Nessun Dorma
2013.12.27～2014.02.23
09:00 - 17:00
Taiwanese artist I-Hsuen Chen will be having his first solo show, Nessun Dorma in Taiwan. Using different art forms like opera performance, video, photography and artist book, Chen tries to explore complex dimensions between communication, understanding, and how we feel. Opening reception at 7pm, Dec 27, 2013. The artist will be performing live opera at 6 at the exhibition. The concept of Nessun Dorma derived from his personal experience. Lots of his friends like to tell him intimate secret, whereas the artist himself always have the feeling of not being understood.
There must be some misunderstanding, ” says Chen. He will be showing interdisciplinary works that was made while living in New York, trying to investigate the dilemma between understanding and not being understood. Chen sang the famous aria, Nessun Dorma, which is also the work title, with new Chinese lyrics but sounded like singing in Italian. Changing the context of the aria lyrics allowed him to make a contradictory statement about communication. The singer sings whole-heartedly, and the audience loves it without knowing the fact that the Chinese lyrics are so ridiculous. Chen also used his personal intimate memories accumulated in the two years he'd spent in the States to make the artist book, In Between. Every image’s
studium” has been intentionally positioned in the book gutter, making any facial expression invisible. The reader is then only able to peek at the abstract figures or ambiguous narrative elements at the book, but the emotion of the
unseen images” are perceived even stronger. At the video piece I Know, Chen wrote a hundred personal things about himself, tried to read them in front of his friends, and videotaped their responses to all the intimate secrets. The video documentation allows viewers to experience the vulnerably synchronized moment, almost as if hearing a friend saying: "I know.” Born and raised in Taiwan, Chen received an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2012. His work has been selected for the New York Photo Festival’s 2012 Invitational, his series Nowhere in Taiwan is in the Permanent Collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and he was chosen as one of Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographers 2012. He was the 2012 New York Photography Award Student Fine Art Category winner, and he also won Jen Bekman Gallery’s Blurb book prize and a Hey Hot Shot! Honorable Mention. Chen’s work has been published in magazines and online, including Photograph Magazine, Conveyor Magazine, PHOTONEWS(Germany), THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, American Photo, and CCNY blog. His work has also been shown at hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, Foley Gallery, Ed. Varie Gallery, 25CPW Gallery, and ISE Foundation in New York. His artist book In Between is available to purchase at major independent bookstores including MoMA PS1, Printed Matter, McNally Jackson and ICP bookstore. http://www.ihsuenchen.com/
There must be some misunderstanding, ” says Chen. He will be showing interdisciplinary works that was made while living in New York, trying to investigate the dilemma between understanding and not being understood. Chen sang the famous aria, Nessun Dorma, which is also the work title, with new Chinese lyrics but sounded like singing in Italian. Changing the context of the aria lyrics allowed him to make a contradictory statement about communication. The singer sings whole-heartedly, and the audience loves it without knowing the fact that the Chinese lyrics are so ridiculous. Chen also used his personal intimate memories accumulated in the two years he'd spent in the States to make the artist book, In Between. Every image’s
studium” has been intentionally positioned in the book gutter, making any facial expression invisible. The reader is then only able to peek at the abstract figures or ambiguous narrative elements at the book, but the emotion of the
unseen images” are perceived even stronger. At the video piece I Know, Chen wrote a hundred personal things about himself, tried to read them in front of his friends, and videotaped their responses to all the intimate secrets. The video documentation allows viewers to experience the vulnerably synchronized moment, almost as if hearing a friend saying: "I know.” Born and raised in Taiwan, Chen received an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2012. His work has been selected for the New York Photo Festival’s 2012 Invitational, his series Nowhere in Taiwan is in the Permanent Collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and he was chosen as one of Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographers 2012. He was the 2012 New York Photography Award Student Fine Art Category winner, and he also won Jen Bekman Gallery’s Blurb book prize and a Hey Hot Shot! Honorable Mention. Chen’s work has been published in magazines and online, including Photograph Magazine, Conveyor Magazine, PHOTONEWS(Germany), THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, American Photo, and CCNY blog. His work has also been shown at hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, Foley Gallery, Ed. Varie Gallery, 25CPW Gallery, and ISE Foundation in New York. His artist book In Between is available to purchase at major independent bookstores including MoMA PS1, Printed Matter, McNally Jackson and ICP bookstore. http://www.ihsuenchen.com/
Taiwanese artist I-Hsuen Chen will be having his first solo show, Nessun Dorma in Taiwan. Using different art forms like opera performance, video, photography and artist book, Chen tries to explore complex dimensions between communication, understanding, and how we feel. Opening reception at 7pm, Dec 27, 2013. The artist will be performing live opera at 6 at the exhibition. The concept of Nessun Dorma derived from his personal experience. Lots of his friends like to tell him intimate secret, whereas the artist himself always have the feeling of not being understood.
