ABOUT

Tzu-Yun Wei (they/them) is a Taiwanese artist/designer living in Taipei; they explore identity, multiplicity in lived experience through drawing, design and cross-cultural exchange. They have collaborated with mission-driven nonprofits like Right To Play, Ugly Duckling Presse, Processing Foundation, Taipei Art Book Fair and ONEeducation to design content and develop teaching materials for different marginalized communities.

Co-organizer of Taiwan Processing Community Day (2023), the Open Island: Free Admission public screening (2024), and the Printing In Progress: What Makes A Book A Book research project (2025), their work has been recognized by the National Culture and Arts Foundation and has been exhibited in New York, Tokyo, and Taipei. As an educator, Tzu-Yun has led courses and workshops in design writing and poetic technology for Pratt Institute and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.

Tzu-Yun holds an M.F.A. in Communication Design from Pratt Institute. Currently they work as the Project Associate at the Taiwan Design Research Institution to organize cross-cultural workshops and events, and empower future design talents.

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