Davina Hsu 許芳禎
Born 1981 in Taipei, Taiwan.
EDUCATION
2023
MFA in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York
2009
BFA in Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Heaven on Earth, Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
Soft Energy, ArtBridge Projects, New York
2024
Blessing Transmission, ArtBridge x Battery Park City Authority, Battery Place, New York
2023
New Futures, Solo Booth, The Other Art Fair, ZeroSpace, Brooklyn, NY
Davina Hsu, ContinuED Project Space, SVA, New York
2022
Art Fusion, Solo Booth, Anderson Art Fair, Mandarin Oriental, Taipei
2013
Bum Bum, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Davina Hsu, Illuminated Metropolis Gallery, New York
2012
Mystery Young, Soka Art Center, Taipei
2010
Paintings by Davina Hsu, Art Expo, New York
Mesmerized Dichotomies, Red Box Studio, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Because, now is the time of monsters, Wassaic Project, 2026 Summer Exhibition, Wassaic, NY
A Waking Dream, Fou Gallery, New York
Handle with Ease, Yang.Collective, Long Island City, NY
2025
Daughters Rising Art Auction, ELM Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2024
Assembly, Open Kitchen, Light Up Global, New York
I Should Have Been a Pair of Ragged Claws, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2023
Daughters Rising, ELM Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Nature Takes Its Course, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York
The Hand of the Artist, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York
We Used to Kneel in the Dirt, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
Fluidity, Fora Arts Collective, Gallery MC, New York
The Unity of Being, Snow Gallery NYC, New York
2022
The Liberation of Beauty, Fearless Artist Popup Gallery, Miami, FL
Dwelling in Motion, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York
Outro, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York
2020
Pupusas, Bahia, Brooklyn, NY
2013
ArteRotica, ArteRotica, Brooklyn, NY
C.U. Next Tuesday, Michael Mut Gallery, New York
2012
GO Open Studio Project, Brooklyn Museum, NY
2010
Artists FOR: Haiti, Envoy Enterprises, New York
Soka So Young – The Rocking Horse, Soka Art Center, Tainan
B.Y.O.A., X Initiative, New York
6x6 Project, Charming Wall, New York
2009
Let Me Tell You My Onion, Strange Cut Studio, New York
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sheila Johnson Design Center, New York
2008
Para-sites, Parsons School of Design, New York
PRESS & PUBLICATION
2026
Fou Gallery, A Waking Dream exhibition catalog, Text by Echo Yu He, pp. 29–50
Taliesin Thomas, “15 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This Summer,” Hyperallergic
Taliesin Thomas, “July ’26 Art Reviews,” Upstate Diary
Eunice Yuyue Chen, “A Waking Dream: Exhibition Review,” Tussle Magazine
Zhiheng Ashley Zhang, “To Wake Within the Dream,” Asian Art Contemporary
“Fou Gallery – A Waking Dream,” Artforum artguide
“Art Show | Fou Gallery Presents Group Exhibition: A Waking Dream,” LI TANG
“Exploring Mastery Through Repetition: ‘Handle With Ease’ at Yang Collective,”
Our Culture
Visual Arts Journal, SVA, Spring/Summer 2026, p. 81
“Handle with Ease: A Duo Exhibition by Davina Hsu and Shuyao Huang,”
Asian American Arts Alliance
2025
“Davina Hsu’s ‘Heaven on Earth’ at Turley Gallery in Hudson,” Chronogram
“10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This October,” Hyperallergic
“Last Chance to See ‘Heaven on Earth’ at Turley Gallery in Hudson,” Rural Intelligence
“Street Artists Take the Ugly Out of Construction Sheds,” The Chief
2024
“City Program Aims to Transform Scaffolding into Artwork,” Spectrum NY1 News
“Rampart Art,” The Broadsheet
Al-Tiba9 Magazine, Issue 15
“Storidot Podcast,” ArtBridge
“ArtBridge & BPCA: 1,100 Feet of Public Art Announcement,” BPCA.ny.gov
“Oracle Reading,” Asian American Arts Alliance
“Meet Davina Hsu,” VoyageLA
“Stories & Insights: Meet Davina Hsu,” CanvasRebel
“5 Shows to See in Upstate,” Hyperallergic
2023
Design News Now, The Other Art Fair Returns
Hyperallergic, The Other Art Fair Lives Up to Its Name
Weekly Rise, New Futures by The Other Art Fair
“Hudson Valley (and Vicinity) Selected Gallery Guide,” Two Coats of Paint
“Gallery Feature,” SVA ContinuEd Newsletter
“ContinuEd Project Space: Davina Hsu,” SVA.edu
2022
“SVA MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Hyperallergic
“Energy Sculptor Davina Hsu,” ART FUSION
2018
Studio Visit Magazine, Summer Edition, Boston
2014
“2 Good to Be True,” The Finger Literary Magazine, Spring
“That Awkward Moment,” AWOD Production
2012
“Davina Hsu Shining in New York,” Taipei News Report
“Mystery Girl,” Art.Investment, February, p. 40
“Mystery Young,” Harper’s Bazaar Taiwan, February, p. 243
“Color Expression,” Marie Claire Taiwan, February, p. 155
“Kaleidoscopes,” ARTITUDE, February, p. 14
“Bum Bum Makes You Think,” Artnois Magazine, Issue 3, pp. 24–25
2010
“Aesthetics & Contradictions,” ARTITUDE, April, pp. 114–115
“Reality & In-Reality,” ARTCO, April, pp. 204–205
“Collector’s Spotlight,” Art Collection + Design, April, pp. 120–121
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2026
ChaShaMa, ChaNorth Summer Artist in Residence, Pine Plains, NY
2024
Wassaic Project, Winter Artist in Residence, Wassaic, NY
SELECTED AWARDS
2024
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Open Call Awardee, ArtBridge x Battery Park City Authority, New York
2023
New Futures Awardee, The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Edward Zutrau Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, MFA Fine Arts, New York
SELECTED LECTURES, PANELS & WORKSHOPS
2025
Art and the Changing Environment, BPCA Artist Talk, BPCA Community Center, NY
2024
Color Gnosis Energy Oracle Reading, Artist Talk, Accent Temple, New York
2023
NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York
2013
Parsons School of Design, Continuing Education, New York
PERFORMANCES / PUBLIC EVENTS
2026
Under the Blue Moon: A Participatory Performance, Fou Gallery, New York
2025
Energy Reading, Pop-Up, ArtBridge Projects, Studio 5o2, New York
2024
Color Gnosis Energy Oracle Reading, Accent Temple, New York
2022
Color Gnosis Energy Oracle Reading, Open Studio, SVA, MFA Fine Arts Dept., New York
2020
Energy Color Codex, SVA, MFA Fine Arts Dept., New York