https://cwenli.com Wen-Li Chen Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:07:13 +0000 https://cwenli.com en https://cwenli.com/Front-page Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:07:13 +0000 Wen-Li Chen https://cwenli.com/Front-page window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-DQGNPJTZDC'); On The Other Side of the Sea<img width="1136" height="757" width_o="1136" height_o="757" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca2b047e0395865bd95c37288182ddd5564e993c32f61630363b7f6a85619987/115732ofb.jpg" data-mid="240977306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca2b047e0395865bd95c37288182ddd5564e993c32f61630363b7f6a85619987/115732ofb.jpg" /> Artist Book, Photography, Installation Wisp <img width="1280" height="800" width_o="1280" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/218e84c53314bca53aac8845d62d40999c4f7728090a7a547b3b468ff6bb3bc0/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.35.39-PM.png" data-mid="236314173" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/218e84c53314bca53aac8845d62d40999c4f7728090a7a547b3b468ff6bb3bc0/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.35.39-PM.png" /> Artist Book, Photography, Video, Installation To My Unborn Child <img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3f2afa51d2db8f8c4c26866f940985372e56792f76e53856db0dd1ba9654c2a/TMUC001.jpg" data-mid="236314179" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3f2afa51d2db8f8c4c26866f940985372e56792f76e53856db0dd1ba9654c2a/TMUC001.jpg" /> Artist Book, Photography, Video, Installation Untitled 14 <img width="1920" height="2013" width_o="1920" height_o="2013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4540b9c07361af7eb31809c35c4c10124bbb2f9aef1c8136b633f18b20c87cf7/WenLiChen_009_Untitled14_Installation_SooVAC_2018.jpg" data-mid="236314186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4540b9c07361af7eb31809c35c4c10124bbb2f9aef1c8136b633f18b20c87cf7/WenLiChen_009_Untitled14_Installation_SooVAC_2018.jpg" /> Photography, Installation Island <img width="800" height="294" width_o="800" height_o="294" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34e879b0554b50fb087e7022dfe5bb8299bed6f7076eef1c7a810d26b97b0a3b/Island-WenLiChen-001.jpg" data-mid="236314292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/34e879b0554b50fb087e7022dfe5bb8299bed6f7076eef1c7a810d26b97b0a3b/Island-WenLiChen-001.jpg" />Photography, Installation The Distance Between <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f27243eeefcd74469be97ba4cb9f4ff88580e1b3a9edf01f55eea9bf5ea9c3b0/WenLiChen_007_TheDistanceBetween_Book_p38-39_2012.jpg" data-mid="236314298" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f27243eeefcd74469be97ba4cb9f4ff88580e1b3a9edf01f55eea9bf5ea9c3b0/WenLiChen_007_TheDistanceBetween_Book_p38-39_2012.jpg" />Artist Book, Photography https://cwenli.com/Information-1 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 19:08:14 +0000 Wen-Li Chen https://cwenli.com/Information-1 window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-DQGNPJTZDC'); “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.” — Tatana KellnerArtist Statement Formally trained in foreign language and literature and inspired by cinema, poetry, familial history, and personal experience, linked by blood to a fading Indigenous Taiwanese tribe. Shifting amid the constant flux of a small sociopolitical environment some consider nonexistent. With these inheritances both tethered and untethered, I cannot help but explore through fragments, further eroded by a wide array of media, mediums, platforms, methods, and internal motivations. For the “cross” in cross-disciplinary is the only way I know how to express the feeling of being lost in ongoing intergenerational conflicts, amid the confusion and conservation of identity, and facing the loss of persistent anchors to memory, as well as questions of authenticity itself. The action of taking pictures binds memories and experiences into a continual growth. Not unlike finding comfort in motherhood, a way of reconciling oneself to memory through the promise of another future. My pictures—always made on the go—are simply a way of examining myself, engaging with the world. That&nbsp;said, the intention of making differs from the intention of taking. The moment of taking a picture&nbsp;also serves as evidence of its passing. Image-making attempts to reengage the trace left in an image, exploring the plasticity found in reorganizing memory and intention. However, no amount of altering can completely erase that initial sense of passing, death as a picture. This intense gravity toward manipulating things already past is due to my own insecurity toward authenticity, continually de-centered by the dramatic shifts in generational norms and values commonly found under the rapid development of East Asia. Any attempt to relate to Taiwan from the perspective of being a woman finds my mother’s generation increasingly abstracted and my grandmother’s heritage nearly extinct (Indigenous People in Taiwan). Medium into material and back into becoming another medium. Photography and the photograph bridge, in their countless reflections, intentions, and personal memories, to bring something back, namely, an impossible sense of security as an Indigenous Taiwanese woman. A half-blood offspring of the Kavalan Nation, populated more by old amateur photographs than by those living today.