Chen, Yung-Hsien is an artist, independent curator, writer and art critic. In his art practice, he employs a combination of forms of Performance Art, Video Art and New Media Art as his direction and examines issues of senses and environment, body and society. Solo exhibitions include “The Song of Body”, “One in a Loop” and “In to/Out of the Other” and “The Recluse”. His works have been widely exhibited in numerous exhibitions, both in Taiwan and internationally. He was awarded the “Maple Leaf Award of Bronze Maple” in Canada and the “Beck’s Future Prize” for Film and Video in England.

He is an independent curator, has participated in the curatorial projects of “Random-ize Film & Video Festival”, “Night Vision at Taipei: International Video Art Exhibition”, “Animation Tropes ”, “Grooving—New wave of Taiwan Contemporary Art”, “Looking for Horse Latitude—New Media Art Exhibition”, “2008 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition” , “2010 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition”, “Cun—Chang Kuang-Bin’s Painting v.s New Media Art” and “Beyond the Mirage—Taiwan New Media Art”(SCOPE Miami).

His writings and papers concentrate on theories of Contemporary Art, the observation of Performance Art and the analysis of New Media Art. He has published “The Art of Taiwanese illustration”, “The Song of Body”, “In to/Out of the Other” , “Contemporary Technology and Video Art”, and “The Apocalypse of Video Art”.

Chen was born in Taiwan, he graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts with B.F.A and M.A Fine Art degrees. In 2004 he received his PhD of Arts and Communication from The University of Brighton, UK. Chen currently serves as a professor in National Taiwan University of Arts.