Peini Beatrice HSIEH was born and brought up in Taiwan, but advanced her studies in USA(U.Penn-Philadelphia), Belgium(K.U.Leuven) and RSA(U.Stellenbosch). 

Over the last  three decades, she has extended her career inland and abroad as a curator, critic, writer and researcher in multi-disciplines in different continents. 

Decorated with Cavalière, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana and Chevalier, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, HSIEH also received the National Masarek Medal of Distinction Service from the former Republic of Czechoslovakia.  

She has been officially invited by governments of Australia, Benelux countries, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, UK and USA as the visiting chair and the international observer. She has also been invited by INPOs such as UNESCO-AICA, UNESCO-ICOM, AAM and PAA as the keynote speaker for the international assembly.  

Recognized well as an experienced policymaker and trouble-shooter in cultural fields, she has been the Commissioner for Cutural Affairs of Taipei, CEO of Taipei Culture Foundation and Director-General for World Design Capital and Nuit Blanche-Taipei, CEO of the CS Ho Foundation, President UNESCO-AICA-Taiwan and director of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. 

Committed to public affairs in public domains, she is now the board director of NPOs TAICCA, The Cultural Taiwan Foundation, Taiwan Living Arts Foundation/C-Lab and Taiwan-Hong Kong Economic & Cultural Promotion Foundation, as well the INPOs AICA-Taiwan, Chinese Museums Association, Women in Architecture-Taiwan, Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, Gallery Climate Coalition-Taiwan and Friends of Europe. 

Referring to her academic career, Hsieh is now with National Tsing Hua University to implement art institutes under construction and the programs of ESG for  culture. She was the tenure Associate Professor of the Architecture Dept and the Head of the EMBA Program for Creative & Cultural Industries at Feng Chia University. She was the Assistant Professor of the Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts of the National Tainan University of the Arts and the head of the Center for International Exchanges. She once worked for Stellenbosch University as the Co-ordinator for Asian Studies at the Center of Comparative and International Politics. Hsieh co-chaired several international design studios and workshops hosted by Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing,  Tongji University Shanghai, HK University, HK Chinese University, HK Poly-Univ, UCL-Bartlett and La Sapienza-Roma, etc. 

In her curatorial practices, Hsieh is one of the very few recognized able to curate for subjects both classic and contemporary, east and west. She has been credited with dozens of local and international exhibitions held in leading art institutes in Asia, America, Europe, Scandinavia and Southern Pacific regions. 

Among those exhibitions, there are retrospectives and solos devoted to Chinese maestros such like CAI Guo Qiang, CHEN Cheng-po, HSIAO Chin, HSIA Yang, LIN Shou-yu (aka Richard Lin), PU Ju,  Alas DUSIG, KO Si-Chi, LIU Chen-Hsiang, PAN Hsiao-Hsia,  YUAN Jai, TUNG Yang-tzu, Heinrich WANG,  ZHANG Hong-Tu and international ones such as Paul Delveaux, Octav Landuyt, Juan Miro, Salvador Dali, Leonardo da Vinci, Yayoi Kusama, Alphonse Mucha, Man Ray, Andy Warhol, Josef Albers, Amedeo Modigliani, Francis Bacon, Michelangelo Buonarotti and art groups/movements such as Futurismo, Arte Povera, Fluxus,  Performance Art, Magnum, etc. 

Besides of visual arts, she has also curated major exhibitions for architects such like Norman Foster, C. Y. Lee and Chris Yao, as well as festivals for films, literature and guest-of-honour countries to participate in the Taipei International Book Expo. 

She has been involved with major biennials held in Venezia, Lyon, Shanghai, Istanbul, etc. She was best known for presenting the Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennial, the very first move to make the Chinese contemporary architecture seen in the international arena. She also helped Hong Kong and Singapore to realize their very first Pavilions to participate in the Venice Visual Arts Biennial. 

As an art critic, Hsieh has reviews and essays constantly published  about visual arts, performing arts, books and architecture in both Chinese and foreign languages. As a writer, she is the author of several artists’ biographies and the editor of catalogues, which won her international awards of IF, Red Dot, Good Design and Golden Pin. 

Hsieh is also a popular speaker giving talks in public and on TV to share her insights about arts, architecture, literature, design and films. She is the hostess of podcast series featuring the books and the cultural developments in HK and Taiwan.

Yen-Ting Cho is a designer, artist, educator and researcher. He directs YEN TING CHO Studio (Taipei / London), a digital design studio and consultancy, and is Professor in the Institute of Creative Industries Design, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He is an expert in cross-disciplinary research, focusing on architecture, interactive and media design, and animation. He has a PhD in Innovative Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art, London, and a MDes from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Cho’s signature digital patterns are generated using his own software, which transforms body movement into intricate designs. He challenges traditional disciplinary boundaries and his artistic practice continuously inspires new thinking and promotes dialogue and reflection between cultures, striving to create a profound impact in the contemporary world. He has designed interactions for, among others, Microsoft Surface and The Guggenheim NYC; exhibited widely, including Camden Art Centre and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts; and won many international awards, most recently Red Dot Design Concept 2025. Current projects include seven monumental public artworks, "Gateway to Taiwan: Island Tales," for the new Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 3.