— Wen-Li Chen ︎︎︎漢 Bio Wen-Li Chen (Taiwanese American, b. 1981; resides in St. Paul, MN) is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, educator, and independent publisher whose work bridges visual art, photography, book arts, video, installation, community engagement, and collaboration. She is moved to encounter and present intergenerational dwelling and inheritance through oblique poetics, vulnerable histories, enduring relationships, and personal experiences. The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Central Library collect two of her artist books. Chen has exhibited internationally and nationally in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. She was recently awarded the McKnight Fellowship for Book Artists from the Minnesota Book Art Center. She has received grants, fellowships, and residencies, including the Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals, the VAF (Warhol Foundation), the Lanesboro Artist Residency, Women's Studio Workshop Residency, and the NCAF (National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan). She serves as Adjunct Faculty at St. Cloud State University and has previously taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Wisconsin–Stout. She received her M.Des. in photography from The Glasgow School of Art in the UK and an M.Ed. in Dual Language Immersion Education from the University of Minnesota. She is also the co-founder/director of FOGSTAND Gallery &amp; Studio, a platform supporting contemporary art, publishing, and cultural exchange.Website: cwenli.com | wlchen.com | fogstand.com ︎︎︎漢 Exhibition2025 | 2025 Taiwan&nbsp;Art Biennial: Black Water&nbsp;National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung, Taiwan 2025 | Oceans Divided, Hearts Intertwined (On The Other Side of Sea, Artist Book), CMU Second Floor Gallery, UMN, MN, USA 2024 | 37th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition (On The Other Side of Sea, Artist Book)McNeese State University/Dept. of Visual Arts, LA, USA 2024 | Arts North International 29 (On The Other Side of Sea, Artist Book, Award of Merit) Hopkins Center for the Arts MN, USA&nbsp; 2024 | 39th Annual International (On The Other Side of Sea, Artist Book) Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at TylerTX, USA 2023 | On The Other Side of SeaOnline 2021 | Title Collective Niche Gallery, Century CollegeMN, USA 2020-2021 | Lanesboro Artist ResidencyMN, USA 2020 | Belonging Northfields Arts Guild GalleryMN, USA 2019 | WispFOGSTAND GalleryMN, USA 2019 | UnRipening: Recipes for DecolonizationKelowna Art GalleryCanada 2018 | To My Unborn ChildRichmond Art GalleryCanada 2018 | Untitled 14 Juried Group ExhibitionSoo Visual Art CenterMN, USA 2016-2017 | IslandFOGSTAND Gallery &amp; StudioHualien, Taiwan 2015 | UntitledUW-Stout School of Art and Design2015/16 Faculty Group ExhibitionWI, USA 2013 | The Distance BetweenCupar Art FestivalFife, UK︎︎︎漢 <img width="422" height="681" width_o="422" height_o="681" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bd2163a4e432ebe1c35cc42640f4a4dd7465a689920228b8745148f6c7b4ee1/TBD-WenLiChen-012.jpg" data-mid="176387064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/422/i/9bd2163a4e432ebe1c35cc42640f4a4dd7465a689920228b8745148f6c7b4ee1/TBD-WenLiChen-012.jpg" /> The Distance Between, 2013 https://cwenli.com/Information-cn Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:09:52 +0000 Wen-Li Chen https://cwenli.com/Information-cn window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-DQGNPJTZDC'); 創作論述臺灣少數原住民(噶瑪蘭/阿美)的後代，受過外語、文學、視傳設計的正式訓練，及電影、詩歌、家族歷史和個人經驗的啟發。在一些人認為不存在的小型社會政治環境的不斷變化下發生轉變（臺灣）。這些既有束縛又沒有束縛的傳承，我不禁在碎片中進行探索，並被各種媒體、媒介、平台、方法和內在動機進一步侵蝕。以跨學科中的「交錯性」，從中表達在持續際代衝突中迷失的感覺、表達身份的困惑/保存、失去持久的記憶錨以及面臨真實性本身問題的唯一方式。 拍照的動作將記憶和經歷結合在一起，不斷成長。這與試圖在母性中尋找安慰沒有什麼不同，這是一種透過對另一個未來的承諾來與記憶和解的方式。我的照片——總是在旅途中拍攝——只是審視自己參與這個世界的一種方式。 話雖如此，製造的意圖與獲取的意圖不同。拍照的那一刻，也是它逝去的證據。影像製作試圖重新捕捉影像中留下的痕跡，即重組記憶和意圖時發現的可塑性。然而，再多的改變也無法完全抹去那種最初的逝去感，也就是消殞的畫面。 這種對操縱過去事物之強烈引力，是由於自己對真實性的不安全感。由於東亞快速發展中常見的世代規範和價值觀的巨大變化而不斷分散中心，任何從女性角度與臺灣建立聯繫的嘗試，都會發現我母親以上這一代人越來越抽象，而我阿嬤(噶瑪蘭)的存在幾乎消逝。 介質變成材料，然後又變成另一種介質。攝影和照片在無數的反思、意圖和個人記憶中架起橋樑，以尋找作為臺灣女性不安全感。 — 陳雯俐︎︎︎ EN 簡歷陳雯俐，於臺灣出生，目前在美國明州雙城從事跨界視覺藝術創作、美術教育及視傳設計。雯俐對透過間接詩學、脆弱歷史、持久關係、個人經歷及遭遇，以呈現現代傳承的關係感動。她的藝術作品通常包括但不限於：書籍、攝影、文字、書寫、攝影、錄像、現成物和裝置，陸續在國際上展出。沃克藝術中心和明尼阿波利斯中央圖書館收藏了她的兩本藝術家書籍。最近，她獲得了明尼蘇達圖書藝術中心的麥克奈特圖書藝術家獎學金。她曾獲得獎金、獎學金和駐地計畫贊助，包括明尼蘇達州藝術委員會個人創意支持獎金、安迪沃荷基金會、蘭斯伯勒藝術家駐村計畫、臺灣國家文化藝術基金會。此外，她還與多個國際組織和創意人士合作，例如文化部（臺灣）和臺灣書院（紐約）。她持有英國格拉斯哥藝術學院攝影碩士學位。曾在明尼阿波利斯藝術與設計學院、聖克勞大學、威斯康辛大學斯托特分校擔任兼職教師，教授實驗字型設計、藝術評論研討、數位基礎設計、數位攝影、視傳設計、平面設計基礎和藝術攝影。