Born in 1967 in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital city, Tsai Hai-ru is both an artist and a curator. From an early age, she showed a keen interest in the arts. Tsai originally entered the Commercial Design Department of Ming Chuan University after taking the joint university entrance exam.
In 1895, Japanese businessman Shotaro Okamura left his hometown of Osaka and came to a military camp in Tainan to do business. The Japanese who came to Taiwan at that time were all amazed by the deliciousness of the local tropical fruits, especially the pineapples.