Education:
1995 Brooklyn College of the City University of New York – Master of Fine Arts, under Lennart Anderson
1987 National Taiwan Normal University – Bachelor of Fine Arts
2001~05 Art Student League of New York – Printmaking
1979~84 Studio Study with master painters in Taiwan: Shih-Chiao Lee 李石樵, Read Lee 李德, Ping-Hsing Ku 顧炳星 (Lineage of master Huang Junbi 黃君璧)
1990~93 Acquainted with renowned Chinese ink painting masters Yu Chengyao 余承堯, Chang Kuang-Pin 張光賓
Solo Exhibitions:
04/2026 “Endless Forms Most Beautiful & Wonderful”, Jon Gernon Fine Art, Troy, New York
10/2021 “Nature Songs”, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, New York
05/2015 “Inner Light”, Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Averill Park, New York
10/2015 Yeachin Tsai Recent Work, McDaris Fine Art, Hudson, NY
02/2004 “Winter Celebration – Dancing with Color and Form”, Chashama Gallery, NYC
09/2000 “The Labyrinth of Memory”, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions:
11/2026 “Holiday Exhibition”, The Re Institute, Millerton, NY
10/2026 “Around, Above, Below”, Van Der Plas Gallery, Lower East Side NYC
08/2026 “Leviathan River”, Front Room Gallery, Hudson, NY
05/2026 “Beyond Borders: Imagining Immigrant Futures”, FABnyc, Lower East Side NYC
05/2026 “Weaving an Intricate Banner”, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
05/2026 “Unseen Lives: Reportage Photography from Ren Jian Magazine 人間雜誌, 1985–1989“, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts 高雄市立美術館, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
12/2025 “Unseen Lives: Reportage Photography from Ren Jian Magazine 人間雜誌, 1985–1989“, MoNTUE, the Museum of National Taipei University of Education 北師美術館, Taipei, Taiwan
08/2025 “Fence Select”, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
06/2025 “Frequencies”, Two-Person Show in conjunction with Leslie Parke, The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY
12/2024 “Winter Salon”, J. Gernon Fine Art, Troy, NY
05/2024 “Threads – Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Exhibition”, Albany Center Gallery, NY
04/2024 “UN-ARCHIVE”, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
11/2023 “Visual Poetry: New Vistas”, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
12/2021 “Upstate Artists”, The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY
09/2021 “Rhythm and Flow”, Clement Art Gallery, Troy, NY
04/2021 “More Than A Sketchbook: Diary of an Artists”, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
10/2020 “Inner Spaces”, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
12/2019 “Blue”, Circle 46 Gallery, Hudson, NY
10/2019 “Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region” Exhibition, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
05/2019 “The Power of Color in Art”, Art Associates Gallery, Albany, NY
03/2019 “The Unusuals”, Invitational, The Painting Center, Chelsea, NYC
04/2018 “Article 13”, The LAB, Collar Works, Troy, NY
02/2018 “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”, Four Person Show, Scarlet Seven Fine Art Gallery, Troy, NY
10/2017 “AQUACHROME”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
04/2016 “Paperback”, Albany Barn, Stage 1 Gallery, Albany, NY
01/2016 Walter Wickiser Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, online presentation
01/2016 “Great Places and Spaces”, New York State Museum, with Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
01/2016 “Generations X: Razzle Dazzle”, A. I. R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC
11/2014 “Response to Nature”, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
07/2011 “Alumni Group Show”, National Taiwan University Tehchun Gallery 國立臺灣師範大學德群畫廊, Taipei, Taiwan
12/2009 “Family Album”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
02/2007 “Red”, UAG Gallery (Upstate Artists Guild), Albany, NY
10/2006 “Face and Facades”, UAG Gallery (Upstate Artists Guild), Albany, NY
02/2006 “Made in Brooklyn”, NYMEX, Manhattan, NYC
09/2004 “Still”, St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NYC
06/2004 “The Print Show”, Gallery 402, Organization of Independent Artists, Tribeca, NYC
06/2004 “New Prints 2004/ Summer”, International Print Center New York, IPCNY Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
05/2003 “New Prints 2003/ Spring”, International Print Center New York. Curator: Barry Walker, IPCNY Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
05/2004 International Art Show, Lennox Gallery, Central London, UK
05/2004 Pier Show 12, Red Hook Pier, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition, NYC
11/2003 “AAWAA in Brooklyn”, Asian American Women Artists Alliance, Brooklyn, NYC
09/2003 “Bridging the Gap”, St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NYC
01/2003 “A Message From New York”, Lobby Gallery of Durst Organization, NYC, and in Sky Gallery in Osaka, Japan
09/2002 “911 Show/ Artist Respond”, Fairleigh Dickinson University Art Gallery, NJ
02/2002 “On The Deuce”, 129 42nd Street, Manhattan, NYC
01/2002 “911 Show/ Artist Respond”, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NYC
11/2001 “911”, Kentler International Drawing Space, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC
10/2001 Pierogi Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, Flat File
08/1998 “Small Waves In A Big Ocean”, Gallery Onetwentyeight, NYC
06/1997 “International Salon”, Ward-Nasse Gallery, Soho, NYC
04/1996 “April Fools’ Show”, Jacklight Gallery, East Village, NYC
12/1995 “Art Addiction” 2nd International Female Artist’s Art Biennial in Stockholm, Sweden
11/1995 The 18th International Independante Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa, Japan
06/1995 Three Person Show, Chuck Levitan Gallery, Soho, NYC
05/1995 MFA Thesis Show, The Art Gallery of Brooklyn College, NYC
04/1993 “Talking with Nature”, Three Person Show, The Gate Gallery 玄門藝術中心, Taipei, Taiwan
Teaching, Lecture, & Workshop:
Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Union College, Schenectady, NY
Saint Rose College, Albany, NY
Bennington College, North Bennington, VT
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Albany Shambhala Center, Albany, NY
Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
Bethlehem High School, Albany, NY
Snow Farm, The New England Craft Program, MA
Selected Bibliography & Publications
Books
2026 Attenborough, David, and Colin Butfield. Ocean: How to Save Earth’s Last Wilderness. John Murray Press, London. Cover and interior artwork.
