Chen Chieh-Jen 陈界仁

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Chen Chieh-Jen is a Taiwanese video artist. Born in 1960, Chen lives and works in Taipei.

Contents 1 Date & Place of Birth 2 Art 3 Exhibitions 4 Gallery Affiliation(s) 5 Acquisitions & Auctions 6 References

[edit] Date & Place of Birth

Chen was born in 1960 in Taoyuan, Taiwan.

[edit] Art

Chen Chieh-Jen’s powerful and haunting body of films examines the history of Taiwan within the larger context of globalization. In his new "Empire's Borders II" exhibition, Chen presents work inspired by his own difficulties in acquiring a visa to enter the United States.  The multimedia video installation explores ideas of borders and boundaries within a shifting geopolitical landscape while also reflecting on the ongoing heated debates surrounding the “One China” policy. The first iteration of Empire’s Borders, Chen’s critical response to the opaque systems that have been in place as a result of Cold War politics, was featured in the Taiwan Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale. Chen has since further developed the work for REDCAT by incorporating his own family history. The artist, who grew up in Taiwan in the 1980s, says his films engage with history in relation to current political and economic forces. As such, Chen notes, the films constitute actions that “depict memories of marginalized places, present ways of opening up to the other, and thereby subvert both external and internal mechanisms of colonialism.”^[1]

[edit] Exhibitions

For Chen's exhibition history, click here.

[edit] Gallery Affiliation(s)

Chen is represented by Galerie Olivier Robert and Chi-Wen Gallery.

[edit] Acquisitions & Auctions

For Chen's auction record, click here.

[edit] References

1. ↑ http://www.redcat.org/exhibition/chen-chieh-jen