HANSEL TAI * YUCHEN DAI * 戴毓辰
hansel@hanseltai.com
BORN
Mountain Emei, CN, 1994
EDUCATION
ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS, TALLINN, EE
2016 - 2019 MA Jewellery & Blacksmithing Department by prof. Tanel Veenre
GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE, AMSTERDAM, NL
2018 Jewellery-linking bodies Department
CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, BEIJING, CN
2012 - 2016 BA Art Jewelry Department by prof. Fei Teng
TALENT PROGRAMME
2020 - 2021 GEMZ Talent Accelerator Programme, Current Obsession / Creative Industries Fund NL
AWARDS
2024 One for the Future Award 2023-2024 honoree, NYC Jewelry Week, USA
2023 The Gallery Alice Floriano Award, Budapest Jewelry Week 2023, HU
2021 Best designed Estonian books of 2020 - KINGDOM OF DREAMS, Designer, EE
2019 Enjoia’t MISUI Award 2019, Barcelona, SP
2019 Second Finalist Enjoia’t Awards Student 2019, Barcelona, SP
2019 Cum Laude of graduation, Estonian Academy of Arts, EE
2018 Amberif Design Award Finalist, Gdansk, PL
2016 Top Young 2016 Finalist, Ubi Gallery, Beijing, CN
2016 The Second Prize of Graduation, CAFA, Beijing, CN
WORKS AT COLLECTION
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL
Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, NL
Kadri Mälk, EE
Teng Fei, CN
among others
EXHIBITION
SOLO:
2022 NUDE JADE PIERCED (Luǒ Yù Chuān Kǒng), The Closer Gallery, Beijing
2022 After Party Yet to Come, A-Galerii, Tallinn
2021 BREAKING RULES, Galerie beyond, Antwerp
2020 EDEN OF THE EAST, Vent Space, Tallinn
2020 DENSITY OF STATES, Galerie beyond, Antwerp *due to COVID-19 post pond till further notice
2019 NUDE JADE, A-galerii, Tallinn
2018 HANNA HANSEL, HOP Galerii, Tallinn
GROUP:
2023
SPARK - Annual Exhibition 2023, A-Galerii, Tallinn
What’s in A Name!, Galerie Beyond, Antwerp
CURTAIN, Galerie Beyond, Antwerp
Re:ACTION, International Exhibition of Budapest Jewelry Week, Budapest
In Loving Hands: Combining the Past with the Future, Jaanus Samma & Hansel Tai, Vana-Võromaa Museum and Art Gallery, Võru
FEAR & LOVE, The JCC Contemporary Jewellery Center, Shanghai
Academic Vanguard, Guardian Art Center, Beijing
Jewellery Feast - Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, 168 Lujiazui W Rd, Shanghai
2022
Tender Presence, Almas Gallery, Richmond
Tender Presence, Gallery 2052, Chicago
IN FIERI, MAD Home of Creators, Brussels Jewellery Week, Brussels
2021
GEM Z: The Farthest from Earth We’ve Ever Been, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
The Midas Touch, The Closer Gallery, Beijing
Jewellery Room, Cold Sweat, First Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2021
2021 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing
Revolution, HOP Gallery, Tallinn
UNCUT GEMS, Gem Zs curated by Current Obsession, 92Y, New York
Holownia, Hall of the Old Town Hall, Legnica
2020
Alternative Options, Shanghai NoCC, Shanghai
Brave New Field, Shanghai BFC (Bund Finance Center), Shanghai
*due to COVID-19 post pond till further notice
Galerie beyond at Munich Jewellery Week
Intro by Marzee at FRAME, Munich Jewellery Week
1st Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition, Kunming
2019
BODY CONTROL, De Kerk powered by Museum Arnhem, Arnhem
Enjoia't Awards 2019, Barcelona
XII Florence Biennale 2019, Florence
Dream Machine, Abrons Arts Center, New York
Mulan - New Age Chinese Art Jewelry, On Canal, New York
Revival + Reengineering 2019 The 10th China Modern Handicraft University Exhibition
NUDA VITA, Artesania Catalunya Carrer dels Banys Nous, Joya Barcelona
Marzee International Graduate Show 2019, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
NEO-GENESIS, TASE'19, Tallinn
Précieux !?, Alliages, Lille
Ek-kinesis, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens Jewelry Week
Non-Stick Nostalgia: Y2K Retrofuturism in Contemporary Jewelry, MAD | Museum of Arts and Design, New York
NUDA VITA The practice of collective and political body, ABC Westside Galerie, Munich Jewellery Week
Precious?, Column Bakehouse Gallery, UK
2018
Most Suitable Most Valuable, West 21st Street Gallery, New York
The 4th TRIPLE PARADE Biennial, HOW Art Museum, Shanghai
Love Jewels, Huis Pauwels Spaenjers Multiple, Hasselt
I Curse The Day, Pikk Jalg Gate Tower, Tallinn
