Tishan Hsu permeable surface

For over forty years, Tishan Hsu has explored the increasing interconnectedness of the human body with technology, resulting in a visual language that merges digital imagery, industrial materials, and biomorphic forms to create uncanny works. Trained in both classical fine art and architectural design, Hsu’s work bridges Renaissance technique with futuristic sensibilities. He traces our deepening entanglement with screens and systems and how they mediate our experience of the world. This exhibition presents a career-spanning selection of works, including Hsu’s first and most recent video works: Folds of Oil, 2005 and emergent mesh, 2025. permeable surface, demonstrates Hsu’s consistent inquiry into perception, the body, and how technology is transforming our sense of reality, revealing the tactile and psychological impacts of our digital age.