Chen Shun-Chu, a native of Penghu County, Taiwan and a graduate of the Fine Arts Department of Chinese Culture University, lives and creates in Taipei. Currently assigned as Associate Professor by Department of Construction Science and Technology at De Lin Institute of Technology, and also as Adjunct Associate Professor by Graduate Program of Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan University of Arts. He also lectured as Adjunct Associate Professor at the National Taichung University of Education, and Tunghai University, Department of Fine Arts.
Since the early 1990s, Chen has taken photography as his main creative language but he often also includes other elements to create mixed-media pieces and art installations featuring space and landscape. His major early works, such as Family Black Box, Assembly: Family Parade, Flower Ritual, and Journeys in Time contained strong feelings of nostalgia for home and family, whileFamily Dwelling: 4x5 3 Times and Path to Homeland which were released in recent years focus on household memories or scenes not far removed from reality, while in terms of the choice of media, he has shifted slightly to alternating between digital video and optical photography.
Chen is a core member of IT Park, the standard-setting Taiwanese contemporary art space, as well as an active pioneer of “creative imagery” in Taiwanese contemporary art, and a notable artist working in contemporary “new imagery.”Since 1990, he has held 23 solo exhibitions at venues such as IT Park, the Taiwan Provincial Museum of Fine Arts (now the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts), and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, as well as in Paris, Fukuoka, Japan, and Hong Kong; he has also taken part in over 150 group exhibitions, including over 40 international biennale and triennial exhibitions and exhibitions organized by art institutions.