【Education】
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PhD Program in Art and Design, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland (2025–present)
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MFA in Creative Writing, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA (2022–2025)
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Graduate Studies in Interdisciplinary Arts, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan (2013–2014, incomplete)
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Graduate Studies in Film, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan (2007–2010, incomplete)
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BA in Chinese Literature, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2002–2006)
【Publications】
2025 Missing – A Photography and Poetry Collection
2025 Aspiration: Letters from the Borderlands – A Correspondence Collection
2024 Carrying My Homeland with Me – A Photography and Essay Collection
2022 I Set Fire in the Field After Sunset – A Photography and Poetry Collection
2022 Exchanging Lover’s Ribs (10th Anniversary Edition) – A Poetry Collection
2021 Longing for the Infinite – A Collection of Art Essays with a Lyrical Voice
2021 Death is Dying – A Bilingual Photography and Poetry Collection (Chinese–English)
2019 The Forgetting of Form: Sketches from My Residency in Santa Fe – A Bilingual Photography and Prose Collection (Chinese–English)
2018 Escaping Life – A Bilingual Photography and Essay Collection (Chinese–English)
2016 Living in Nowhere – A Photography and Essay Collection
2016 The World Without Names – A Bilingual Photography and Poetry Collection (Chinese–English)
2014 Decaying Wherever: A Little Movie Fan’s Ninety-Nine Love Letters – A Film Essay Collection
2012 Exchanging Lover’s Ribs – A Poetry Collection
【Curating & Cross-disciplinary Teaching】
2025 Born Along the Lines of Life: Poetry x Body Workshop – 4 sessions, Taipei Fine Arts Museum
2025 Heroes in My Heart: Children’s Creative Workshop – 5 sessions, Taichung Reading Festival
2025 Into the Deep Forest: 1990s Asian Cinema Seminar – 10 sessions, Online
2025 The Inner Solitude: 12 Humanistic and Artistic Lessons from the Nordic World – 12 sessions, Online
2024 Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant: Poetry x Butoh Workshop – 2-day intensive workshop, Chishang, Taitung
