Mind Set Art Center celebrates 15th anniversary with exhibition
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, the Mind Set Art Center is holding an exhibition. The "Tree of Life" exhibition showcases works of artists who have collaborated with the gallery over the years, symbolizing its growth and resilience. FTV reporter Stephany Yang illustrates this story.
This work is by Marina Cruz, a Filipino contemporary artist. Her work “Reflecting on Plants Clinging on Walls” combines abstract color swatches and collage techniques. The artist transforms a corner of her house long affected by flooding into a beautiful tropical space.
Queena Chu
Curator
Marina Cruz is one of the longest relationships with us. We started working with her 13 years ago. This is the latest painting of hers, depicting her family house which was built by her grandfather. All of the art was surrounded by the family objects. For this special painting, it actually records all the flooded threads. You can see the watermarks, which symbolize the family members in and out. Marina uses a very feminine perspective to record this painting and also respond to the family memories.
Yang Yu-ning is a Taiwanese contemporary artist known for her explorations of psychological landscapes and abstract forms. In this work, the artist depicts two banana trees as a couple of travelers. She utilizes different grey tones to open a dialogue between ink painting, photography, and traditional brushwork in a piece that evokes companionship.
Queena Chu
Curator
This artist is from Taiwan. Her name is Yang Yu-ning. She was born in 1990 so she is a pretty young artist and is quite promising because we think she is quite unique in terms of ink painting. Especially when we talk about contemporary ink. She was a dancer, so for this ink, you can see the rhythms in it. What is a special thing about it is that when she does the ink painting, she will prepare the ink bottles first. It is like a computer printing concept. She would do the draft and she would mark the numbers of the shades of ink, and after she decided, she would start to relax herself and start to paint. That is why you can see the painting behind me is a banana tree, but they act like a human being. They incline to each other so the title of the work is "The Cluster of Travelers. " They are basically like human beings.
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Mind Set Art Center is holding an exhibition titled "A Tree of Life." The exhibition features the works of fifteen artists from Taiwan, Asia, and Europe, highlighting key moments in their collaboration with the gallery. The works span diverse media—including painting, sculpture, photography, installation and mixed media— as it explores the themes of "plants" and "time." The exhibition not only reflects on the gallery’s growth but also envisions the next fifteen years of the gallery.
Queena Chu
Curator
This special exhibition, "Tree of Life," it came from a really sweet story. As the gallery was founded, our collector friend Dr. Chen planted a tea olive tree in his garden. It was really sprout at that time. People told him that it won’t grow beyond a human being’s height. But right now, after 15 years, it is already 2.5 meters tall. Right now, we wanted to celebrate it with our artists, so we chose 15 artists to title the show "Tree of Life" to reflect our past, and also want to walk a new journey with our artists.
The exhibition will be held at the Mind Set Art Center until Aug. 8.
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2025-07-03