︎︎︎ EN 展覽及創作經歷 2025 | 臺灣雙年展：黑水臺中, 臺灣2025 | 雙人展 (在海的另ㄧ邊，藝術家書籍創作)明尼蘇達州, 美國 2024 | 第37屆麥克尼斯全國紙上作品 (在海的另ㄧ邊，藝術家書籍創作) 麥克尼斯州立大學/系視覺藝術系 路易斯安那州, 美國 2024 | 北方國際藝術29 (在海的另ㄧ邊，藝術家書籍創作，優異獎) 霍普金斯藝術中心 明尼蘇達州, 美國 2024 | 第39屆國際藝術年會 (在海的另ㄧ邊，藝術家書籍創作) 梅多斯畫廊，德州大學泰勒分校 德州, 美國 2023 | 在海的另ㄧ邊&nbsp;(個展) 線上 2021 | 書封合作社 利基畫廊，世紀學院 明尼蘇達州, 美國 2020-2021 | 蘭斯伯勒藝術家駐村計畫 明尼蘇達州, 美國 2020 | 歸屬 (群展) 諾斯菲爾德藝術協會畫廊 明尼蘇達州, 美國 2019 | ㄧ縷輕煙 (個展) FOGSTAND Gallery 立霧藝廊及工作坊 明尼蘇達州, 美國 2019 | 未熟：非殖民化的秘訣&nbsp;(群展) 基洛納美術館 加拿大 2018 | 給我未出生的孩子&nbsp;(個展) 列治文美術館 加拿大 2018 | 無題14評審團展&nbsp;(群展) 蘇視覺藝術中心 明尼蘇達州, 美國 2016-2017 | 島國 (雙人展) FOGSTAND Gallery 立霧藝廊及工作坊 花蓮, 臺灣 2015 | 無題&nbsp;(群展) 威斯康辛大學斯托特藝術與設計學院 2015/16學年教師聯展 威斯康辛州, 美國 2013 | 距離&nbsp;(群展) 庫柏藝術節 法夫, 英國︎︎︎ EN <img width="422" height="681" width_o="422" height_o="681" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bd2163a4e432ebe1c35cc42640f4a4dd7465a689920228b8745148f6c7b4ee1/TBD-WenLiChen-012.jpg" data-mid="212729360" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/422/i/9bd2163a4e432ebe1c35cc42640f4a4dd7465a689920228b8745148f6c7b4ee1/TBD-WenLiChen-012.jpg" /> The Distance Between 距·離, 2013 https://cwenli.com/News Sat, 09 Mar 2024 01:09:54 +0000 Wen-Li Chen https://cwenli.com/News window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-DQGNPJTZDC'); NEWS2026 Women’s Studio Workshop Residency 6/7-6/14/2026 Wen-Li is honored to join the Women’s Studio Workshop Residency sponsored and supported by the McKnight Fellowship for Book Artists and the Artist Communities Alliance. This program is made possible through the generous support of the McKnight Foundation and Artist Communities Alliance.About Women’s Studio Workshop: Women’s Studio Workshop was founded in 1974 with the vision of a society where women’s visual art is integral to the cultural mainstream and permanently recorded in history. WSW maintains facilities for etching, letterpress, papermaking, book arts, silkscreen, 3D work, ceramics, and photography. The studios are housed in a historic building, located in the foothills of the Hudson Valley’s Shawangunk Mountains. The studios are well equipped and well maintained. Artists can take workshops, rent the studios, or schedule private instruction. About ACA: Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) is the international service organization for artist residency programs and artist-centered organizations. For 35 years, ACA has centered artists and artist residencies, providing them with tools, knowledge-sharing, resources, and frameworks to create and sustain inclusive, accessible, just, and joyful environments. We work to unite people and inspire the field.&nbsp; About the McKnight Artist &amp; Culture Bearer Fellowships Program: Founded on the belief that Minnesota thrives when its artists and culture bearers thrive, the McKnight Foundation’s arts and culture program is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. Support for individual working Minnesota artists and culture bearers has been a cornerstone of the program since it began in 1982. The McKnight Artist &amp; Culture Bearer Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 15 different creative disciplines. Program partner organizations administer the fellowships and tailor them to address the unique challenges of different disciplines. Currently, the foundation contributes about $2.8 million per year to its statewide fellowships. For more information, visit mcknight.org/artistfellowships. About the McKnight Foundation: The McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based family foundation, advances a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive. Established in 1953, the McKnight Foundation is deeply committed to advancing climate solutions in the Midwest; building an equitable and inclusive Minnesota; and supporting the arts and culture in Minnesota, neuroscience, and global food systems. <img width="582" height="901" width_o="582" height_o="901" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be49245dea80eacdd59df3a3ac861bc2797318c964942d665896f44a31c9a479/ACA_Logo_Black_M.png" data-mid="249133711" border="0" data-scale="11" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/582/i/be49245dea80eacdd59df3a3ac861bc2797318c964942d665896f44a31c9a479/ACA_Logo_Black_M.png" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="2057" height="1667" width_o="2057" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56f3c86457a0c08189bf7d5948e913ceb1ebe644f68e58b9baa70863c270a8f0/McKnight-Artist-_-Culture-Bearer-Fellowships_Primary-Identity-Mark-Black.png" data-mid="249133807" border="0" data-scale="22" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56f3c86457a0c08189bf7d5948e913ceb1ebe644f68e58b9baa70863c270a8f0/McKnight-Artist-_-Culture-Bearer-Fellowships_Primary-Identity-Mark-Black.png" /> <img width="2250" height="2986" width_o="2250" height_o="2986" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/021a613554c87fdaeae8bf04598f3836c1ab6e6a705e959a47923bbceaadc697/LinkedIn-PR2.jpg" data-mid="249541791" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/021a613554c87fdaeae8bf04598f3836c1ab6e6a705e959a47923bbceaadc697/LinkedIn-PR2.jpg" /> “Second Thought Project” Book Launch Event + Guest Speakers 6/21/2026 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Black Garnet Books 1319 University Ave W, Saint Paul, MN 55104 Wen-Li will present her publication to share her ongoing personal learning journey in social justice. Additionally, she has invited visual artists and educators to share their stories and work, emphasizing social justice in the processes of making, healing, and building awareness and resilience. Free for everyone to attend. Refreshments and beverages will be provided, and attendees will receive a free copy of Wen-Li's new publication. Wen-Li Chen is a fiscal year 2025 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Fair at St. Kate 7/11/2026 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Intersection between Randolph Ave &amp; S Cleveland Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105Powerhorn