Born and raised in Taiwan, Liang-Pin Tsao is an artist based in Taipei, Taiwan. He holds an MFA degree from Pratt Institute, and is the recipient of Fulbright Grant, New York Residency Program sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Taiwan, and Paris Photography Exchange Program sponsored by French Office in Taipei, among others. His recent works, “Becoming ‧ Taiwanese,” investigate the Chinese Martyrs’ Shrines in Taiwan and the relational tension between colonial history, self-identity and value awareness especially in light of transitional justice and biopolitics.
Liang also devotes himself to public service and open culture. In 2016, he established Lightbox Photo Library, a non-for-profit organization, which is free and open to all. Employed as a method, Lightbox strives to preserve, disseminate and advance local photographic perspectives and creative practices through various kinds of public programs and educational projects, aiming to practice the values of intellectual freedom, cultural equity and the co-creation of photographic culture.
新竹台灣人，目前工作生活於台北，從事影像創作。美國紐約普拉特藝術學院，藝術創作碩士。曾獲傅爾布萊特獎助金、文化部紐約駐村創作計畫、法國在台協會巴黎攝影交流計畫等。近期創作《Becoming ‧ Taiwanese》透過全台各地前身為日本神社的忠烈祠，重新檢視自己的歷史觀點、身份認同與價值意識；同時在轉型正義及生命政治的視角下，重新想像忠烈祠在當代台灣社會的正當性與可能性。
創作之外，則投身公共服務、關注開放文化。2015年，與友人共同發起「Photo Talks」計畫，促進台灣當代攝影的討論。2016年，成立「Lightbox 攝影圖書室」，以圖書室為方法，致力於保存、傳播、深化從台灣出發的影像觀點和創作實踐。並透過書冊徵集、教育推廣、國際交流等計畫，逐步落實文化共建、知識共享、開放平權的理念。