Wen-ti Tsen (he/him) is a painter and public artist. He was born in China and grew up in Paris and London before coming to the U.S. to study art at Boston Museum School. Since the mid-1970s, after living and traveling for several years in different countries, he has been engaged in making art that explores cultural connections: with personal paintings and installations, large-scale public art sculptures, and working with communities to express social issues in various art forms. He has also taught, and participated in organizing in many different circumstances.

The Asian American Comic Book: the Garment Worker's Story, 1991
Ink-jet reproduction of pen-and-ink drawings
22 13"x19" pages
Enlargement of 1 of 4 stories of the 8.5"x11" "The Asian American Comic Book", off-set publication, AARW in 1991

Artist Statement

Since graduating in 1961 from the Boston Museum School, I have traveled broadly, including 2 years across Asia, and 3 years working and living in the Middle East; and have done a variety of jobs. I apply my understanding of life and skills in art mostly to see the intersectionalities of people, work, and forms of social constructs.