Art Fair 8/1-8/2/202610:00 am - 5:00 pm Powderhorn Park, 3400 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407 2025 <img width="593" height="593" width_o="593" height_o="593" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32f3da6f46a54c75b4749dd00ceef2ce5aa573eef018669dedcc17c9865dc17a/55049_0_0_227534_276_175.png.jpeg" data-mid="240690669" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/593/i/32f3da6f46a54c75b4749dd00ceef2ce5aa573eef018669dedcc17c9865dc17a/55049_0_0_227534_276_175.png.jpeg" />I'm honored to be invited to participate in the 2025 Taiwan Art Biennial: Black Water (@Taichung, Taiwan),&nbsp;among other incredible Taiwanese and Native Taiwanese artists, including WANG Ding-Yeh, Pailang Museum, LEE Li-Chung, LI Kin, LI TzuMei, Your Bros. Filmmaking Group, WU Chi-Yu, WU Chia-Yun, WU Tzu-An, hewen a ta:in tawtawazay, Anchi Ring, LIN Yi-Chi, James T. HONG, Musquiqui Chihying, KAO Jun Honn, CHEN Chieh-Jen, CHEN Fei-Hao, CHEN Wen-Li, CHEN Yin-Ju, YUAN Goang-Ming, KUO Pei-Chi, ljalje’elan patadalj, Mayaw Biho, CHANG Li-Ren, CHENG Yuan, RUI Lan-Xin, CHANG Chi-Chung, CHANG Wen-Hsuan, HSU Chia-Wei, TENG Chao-Ming, TSAI Yu-Ting, LAN Chung-Hsuan, SO Yo-Hen. If you happen to be around in Taichung, Taiwan, this winter until next Spring, check out this fantastic group exhibition! Black Water — 2025 Taiwan Art Biennial 2025.11.15 - 2026.03.01 Gallery 102-107, Gallery 202, Gallery StreetCurator: Jay Chun-Chieh LAI Opening: 2025.11.15 3:00-5:45 pm Buffalo Lobby, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuVoYADJOWM More details: https://event.culture.tw/mocweb/reg/NTMOFA/Detail.init.ctr?actId=55049&amp;request_locale=en&amp;useLanguage=en <img width="2000" height="3092" width_o="2000" height_o="3092" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/445c389cd4588c5412201180ca09e26a2841cfd8eae207b0c74194b10a87d046/11x17in-poster-final.jpg" data-mid="239022243" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/445c389cd4588c5412201180ca09e26a2841cfd8eae207b0c74194b10a87d046/11x17in-poster-final.jpg" />Artist Book Launch Event @FOGSTAND Gallery, St. Paul Sat., 10/4, 2-5 pm "at the fountain, at the fountain"by Beck Slack, Galilee Peaches, Darren Tesar, Charles Matson LumeBook Design by Wen-Li Chen <img width="1080" height="1351" width_o="1080" height_o="1351" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8db8950230d97e40ac5512631462f96362e463e7eff5957fe3129325ca0d32b/1754439255849.jpeg" data-mid="237403962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8db8950230d97e40ac5512631462f96362e463e7eff5957fe3129325ca0d32b/1754439255849.jpeg" />Free Sun Print Workshop @ Test Plot The outdoor sun print workshop is free and open to everyone. Please register in advance&nbsp;so that I can&nbsp;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/ Click to Register HereDate/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. <img width="1872" height="1248" width_o="1872" height_o="1248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b09b20b1d6929423ac37fef69c67f2cc697f2c5eb08e6143a8123bb67a40d88/_MG_1910-s.jpg" data-mid="236313524" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b09b20b1d6929423ac37fef69c67f2cc697f2c5eb08e6143a8123bb67a40d88/_MG_1910-s.jpg" /> Panel Talk: 2024 McKnight Book Artist Fellows The talk will include an artist talk, a discussion with my mentor, Enman Chang, and a Q&amp;A section with the public. Stay tuned for more at MCBA’s social media.Date/Time: Tue., August 19, 6:00 - 8:30 pm&nbsp; Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts 1011 Washington Ave S, Ste 100,Minneapolis, MN 55415-1263 <img width="577" height="701" width_o="577" height_o="701" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e08b67ec82accf74fc54dea14229a1a72baf556228eec49be143965f6cac9829/Urban-Art-Village-copy.jpg" data-mid="236313702" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/577/i/e08b67ec82accf74fc54dea14229a1a72baf556228eec49be143965f6cac9829/Urban-Art-Village-copy.jpg" /> 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 pmSat., September 20, 1-4 pmSat., October 18, 1-4 pm Location:730 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407 <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d888c991ff8122492f611c99a7f1536b45344a6100cf1a36e3313b53311fd36f/zine-wenlichen-2024-3colorriso-cop-s.jpg" data-mid="236313709" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d888c991ff8122492f611c99a7f1536b45344a6100cf1a36e3313b53311fd36f/zine-wenlichen-2024-3colorriso-cop-s.jpg" /> MCBA New Editions 2025 @Minnesota Center for Book Arts The sale begins on October 10th with a ticketed preview party and will remain open to the public through October 26th. Selected work including: “bypassing” and “メモリーランドスケープ 記憶風景” Two-Person Group Exhibition Oceans Divided, Hearts IntertwinedCMU Second Floor Gallery Date:January 30, 2025 - May 04, 2025Location:Coffman Memorial Union300 Washington Ave. S.E.Minneapolis, MN 55455University of Minnesota Minnesota State Arts Board FY2025 Grantee for Creative Individual &nbsp; 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,&nbsp;Tatana KellnerLearn more about McKnight Fellowships for Book Artists Teach at MCADSummer 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 LibraryThe 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 SeaJanuary 13 – February 24, 