Li Chen was born in Taiwan in 1963. He has extraordinary performance in molding the traditional Buddhist sculptures. Later he infused emotion of the heart into the works and studied a variety of Confucian, Buddhist, Taoist scriptures, and even instill new contemporary thoughts, which provided a new creativity to Li Chen’s sculptures. Li Chen’s art allows one to sense harmony and reflect on life, and it is mischievous innocence that captures Zen spirit. Moreover, his round and complete Buddhist sculptures also enable the viewers to feel the co-existence of emptiness and fullness, and the simplicity brimming with the beauty of natural style. Li Chen’s sculptures express unique and new oriental spirit and conception. Following the success of Li Chen’s “Energy of Emptiness” Exhibition at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007 and his more recent “In search of Spiritual Space” at the National Art Museum of China, Li Chen’s works takes a new shift in 2008 with the unveiling of his brand-new series for the very first time to the public in “Soul Guardian – Mirror of Our Innermost World.”