EVENT & EXHIBITION
Thomas Triebe-Pay Residency Exhibition｜Form and Discovery
Opening Tea Gathering｜October 25 (Sat) 14:00–17:00
Exhibition Dates｜October 25–26, 2025
Opening Hours｜14:00–17:00
Venue｜TESA Creative Center
Admission｜Free Entry
Canadian artist Thomas Triebe-Pay explores the tension between simplicity and complexity in his sculptural practice. A graduate of the University of Guelph, where he specialized in sculpture, he combines intuitive craftsmanship with formal training, working across materials such as metal, wood, concrete, plastic, and paper. By recontextualizing everyday objects, he transforms the familiar into something unexpected and thought-provoking.
During his residency at TESA, Thomas has focused on experimental sculpture using mixed media and paper. Through intuition and material discovery, he creates abstract, tactile forms that embody transformation and expression. Immersed in the tranquility of nature, he found space to slow down, observe, and allow the landscape’s rhythm to shape his creative process. The resulting works reflect not only material transformation but also a meditation on the act of making itself—where nature and form merge into quiet dialogue.
👉 Learn more about Thomas’s work:Website: www.thomastriebepay.com
Instagram: @ttriebepay
2025 North Coast Formosa Art Festival Environmental Art Project
Since 2019, TESA has been rooted in Baishawan on Taiwan’s North Coast, weaving art and nature together.
In 2025, we welcome Dancecology with the theme “The Flowing Body”. Beginning from the drifting journey of wood, the project reflects the cycles of interaction and renewal between humans and nature.
Guided by choreographer Hsiao-Yin Peng, the eco-dance workshops invite us to sense plants, rocks, the ocean, and wind through our own bodies. Meanwhile, installation artist Yu-Hung Peng (Chi-Fu) transforms driftwood into wearable forms, sparking a dialogue between body and wood, mountain and sea.
Ecological Dance Creation: Hsiao-Yin Peng
Driftwood Installation: Yu-Hung Peng (Chi-Fu)
Performers: Jun-Ming Peng, Kai-Wen Chuang
Together, we will follow the dancers, listening to the call of driftwood, imagining the currents of mountains and seas flowing between waves and wood. The afternoon continues with artist sharing, dialogue, and a warm tea gathering—opening many perspectives on the spirit of environmental art.