2024 Arts North International 29Hopkins Center for the Arts1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343 January 16 – March 1, 202439th Annual International ExhibitionMeadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler3900 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75799 March 21 – May 3, 202437th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper ExhibitionMcNeese State University/Dept. of Visual Arts4205 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. https://cwenli.com/E-Newsletter Fri, 08 Mar 2024 22:24:40 +0000 Wen-Li Chen https://cwenli.com/E-Newsletter window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-DQGNPJTZDC'); #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; false;clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width: 600px;} /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. 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The memory from the past is flashed back and blurred as time passes, unknowingly. But the similarities within the love and care from the family are there when a new life comes their way. Even though the memories are blurred, the invisible solid support of the family continues to connect without separation, borders, and limitations.”&nbsp; Visit Project Website Part of the Artist Books Collection at Minneapolis Central Library <img width="1872" height="1248" width_o="1872" height_o="1248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78f7230b5f8c14fc23e2c78af39ef686252150ac9d6a8f7bffebf5c706e9d8a3/cover-02s.jpg" data-mid="176380305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78f7230b5f8c14fc23e2c78af39ef686252150ac9d6a8f7bffebf5c706e9d8a3/cover-02s.jpg" /> <img width="1872" height="1248" width_o="1872" height_o="1248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad924155c153d8a0fb93ac2aa3baff71387bd557807ef0464859a8166656ed1a/open-001s.jpg" data-mid="176380168" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad924155c153d8a0fb93ac2aa3baff71387bd557807ef0464859a8166656ed1a/open-001s.jpg" /> <img width="1872" height="1248" width_o="1872" 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<img width="1872" height="1248" width_o="1872" height_o="1248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/759910a4114ee344b86192b9718695b38e7914a7d09e77e44640721bb35c77ed/detail-03s.jpg" data-mid="176380314" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/759910a4114ee344b86192b9718695b38e7914a7d09e77e44640721bb35c77ed/detail-03s.jpg" /> <img width="1872" height="1248" width_o="1872" height_o="1248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1e1c76ba368824dc489fd6007f5b842373d528dd780d22ab52124b8c1929856/spread-02s.jpg" data-mid="176380317" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1e1c76ba368824dc489fd6007f5b842373d528dd780d22ab52124b8c1929856/spread-02s.jpg" /> <img width="1872" height="1248" width_o="1872" height_o="1248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fccb40dcbf43e4e5fa49b20175073f13a9be144ab6afbebb890943ff4606c82/detail-04s.jpg" data-mid="176380342" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/369b6824cdef7853fd2354fc0b48c44c256bbfe45006bf3109e778e07f662e9e/detail-02s.jpg" data-mid="176380368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/369b6824cdef7853fd2354fc0b48c44c256bbfe45006bf3109e778e07f662e9e/detail-02s.jpg" /> Ongoing project Artist Book: 11x11x0.5-1 in, 48 pages, color, riso prints, hard cover with letterpress, hand-sewing pages, 30 limited editions <img width="1411" height="1161" width_o="1411" height_o="1161" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c258993b169b9e163f345c4a26850923feb5ddb31601a594cf7deeabb7c7dace/wenlichen-ontheothersideofsea-2025-ntmofa-002.JPG" data-mid="241198576" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c258993b169b9e163f345c4a26850923feb5ddb31601a594cf7deeabb7c7dace/wenlichen-ontheothersideofsea-2025-ntmofa-002.JPG" /> <img width="1566" height="1044" width_o="1566" height_o="1044" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e2042ea3cb4f7e6e8c22e163fd32caad422da55b89cc42e36caabe2ab570072/wenlichen-ontheothersideofsea-2025-ntmofa-004.JPG" data-mid="241198578" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e2042ea3cb4f7e6e8c22e163fd32caad422da55b89cc42e36caabe2ab570072/wenlichen-ontheothersideofsea-2025-ntmofa-004.JPG" /> Black Water — 2025 Taiwan Art Biennial National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts 11/15/2025 - 3/1/2026 Photo courtesy of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35bf6b7c86d306d6c1f5fcdd862e841d8d2e67846ff477bf4861c8533fabd59d/2025-twoperson-exhibition-umn-secondfloorgallery-ontheothersideofsea-wenlichen.jpg" data-mid="240977292" border="0" 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height_o="1120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6dfe75745ba2589fbd4c89a3ae885a90ef53d7353e384460bd52334448edf0b/5x7_print_wisp_wenlichen_fogstand001.jpg" data-mid="176381193" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e6dfe75745ba2589fbd4c89a3ae885a90ef53d7353e384460bd52334448edf0b/5x7_print_wisp_wenlichen_fogstand001.jpg" /> Text by Darren Tesar Wisp, is a solo exhibition by Wen-Li Chen. This exhibition, utilizing a curated collection of new and previous projects (The Distance Between, islands, To My Unborn Child), is prompted by simultaneously being