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Chen Chien-jung

陳建榮

Through the use of highly structured lines and unnatural colors, the artist evokes familiar visual experiences in the viewer, such as the shapes of urban buildings and industrial machinery. The work confidently references urban civilization through a range of visual elements, including sharp lines from architectural drawings, thick and hard lines of steel structures, and bulky shapes of huge cement blocks. These abstract elements effectively convey the intense and bustling atmosphere commonly found in bustling industrial cities. The roughness and overlapping of all energies in the work create a powerful and assertive statement.

作者以十分結構感的線條,及非自然的色彩,喚起觀者熟悉的視覺經驗,如城市建築或工業機具的形態。作品中的城市文明指涉,像是建築圖的銳利線條,或像是鋼架結構的粗硬線條,以及巨大水泥量塊的笨重造型,就算再抽象,也都傳達出工業城市裡的喧囂與粗暴,以及所有能量之間的交織與共鳴。

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Born in Taipei, Taiwan,1972.

National Institute of the Arts, dept. of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, B.F.A., 1995.

Tainan National College of the Arts, Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, Tainan, Taiwan, M.F.A., 2001.

Lives and works in Taipei.

                               

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 

Finders Keepers, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

2018 

Defection from Definition, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei.

2017 

Well-Lighted Rooms, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei.

2015 

The decontextualization of Production, Xue Xue Green, Taipei.

2014 

Frozen Music, Tosee Art Agency Co., Taipei.

Frozen Music , NCU Art Center , Taoyuan.

2013 

Paradoxically, Tosee Art Agency Co., Taipei.

2011 

A Block, IT Park Gallery, Taipei.

2011

Shijie Gallery, Taichung.

2010 

Sky Blue × Landscape, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

2010

Ke-Yuan Gallery, Taichung.

2009

To see Art Agency Co., Taipei.

2008

Ke-Yuan Gallery, Taichung.

2007

VT ARTSalon, Taipei.

2006

Ke-Yuan Gallery, Taichung.

Recent Paintings, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei.

2004 

07, Prototype Art, Tainan.

Reconstruction, Ke-Yuan Gallery, Taichung.

2003 

I Heard You Looking, at the Tamsui Center of Arts and Culture, Taipei.

Peintures Récentes , Cité Internationale des Arts , Paris .

2001 

Lo-Fi, Ke-Yuan Gallery, Taichung.

2000

American Cultural Center, Taipei.

1999 

Employ Spirituality, Prototype Art, Tainan.

    

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 

Life Experience, T.K.U. Art Center, Taipei.

2021 

Scenery in Mock-up, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei.

The 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Art Central, HK.

ART TAIPEI 2021, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei.

The 29th Asian International Art Exhibition JAPAN, Kyushu Arts and Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan.

2020 

Taipei Dangdai Art Fair, Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei.

Swinging Wind, Ask Art Space, Taipei.

2019 

Taipei Dangdai Art Fair, Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei.

Art Jakarta Art Fair, JCC Senayan, Jakarta      

Sui Generis: Jing-Pai of Taiwan, IT Park Gallery, Taipei.

2018 

Art Basel Hong Kong 2018, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, HK.

TAIWAN in Full Bloom – Contemporary Arts of TAIWAN, ION ART, SINGAPORE

2017  Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, HK.

A Room, THE 201 ART, Taichung.

Very Period, VT ARTSalon, Taipei.

2016 

Rivers – The Way of Living in Transition, Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea.

Scope New York 2016 International Contemporary Art Show, New York.

Transition of Times, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung.

2015 

Rivers – The Way of Living in Transition, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung.

 IT Park Limited Editions, IT Park Gallery, Taipei.

2014 

The Pioneers of Taiwanese Artists, 1971-1980, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.

Follow the Lines on a Journey, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.

CIGE 2014, China National Convention Center, Beijing.

Artshow Busan 2014, Exhibition Hall 2, BEXCO, Busan.

What we are mapping, is Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung.

