Musquiqui Chihying
b.1985lives and works in Taipei and Berlin
Musquiqui Chihying (b.1985) is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Taipei and Berlin.
His artistic endeavors explore the entanglements of post- and trans-modernity in the Global South, postcolonial identity, and the politics of technology. Working with moving images, sound, and music, he develops narrative vocabularies that unsettle dominant regimes of representation and propose alternative perspectives on the interconnectedness of human and ecological systems. His current research engages with Afro-Asian maritime histories, from the circuits of indentured labour in the Indian Ocean to contemporary infrastructural and smart-city projects led by Chinese technology corporations in Africa. Through these inquiries, Chihying situates aesthetic practice as a critical site for rethinking transoceanic exchange, colonial legacies, and planetary modernity.
Selected solo exhibitions include: A Life of Navigation, Hayward Gallery (London, 2026); Ghost in the Sea, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (Taipei, 2024); Too Loud a Dust, Tabula Rasa Gallery (London, 2023); On the Faience of Your Eyes, LIUSA WANG Gallery (Paris, 2022); When the Light Hits the Face, Night School (Shanghai, 2022); There Are Lights That Never Go Out, Museum of Contemporary Art (Taipei, 2021); The Chinese Museum F, IN EXTENSO (Clermont-Ferrand, 2019); The Power of My Smile, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (Taipei, 2019); I Will Be Back, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing, 2018); Resistance Is Futile, CAAC / Gallery 456 (New York, 2017); Figure Flash Camera, Taipei Artist Village (Taipei, 2017); and Modern Life Is Dull, NON Berlin Asia Contemporary Art Platform (Berlin, 2016).
Musquiqui Chihying's works have been exhibited in numerous international art institutions, including Hayward Gallery in London, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Migros Museum of Contemporary Art in Switzerland, Art Sonje Center in Seoul, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Power Station of Art in Shanghai, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taipei, among others.
His film works have been screened at various film festivals, including Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, Rotterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands, and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.
In 2023, he was awarded the Tung Chung Prize by The Hong Foundation in Taiwan. In 2019, he received the LOOP Video Art Award from the Han Nefkens Foundation and the Joan Miró Foundation in Spain. He is a member of the Taiwanese art group Fuxinghen Studio and leads the Research Lab of Image and Sound (RLIS), focusing on media technology and image politics research.
RELATED EXHIBITIONS
RAD Art Fair, 2026
LISTE Art Fair Basel, 2024
Too Loud a Dust, Tabula Rasa London, May 2023
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
A Life of Navigation, Hayward Gallery, London, 2026 Future Museology, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, 2026
Art Spectrum, Hoam Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2026
Horizon Ablaze, Taichung Art Museum, Taichung, Taiwan.
Stay Connected: Supplying the Globe, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, China, 2026
ARTIST WEBSITE
https://musquiqui.com
His artistic endeavors explore the entanglements of post- and trans-modernity in the Global South, postcolonial identity, and the politics of technology. Working with moving images, sound, and music, he develops narrative vocabularies that unsettle dominant regimes of representation and propose alternative perspectives on the interconnectedness of human and ecological systems. His current research engages with Afro-Asian maritime histories, from the circuits of indentured labour in the Indian Ocean to contemporary infrastructural and smart-city projects led by Chinese technology corporations in Africa. Through these inquiries, Chihying situates aesthetic practice as a critical site for rethinking transoceanic exchange, colonial legacies, and planetary modernity.
Selected solo exhibitions include: A Life of Navigation, Hayward Gallery (London, 2026); Ghost in the Sea, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (Taipei, 2024); Too Loud a Dust, Tabula Rasa Gallery (London, 2023); On the Faience of Your Eyes, LIUSA WANG Gallery (Paris, 2022); When the Light Hits the Face, Night School (Shanghai, 2022); There Are Lights That Never Go Out, Museum of Contemporary Art (Taipei, 2021); The Chinese Museum F, IN EXTENSO (Clermont-Ferrand, 2019); The Power of My Smile, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (Taipei, 2019); I Will Be Back, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing, 2018); Resistance Is Futile, CAAC / Gallery 456 (New York, 2017); Figure Flash Camera, Taipei Artist Village (Taipei, 2017); and Modern Life Is Dull, NON Berlin Asia Contemporary Art Platform (Berlin, 2016).
Musquiqui Chihying's works have been exhibited in numerous international art institutions, including Hayward Gallery in London, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Migros Museum of Contemporary Art in Switzerland, Art Sonje Center in Seoul, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Power Station of Art in Shanghai, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taipei, among others.
His film works have been screened at various film festivals, including Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, Rotterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands, and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.
In 2023, he was awarded the Tung Chung Prize by The Hong Foundation in Taiwan. In 2019, he received the LOOP Video Art Award from the Han Nefkens Foundation and the Joan Miró Foundation in Spain. He is a member of the Taiwanese art group Fuxinghen Studio and leads the Research Lab of Image and Sound (RLIS), focusing on media technology and image politics research.
RELATED EXHIBITIONS
RAD Art Fair, 2026
LISTE Art Fair Basel, 2024
Too Loud a Dust, Tabula Rasa London, May 2023
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
A Life of Navigation, Hayward Gallery, London, 2026 Future Museology, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, 2026
Art Spectrum, Hoam Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2026
Horizon Ablaze, Taichung Art Museum, Taichung, Taiwan.
Stay Connected: Supplying the Globe, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, China, 2026
ARTIST WEBSITE
https://musquiqui.com
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