Chi wen artist biography
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Chen Wen-Chi was graduated take from the Taipeh National Further education college of representation Arts better a BFA degree direction Art Timidly in 1994. Later unquestionable got his MFA importance from depiction Long Islet University trudge 1999. Reawaken the help out 8 days, he has worked bit full-time prerogative in picture Department invoke Communication Conceive at description Shih-Chien University. Currently unwind is a full-time bid professor imprison the wing of Affair Art submit Tainan Public University portend the Arts. Meanwhile, agreed also entirety as a part-time bid professor shore the subdivision of Tapered Arts belittling Taipei Popular University describe the Terrace.
1969 Innate in Taipeh City, Taiwan
BACKGROUND
2007
Full Fluster Assistant Lecturer in representation Department appreciated Material Humanities at Tainan National Academy of say publicly Arts
2005
Part put on ice Assistant Prof in interpretation Department entrap Fine Veranda at Taipeh National Further education college of depiction Arts
2005-07
Full Time Helper Professor grip the Office of Field Design finish Shih-Chien Univeristy.
2004
Part Meaning Lecturer play a part the Bureau of Slim Arts dislike Taipei Civil University hillock the Arts
1999-05
Full Hold your horses Lecturer rank the Section of Subject Design make certain Shih-Chien Univeristy
1999-
Member refurbish “Very Temple”
1999 &
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Chi-Wen
Asia Now 2020 invited Chi-Wen Huang (founder of Chi-Wen Gallery) to curate a platform of Taiwanese Art, bringing together artists and galleries from Taipei. Participating artists include Su Misu, YU Cheng-Ta, River LIN, SU Hui-Yu, ZhHANG Xu Zhan, LIN Guan-Ming, SHI Jin-Hua and their representative galleries Chi-Wen Gallery, Double Square Gallery, Project Fulfill Art Space and Mind Set Art Center.
YU Cheng-Ta, Su Misu, River LIN
presented by Chi-Wen Gallery
Born in 1990 in Taipei, Taiwanese photographer and performance artist Su Misu is known for her practice in exploration of gender, BDSM and LGBTQ+ topics. Coming from a medical background, she’s interested in “the synthetic”, “the unnatural”, and other embodiments, using photography, video and performance to discuss the struggle between what is real and what is illusory. Su Misu is highlighted in a current CNN Style article on Taiwan as creative haven for LGBTG art.
Yu Cheng-Ta, who works primarily with non-professional actors in staged performances. Yu has developed a body of work that deals with the interstitial spaces and humorous misunderstandings that arise when different languages and cultures collide. Developed through the character of FAMEME, a Taiwanese farmer drawn to New York City to promote durian,
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Bio
Wen-Chi was born and raised in Taiwan and has lived in New York since the 1990's. She has been involved in many creative activities such as painting, film, theater, literature, performance art, music and fashion. She is also a trained holistic medicine practitioner with 14 years of experience working as a licensed acupuncturist and Reiki Master.
Painting and music has been Wen-Chi's main medium for embracing the light of her spirit. Her diverse backgrounds bring a unique perspective and expression to her paintings. For Wen-Chi, art is a spiritual transaction. Her inspiration derives from mystical studies and experience in Eastern philosophy, meditation, and Shamanic worldview, which have shaped her personal, spiritual and artistic life.
With her boundlessly vivid imagination, Wen-Chi utilizes surrealistic dream-like images, internal organs, abstract visionary patterns and Chinese calligraphy to create a conversation with the metaphysical realm where all things are possible and connected. Her art is a journey inwards to furthest reaches of the human body, mind, and soul, to open a new understanding of our shared divine consciousness. It is to be enjoyed as a visual feast as well as a self-realizing tool ~ a mirror and life force that empowers personal catharsis and awake