a part of and apart from what she calls a “shrinking nation”, namely, the Taiwanese indigenous people named the Kavalan. Much of her creative output is both informed by and aims to evoke a sense of the uncertainty that comes with losing a grasp on one’s heritage. <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ff1eec84ddae6550c4a6ce9f54c6cf72f1ac39bec52aef10a6820aaf3c2494c/IMG_6764-copy.jpg" data-mid="176380813" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ff1eec84ddae6550c4a6ce9f54c6cf72f1ac39bec52aef10a6820aaf3c2494c/IMG_6764-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd5cbe436d30fe770a8ebb25873cff5d79beb08378644eb5991b6acdad2b220c/IMG_6725-copy.jpg" data-mid="176380788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd5cbe436d30fe770a8ebb25873cff5d79beb08378644eb5991b6acdad2b220c/IMG_6725-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dca92874f935a7e3ce35ac26305cfa64b6c77dce1968a9c080c5432a1865ac1/IMG_6773.jpg" data-mid="176380872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9dca92874f935a7e3ce35ac26305cfa64b6c77dce1968a9c080c5432a1865ac1/IMG_6773.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b393a72a0f27f085848f063b287edcba5f090f28eda43efe4931c1994ab88a2b/IMG_6746-copy.jpg" data-mid="176380798" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b393a72a0f27f085848f063b287edcba5f090f28eda43efe4931c1994ab88a2b/IMG_6746-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4936f52c0147b96a46d34d460b695a4dc038c46adac518eeb0c241c23707d8d5/IMG_6774.jpg" data-mid="176380873" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4936f52c0147b96a46d34d460b695a4dc038c46adac518eeb0c241c23707d8d5/IMG_6774.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c24c3d0064562baabd911de6eb41c90b25e96354c482f7ae8d415b7f9ec49ea0/IMG_6763-copy.jpg" data-mid="176380809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c24c3d0064562baabd911de6eb41c90b25e96354c482f7ae8d415b7f9ec49ea0/IMG_6763-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a62163e430b5dc1ad53e8da42059e22699cee53b951729ac0b95a10d0d40697/IMG_6755-copy.jpg" data-mid="176380805" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a62163e430b5dc1ad53e8da42059e22699cee53b951729ac0b95a10d0d40697/IMG_6755-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55267e2ab5565b91e7f4a269ca7b9c6b694eb0b3889bc290ed65bfabbb4cd1e7/IMG_6771.jpg" data-mid="176380869" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55267e2ab5565b91e7f4a269ca7b9c6b694eb0b3889bc290ed65bfabbb4cd1e7/IMG_6771.jpg" /> Photography Book "The Distance Between", 16.5x22.8x1 cm, 29 images, 60pages, including text, mixed paperQ &amp; A, Text Book, 10.5x13.7x3 cm, 428pages, cutting insideArtist Book "To My Unborn Child", 7"x9"x1", 296pages including texts and images, digital print, hardcover, thread bindingMultiple digital prints on fine art papers with frame, 42x29.7 cmMultiple digital prints on transparent adhesive stickers, 4.x6 inLarge digital prints on newspapers x2, 40x60 inMultiple digital prints on fine art papers with di-bond mountingVideo work "Wisp", HD, color with audio, 12'30"Video work "My Pinbu Grandmother" by Bawki Angaw, analogue, DVD, color with audio This particular exhibition, by way of its core artifact—a video mourning the death of her grandfather—is structured through the use of historical artifacts, alongside fictional elements, that, once together, blur diaristic memories, colloquial vernaculars, family biographies, and local histories spanning the time before and after she moved to the United States in 2015. <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9d831e0abab7ff920edcee681dfd7ec578582d74099168a2ba04a1b2b32ed4b/WenLiChen_010_Wisp_Installation_2019.jpg" data-mid="176380703" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9d831e0abab7ff920edcee681dfd7ec578582d74099168a2ba04a1b2b32ed4b/WenLiChen_010_Wisp_Installation_2019.jpg" /> Wen-Li Chen’s choice of the fictional—potentially undoing the definitive nature of the artifactual—lies in her awareness that writing was and still is an unusual way of imparting knowledge of the Kavalan to their descendants. This is due to the fact that the Kavalan, along with most Taiwanese indigenous peoples, did not develop a system of writing. Instead, oral traditions maintained the passage of knowledge, culture and religious ceremonies. However, Wen-Li Chen admits the inaccessibility to, and resists the romanticism of this mode of being, not only in part to the adoption of written systems by the Kavalan, but also due to other complicating contingencies (being half Han Chinese, pursuing higher education in the UK, marrying an American, etc). <img width="800" height="1227" width_o="800" height_o="1227" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56dd470aea99b5b2fcb8aba769cd7f80cd819c62fe7346b518019697a6d267ce/large_print_wisp_wenlichen_fogstand001.jpg" data-mid="176381208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/56dd470aea99b5b2fcb8aba769cd7f80cd819c62fe7346b518019697a6d267ce/large_print_wisp_wenlichen_fogstand001.jpg" /> A truce is then found within the books, videos and texts making up the exhibition—a experimental form of a traditional Chinese book called&nbsp; “Zhu Pu” (族譜), or family tree/family