Tara Downs

Tsai Yun-Ju

Biography

Tsai Yun-Ju (b. 1998, Taichung, TW) lives and works in London. She received her BA in Fine Arts from National Taipei University of the Arts, Taiwan, in 2020 and her MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London, in 2022. Solo exhibitions: "The Sun Never Sets", Tara Downs, New York, US (2025); Independent Art Fair, presented by Tara Downs, New York, US (2024); "A Mirror for the Romantic," Tara Downs, New York, US (2023). Selected group exhibitions include Concilium presented by Tara Downs, Ceremona, IT (2025); "Notes Toward a Shell," Tara Downs, New York, US (2024); "The Big Chill," Bernheim, London, UK (2023); “Eyes, Dusk, Phantasmagoria,” RupturXIBIT, London, UK (2022); “Why Don’t We Dance,” ASC Gallery, London, UK (2022); “Whirl, Bounce, Sway,” Safe House, London, UK (2022); “All the Guilty Thing,” Kiosk N1C, London, UK (2021); “Walls All Around, Fusion Unit,” Nottingham, UK (2021); “Reconnect,” Fiztrovia Gallery, London, UK (2021); “Test! Test! Test!,” Taipei, TW (2020); and “Overgrown,” CAA Xiangshan Art Commune, Hangzhou, CN (2019). Her work is included in the permanent collection of JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, ICA Miami, and The Nixon Collection.

Installation image of Tsai Yunzhu-Ju at Concilium, Ceremona, IT, 2025.

Tsai Yun-Ju Self Portrait, 2025. Egg tempera and oil on canvas, 59 x 59 in / 150 x 150 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju Self Portrait (detail), 2025. Egg tempera and oil on canvas, 59 x 59 in / 150 x 150 cm

Exhibition view: The Sun Never Sets, Tsai Sun-Ju. Tara Downs, New York, 2025.

Tsai Yun-Ju, 人間 Live, 2024. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 94 1/2 in / 120 × 240 cm

Tsai Jun-Ju, The Scent Index, 2024. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 70 3/4 in / 120 × 180 cm

Exhibition view of Notes Toward a Shell, Tara Downs, New York, 2024.

Tsai Yun-Ju, Icarus, 2023. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 63 in / 120 × 160 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, 驚夢Garden Tour 2, 2024. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 59 in / 200 × 150 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, 遊園Garden Tour 1, 2024. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 59 in / 200 × 150 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, 遊園Garden Tour 1, 2024 (detail). Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 59 in / 200 × 150 cm

Exhibition view of Tsai Yun-Ju: The Big Chill, Bernheim, London, 2023-2024.

Tsai Yun-Ju, Icarus, 2023 (detail). Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 63 in / 120 × 160 cm

Exhibition view: Tsai Yun-Ju at Palai, Italy, 2023.

Tsai Jun-Ju, Turning Point, 2023. Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 × 31 1/2 in / 100 × 80 cm

Exhibition view of A Mirror for the Romantic, Tara Downs, New York, 2023.

Tsai Yun-Ju, 珠寶乾坤 Break into the Middle Chapter Once, 2022. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 78 3/4 in / 200 × 200 cm

Exhibition view of A Mirror for the Romantic, Tara Downs, New York, 2023.

Tsai Yun-Ju, Word without End I Saw, 2022. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 59 in / 200 × 150 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, Word without End I Saw, 2022 (detail). Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 59 in / 200 × 150 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, 天真爛漫 September, 2022. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 59 in / 200 × 150 cm

Exhibition view of A Mirror for the Romantic, Tara Downs, New York, 2023.

Tsai Yun-Ju, 翩若驚鴻 Beginning with Scale Armour, 2022. Oil on canvas, 59 × 78 3/4 in / 150 × 200 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, 翩若驚鴻 Beginning with Scale Armour, 2022 (detail). Oil on canvas, 59 × 78 3/4 in / 150 × 200 cm

Exhibition view of A Mirror for the Romantic, Tara Downs, New York, 2023.

Tsai Yun-Ju, First Day of Four Day Interlude, 2023. Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 × 31 1/2 in / 100 × 80 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, First Day of Four Day Interlude, 2023 (detail). Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 × 31 1/2 in / 100 × 80 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, 神采飛揚 July, 2022. Oil on canvas
,78 3/4 × 59 in / 200 × 150 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, 風風雨雨花花葉葉歲歲暮暮朝朝/ Rainstorm Hits Butterflies, 2022. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 55 1/4 in / 200 × 140 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, Spring Walk, 2022. Oil on canvas, 21 3/4 × 19 3/4 in / 55 × 50 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, Untitled, 2021. Oil on canvas, 63 × 47 1/4 in / 160 × 120 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, Red Mansion, 2021. Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 × 63 in / 130 × 160 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, Summer Pink Portrait, 2021. Oil on canvas, 24 1/8 × 18 1/8 in / 61 × 46 cm

Tsai Yun-Ju, Butterflies in her Stomach, 2022. Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 × 21 5/8 in / 50 × 55 cm

Biography

Tsai Yun-Ju (b. 1998, Taichung, TW) lives and works in London. She received her BA in Fine Arts from National Taipei University of the Arts, Taiwan, in 2020 and her MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London, in 2022. Solo exhibitions: "The Sun Never Sets", Tara Downs, New York, US (2025); Independent Art Fair, presented by Tara Downs, New York, US (2024); "A Mirror for the Romantic," Tara Downs, New York, US (2023). Selected group exhibitions include Concilium presented by Tara Downs, Ceremona, IT (2025); "Notes Toward a Shell," Tara Downs, New York, US (2024); "The Big Chill," Bernheim, London, UK (2023); “Eyes, Dusk, Phantasmagoria,” RupturXIBIT, London, UK (2022); “Why Don’t We Dance,” ASC Gallery, London, UK (2022); “Whirl, Bounce, Sway,” Safe House, London, UK (2022); “All the Guilty Thing,” Kiosk N1C, London, UK (2021); “Walls All Around, Fusion Unit,” Nottingham, UK (2021); “Reconnect,” Fiztrovia Gallery, London, UK (2021); “Test! Test! Test!,” Taipei, TW (2020); and “Overgrown,” CAA Xiangshan Art Commune, Hangzhou, CN (2019). Her work is included in the permanent collection of JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, ICA Miami, and The Nixon Collection.