Yu-Chun Chen



Born:

1974 Taipei Taiwan

Training / Education:

  • 2003-2005 MA of applied art at Sanberg Institute (post graduate Gerrit Rietveld Academy) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2002 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, U.S.A., exchange programme 2001 specialization course with Manfred Bischoff, Alchimia
  • 2000 specialization course with Giampaolo Babetto, Alchimia
  • 1998-01 Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy
  • 1992-96 National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  • BA of foreign languages and literature

Work Experience:

  • 2001-2003 lecturer, Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence Italy
  • 2001-2003 assistant to prof. Giampaolo Babetto, Alchimia jewellery school
  • 1999 illustrator for the book
  • "Artigianato del Chianti- Radici, Modelli, Tradizioni", Italy
  • 1997 illustrator for children's books
  • Sun Triumph Culture Publishing Co., Taiwan

  • Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
  • Jun 2004 SOFA New York, U.S.A. presented by Charon Kransen Arts
  • May 2004 "Rietveld naar de Beurs", Museum Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Mar 2004 "Talente 2004", Munich, Germany
  • Nov 2003 "Winterreise" Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria
  • Oct 2003 Grassimesse, Grassimuseum Leipzig, Germany
  • Aug 2003 "Omaggio a Firenze", Promo-Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • May 2003 "Private Abstractions", l'architettura per l'arte, Florence, Italy
  • May 2003 Craft Boston, Boston, U.S.A.
  • Dec 2002 Gallery Marcolongo, Padova, Italy
  • Nov 2002 "Schmuckstucke" Reitalle, Munich, Germany
  • Oct 2002 Grassimesse, Grassimuseum Leipzig, Germany
  • Oct 2002 Gallery Shibuichi, Porto, Portugal
  • Sep 2002 " O ", O Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
  • May 2002 Craft Boston, Boston, U.S.A.
  • Feb 2002 Inhorgenta, Design Podium, Munich, Germany
  • Feb 2002 Ambiente und Tendence, presented by Andrea Frahm, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Feb 2002 "Moving Dialogue" (travelling exhibition) Alchimia Gallery, Florence / London Guildhall University, Ground Floor Gallery / Inhorgenta, Munich
  • Dec 2002 "New Year Show", Gallery Tactus, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Nov 2001 "Schmuckstucke" Reithalle, Munich, Germany
  • Feb 2001 Inhorgenta, Munich, Germany
  • Feb 2001 "Dialogue" Ground Floor Gallery, London Guildhall University, U.K.
  • Dec 2000 "Schmuckstucke" Reithalle, Munich, Germany
  • July 2000 "Dialogue" Alchimia Gallery, Florence, Italy

Awards / Grants:

  • Mar 2004 Talente prize 2004

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • 2003 Grassimuseum Leipzig, Germany

Publications:

  • Nov 2000 "Dialogue" GZ Magazine, Germany
  • Dec 2001 "Gioielli sul corpo" ABITARE Magazine, Italy
  • Sep 2002 Jewelry Information Magazine, Taiwan
  • Sep 2003 SO-EN Magazine, Japan
  • Mar 2004 Talente 2004 catalogue, Germany

Artist Statement:

In this little imaginary world of mine, lines, symbols, colors, and space come together playing between full/empty, definite/ambiguous, and reality/fantasy. This is a private conversation and the stories are in the viewer's eyes.