I-Hsuen Chen is a New York-based artist, born and raised in Taiwan. He received an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2012.  His work has been selected for the New York Photo Festival’s 2012 Invitational, his series Nowhere in Taiwan is in the Permanent Collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and he was chosen as one of Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographers 2012.  In 2011 he won Jen Bekman Gallery’s Blurb book prize and a Hey Hot Shot! Honorable Mention, and was awarded the New Artist Feature by the site Culturehall, chosen by curator Tema Stauffer. Chen’s work has been published in magazines and online, including Conveyor Magazine, PHOTONEWS(Germany), THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, American Photo, and CCNY blog. His work has also been shown at 25CPW Gallery, hpgrp Gallery, ISE Foundation and Ed. Varie Gallery in New York.  Before coming to the U.S., he was a professional opera and choir singer in Taiwan.

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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Art, Photography, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

B.A, Advertising & Public Relations, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013  You Understand It?（你是懂了嘛）, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei (Upcoming)

2013  I am Leaving this City, hpgrp Gallery New York (upcoming)

2012  Nowhere in Taiwan, Steuben South Gallery, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013  Don't Look Back, CCNY Staff Show, The Camera Club of New York, New York (Upcoming)

2013  If You Can’t Sing, I Do not Want to be Part of Your Revolution, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei

2013  船的創作展 - 五分之三, curated by Chuan Art, Miimi Project Space, Taipei

2013  Kaohsiung Award Exhibition, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung

2013  PAUSE, Foley Gallery, New York

2013  Traces of Omnipresence, 308 at 156 Project Art Space, New york

2012  PHOTO TAIPEI 2012 台北攝影與數位影像藝術博覽會, Taipei

2012  The Camera of New York, Annual Benefit Auction, New York

2012  Folk Remedy, Ren Tea House, New York

2012  Near Collisions, curated by Jesse Cesario, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York

2012  The New York Photo Award Exhibition

2012  Art Student Exhibition in NY 2012, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York

2012  Simply, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins 

2012  PhotoPlace Open, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont

2012  Pratt MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York

2012  "Beyond 1 lens & Over 100 eyes " Exhibition, hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK

2012  New York Photo Festival Invitational Exhibition, 2012

2012  EXCAVATION/MEMORY,  Ed. Varie Gallery, New York

2011  Annual Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York

2011  No Trend, Steuben South Gallery, New York

2011  Art from the Heart, 25CPW Gallery, New York

2010  Layers, Dekalb Gallery, New York

AWARD

2013  Kaohsiung Award, Photography Catagory Winner  高雄獎攝影類優選, Kaohsiung

2012  PHOTO TAIPEI Emerging Artist Award / 新銳藝術家獲獎, Taipei

2012  PDN30 2013 nomination

2012  The New York Photo Award, Student Fine Art Series Category Winner, New York

2012  Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Magenta Foundation, Canada

2012  New York Photo Festival Invitational Winner 

2012  Culturehall New Artist Feature, Winter 2012

2012  Blurb Book Prize, Hey, Hot Shot! 2nd Edition 2011, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York

2012  Honorable Mentions, Hey, Hot Shot! 2nd Edition 2011, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

photograph magazine, Portfolio, text by Elisabeth Biondi, May/June 2013

Chuan Art #3, One ear In, Out the Other / 船的創作誌, 耳邊風, Apr 2013

Chinese Contemporary Art News / 當代藝術新聞, 台灣的影像與錄像市場分析, Jan 2013

Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Nov 2012

Showcase Magazine, "NEW YORK PHOTO AWARDS", Oct 2012  /online

THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, Open House: Inside Brooklyn's Photo Studios, Aug 2012  /online

Conveyor Magzine, "Group Show: Trading Reason for Wonder," Smoke & Mirrors Issue, Jul 2012 

Camera Obscura, "On the Road to Nowhere, by I-Hsuen Chen", Jul 2012  /online

The Camera Club of New York, "A Conversation with I-Hsuen Chen", Jun 2012  /online

Hey, Hot Shot! blog, "HHS! Contender I-Hsuen-Chen", May 2012  /online  (In Your Place)

Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), "紐約攝影藝術節5/17舉行 台攝影家入選" May 2012

World Journal (世界日報), "陳以軒 紐約攝影藝術節殊榮", May 2012

PHOTONEWS magazine, Houston FotoFest, "Entdeckungen vom Meeting Place", May 2012 (Germany)

fototazo, fototazo 82: I-Hsuen Chen, Apr 2012 / online

No Culture Icons, "I-Hsuen Chen - Nowhere in Taiwan", Apr 2012  /online

LENSCRATCH, "I-Hsuen Chen", Apr 2012  /online

americanphoto magazine, "A Warm Look at Taiwan", Mar 2012  /online

Culturehall New Artist Feature, "I-Hsuen Chen", Feature Issue 84, Mar 2012  /online

World Journal (世界日報), "陳以軒「遍尋無處」 自我「蛻變」", Mar 2012

Hey, Hot Shot! blog, "HHS! Contender I-Hsuen-Chen", Nov 2011  /online  (Nowhere in Taiwan)

ARTIST REGISTRY

White Columns Curated Artist Registry

Art Photo Index

Go Open Studio, a Brooklyn Museum project

Culturehall

ARTIST TALK

2012  Artist Performance/Talk, Global Cinema, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York

2012  Artist talk, Focus & Motivation, Hunter College, New York

2011  Artist talk, General Studies Seminar, International Center of Photography, New York

COLLECTION

2012  Permanent Collections, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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