Chieh-Jen Chen Biography
Selected solo exhibitions
2010
- On the Empire’s Borders: Chen Chieh-Jen 1996-2010, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, TWN
- Chen Chieh-Jen: Empire’s Borders II – Western Enterprises, Inc., REDCAT, Los Angeles, USA
2008
- Military Court and Prison — Chen Chieh-jen, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, ESP
- Military Court and Prison, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris, FRA
2007
- Condensation: Five Video Works by Chen Chieh-Jen, Asia Society and Museum, New York, USA
2006
- Chen Chieh-Jen, Galerie Alain le Gaillard, Paris, FRA
- Lingchi-Echœs of a Historical Photograph, De Hallen Museum, Haarlem, USA
- Factory, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
2005
- La Fabrica Galeria, Madrid, ESP
2003
- Lingchi Echœs of a Historical Photograph, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, USA
2001
- Chen Chieh-Jen, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, FRA
1998
- Revolt in the Soul & Body II, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TWN
Selected group exhibitions
2010
- Artes Mundi 4, Arts of the world, National Museum of Cardiff
- Sao Paolo Biennale
- Shanghai Biennale (October 2010 — February 2011)
2009
- Empire’s Borders, Taiwanese Pavillion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy
2008
- Prospect.1, New Orleans Biennial, New Orleans, USA
- The Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, CHN
- Memoria — Casting a Gaze, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto-CAMK, Kumamoto
- Tiefenrausch (Rapture of the Deep) :Stream of Forgotten Memories, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
- Memories for Tomorrow: Work from UBS Art Collection, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, CHN
- Crossing Values, les Ateliers de Rennes – biennale d’art contemporain, Rennes, FRA
- Biennial Cuvée 08, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
- Art is for The Spirit: Work from UBS Art Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
- Under the Pain of Death, Austrian Cultural Forum NYC, New York, USA
2007
- Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary— Optimism in the age of global war, the 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
- Shooting Back, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna
- Thermocline of Art-New Asian Waves, ZKM (Center for Art and Media), Karlsruhe
- Geopœtics, Subject, class and identity, Centro Guerrero, Granada
- Cloth That Shook The World, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
- The Screen Eye or The New Image, Casino Luxembourg – Forum of Contemporary Art, LUX
- World Factory: Resistance and Dreams, Exhibitions & Public Programs Coordinator, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
2006
- Naked Life, Museum of contemporary Art, Taipei, TWN
- Undercurrents 06, Museum of Art in Goteborg, Goteborg
- Equal and Less Equal, Museum on The Seam, Israel
- Liverpool Biennale: International 06, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, GB
- Fever Variations, Gwangju Biennale 2006, Gwangju, South Korea
- Altered States, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TWN
- Zones of Contact, Biennale of Sydney, Gallery 4a, Sydney
- Biennial Cuvée 06, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
- Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain, Williams College Museum of Art, MA, USA
2005
- Parallel Realities-Asian Art Now, the 3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial 2005, Fukuoka, Japan
- This Storm is What We Call Progress, Arnolfini, Bristol, GB
- Variation Xandu, Museum of contemporary Art, Taipei, TWN
- The Agony and the Ecstasy, FACT, Liverpool, GB
- The experience of art, 51th Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, Venice, Italy
- Lisboa Photo 2005, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, Portugal
2004
- Do You Believe in Reality?, 2004 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TWN
- Techniques of the Visible, 2004 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- New Zealand Community Trust Art & Industry Urban Arts Biennial 04, Christchurch, N-Zealand
- Histories: Eyelids and Lips, Photo Espaňa 2004, Antigua Fábrica de Tabacos, Madrid, Spain
- The human condition, museum d’Historia de la Ciutat, Barcelona
2003
- Shifting Time/ Space, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, CH
2002
- Great Theatre of the World, 2002 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TWN
- Translated Acts, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
2001
- Floating Chimeras — Contemporary Asian Art, Edsvik konst och kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden
- Translated Acts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
Chieh-Jen Chen
Contemporary
Video
Taiwanese artist born in 1960 in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
- Localisation
- Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan
- Themes
- Capitalisme