“Looking to nature for illumination, I find beauty, poetry, energy, and power.”

Chenhung Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan and grew up in a society where Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism fused together harmoniously. Chen draws on that influence to put all those theories to the test during the challenging times we live in. She received a BA from the Chinese Cultural University, Taipei, Taiwan, and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she studied with Michael Singer, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Jackie Winsor. Their engagements with architecture, wood and uncommon materials in contemporary discourse influenced her experimenting with the possibility of space and materials, including wires and electrical cables.

Her day-to-day practice is to search and experiment between theory and practice. The process-oriented practices aim to find poetic essence in daily interaction with materials and nature. Chen’s work engages Taoist concepts of “Chi” and co-existence with opposing forces, as visually represented in its ancient craft traditions and culture, and that continue to inform notions of a modern Taiwanese American identity.

Rooted in the belief of the universal nature of human beings and drawing from her connections with the urban environment and ancient craft traditions, her work negotiates spaces of cultural, environmental, psychological, and temporal change. Through mixed media drawings, photography, sculptures, and installations incorporating found industrial objects, Chen’s work investigates physical, social, and spiritual structures and how they intersect in contemporary culture. She seeks to discover the link between one’s personal narrative and our collective humanity.

Chenhung Chen lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Her artwork has been exhibited across the United States and internationally. Chen’s work has been exhibited at PS1, Long Island City, NY, Hwa Kang Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, UVU Woodbury Art Museum, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Art Institute, Cal Poly Pomona, the Kellogg University Art Gallery, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Crafton Hills College Art Gallery, El Camino College Art Gallery, Grafiska Sallskapet Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden, Torrance Art Museum, the Children Museum of Arts, New York, Main Museum, Los Angeles, Gallery 825, Walter Macial Gallery, Roberts Projects, Wonzimer Gallery, Launch LA, Los Angeles and Galleria Rankka, Helsinki, Finland. Chen was the subject of a solo show at Lancaster Museum of Art and History and a two-person show at Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery in 2018. She was also featured with a solo exhibition at LAX Terminal 7 Art Gallery in 2023 - 2025. She is presented by Don’t Look Project in Los Angeles. Her work has been written about in Artillery Magazine, Hyperallergic, Easy Reader News, Long Beach Post, The Creators Project, Konbini, Art and Cake, Diversions LA, 365artists365days, Trebuchet Magazine and We Choose Art.