I-Hsuen Chen is the winner of the Visual Arts Award in the 18th Taishin Arts Award. He holds an MFA from the Pratt Institute, New York. Starting with photography, Chen employs various approaches, namely, street photography, video installation, and performance, to continuously experiment on the relationship between image creation and different media. He now works and lives in Taipei.
Chen's work has been shown at photo festivals and biennials internationally, including New York Photo Festival (2012), Singapore International Photography Festival (2014), Taipei Biennial (2016), Lianzhou Foto Festival (2016), JIMEI ARLES International Photography Festival (2016), and Offline Browser—Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition (2018.) His work is also in the Permanent Collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Kadist Collection.
陳以軒是第18 屆台新藝術獎視覺藝術獎得主，紐約普瑞特藝術學院藝術碩士。創作從攝影出發，透過街拍、錄像裝置、行為演出等各種手法，不斷實驗影像與不同媒材之間的關係，目前工作與生活於臺北。
陳以軒曾參與2016年台北雙年展，其攝影作品受邀至各大攝影節展出，如紐約攝影節、新加坡攝影節、連州攝影節、廈門阿爾勒攝影節、以及台南攝影節，並先後於hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK、關渡美術館、竹圍工作室、台北市立美術館、海馬迴光畫館及鳳甲美術館舉辦個展。作品獲休士頓美術館及卡蒂斯特藝術基金會收藏。
Education
MFA in Photography, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2010–2012
BA in Advertising & Public Relations, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2001–2005
BA in Advertising & Public Relations, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2001–2005
Solo Exhibition
Opera Karaoke, NTCH Library, Taipei, 2023
Still Life Analysis III: Domain Expansion, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, 2023
Commissioned: I-Hsuen Chen Solo Exhibition, 2019
Still Life Analysis II: The Island, Fotoaura Institute of Photography, Tainan, 2016
I Went Abroad, and then I Went Back, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2015
Still Life Analysis, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, 2014
Nessun Dorma, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, 2014
I am Leaving this City, hpgrp Gallery New York, 2013
Nowhere in Taiwan, Steuben South Gallery, New York, 2012
Still Life Analysis III: Domain Expansion, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, 2023
Commissioned: I-Hsuen Chen Solo Exhibition, 2019
Still Life Analysis II: The Island, Fotoaura Institute of Photography, Tainan, 2016
I Went Abroad, and then I Went Back, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2015
Still Life Analysis, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, 2014
Nessun Dorma, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, 2014
I am Leaving this City, hpgrp Gallery New York, 2013
Nowhere in Taiwan, Steuben South Gallery, New York, 2012
Group Exhibition
NEXT: Taishin Arts Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition, MoNTUE, Taipei, 2023
TAV ART PROJECT TRILOGY: PROCESS, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, 2022
Himotoku: The Opening Blossoms of an Unraveling World, Tokyo Art and Space, Tokyo, 2022
Suwon International Art Festival, Suwon Manseok Gallery, Suwon, 2022
The Ever First, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 2021
TAV ART PROJECT TRILOGY: BEGINNING, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, 2021
Either too Quiet or too Loud, Honggah Museum, Taipei, 2020
Gwangju Media Art Festival, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, 2020
CRISIS OF NOW: CONTEMPORARY ASIAN PHOTOGRAPHY PART II, PhotoNOLA, New Orleans, 2019
The 6th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition–OFFLINE BROWSER, Honggah Museum, Taipei, 2018
Tainan International Foto Festival, Tainan, 2018
Urban Potential Chloroplast—Photosynthesis of Landscape in Shuijiaoshe, Tainan, 2018
VT20, VT ARTSALON, Taipei, 2017
Osiris and Ganesha, Marso Gallery, Mexico City, 2017
Faint Light, Dark Shadows, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2017
XISHUANGBANNA FOTO FESTIVAL 2016, Xishuangbanna, 2016
JIMEI ARLES 2016 International Photography Festival, Jimei, 2016
LIANZHOUFOTO 2016, Lianzhou, 2016