Amberif Design Award 2018, The AMBEREXPO Exhibition, Gdańsk
Pooping Back And Forth, Forever Pt.2, Rietveld Pavilion, Amsterdam
Sino-Swiss Contemporary Jewelry and Accessory Design Exhibition, Shanghai
"Biophilia" und "Chaos", Alliages Gallery, Werkstatt Galerie, Munich
Short Stories. Contemporary and conceptual jewellery, Gallery Putti, Riga
2017
CHAOS, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France
Marzee for Starters at CODA Museum, Apeldoorn
Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial 2017, Beijing
Holownia, Old Town Hall Legnica, Gallery of Art in Legnica
Amber Trip Art Jewellery Contest „Nature Morte“, Palanga, Ramybė Gallery
Schmuck 2017/FRAME, Garten München, Munich
Tsirkus | Circus, Saaremaa Kunstistuudio, Estonia
The 9th China Modern Handcrafts Academic Exhibition, Wuhan
2016
Dezign.CN - One Designer One Creation, Shenzhen
Marzee International Graduate Show 2016, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
Topyoung 2016, Ubi Gallery, Beijing
The Start of a Long Journey, Museum of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing
‘Baggage – Coffee and Tea’ Jewellery and Objects, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen
2015
IDENTITY—CAFA meets Danish Jewellery, The Danish Cultural Center, Beijing
APS—The Second National Art Academy Philosophy and Social Sciences Development Forum Exhibition Area, CAFAM, Beijing
2014
Love, Ubi Gallery, Beijing
The 8th China Modern Handcrafts Academic Exhibition, Wuhan
MEDIA PUBLICATION
2023 Harper’s BAZAAR Jewelry Interview - Issue 96 (2023.06)
2022 Interview with Hansel Tai - CURRENT OBSESSION
2022 Klimt02 The value of creation and thinking. Interview with Hansel Tai by Xiao Liang
2022 Klimt02 Nude Jade Pierced by Hansel Tai
2022 AFTER PARTY YET TO COME
2021 GEM Z: The Farthest from Earth We’ve Ever Been
2020 i-D VICE These radical artists are screwing with jewellery in 2020
2019 Current Obsession #7 Issue Beneath Diamondised Skins
2019 SO MINT! NEO-GENESIS by Hansel Tai
2019 ESTONIAN ART 1 2019 Sexting You with All My Heart
2019 CURRENT OBSESSION Content Piercing the Divine Body
2019 Current Obsession Paper for Munich Jewellery Week 2019
2017 AUTOR Magazine #4 – The Senses Issue
2016 Media Feature, Current Obsession Feature
2014 Publication, Craft & Collage — Collection of Exhibition Works IBSN 978-7-5394-7279-9
WORKSHOP PARTICIPATE
2018 Ruudt Peters, Radical, Participator
2018 Merijn Bolink, Participator
2018 Jing He, Tool from..., Participator
2017 Adam Grinovich, One Plus One, Participator
2017 Philip Sajet, Ugly Jewellery, Participator
2017 Ryo Saito, Tallinn / Tokyo / riimvees, Participator
2017 Mari Ishikawa, Parallel World, Participator
2016 Claude Schmitz, Precious Jewellery, Participator
2015 Peter Hoogeboom, Participator / Translator
2014 Bazzar Jewelry and Fei Liu Fine Jewelry, Talisman, Participator
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015 Contract Designer
Beijing Meijiang Science and Technology Co., Ltd. 3D Jewelry and Product Design
2015 Jeweller Designer, Internship
TTF Haute Joaillerie, Design Department Fine Jewelry design and Custom design
2013 Graphic Designer
Beijing Lianjing Culture and Art Co., Ltd.
Collabration with three other designers from Needle Studio (Yang LIN, Xiao ZHENG, Wen LIU) doing VI and UI design for the programme Chinese Elegant Life Club House.
2012-2013 Art Teacher, Volunteer
Volunteering for Art Teaching at the INCLUDED Community HEIQIAO
and DONGBA Center in Beijing. As the Main Art Teacher for the migrants' children.
INCLUDED is a nonpro t organization. I was in the Dynamic Interest Program teaching children from 6 to 14 years old.
SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2019 Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2018 Erasmus+ Learning mobility Scholarship
2017 Archimedes Estonia National Scholarship
2016 Chow Tai Fook Scholarship
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Co., Ltd.
Chow Tai Fook(Stock Code : 1929)‧The Largest Hong Kong Listed Jeweller by Market Capitalisation
2015 CAFA First Class Scholarship
2015 Chow Tai Fook Scholarship
2015 Chow Tai Fook Campus Elite
2014 CAFA Third Class Scholarship
2014 Chow Tai Fook Scholarship
2014 Chow Tai Fook Campus Elite
2013 CAFA Second Class Scholarship CAFA "Three-Good" Student
