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2025
Free Sun Print Workshop @ Test Plot
The outdoor sun print workshop is free and open to everyone. Please register in advance so that I can prepare supplies accordingly.
This event is part of Ellen Mueller's collaborative project with Test Plot MN, A LINE THAT GROWS.
For more information, please visit https://ellenmueller.com/
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Date/Time:
Sun., August 31, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location:
Test Plot MN, St. Paul
Test Plot MN – look for the small wooden fence and sign near the bike path.
Panel Talk: 2024 McKnight Book Artist Fellows
The talk will include an artist talk, a discussion with my mentor, Enman Chang, and a Q&A section with the public. Stay tuned for more at MCBA’s social media.
Date/Time:
Tue., August 19, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Location:
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Ave S, Ste 100,
Minneapolis, MN 55415-1263
Art Sale @Urban Art Village
This is my first time participating in a pop-up art sale at Urban Art Village. I will be selling some of my artist books, photo books, and zines, as well as other artist books.
Hopefully I can see you there!
Date/Time:
Sat., July 26, 1-4 pm
Sat., August 9, 1-4 pm
Sat., September 20, 1-4 pm
Sat., October 18, 1-4 pm
Location:
730 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Two-Person Group Exhibition
Oceans Divided, Hearts Intertwined
CMU Second Floor Gallery
Date:
January 30, 2025 - May 04, 2025
Location:
Coffman Memorial Union
300 Washington Ave. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
University of Minnesota
Minnesota State Arts Board FY2025 Grantee for Creative Individual
I'm excited to announce that I received a grant from MSAB to continue developing my next publication project. I will distribute and produce bilingual, sequential art combining text and images to share personal experiences with research and studies on learning social justice.
This project will be a free publication for you to share.
I'll host a free event and public talk soon.
Sign up for my E-Newsletter to stay tuned for upcoming developments.
Learn more about the FY2025 Creative Individual grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board
Online Essay Published by Pailang Museum
Essay: I Carry Three Names: Name, Identity, and the Dissonance Between Recognition and Reality as a Kavalan in Taiwan and a Taiwanese-American in the USA.
Learn more about stories, essays, reviews, and critics from the Pailang Museum from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan.
2024
McKnight Fellowships for Book Artists Announcement
Tatana Kellner shared, “Wen-Li Chen’s work stood out in its poetic beauty, exploring her Kavalan heritage. I was impressed by the haunting imagery delving into the issue of immigration, inheritance, ritual, celebration, and mourning, providing the viewer with a window into her world.”
Jurors —
Jill Chisnell, Paul John, Tatana Kellner
Learn more about McKnight Fellowships for Book Artists
Tatana Kellner shared, “Wen-Li Chen’s work stood out in its poetic beauty, exploring her Kavalan heritage. I was impressed by the haunting imagery delving into the issue of immigration, inheritance, ritual, celebration, and mourning, providing the viewer with a window into her world.”
Jurors —
Jill Chisnell, Paul John, Tatana Kellner
Learn more about McKnight Fellowships for Book Artists
Teach at MCAD
Summer 2024
Continue Education - Play, Redefine, and Explore: Typography as Art Form (in person)
Learn the anatomy of typography and the role it plays in the history of graphic design and art movements, particularly English and Chinese typography and the Dada art movement.
To Register
Artist Book Collected by Minneapolis Central Library
The artist's book “On The Other Side of Sea” can be reviewed at the Minneapolis Central Library.
Please contact Bailey Diers for more information.
Artist Book Selected by Juried Group Exhibition
On The Other Side of Sea
January 13 – February 24, 2024
Arts North International 29
Hopkins Center for the Arts
1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
January 16 – March 1, 2024
39th Annual International Exhibition
Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler
3900 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75799
March 21 – May 3, 202437th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition
McNeese State University/Dept. of Visual Arts
4205 Ryan St., Lake Charles, LA 70605
2022
Artist Book Collected by the Walker Art Center Library
The artist's book “To My Unborn Child” can be reviewed at the Walker Art Center Library.
The artist's book “To My Unborn Child” can be reviewed at the Walker Art Center Library.