Wise Sphere, co-curated by CHENG Shao-Hung and WANG Pinpin, Hin Bus Depot Art Centre, Pulau Pinang, 2016
Gestures and Archives of the Present, Genealogies of the Future, Taipei Biennial 2016, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Green Energy, Art Power, Taichung Public Art Festival, Taichung, 2016
Mark, Crane Gallery, Kaohsiung, 2016
HATCH Series TPE No. 1 | As the City Disappears, Let’s Talk about Modernity, co-curated by Nana Yu-I Lee and Cheng-Sean Wang, Huaboo, Taipei, 2016
The Real Thing, curated by Jiaxin Chen, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2015
On Site Artfest, Pop-up Studio, Taipei, 2015
Road Show, Dynasty Gallery, Taipei, 2015
Taipei Arts Award, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2014
Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore, 2014
Don't Look Back, CCNY Staff Show, The Camera Club of New York, New York, 2013
If You Can’t Sing, I Do not Want to be Part of Your Revolution, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, 2013
船的創作展 - 五分之三, curated by Chuan Art, Miimi Project Space, Taipei, 2013
Kaohsiung Award Exhibition, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, 2013
PAUSE, Foley Gallery, New York, 2013
Traces of Omnipresence, 308 at 156 Project Art Space, New york, 2013
PHOTO TAIPEI 2012, Taipei, 2012
The Camera of New York, Annual Benefit Auction, New York, 2012
Folk Remedy, Ren Tea House, New York, 2012
Near Collisions, curated by Jesse Cesario, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, 2012
The New York Photo Award Exhibition, 2012
Art Student Exhibition in NY 2012, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, 2012
Simply, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins , 2012
PhotoPlace Open, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, 2012
Pratt MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, 2012
Beyond 1 lens & Over 100 eyes Exhibition, hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, 2012
New York Photo Festival Invitational Exhibition, 2012
EXCAVATION/MEMORY, Ed. Varie Gallery, New York, 2012
Annual Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York, 2011
No Trend, Steuben South Gallery, New York, 2011
Art from the Heart, 25CPW Gallery, New York, 2011
Layers, Dekalb Gallery, New York, 2011
TAV ART PROJECT TRILOGY: PROCESS, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, 2022
Himotoku: The Opening Blossoms of an Unraveling World, Tokyo Art and Space, Tokyo, 2022
Suwon International Art Festival, Suwon Manseok Gallery, Suwon, 2022
The Ever First, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 2021
TAV ART PROJECT TRILOGY: BEGINNING, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, 2021
Either too Quiet or too Loud, Honggah Museum, Taipei, 2020
Gwangju Media Art Festival, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, 2020
CRISIS OF NOW: CONTEMPORARY ASIAN PHOTOGRAPHY PART II, PhotoNOLA, New Orleans, 2019
The 6th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition–OFFLINE BROWSER, Honggah Museum, Taipei, 2018
Tainan International Foto Festival, Tainan, 2018
Urban Potential Chloroplast—Photosynthesis of Landscape in Shuijiaoshe, Tainan, 2018
VT20, VT ARTSALON, Taipei, 2017
Osiris and Ganesha, Marso Gallery, Mexico City, 2017
Faint Light, Dark Shadows, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2017
XISHUANGBANNA FOTO FESTIVAL 2016, Xishuangbanna, 2016
JIMEI ARLES 2016 International Photography Festival, Jimei, 2016
LIANZHOUFOTO 2016, Lianzhou, 2016
Wise Sphere, co-curated by CHENG Shao-Hung and WANG Pinpin, Hin Bus Depot Art Centre, Pulau Pinang, 2016
Gestures and Archives of the Present, Genealogies of the Future, Taipei Biennial 2016, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Green Energy, Art Power, Taichung Public Art Festival, Taichung, 2016
Mark, Crane Gallery, Kaohsiung, 2016
HATCH Series TPE No. 1 | As the City Disappears, Let’s Talk about Modernity, co-curated by Nana Yu-I Lee and Cheng-Sean Wang, Huaboo, Taipei, 2016
