Chen Ching-Yuan was born in Tainan, Taiwan, in 1984, graduate from the Fine Arts program of the Taipei National University of the Arts. Chen was awarded the “Outstanding Art Prize” from the Taipei National University of the Arts (2009) and the “Kaohsiung First Art Prize” from the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (2009). Notable exhibitions include: the LiQUiD STATE at VT Artsalon in Taipei, Taiwan (2009) and STATE OF_Chen Ching-‐Yuan’s Solo Exhibition at the Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture in Taipei, Taiwan (2010). the work of Chen, articularly in regards to self-‐knowledge and the imagining of the body. Through his installations, videos, paintings, and drawings, he moves the oppressed and restrained body through various forms, personalities, and perspectives in an effort to extract himself from his work. When one is emptied of reality and history, no matter the sense of fearlessness or failure, the result is helplessness when coping with the weight of history. This sense of history is transformed, by the digital age’s speed and large amounts of information, into a vast imaginative space.