2013 

Intersecting Vector: Me at Liu’s Home, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

Ever After, IT Park Gallery, Taipei.

The Journey, KUGallery, Taipei.

Citizen Art Shanghai 2013, Renaissance Shanghai Yu Garden Hotel, Shanghai.

2012 

No One to Hear You Scream, Saamlung Gallery, HK.

Landscape, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York.

Yes Taiwan-2012 Taiwan Biennial Exhibit, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.

 Manifestation of Homunculi, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei.

2011 

City Equations, Yu Hsiu Art Space, NHCUE, Hsinchu.

Y.E.S Taiwan III, Aki Gallery, Taipei.

ART TAIPEI

2010

Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei.

Feeling and Form - Contemporary Taiwanese Painting, Sakshi Gallery, Taipei.

Continuation – Special Exhibition of LI Chun-Shen Modern Painting Award Winners, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.

Beyond Vision, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.

2009 

Contemporary Value-A processing History, Ever Harvest Art Gallery, Taipei.

Local Scenery, Ke-Yuan Gallery, Taichung

2008 

Open City: Architecture in Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

The Empire Strikes Back – Episode III / The Phantom Menace, Impressions Contemporary, Taipei.

Sweeties, IT Park, Taipei.

Lines, by the 7th Gendres, DuBang Contemporary Space. , San-Yi.

The 10th Visual Arts Prize of Li Chun-shan Foundation, NCKU Art Center, Tainan.

2007  Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai Mart, Shanghai, China.

Dare to Art-The Genealogy of TNUA Fine Arts College, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei.

Come Together, CYCU Art Center, Taoyuan.

2006 

Exhibition of New Perspective Art Taiwan, Taichung County Seaport Art Center, Taichung.

Meditation in Feeble Light, Safulak Art Village, Hsinchu.

Art of the "E" Generation in Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.

Scylla and Charybdis in Love: The Challenges Facing Contemporary   

Taiwanese Artists, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.

Depth of Space, Gallery Su, Taipei.

Kuandu Extravaganza: Exhibition of Modern Art in Taiwan, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei.

2004 

Scylla and Charybdis in Love: The Challenges Facing Contemporary Taiwanese Artists, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung,

Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea.

The 11th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition R.O.C., National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.

Depth of Surface, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei.

Tile Project, Destination: The World, Taipei, and 20 international sites

2003 

Intershop Südstattsüd , Karlsruhe Südstattsüd , Karlsruhe , Germany.

Exposition Collective 2003 , Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France .

2002 

Chain - Nomads.Rally, Huashan Arts District, Taipei.

Rising Force – Safulak Art Festival, Safulak Art Village, Hsinchu.

2002 Tainan Biennial, Tainan Municipal Art Center, Tainan.

2001 

“New Minds”, Artist Creations in Motion, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

Fine Arts Prize of The Rotary of Taipei Tunghua, Taipei Art Fair, Taipei.

Concealed Movement, Paint Shop Gallery, Tainan.

2000 

Random Door, Kuo Mu Sheng Foundation Art Center, Taipei.

New Stars 2000, Ke-Yuan Gallery, Taichung.

1999 

Resplendent Years, Prototype Art, New Heart Life Art Center, Tainan.

Songs of Tachi, gallery of TNCA, Tainan.

1997 

The 8th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition R.O.C., Taipei

Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

The 23rd Taipei Annual Arts Competition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

1994 

Shifts of Light, Jazz Photo Gallery, Taipei.

Mini Sculptures Exhibition, Arp Gallery, Kaohsiung.

International Print Exhibit: “Taipei.New York.Tokyo, Library of NIA, Taipei.

Exhibition of Seven Guantu Artists, Tamsui Center of Arts and Culture, Taipei.

    

       

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

2021  

The 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Finalist, HK.

2007  

“The 10th Visual Arts Prize of Li Chun-shan Foundation” by Li Chun-shan Foundation

2004  

‘‘Golden Prize in Drawing ”of “The 11th International Biennial Print and

Drawing Exhibition R.O.C.”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.