The Real Thing, curated by Jiaxin Chen, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2015
On Site Artfest, Pop-up Studio, Taipei, 2015
Road Show, Dynasty Gallery, Taipei, 2015
Taipei Arts Award, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2014
Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore, 2014
Don't Look Back, CCNY Staff Show, The Camera Club of New York, New York, 2013
If You Can’t Sing, I Do not Want to be Part of Your Revolution, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, 2013
船的創作展 - 五分之三, curated by Chuan Art, Miimi Project Space, Taipei, 2013
Kaohsiung Award Exhibition, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, 2013
PAUSE, Foley Gallery, New York, 2013
Traces of Omnipresence, 308 at 156 Project Art Space, New york, 2013
PHOTO TAIPEI 2012, Taipei, 2012
The Camera of New York, Annual Benefit Auction, New York, 2012
Folk Remedy, Ren Tea House, New York, 2012
Near Collisions, curated by Jesse Cesario, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, 2012
The New York Photo Award Exhibition, 2012
Art Student Exhibition in NY 2012, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, 2012
Simply, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins , 2012
PhotoPlace Open, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, 2012
Pratt MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, 2012
Beyond 1 lens & Over 100 eyes Exhibition, hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, 2012
New York Photo Festival Invitational Exhibition, 2012
EXCAVATION/MEMORY, Ed. Varie Gallery, New York, 2012
Annual Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York, 2011
No Trend, Steuben South Gallery, New York, 2011
Art from the Heart, 25CPW Gallery, New York, 2011
Layers, Dekalb Gallery, New York, 2011
Award
18th Taishin Arts Award: Visual Arts Award winner, 2020
SIPF Best Portfolio Award, Singapore International Photography Festival, Sigapore, 2014
Young Art Taipei Portfolio Review, Best Portfolio Award, Taipei, 2013
Kaohsiung Award, Photography Catagory Winner, Kaohsiung, 2013
PHOTO TAIPEI Emerging Artist Award, Taipei, 2012
The New York Photo Award, Student Fine Art Series Category Winner, New York, 2012
Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Magenta Foundation, Canada, 2012
New York Photo Festival Invitational Winner, 2012
Honorable Mentions, Hey, Hot Shot! 2nd Edition 2011, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, 2012
SIPF Best Portfolio Award, Singapore International Photography Festival, Sigapore, 2014
Young Art Taipei Portfolio Review, Best Portfolio Award, Taipei, 2013
Kaohsiung Award, Photography Catagory Winner, Kaohsiung, 2013
PHOTO TAIPEI Emerging Artist Award, Taipei, 2012
The New York Photo Award, Student Fine Art Series Category Winner, New York, 2012
Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Magenta Foundation, Canada, 2012
New York Photo Festival Invitational Winner, 2012
Honorable Mentions, Hey, Hot Shot! 2nd Edition 2011, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, 2012
Public Collection
VMAC: Videotage Media Art Collection, 2022 (link)
Collections, Kadist Foundation, Paris, 2017 (link)
MoMA Library Artists' Books (In Between), New York, 2014 (link)
MFAH Library collection (Nowhere in Taiwan handmade book), Houston, 2014
Permanent Collections, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2012 (link)
Collections, Kadist Foundation, Paris, 2017 (link)
MoMA Library Artists' Books (In Between), New York, 2014 (link)
MFAH Library collection (Nowhere in Taiwan handmade book), Houston, 2014
Permanent Collections, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2012 (link)
Artist in Residency
Tokyo Art and Space, Tokyo, 2020
Tsung-yeh Arts and Cultural Center. Tainan, 2018
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, 2015
Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, 2014
Tsung-yeh Arts and Cultural Center. Tainan, 2018
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, 2015
Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, 2014