book. <img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85224b5aa025c3a29780cdb41b3789eec239e12f8e4b60d5b1bedf70d1061f82/TMUC002.jpg" data-mid="176382282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85224b5aa025c3a29780cdb41b3789eec239e12f8e4b60d5b1bedf70d1061f82/TMUC002.jpg" /> These “Zhu Pu”—first for mother and grandmother, then to her then unborn child and now built into a memorial for her grandfather (once a chieftain of a local tribe)—attempt to provide information about a people and culture she was never able to fully become, yet in many ways remains despite her anxiety of knowing what it means to be like them. The resulting doubt and uncertainty obtain a level of “aliveness” that complicates the clarity of communication by the emotional appeal to an further fading image, that being her child who will only know less in the face of her mother wanting her to know more (unlike her own parents and grandparents who actively kept her heritage at a distance, opting for her to learn English over Kavalan). Out of what Wen-Li Chen calls “a dying nation”, only the sparks of life and cultural resilience emerge, albeit free of the burdening pressure of being like a people that, to her, have only been (historical authenticity). <img width="800" height="548" width_o="800" height_o="548" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99383f622616956736bad4c23b1a34f88b3d9ccba3fc40cd91ce8c74bb292aaf/large_print_wisp_wenlichen_fogstand002.jpg" data-mid="176380949" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/99383f622616956736bad4c23b1a34f88b3d9ccba3fc40cd91ce8c74bb292aaf/large_print_wisp_wenlichen_fogstand002.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adc6414818cf72b7e7b817dd794c995dc855a6463bc95711a70b0fe5ede34f83/WenLiChen_002_Wisp_InstallationShot_2019.jpg" data-mid="176387137" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/adc6414818cf72b7e7b817dd794c995dc855a6463bc95711a70b0fe5ede34f83/WenLiChen_002_Wisp_InstallationShot_2019.jpg" />10.26.2019 - 11.24.2019FOGSTAND GalleryMN, USA Video LinkThe feeling of being abandoned to a rapidly changing society. On a small island with increasingly limited habitable landmass. Where still tender memories of a colonial history co-exist alongside the products of self-determination. These and more have long been the reality for the shrinking indigenous peoples of Taiwan. From changes coming from within their own family histories, to the increasingly delineated nature of their cultural environments, they are poised to inherit and preserve what can only be hesitantly called a culture of their making. Still, these unavoidable encounters not only present the complexity and feasibility towards an indigenous maintaining its “ownness”, but they go further to define, mark and, ultimately, make available an image of Taiwan. From a mother’s imagination of her, then unborn, child, into a spiritual offering to a recently deceased grandfather, something both urgent and contemplative is revealed, namely how the past and future generations might gather and act out within introspection. An interiority of the subject to oppose the strict externality of “a people”, or to treat ethnic histories as the contaminated diversities that they always have been, that is part preservation, reconstruction, misinterpretation, partially present and forever precarious. https://cwenli.com/To-My-Unborn-Child Sun, 23 Apr 2023 19:08:16 +0000 Wen-Li Chen https://cwenli.com/To-My-Unborn-Child window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-DQGNPJTZDC'); <img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3f2afa51d2db8f8c4c26866f940985372e56792f76e53856db0dd1ba9654c2a/TMUC001.jpg" data-mid="176382675" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3f2afa51d2db8f8c4c26866f940985372e56792f76e53856db0dd1ba9654c2a/TMUC001.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1230" width_o="1920" height_o="1230" 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hardcover, thread bindingHD Video without audio, 30min loop, projected on the fabric sheet with a digital projectorA selective still digital image projected on the fabric sheet with a slide projectorMultiple digital images with heat transfer papers ironed in the center of several fabric sheets https://cwenli.com/Untitled-14 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 19:08:17 +0000 Wen-Li Chen https://cwenli.com/Untitled-14 window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-DQGNPJTZDC'); <img width="600" height="900" width_o="600" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/538c886f7de03b5c02c33b0c00edcb280e4709382f8ca02ebca9a58a082e1df0/Untitled-14-KV-2018-06-22_WenLiChen-3.jpg" data-mid="176384218" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/538c886f7de03b5c02c33b0c00edcb280e4709382f8ca02ebca9a58a082e1df0/Untitled-14-KV-2018-06-22_WenLiChen-3.