Until, Until, Until..., Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.
2023 Letters From Home (East Coast Premiere), Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, U.S.A.
2023 Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side (World Premiere), CalArts Center for New Performance, RedCat, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2023 The Odyssey (World Premiere), Tulane University, Lupin Theater, New Orleans, U.S.A.
2023 Tacos La Brooklyn (World Premiere), Latino Theater Co. at LATC, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022 Roe, Keck Theater, Occidental College, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022 The Great Jheri Curl Debate (World Premiere), David Henry Hwang Theatre, East West Players, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022 Current: Heartbeat/ Current: Equilibrium, Boomtown Brewery, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022 Sound House, The Wende Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A. / Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL), UC Irvin, U.S.A.
2021 Magical Night in the Museum (World Premiere), Tainqiao Theater / Jiangxi Arts Center Grand Theatre/ Shanghai Oriental Art Center, China
2021 Carolyn Bryan Project (associate design), MOD Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles
2020 Letters From Home, Claire Trevor Theater, UCI Illuminate, Irvin, U.S.A.
2020 El Camino Donde Nosotros Lloramos, Festival Internacional de Teatro Universitario (FITU), Mexico City, Mexico
2019 Boney Manilli, Terra Kulture Theater, Lagos, Nigeria
2019 TERRA (World Premiere), Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Stomping Ground L.A., Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2019 Ground Water (World Premiere), Grand Rapid State University, Michigan, U.S.A.
2019 Letters From Home, AMP Theater, Los Angeles Mission College, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Until, Until, Until…, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A./ Live Art Exchange Festival, Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Ameryka, Block Party, Kirk Douglas Theater, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 The Collective Memory Project, The Ford Theater, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Cabaret, Amp Theater, Los Angeles Mission College, U.S.A.
2018 Letters From Home, Independent Shakespeare. Co., Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Green Table, Lupin Theater, New Orleans, U.S.A.
2018 Carolyn Bryant Project (associate designer), RedCat, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 Antigone X., California Repertory Company, Long Beach, U.S.A.
2017 Ridiculous Darkness, Son of Semele Theater, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2016 Until, Until, Until..., Performa Biannual, New York, U.S.A.
2016 Grace Needs A Mirror, Highways Performance Space and Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2016 Until, Until, Until..., Performa Biannual, New York, U.S.A.
2016 Grace Needs A Mirror, Highways Performance Space and Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Art Residency
2023 Automata Art Residency Fall/Winter, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2017 Spring Air, Culture Vultures, Sefrou, Morocco
2012 Gold Museum 黃金博物館, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2017 Spring Air, Culture Vultures, Sefrou, Morocco
2012 Gold Museum 黃金博物館, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Grants/ Awards
2025 Outstanding Projection Design Finalist, The Far Country, Berkeley Repertory Theater, San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle
2024 Mike Kelly Foundation, Organizational Support Grand with AUTOMATA ARTS, U.S.A.
2024 Outstanding Projection Design Finalist,Tacos La Brooklyn, Latino Theater Company at LATC, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
2023 Outstanding Set and Projection Design Finalist Finalist, Letters From Home, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Elliot Norton Awards
2022 Outstanding Projection Design, The Great Jheri Curl Debate, East West Players, Stage Raw Award
2016 Best Film- The Islands, SEFF Binghamton: 2016, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.
Interview/ Publication
2024 Mike Kelley Foundation, Spotlight with AUTOMATA ARTS, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2019 Voyage L.A.- Feature Artist, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2016 Live Design Magazine August, What’s Trending: Design on a Dime, U.S.A.
2016 Women CineMakers, Special Edition, Vol 5, United Kingdom