2021 Bijl, Martine. Königin außer Dienst. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna. Cover artwork.
Exhibition Catalogues
2026 Beyond Borders: Imagining Immigrant Futures. FABnyc, New York.
2025 Unseen Lives: Reportage Photography from Ren Jian Magazine, 1985–1989. Museum of National Taipei University of Education and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
2023 Visual Poetry: New Vistas. The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York.
2021 Re:Emergence. Circle 46 Gallery, Hudson, New York.
2021 Smallbany, Volume One.
2019 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York.
2019 The Unusuals. The Painting Center, New York.
2018 MEA Season 14. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2018 Article 13. Collar Works, Troy, New York.
2004 Talking Hands. Asian American Women Artists Alliance / A.I.R. Gallery.
2003 A Message From New York. Sky Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
2003 Perdurabo Art Agency Catalogue. United Kingdom.
1995 The 18th International Independante Exhibition of Prints. Kanagawa, Japan.
1993 Talking with Nature. The Gate Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
Magazines, Journals & Media
Shane, Robert R. “Without Beginning or End: The Trans-Temporal Art of Yeachin Tsai.” Shambhala Times. Three-part essay. Read essay: https://www.yeachintsaifineart.com/robert_shane.
Mann, Rona. “Yeachin Tsai.” 518 Profiles Magazine, July 2025. Artist profile.
de Boisset, Alix. “Intuitively Minimal with Yeachin Tsai.” Ikoness, December 18, 2024. Read article: https://ikoness.com/2024/12/18/intuitively-minimal-with-yeachin-tsai/.
Jaeger, William. “Words Only Part of Story at Arts Center’s ‘Visual Poetry’ Show.” Times Union, December 12, 2023. Exhibition review.
Benedict, R. S. “These Paintings Rhyme & Flow Free.” Independent Review Crew, November 22, 2023. Exhibition review of Visual Poetry: New Vistas.
2021 DEX Lifestyle Magazine (Germany) featured artist.
2021 Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly.
2020 WMHT Public Media, AHA! A House for Arts. Featured artist.
“Yeachin Tsai on Her Art.” Chapter 89 Online Magazine, September 11, 2017. Artist interview. Read interview: https://www.yeachintsaifineart.com/yeachin-tsai-on-her-art-chapter-89-online-magazine-interview-2.
Mikati, Massarah. “Troy Art Gallery Features New Installation on Immigration.” Times Union, April 19, 2018. Exhibition coverage of Article 13. Read article: https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Troy-art-gallery-features-new-installation-on-12848509.php.
Covey, Sylvie G. “Yeachin Tsai and Her Art.” May 14, 2014. Artist profile and introduction.
Selected Professional Projects
2026 Four Seasons Henderson.
2025 Samsung Frame Art Program.
2024 Netflix Forever television series.
2024 The Peninsula New York.
2020 Toranomon Hills Residential Towers, Tokyo.
2020 Andaz Shenzhen.
2019 Bellagio Las Vegas.
2019 The Ritz-Carlton.
2018 Rosewood Hong Kong.
1987–1989 Photojournalist, Ren Jian (Human World) Magazine, Taiwan.
Award & Grant:
2021 New York State Council on the Arts Grant
2020 Albany Center Gallery, Mona Ruth Brickman Memorial Artist of the Year Award, NY
2003 “The Healing Power of ART” Award of Merit, Manhattan Arts International, NYC
1995 Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award, MFA Program, Brooklyn College, CUNY
1994 Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award, MFA Program, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Collections:
Private Collections:
Numerous collectors internationally, including collectors from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia countries: Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and Singapore
Public Collections:
The Art Student League of New York, Permanent Collection
New York Public Library
Professional Affiliations:
The Painting Center, NYC
The Laffer Gallery, ＮY
J. Gernon Fine Art, ＮY
Albany Center Gallery, NY
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, NY
Collar Works, NY
Opalka Gallery, Russell Sage College, NY
Katonah Museum of Art, Artists’ Association, NY
Catskill Art Society, NY