Born in 1960, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Currently works and lives in Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
‧Empire’s Borders – Chen Chieh-jen, Long March Space, Beijing
‧Chen Chieh-jen 1996 – 2010, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
‧Empire’s Borders II- Chen Chieh-jen, REDCAT, Los Angeles
2009
‧Empire’s Borders I & Military Court and Prison , Main Trend Art Gallery, Taipei
2008
‧Military Court and Prison- Chen Chieh-jen, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
2007
‧Condensation: Five Video Works by Chen Chieh-jen, Asia Society and Museum, New York
2006
‧The Route, Main Trend Art Gallery, Taipei
‧Lingchi-Echoes of a Historical Photograph, De Hallen Museum, Haarlem
2004
‧Lingchi-Echoes of a Historical Photograph, Claudio Poleschi Arte Contemporanea, Lucca
‧Factory, IT Park Gallery, Taipei
2002
‧Lingchi-Echoes of a Historical Photograph, an abandoned factory, Taoyuan
2001
‧Chen Chieh-jen, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
1998
‧Revolt in the Soul & Body II, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
1997
‧Revolt in the Soul & Body I, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
‧4 th Artes Mundi Prize, National Museum Cardiff, Wales
2009
‧6 th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
‧NS Harsha: Nations & Chen Chieh-jen: Factory, Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London
‧The 21st Century, The Feminine Century, The Century of Diversity and Hope, 2009 Internal Incheon Women Artists' Biennial , Incheon
‧Foreign Affairs, 53th Biennale di Venezia-Taiwan Pavilion, Venice
‧Hundred Stories about Love, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
‧A Factory, A Machine, A Body…- Archaeology and Memory of Industrial Spaces, Centre d’Art La Panera, Lleida
‧Fact and Fiction: Recent Works from the UBS Art Collection, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
‧Biennial Cuvée 09, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
‧Vacuumnoise, Trafo - House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest
2008
‧Prospect.1, New Orleans Biennial, New Orleans
‧Home, Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts，Taichung
‧Corporeal / Technoreal, Mediations Biennale, Poznan,
‧Moving Horizons: The UBS Art Collection 1960s to the present day, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
‧Farewell to Post-Colonialism, The Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
‧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
‧Crossing Values, les Ateliers de Rennes – biennale d'art contemporain, Rennes
‧Biennial Cuvée 08, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
‧Art is for The Spirit: Work from UBS Art Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
‧Encounter the landscape – The individual and his self-formation in the social transformation,
Palazzo della Esposizioni, Rome
‧Under the Pain of Death, Austrian Cultural Forum NYC, New York
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
‧Geopoetics, 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,
Luxembourg
‧World Factory: Resistance and Dreams, Exhibitions & Public Programs Coordinator, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
2006
‧Naked Life, Museum of contemporary Art, Taipei
‧Undercurrents 06, Museum of Art in Goteborg, Goteborg
‧Equal and Less Equal, Museum on The Seam, Israel
‧Liverpool Biennale: International 06, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
‧Fever Variations, Gwangju Biennale 2006, Gwangju, South Korea
‧Altered States, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
‧Zones of Contact, Biennale of Sydney, Gallery 4a, Sydney
‧Biennial Cuvée 06, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz
‧Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain, Williams College Museum of Art, MA
2005
‧Parallel Realities-Asian Art Now, the 3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial 2005, Fukuoka
‧This Storm is What We Call Progress, Arnolfini, Bristol
‧Variation Xandu, Museum of contemporary Art, Taipei
‧The Agony and the Ecstasy, FACT( Foundation for Art & Creative Technology), Liverpool
‧The experience of art, 51th Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, Venice
‧Lisboa Photo 2005, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon
2004
‧Do You Believe in Reality?, 2004 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
‧Techniques of the Visible, 2004 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
‧New Zealand Community Trust Art & Industry Urban Arts Biennial 04, Christchurch
‧Slow Rushes- Takes on the Documentary Sensibility in Moving Images from Around Asia and the Pacific, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
‧Ruins and Civilization, Eslite Vision Art Space, Taipei
‧Histories: Eyelids and Lips, Photo Espaňa 2004, Antigua Fábrica de Tabacos, Madrid
‧The human condition, museum d'Historia de la Ciutat, Barcelona
2003
‧Shifting Time/ Space, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich
2002
‧Great Theatre of the World, 2002 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
‧Translated Acts, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
2001
‧Floating Chimeras- Contemporary Asian Art, Edsvik konst och kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden
‧From Iconoclasm to Neo-Iconolatry, Cherng Piin Gallery, Taipei
‧Translated Acts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Queens Museum of Art, New York
2000
‧The 31st Rencontres Internationale de la Photographie, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles
‧The Mind on the Edge (of the New Centres), Photo Espaňa 2000, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
‧Sharing Exoticisms, 5th Biennale de Lyon Contemporary Art, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon
‧Man & Space- Art & Human Rights, Gwangju Biennale 2000, Gwangju, South Korea
1999
‧International Photography Biennale, Centro de la Imagen, México City
‧Close to Open, 48th Biennale di Venezia-Taiwan Pavilion, Venice
1998
‧Routes, Routes, Routes, Routes, Routes, Routes, Routes, XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo
‧Site of Desire, 1998 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
1996
‧The Quest for Identity-Sexuality and Power, 1996 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Film Festivals
2010
‧Cinema Project: Beyond Borders, The Portland International Film Festival, Portland
2009
‧Fight the Power, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
‧arte.mov Festival, Lucas Bambozzi
‧Impakt Festival 2009, Utrecht
‧Subversive Film Festiva, Zagreb
‧International Film Festival Breda, Breda
2008
‧Kaohsiung Film Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
‧Body Song, P.O.P Cinema, Taipei, Taiwan
‧International Short Film Festival Oberhausen: Border-Crossers and Trouble-Makers, Oberhausen
‧2008 Image Forum Festival, Japan
‧The 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2007
‧After the Fact, National Film Theatre, London
2006
‧Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
‧Hong Kong International Film Festival: Avant-Garde, Hong Kong
2005
‧Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI), Buenos Aires
2004
‧2004 Taiwan Documentary International Festival, Taipei
‧The 48th London Film Festival: Experimental Short Films, London
‧2004 Vancouver International Film Festival: Experimental Short Films, Vancouver
‧Image Forum Festival 2004-Experimental Film and Video, Image Forum, Tokyo
2003
‧Vidéoart et Cinéma Expérimental de Chine Populaire et de Taiwan, Light Cone, Paris
Award
‧2009
The 13rd National Award for Arts, Taiwan
‧2008
PULSE Prize, Miami, USA
‧2000
The Special Prize, Gwangju Biennale 2000, Gwangju, South Korea
