Wan-Jen Chen

Wan-Jen Chen

Wan-Jen Chen was born in 1982 in Hsinchu, Taiwan and currently studies Master of New Media at Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan. Chen has won Taipei Art Award, Taipei (2006) and S-An Aesthetics Praise award, Taipei (2007, 2009). In his works Chen addresses issues of being symbolized, flattened or decontextualised in the digital environment, recent solo exhibition includes Unconscious Voyage (Taipei, 2008), You Are An Exception of Mine (Taipei, 2011) and Screw You the Future (Taipei, 2011). His work has also been selected for international exhibitions, including Taiwan Biennial (Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2012), Arte da Taiwan - Taiwan Contemporary Art (Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genoa, 2011), Tokyo Frontline, Exchange-Microclimate (3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, 2011), Stand-In Techniques – New Taiwanese video Style (Gallery 456, New York, 2010), Changwon 2010 Asia Art Festival – THE FANTASTIC GARDEN, Korea, 2010).

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