UTOPIA
acrylic, chalk on canvas, 2024
"Yet it is Gaia that is at stake: a living Earth that breathes and teems with creatures inseparable from the living fabric that sustains them. The work enters this world, following every contour, at times transforming itself into a Gorgon, at times becoming a permanent host of nature. This mesological relationship to the world invites us to rethink the intimate connections between being and environment, mineral and vegetal, human being and habitat. Allowing history, love, and feelings to show through ecumenal bridges: such is the artist’s undertaking, moving from the architectural plans of her childhood home to the dense vegetation of urban forests." by Marc-Williams DEBONO
"Blue, much like a jazz riff, evolves throughout her work. It deepens and lightens, blending with other colors, shifting between moments of intensity and quiet reflection. In this way, blue embodies the tension between motion and stillness—allowing the urban landscape to move and change, while holding it together. It is through this metaphorical use of blue that Chen finds her utopia: a place where the dissonant elements of city life—its entanglements, its contradictions—are held together, not by force, but by the grounding presence of blue." by Tina LAI
acrylic, chalk on canvas, 2024
"Yet it is Gaia that is at stake: a living Earth that breathes and teems with creatures inseparable from the living fabric that sustains them. The work enters this world, following every contour, at times transforming itself into a Gorgon, at times becoming a permanent host of nature. This mesological relationship to the world invites us to rethink the intimate connections between being and environment, mineral and vegetal, human being and habitat. Allowing history, love, and feelings to show through ecumenal bridges: such is the artist’s undertaking, moving from the architectural plans of her childhood home to the dense vegetation of urban forests." by Marc-Williams DEBONO
"Blue, much like a jazz riff, evolves throughout her work. It deepens and lightens, blending with other colors, shifting between moments of intensity and quiet reflection. In this way, blue embodies the tension between motion and stillness—allowing the urban landscape to move and change, while holding it together. It is through this metaphorical use of blue that Chen finds her utopia: a place where the dissonant elements of city life—its entanglements, its contradictions—are held together, not by force, but by the grounding presence of blue." by Tina LAI
Solo Exhibition "Taipei I Paris" at the FOCUS Art Fair, Chelsea Industrial, New York, 2025