About

FOGSTAND Gallery & Studio is a nonprofit visual art platform—operating between Taiwan and Minnesota —supporting regional, national and international artists by way of programming a rigorous, yet penetrable array of curated exhibitions, workshops and educational projects pertaining to the ongoing potential contemporary visual art has in developing, maintaining and reforming the importance of visual culture as a form of dis-enclosure and re-encounter.

Attentive to our two unique locations—a small, primarily indigenous village in rural Taiwan and the residential neighborhood of Hamline-Midway in St. Paul, Minnesota— we are committed to highlighting unaided local cultural practices, demographics or geographic locations, as well as providing a platform for regional developments in the arts to become internationalized by way of a small, artist-run organization.

Mission

FOGSTAND develops its program guided by the following modes of care and affinity:

• Supporting regional, national and international practitioners by way of programming a rigorous, yet penetrable array of curated projects that oscillate between Eastern Taiwan, the Midwestern United States and the unique collaborations made between the two. 

• Enabling workshops and events that provide educational and entrepreneurial opportunities for local communities pertaining to the ongoing potential contemporary visual art has in developing, maintaining and reforming the importance of visual culture as a form of dis-enclosure and re-encounter.

• Commitment to highlighting unaided local cultural practices, demographics or geographic locations (Taiwan), as well as providing a platform for regional developments in the arts to become internationalized by way of a small, artist-run organization (Taiwan, USA).

Staff/Member

FOGSTAND Gallery & Studio is run by a dedicated team of volunteers, all of whom come together to deliver all aspects of the organization's program.

Founding Members

Wen-Li Chen (Operation Director)
Darren Tesar (Program Director)

Administrative Assistant & Space Manager (Taiwan)

Jie-Mei Jiang

Committee Members (USA)

Brandon Cramm
Justin Cramm

Intern (Taiwan)

Xiao-Wei Deng (2015-2017 )

Field Experience Volunteer (USA)

Claire Decklever, Kyleah Rusch (2018)
Gemma Weston (2019)