2023 The Sound Emerging from Emptiness: Contemporary American Poets Reading Group – 10 sessions, Online
2022 Must Die of Something: Interdisciplinary Art Workshop – 4-day workshop, Kaohsiung Literature Museum
2022 You Can Also Take It with You in Your Dreams – 18-session online reading group
2021 Woman, Kipuka! Film Writing Workshop – 6 sessions, Kaohsiung Literature Museum
【Public Talks】
2025 A Taiwanese Poet Walking with Her Homeland, Granada, Spain
2025 Sumo Between Image and Poem, Taipei Poetry Festival
2024 A Dictionary from the Heart of Taiwan, University of Trier, Germany
2023 My Creative Path, University of California, Davis
2023 Making Home Away from Home, Democratic School, Montenegro
2020 War and Poetic Imagination in Picturebooks, National Taichung Theater
2018 Until the Border Disappears, Trinity University, San Antonio
2018 Crossing Borders, Becoming My Own Distant Land, Santa Fe Art Institute, U.S.
2014 Rebellious Images, Imagery in Rebellion, Broadway Cinematheque, Hong Kong
【Poetry and Butoh Performance】
2023 Life and Death Arrive, La Porte Peinte, France
2023 Mother, Dia Beacon, New York
2018 Falling Blue, Santa Fe Art Institute, U.S.
2016 Space of Nothingness, Engakuji Temple, Kamakura, Japan
2016 The World Without Names: Writing Poems with the Body, Commissioned by Taipei Fine Arts Museum
2013 Bringing the Poet Home, Taipei Poetry Festival, Losheng Sanatorium
2013 Exchanging Lover’s Ribs: Cross-genre Poetry Performance, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei
2011 Resurrection at the End, Kamihoshikawa Tunnel, Yokohama, Japan
【Exhibitions】
2024 Relations — Interdisciplinary Group Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
2023 Life and Death Arrive — Photo-Poetic Installation, La Porte Peinte, France
2020 Becoming Human — Documentary Screening, Indigenous Cultural Park, Taitung
2020 The Forgetting of Form — Photopoetry Exhibition, Eslite Bookstore, Taitung
2018 The Forgetting of Form — Photo-Poetic Installation, Santa Fe Art Institute, U.S.
2018 One Year Old — Solo Photography Exhibition, Eslite Bookstore, Taitung
2016 Outside the Boundaries — Poetry Installation Group Show, National Cheng Kung University
2012 Europe and I, Eye to Eye — Photopoetry Exhibition, Eslite Bookstore, Taitung
【Democratic Education Practice】
2025 Visiting & Exchange | Summerhill School, UK
2023 Keynote Speaker | EUDEC Conference — What Democratic Schools Around the World Teach Us?
2023 Teaching Intern | Demokratische Schule X, Berlin, Germany
2023 Teaching Intern | Hudson Valley Sudbury School, NY, USA (Creative Writing Course)
2023 Teaching Volunteer | Democratic Education in Bulgaria (Creative Writing Course)
2022 Teaching Volunteer | Escuela Democrática de Huamachuco, Peru (Creative Writing Course)
2018 Teaching Volunteer | The Tutorial School, Santa Fe, USA (Literature Course)
2008 Literature Teacher｜Holistic Education School, Taiwan
【Artistic Consultancy and International Production｜Collaborative Projects with Drag Queen Nymphia Wind】
2025 Director and Scenarist｜Documentary series featuring Nymphia Wind exploring Taiwan’s traditional crafts
2025 Scenarist and Stage Director｜Bananas?, Nymphia Wind’s performance at New York Town Hall Theater during Pride Month
2025 Stage Manager｜Nymphia Wind’s closing performance at the World Masters Games, Taiwan
2025 Executive Director｜Rainbow Flag Co-Creation Project — Come Paint the Pride with Nymphia Wind!, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei
2024 Speech Consultant｜Nymphia Wind’s drag performance and speech at Taiwan’s Presidential Office (at the invitation of then-President Tsai Ing-wen)
2024 Host｜Nymphia Wind’s talk “Before Becoming Nymphia Wind, I Became Myself at Holistic Education School”, her alma mater
2024 Project Manager｜RuPaul’s Asian Drag Excellence Night — You Better WERQ: A Night of Asian Drag Excellence – Pride Edition, Taiwan
2024 Scenarist｜Nymphia Wind’s performance representing Taiwan at the Cultural Olympiad, Paris
【Media Features & Interviews】
2025 “A Sea Hidden in the Heart, Flowing Through Culture—Yu-Hsuan Wu and Leo Tsao on Cultural Resilience and Identity in Creation,” Art Collection + Design
2025 “Everyone Has Their Own Color: Knowing You Have Choices in Life,” Bowie Tsang’s Treasure Map of Life Podcast
2025 “Poet Hung Hung Interviews Poet Yu-Hsuan Wu on Missing,” Radio Taiwan International – Poems Life Gave Me
2025 “Grief Is a Verb—Yu-Hsuan Wu on Elegiac Poetry,” Radio Taiwan International – Poems Life Gave Me
2025 “Why Creators Make Their Own Books,” South Home Salon Podcast
2025 “Saying Yes to Everything Can Also Be an Escape! A Poet’s Journey of Creative Discipline and Life Balance,” Comma School Podcast
2025 “Craving a Second Breath! The Creativity One Longs to Attain Even at the Cost of a Lifetime,” Taitung Slow Wave Radio
2025 “The Free Form of Instability: Nomadic Labor and the Practice of the Soul,” Homeward Publishing Living Room Podcast
2024 “Becoming a Real Person, Recognizing Your Own Needs, and Having the Courage to Live Earnestly,” Bowie Tsang’s Treasure Map of Life Podcast
2024 “Living a Joyful Life Across the World, Becoming a Mother Crazier Than Her Child,” Openbook Review
2024 “The Driving Force Behind Nymphia Wind! Poet Wu Yu-Hsuan Helps Her Child Break Free from Constraints and Live Freely,” Mom & Baby Magazine
2019 “Watching with Complete Openness, Owning Nothing Yet Everything,” Openbook Review
2016 “Photographs Captured Me, and Words Drew Out a Deeper Self,” Unitas Literary Magazine
2015 “In the Space of Nothingness, the Poetic Depth of Field,” Wild Lily Poetry Anthology