Dr. Shengfang Chou is an interdisciplinary curator, educator, and scholar of art and design history. She previously taught at the University of Warwick and Shih Chien University and is currently teaching in the Department of Fine Arts at Tunghai University, where she offers courses in contemporary curatorial practice and cultural. She holds a PhD in Global History and Culture from the University of Warwick, an MA in History of Design jointly awarded by the Royal College of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum (RCA/V&A), and undertook postgraduate studies in Narrative Environments at Central Saint Martins. Her research and practice span art and design history, global material culture, curatorial theory, media art, and public art.

Dr. Chou’s early training in sculpture and video installation led to roles as a founding editorial writer for Art China magazine and a contributor to Eslite Gallery, as well as visual merchandising manager for LVMH in the Benelux region. Since 2008, she has worked extensively in digital and interactive art curation, serving as project coordinator for China Design Now at London Design Week, CSM Innovation and contributing to research and curatorial projects at the V&A Museum.Her recent curatorial projects focus on the intersections of technology, publicness, and cultural governance. Major projects include the 2024–2025 Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 3 public art commission Gateway to the Nation: Island Tales and the 2021 Taiwan Lantern Festival media art zone Reconnecting People with Nature. She continues to develop research and practice in art education, cross-disciplinary exhibition making, and cultural sustainability.

Simon has worked on a range of landmark projects both at inception, development, and construction in the UK and Internationally. He is leading the delivery of the new Terminal 3 building at Taoyuan International Airport and was a design lead on the newly opening Melbourne Metro stations in Australia. Simoon has worked for RSHP for over 20years and has also taught at his alma-mater 'The Bartlett School of Architect, UCL (London)'

Artistic director of Anarchy Dance Theatre. Hsieh's works are composed of a special texture derived from his background in architecture, possessing strong structural characteristics—a creative perspective combining time, space and energy. Notable choreographic works include The Eternal Straight Line (2019), Second Body (2015) and Seventh Sense (2011), all of which feature a strong element of interactive dance performance. In addition to receiving great public acclaim, his works have also been featured at numerous prominent international festivals, including Ars Electronica, TodaysArt Festival, and George Town Festival. The dance-installation series You Choreograph and Exercise done in collaboration with fellow choreographer I-Fen Tung and Ko-Yang Chang, further pushes the boundaries of expression in dance beyond conventional “performance”. In addition to his choreographic work, Hsieh also served as the director for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Summer Universiade.

Yen-Ling Kuo is an Anita Jones Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Virginia. Her research interest spans artificial intelligence, robotics, and cognitive science. Her research focuses on robot learning and human-robot interaction, specifically developing models that provide robots with generalizable skills for performing tasks and reasoning, including language understanding, social interactions, and commonsense reasoning. Yen-Ling received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT EECS. Her work has received recognition and awards, including 2024 AAAI New Faculty Highlight, 2024 ACL Outstanding Paper Award, 2025 IEEE RAS WiRA Early Career Contribution Award at ICRA, 2025 NSF CAREER Award.

Yang Shou-Yi is a Documentary Filmmaker. Directed over 20 works for international channels such as Discovery, National Geographic, and AXN. Winner of the 47th and 54th Golden Bell Awards in Taiwan.  

His documentaries include “Discovery—Taiwan Special Forces Series”, “Discovery—Taiwan Revealed Series”, and “National Geographic Channel—Inside: The Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts”. He tells stories in architecture, science, culture, ecology, and conservation. In 2023, he released the feature documentary "Braving The Peak."

Dr. Yen-Ting (Allen) Yeh is an assistant professor at University of Saskatchewan. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Waterloo, Canada, and a MSc and BSc in Computer Science from National Taiwan University, Taiwan. His research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction, focusing on novel input technologies. His goal is to create and evaluate interactions that utilise greater human ability, examine how people perform those interactions and their preference, and further understand and surpass the limits of human ability. His research interests are diverse with a similar goal, including research in physical phone interactions, human factors, AR/VR, collaborative tools, and creative arts.

Calvin Kuo graduated from National Taiwan University with an interdisciplinary background in engineering, urban planning, and human geography, achieving outstanding results in the field of aviation infrastructure management.

Currently employed by Taoyuan International Airport Corporation, he plays a key role in the development and construction of Terminal 3. His responsibilities cover all aspects from early planning and design management to construction supervision and the bidding process. He possesses extensive project management experience and is capable of navigating the complexities of large-scale terminal construction and interface integration.

He's experience also includes involvement in public art installation projects during the Terminal 1 renovation, Terminal 2 expansion, and the construction of Terminal 3. His extensive experience allows him to coordinate artistic concepts with the complex engineering needs of a busy airport environment, ensuring the art installations are fully implemented, seamlessly integrated with airport facilities, and beneficial to the airport's daily operations. His work ensures the harmonious coexistence of art and functional infrastructure.