Date of Birth: 13.08.1973

Nationality: Taiwan

Education: Master Degree of Art History at Free University Berlin, Germany

About Louise Xu

Born in Chang-Hua County, she completed her Bachelor degree in German Literature at Catholic Fu-Jen University in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1995. She has worked as an editor for many years, then left for Germany in 1999 to continue a further study of art history. In August 2007, she was awarded a Master Degree in Art History by Free University Berlin, Germany.

After she completed her study, she then contributed herself in the field of contemporary art and was involved in many significant international art projects such as Taipei Biennial (2008, Taipei Fine Art Museum) and Animamix Biennial (2010, Moca Taipei). Since March 2010, she formally joined the exhibition team in Moca Taipei, which is the first art museum in Taiwan solely dedicated to contemporary art.

Since 2013 she established the independent art/culture center, Artstream publication, which is dedicated to promoting international art and cultural programs. Since 2017 the could gallery of Artstream, Real Art X. Gallery is formally opened.

Professional Background

2013-2017 Director of Artstream Publication

2012-2013 Chief Curator of a. Heritage Gallery

2010-2012 Curator of Moca Taipei

2009-2010 Art Lecturer of Dharma Drum Mountain Community University

2008-2010 Editor by Dharma Drum Publication

2004-2006 Research Assistance by Art History Institute at Free University Berlin

1995-1999 Editor by Dharma Drum Publication

Important Sponsorship

2017 Sponsored by Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan to organize the international art

project "Ilha Formosa- Une exposition de Beaux Arts Contemporains TaÏwanais"

2012 Sponsored by Goethe Institute to participate in Visiting-Research Program in Berin and Kassel

2012 Sponsored by Sharjah Art Foundation to participate in Ｍarch Meeting Program

2010 Sponsored by Contemporary Art Foundation in Taiwan to participate in the internship program at art

institutions in and outside Taiwan

2009 Sponsored by Contemporary Art Foundation in Taiwan to participate in the internship program at major

art events in Taiwan

Important exhibition projects(Taiwan / International)

2017 Ilha Formosa- Une exposition de Beaux Arts Contemporains TaÏwanais(Taiwan / France)

2013 Being Changed - A Group Exhibition of International Contemporary Art(Taiwan / Germany / Singapore etc. )

2014 Art is Nature- Exhibition of Enviromental Art by Xu Qian Huai (Taiwan)

2012 Artic Diary-The Wrong Ice- A Solo Exhibition by Kuang-Yu Tsui(Taiwan)

2011 Beyond Calligraphy- New Contemporary Calligraphy Art by Hsu Young Chin(Taiwan)

2011 Charting Sacred Territories: Holy Morphosis- A Solo Exhibition by Emily Cheng(USA)

Important exhibition projects(Taiwan / International)

2017 Ilha Formosa- Une exposition de Beaux Arts Contemporains TaÏwanais(Taiwan / France)

2013 Being Changed - A Group Exhibition of International Contemporary Art(Taiwan / Germany / Singapore etc. )

2014 Art is Nature- Exhibition of Enviromental Art by Xu Qian Huai (Taiwan)

2012 Artic Diary-The Wrong Ice- A Solo Exhibition by Kuang-Yu Tsui(Taiwan)

2011 Beyond Calligraphy- New Contemporary Calligraphy Art by Hsu Young Chin(Taiwan)

2011 Charting Sacred Territories: Holy Morphosis- A Solo Exhibition by Emily Cheng(USA)

2010 Two Trees-A New Work Exhibition by Yang Na and Mu Lei(China)

2010 Taike Fantasia-A Solo Exhibition by Shy Gong(Taiwan)

2010 ℃-Pulsalting Space-A Solo Exhibition by Moroizumi Sigeru(Japan)

2010 Tripolar- 3 Position of German Video Art(Germany)

2010 Here I Am- A Solo Exhibition by Polin Yang(Taiwan)

2010 Surplus Enjoyment- An Exhibition by NINA and Valentin(France)

2010 Hero- A Solo Exhibition by Amano Yoshitaka(Japan)

Real art X. Gallery