Artist

Gôo tsong-tāi

WU, TSUNG-TAI · 吳宗岱

Contemporary Artist, Taichung, Taiwan

PhenomenologyQueer TheoryGeneration ZSocial Practice

Social

Biography

Born in 1997, currently resides in Taichung. Hir artworks focus on the fluidity of gender and identity in the language of Generation Z; Gôo Tsong-tāi's pieces often toe the line between conceptual art, installation art, and social practices, using creative mediums such as social media, ACG doujin culture, and Gen Z values. Ze blurs the boundaries of the artist, being viewed as a one-dimensional creator, is their goal.

In 2023, Gôo Tsong-tāi gained international recognition through hir piece Bàn-tāi, which was nominated as one of the 30 exceptional Asian graduate candidates of the inaugural Hong Kong Art Future Awards. Gôo Tsong-tāi's works can be found in Taiwan, China, the Netherlands, Australia, and Japan.

Taiwan · China · Netherlands · Australia · Japan

Education

MFA in Plastic Arts

Tainan National University of the Arts

2021–2025

BFA in Art and Design

National Dong Hwa University

2015–2020

Fine Arts Program

National Taichung First Senior High School

2012–2015
Awards
2023

Art Futures Awards

Outstanding Graduate Award (Asia), Finalist · Hong Kong
2023

Mr. Chen Chi-Chuan TNNUA Plastic Arts Award

for County Road 171, Final Exhibition, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, TNNUA · Taiwan
Exhibitions

Solo

2025

𝄆3

Taichung, Taiwan

2022

Bàn-tāi

Tainan, Taiwan

2022

Parhelion

Hualien & Tainan, Taiwan

Group

2025

Research Jam, Asia Triennial Manchester 2025

Asia Triennial Manchester (ATM6)

Manchester, United Kingdom

2025

Idoruru

Alumni Exhibition of Fine Arts Program, National Taichung First Senior High School

Taichung, Taiwan

2024

Re-her-sal: Audience Entry

National Culture and Arts Foundation Regular Grant

Taipei, Taiwan

2024

Gemini ζ

Chi-Chuan TNNUA Plastic Arts Award

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2023

After Navigated—— Indicating

Graduation Exhibition, Class of 2021, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, TNNUA

Tainan, Taiwan

2023

Jang Ku-shih Yung-yuan Ch'eng Chiao-t'ang Pai-shuang

Final Exhibition, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, TNNUA

Tainan, Taiwan

2023

Sı̍k-lōo

Shezi Film Festival

Tainan, Taiwan

2023

County Road 171

Final Exhibition, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, TNNUA

Tainan, Taiwan

2022

Involuntary Health Management

Final Exhibition, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, TNNUA

Tainan, Taiwan

2021

Shui-hsiu Villa

Final Exhibition, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, TNNUA

Tainan, Taiwan

2021

Why Can't the Link Be Opened

First-Year Graduate Exhibition, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, TNNUA

Tainan, Taiwan

Publications

Bàn-tāi

New Taipei City: Dao Zuo Publishing, September 2025 / ISBN 978-626-99354-6-8

Self-Mediatization

MFA thesis, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, Tainan National University of the Arts, April 2025

Residency

Art residency in the Netherlands

The Netherlands, 22 June 2024 – 17 July 2024

Press
Grants

Idoruru

Taichung First Senior High School Educational Program · 2025 · 2025

Project Patriotic Women's Association

National Culture and Arts Foundation Regular Funding · 2024 · 2024

Idoruru

Open Call, Kaiser Art Gallery · 2024 · 2024

Full Creative Grant for Graduate Practice

Private Scholarship · 2021 · 2021

Talks & Events
Bàn-tāi: Book Signing and Meet-and-Greet with Gôo tsong-tāi

Taipei International Book Exhibition (34th Edition) · Taipei · February 2026

Bàn-tāi: Photobook Launch Series, Third Round with Gôo tsong-tāi

Garden City Publishers Bookstore · Taipei · December 2025

Bàn-tāi: Photobook Launch Series, First Round with Gôo tsong-tāi

Garden City Publishers Bookstore · Taipei · November 2025

Bàn-tāi: Artist Talk with Gôo tsong-tāi

Department of Fine Arts, National Changhua University of Education · November 2024