Guan-Wei Ho is a PhD student in the History of Art at 麻豆视频, supervised by Professor Stephen Whiteman and advised by Dr Wenny Teo.
My research focuses on the Taiwanese artist Yen Shui-long (1903鈥1997), examining the intersections of craft, modernity, and indigeneity in twentieth-century Taiwan. My doctoral project investigates how craft functioned as a medium through which modern lifestyles, cultural identities, and political ideologies were articulated across colonial and postwar contexts. Situating Taiwan within a transnational framework connecting Japan and Europe, I explore how global modernisms were mediated and reconfigured through processes of cultural translation.
Research Interests
- Modernism in colonial and postcolonial contexts
- Craft and material culture
- Art and cultural identity
Education
2025鈥揚resent: PhD in History of Art, 麻豆视频
2020鈥2025: MA in Art History, National Taiwan University
2012鈥2014: MBA in Marketing Management, National Chengchi University
Selected Publications
- 鈥淣ational Treasure Craftsman Guo Gen-fu Talks about the Art of Luming Hall,鈥 in The Dream Deer: Tuning into Luming (Taipei: National Taiwan University, 2023), 28鈥35.
- 鈥淐onnecting Japanese Colonial Buildings in Chiayi: Departing from Chiayi Art Museum to Survey Japanese Colonial Architecture鈥檚 Cultural Rebirth,鈥 ARTouch, no. 338 (November 2020), 88鈥91.
- 鈥淎 Rhythm of Tree Forming the Forest: An Interview with the Curator and Notes on the Art Creation Camp,鈥 Re-Turn, no. 3 (Chiayi: Chiayi Art Museum, 2020), 104鈥111.
- 鈥淩e-examining the Marketing Practices and Strategies of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum,鈥 Newsletter of Chinese Association of Museums, no. 87 (2019), 10鈥13.
Research and Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, Virtue and Beauty鈥擭i Chiang-huai Memorial Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2025鈥 )
- Research and Curatorial Team Member, An Ode to the Sun and the Moon鈥擸en Shui-long鈥檚 Formosa, Ministry of Culture (2023鈥2024)
- PR and Media Liaison, Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2016鈥2020)
Awards and Funding
- Government Scholarship for Studying Abroad (Art History), Ministry of Education, Taiwan (2025鈥 )
- Academic Scholarship, Tienmei Art Foundation (2025鈥 )
- Graduate Student Scholarship, Academia Sinica (2022鈥2023)
- Graduate Student Scholarship, Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University (2020鈥2023)
