Feng-yi Chu 朱峯誼 is an independent curator and art critic based in Taipei, Taiwan. He obtained his PhD in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford, where his research focused on theories of identity, nationalism, social discourses, and political ideologies. He has worked as the program convener for the Taiwan Studies Program at St Anthony's College, University of Oxford, and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
Chu’s curatorial practice investigates the integration of mysticism in art across cultures and historical periods through exhibitions, research, and podcast projects. In 2024, he completed his residency at ISCP, New York, where he conducted preliminary research on the incorporation of mysticism in American art, while also presenting his previous studies on the same subject within the context of Taiwanese art history. His current research expands these themes by engaging with broader theoretical discourses, including ecofeminism, posthumanism, and futurism. He is presently organizing two exhibitions scheduled for 2026: one examining the historical development of visual techniques in relation to human perception and interpretation of mysticism, and another centered on the idea of mystical feminism.
In addition to his upcoming curatorial project The Artworlders (2025)—a group exhibition commissioned by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture featuring artists selected for the ministry’s 2024 overseas residency programs—Chu has curated several notable exhibitions. These include a collateral exhibition of the 2020 Taiwan Biennial, and Relocating Divinity: Being an Atheistic Theist (2019), which was nominated for the Taishin Art Award. His other curatorial projects comprise Myth of Sanctification (Kathmandu, Nepal, 2019); Challenges in the Republic: The 6th Suwon International Photo Festival – Taiwan Exhibition (Suwon City, South Korea, 2019); Cross-Dimensional Transmission: Synchronic Encounters between Art, Technology, and Mysticism (Kaohsiung Main Public Library, 2020); Dear Block Chen (Solid Art, Taipei, 2021)—Taiwan’s first physical NFT contemporary art exhibition; and Nostalgia Is a Waving Flag (Hong-gah Museum, 2022). Chu also hosts Cross-Dimension Broadcast, a podcast that invites Taiwanese contemporary artists and mysticism practitioners to explore how mystical ideas and techniques are applied in contemporary art.
英國牛津大學亞洲與中東研究所博士，曾任英國牛津大學聖安東尼學院臺灣研究學程召集人、中央研究院社會學研究所博士後研究員，主要研究領域為認同政治、國族主義、政治意識型態、情感社會學、論述分析，著有博士論文《當代台灣社會的中國人與台灣人認同》（英文）。近期從事獨立策展與藝評工作，文章散見於《今藝術&投資》、 《藝術觀點》、《報導者》、《數位荒原》與《介面 SCREEN》等雜誌與平台。策展主題圍繞在神秘主義、宗教學、後人類理論、科技藝術等，策劃「重返神性：作為一位無神論的有神論者」（2019）、高雄市立圖書館「跨維度傳導：藝術、科技、神秘主義的共時相會」當代藝術暨圖書雙聯展（2020）、2020 台灣美術雙年展水谷藝術平行展「倒置理型動物園：想像人性的終極他者」、「親愛的博拉克·陳」（2021）、「鄉愁是一面飄揚的旗：台灣香港錄像展」（2022）。2023 年 C-LAB CREATORS 計畫「導體大系：跨物態感知技術日誌」駐村團隊與 2024 文化部補助紐約 ISCP 駐村策展人。 製作 podcast 節目「跨維度播音」。目前生活與工作於台灣台北。