Artist- in residence at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, FRANCE.

2001  

‘‘Kaohsiung Prize” of“The 18th Kaohsiung Fine Arts Exhibition”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung.

 ‘‘Fine Arts Prize” of The Rotary of Taipei Tunghua.

Artist- in residence at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York, a program of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.

1999  “Honorable Mention Artist”, selected by Vermont Studio Center, U.S.

1997  “Taipei Prize” of “The 24th Taipei Annual Arts Competition”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHEN Kuan-Yu, “The “Semi-forgotten” Life of Picture—A Few Thoughts on

Chen Chien Jung's Painting”, Finders Keepers: CHEN,

Chien-jung Solo Exhibition, Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, p. 12-21, 2021.7

SU Yu-an, “Flickering and Shifting Viewpoints: On Chen Chien Jung's Finders Keepers”,  MODERN ART  No.201, p.13-17, Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2021.6

HSIAO Chong-Ray, “Humanistic Manifestation of the Artificial Nature—The Poetic Charm of Chien-Jung Chen’s Rebellious Artworks”, Artist Magazine, No.501, p.202-205, 2017.2 / CHEN, Chien-jung Selections 2015-2019, Taipei: Project Fulfill Art Space, p.58-60, 2019.12

Chang Yu-Yin, “Punctuated Scavenger and Everyday Affirmations: Chen Chien Jung's

Quiet Resistance”, CHEN, Chien-jung Selections 2015-2019, Taipei: Project Fulfill Art Space, p.8-11, 2019.12

Emerson Wang, “The Tendency to a New Factor in Human Condition”, Frozen

Music–CHEN, Chien-Jung, Taipei: Tosee Arts Agency co., p.11-17, 2015.8

KAO Tzu-chin, “Bounded rationality---Solo Exhibition of CHEN Chien-jung”, Art Today, No. 253, p.212-213, 2013.10 / Frozen Music -CHEN,

Chien-Jung, Taipei: Tosee Arts Agency Co., p. 95-99,2015.8

CHANG Ching-Wen, “(Urban) Landscapes: Reading the Works of Chen Chien-Jung”, CHEN, Chien-jung Selections 2007-2010, Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, p.4-7, 2010.3 / Chinese Contemporary Art News, No. 64, p. 134-138, 2010.5

YU Wei, “Reflections on CHEN Chien Jung's Paintings”, CHEN, Chien-jung Selections 2001-2006, Taichung: Ke-Yuan Gallery, p.4-7, 2006.10

HSU Wan-Jeng, “A Scavenger of Balanced Multi-dimensional Traces-- Chien-jung Chen vs. Abstract Painting”, Artist Magazine, No.351, p.366-371, 2004.8

CHIANG Ming-Chen, “Ambiguous Space of Metaphor---Solo Exhibition of CHEN Chien-jung”, Art Today, p.44, 2004.7

CHANG Ching-Wen, “In The State of Waiting for an Answer—Viewing Chen Chien Jung's work”, Artist Magazine, No.343, p.562, 2003.12 / ArTop, No. 22, p. 93-94, 2004.4

HSU Yuan-dah, “Introspection of Instinct and Breeding—About CHEN  Chien Jung's Lo-Fi”, Artist Magazine, No.318, p.559, 2001.11

HSUEH Ava, “Reality between Interval: On CHEN Chien Jung's Paintings”, 2001 Fine Arts Prize of The Rotary of Taipei Tunghua, Taipei: The Rotary of Taipei Tunghua, p.7, 2001.10

WU Ping-hsuan, “Floating between Artificial and Spiritual World”,  New Stars 2000, Taichung: Ke-Yuan Gallery, 2000, p.15 / Artist Magazine, No.300, p.499, 2000.5

 

COLLECTIONS

Ministry of Culture, Taiwan

Council for Cultural Affairs of Taiwan

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung , Taiwan

Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts , Taoyuan, Taiwan

Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

The Rotary of Taipei Tunghua, Taipei, Taiwan

private collections.

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