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="900" width_o="600" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4540b9c07361af7eb31809c35c4c10124bbb2f9aef1c8136b633f18b20c87cf7/WenLiChen_009_Untitled14_Installation_SooVAC_2018.jpg" data-mid="176384135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4540b9c07361af7eb31809c35c4c10124bbb2f9aef1c8136b633f18b20c87cf7/WenLiChen_009_Untitled14_Installation_SooVAC_2018.jpg" /> 03.10.2018 — 04.14.201814th Juried Group Exhibition MN,USACurated by&nbsp;Teqen Zen-Aida and Gabriel Ritter Organized and hosted by SOO VACPhotography, 11.7"x16.5", framed digital prints on fine art papersPhotography, 16.5"x23.4", framed digital print on fine art paperRisograph on newspaper print, 12"x28" https://cwenli.com/Island Sun, 23 Apr 2023 19:08:17 +0000 Wen-Li Chen https://cwenli.com/Island window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-DQGNPJTZDC'); <img width="800" height="516" width_o="800" height_o="516" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8af4756c2edecbf0ebc1a4c6dc7342dc8b606ba618a982ed5226707b47a0a684/Island-WenLiChen-002.jpg" data-mid="176386240" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/8af4756c2edecbf0ebc1a4c6dc7342dc8b606ba618a982ed5226707b47a0a684/Island-WenLiChen-002.jpg" /> 11.19.2016 - 01.15.2017FOGSTAND Gallery Hualien, Taiwan Two-Person Exhibition with Marco ScerriCurated by Darren Tesar When artists engage in presenting aspects and/or critiques of tourism, they inevitably begin to engender afterimages of tourism’s own dialectic—unmediated locality and its assumed authenticity. It is here, along the contours of a site’s resistance to be represented, where we start to doubt art’s ability to capture such fine resolutions. Representation within art has always been primarily artistic representation, be it the virtuous self-excommunication of modernism or the decidedly reactionary horizontality of post-modernism. Both of these generalized historical contexts did one thing exceedingly well, they produced countless images and generated equal amounts of content. However, this very production must be considered part of the problem of tourism, for both—intentionally or unintentionally—stabilized presence into presentation, which clumsily handles the nuance of any time or place. This hastily rendered sketch directs us to this following exhibition. Inspired by the hauntological practices of recording artist The Caretaker, ISLAND, Wen-Li Chen and Marco Scerri both address the above complexity without generating any new photographs, without inserting any new perspectives, indeed, without taking up any new positions on their respective islands. Instead, and like the un-authored hisses and cracklings that coincide with the found recordings making up The Caretakers “recordings”, Scerri’s and Chen’s artistic gestures exist within the tonalities of touched photographs and the practical formalities of photographic preservation. They did not work on the islands of Malta or Taiwan, but from abroad via the islands that are photographic archives (both in Malta and Taiwan). In short, Scerri and Chen explore the daunting task of taking care in and, therefore, of deteriorating images depicting a time and a place we no longer have the confidence to say is or is not lost, that is to stay, urgently, even or ever was. <img width="800" height="294" width_o="800" height_o="294" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34e879b0554b50fb087e7022dfe5bb8299bed6f7076eef1c7a810d26b97b0a3b/Island-WenLiChen-001.jpg" data-mid="176386281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/34e879b0554b50fb087e7022dfe5bb8299bed6f7076eef1c7a810d26b97b0a3b/Island-WenLiChen-001.jpg" /> Wen-Li Chen’s photographic contributions originate more autobiographically. Her selected photographs chronicle something simple, yet urgent in the discussion of identity, namely the cover of commercial photo-lab photo books. The photographs, while simple, are startling in what they are able to convey, since underneath the foreign images that make up the cover is the history of her and her family. So to these odd images—an image of 10 unknown babies, an image of a small boy and what appears to be his dog and a series of uncredited paintings—somehow become a sort of adopted family photographs. <img width="800" height="534" width_o="800" height_o="534" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d42b5c5b248c8bdfc2fb13a66b0b0d7d412712bda66515c3719b6c963b1ef936/Island-WenLiChen-FOGSTAND-001.jpg" data-mid="176386354" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/d42b5c5b248c8bdfc2fb13a66b0b0d7d412712bda66515c3719b6c963b1ef936/Island-WenLiChen-FOGSTAND-001.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="534" width_o="800" height_o="534" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a46a1233e8621cc48dd351241b0702f57c8974c6ae466840bd24dd67aff45dcc/Island-WenLiChen-FOGSTAND-004.jpg" data-mid="176386363" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/a46a1233e8621cc48dd351241b0702f57c8974c6ae466840bd24dd67aff45dcc/Island-WenLiChen-FOGSTAND-004.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="508" width_o="800" height_o="508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7718f173cb87f4481a41b25de873187c732d75481d6aea2d315b4bd3800c688d/Island-WenLiChen-FOGSTAND-002.jpg" data-mid="176386364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/7718f173cb87f4481a41b25de873187c732d75481d6aea2d315b4bd3800c688d/Island-WenLiChen-FOGSTAND-002.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="743" width_o="800" height_o="743" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4efda978976c9bafe5011f85a723cac089ee2dbc1ff91ea616d783ddbb08173/Island-WenLiChen-FOGSTAND-003.jpg" data-mid="176386369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e4efda978976c9bafe5011f85a723cac089ee2dbc1ff91ea616d783ddbb08173/Island-WenLiChen-FOGSTAND-003.jpg" /> 12 series of framed digital prints on photo paper