There must be some misunderstanding, ” says Chen. He will be showing interdisciplinary works that was made while living in New York, trying to investigate the dilemma between understanding and not being understood. Chen sang the famous aria, Nessun Dorma, which is also the work title, with new Chinese lyrics but sounded like singing in Italian. Changing the context of the aria lyrics allowed him to make a contradictory statement about communication. The singer sings whole-heartedly, and the audience loves it without knowing the fact that the Chinese lyrics are so ridiculous. Chen also used his personal intimate memories accumulated in the two years he'd spent in the States to make the artist book, In Between. Every image’s
studium” has been intentionally positioned in the book gutter, making any facial expression invisible. The reader is then only able to peek at the abstract figures or ambiguous narrative elements at the book, but the emotion of the
unseen images” are perceived even stronger. At the video piece I Know, Chen wrote a hundred personal things about himself, tried to read them in front of his friends, and videotaped their responses to all the intimate secrets. The video documentation allows viewers to experience the vulnerably synchronized moment, almost as if hearing a friend saying: "I know.” Born and raised in Taiwan, Chen received an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2012. His work has been selected for the New York Photo Festival’s 2012 Invitational, his series Nowhere in Taiwan is in the Permanent Collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and he was chosen as one of Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographers 2012. He was the 2012 New York Photography Award Student Fine Art Category winner, and he also won Jen Bekman Gallery’s Blurb book prize and a Hey Hot Shot! Honorable Mention. Chen’s work has been published in magazines and online, including Photograph Magazine, Conveyor Magazine, PHOTONEWS(Germany), THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, American Photo, and CCNY blog. His work has also been shown at hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, Foley Gallery, Ed. Varie Gallery, 25CPW Gallery, and ISE Foundation in New York. His artist book In Between is available to purchase at major independent bookstores including MoMA PS1, Printed Matter, McNally Jackson and ICP bookstore. http://www.ihsuenchen.com/
There must be some misunderstanding, ” says Chen. He will be showing interdisciplinary works that was made while living in New York, trying to investigate the dilemma between understanding and not being understood. Chen sang the famous aria, Nessun Dorma, which is also the work title, with new Chinese lyrics but sounded like singing in Italian. Changing the context of the aria lyrics allowed him to make a contradictory statement about communication. The singer sings whole-heartedly, and the audience loves it without knowing the fact that the Chinese lyrics are so ridiculous. Chen also used his personal intimate memories accumulated in the two years he'd spent in the States to make the artist book, In Between. Every image’s
studium” has been intentionally positioned in the book gutter, making any facial expression invisible. The reader is then only able to peek at the abstract figures or ambiguous narrative elements at the book, but the emotion of the
unseen images” are perceived even stronger. At the video piece I Know, Chen wrote a hundred personal things about himself, tried to read them in front of his friends, and videotaped their responses to all the intimate secrets. The video documentation allows viewers to experience the vulnerably synchronized moment, almost as if hearing a friend saying: "I know.” Born and raised in Taiwan, Chen received an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2012. His work has been selected for the New York Photo Festival’s 2012 Invitational, his series Nowhere in Taiwan is in the Permanent Collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and he was chosen as one of Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographers 2012. He was the 2012 New York Photography Award Student Fine Art Category winner, and he also won Jen Bekman Gallery’s Blurb book prize and a Hey Hot Shot! Honorable Mention. Chen’s work has been published in magazines and online, including Photograph Magazine, Conveyor Magazine, PHOTONEWS(Germany), THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, American Photo, and CCNY blog. His work has also been shown at hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, Foley Gallery, Ed. Varie Gallery, 25CPW Gallery, and ISE Foundation in New York. His artist book In Between is available to purchase at major independent bookstores including MoMA PS1, Printed Matter, McNally Jackson and ICP bookstore. http://www.ihsuenchen.com/
Education Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2010 – 2012 MFA in Photography Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2001 – 2005 BA in Advertising & Public Relations Solo Exhibition 2014 Nessun Dorma, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei (2013/12/27-2014/02/23) 2013 I am Leaving this City, hpgrp Gallery New York 2012 Nowhere in Taiwan, Steuben South Gallery, New York Group Exhibition 2013 Don't Look Back, CCNY Staff Show, The Camera Club of New York, New York (Upcoming) 2013 If You Can’t Sing, I Do not Want to be Part of Your Revolution, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei 2013 船的創作展 - 五分之三, curated by Chuan Art, Miimi Project Space, Taipei 2013 Kaohsiung Award Exhibition, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung 2013 PAUSE, Foley Gallery, New York 2013 Traces of Omnipresence, 308 at 156 Project Art Space, New york 2012 PHOTO TAIPEI 2012, Taipei 2012 The Camera of New York, Annual Benefit Auction, New York 2012 Folk Remedy, Ren Tea House, New York 2012 Near Collisions, curated by Jesse Cesario, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York 2012 The New York Photo Award Exhibition 2012 Art Student Exhibition in NY 2012, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York 2012 Simply, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins 2012 PhotoPlace Open, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont 2012 Pratt MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York 2012 "Beyond 1 lens & Over 100 eyes " Exhibition, hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK 2012 New York Photo Festival Invitational Exhibition, 2012 2012 EXCAVATION/MEMORY, Ed. Varie Gallery, New York 2011 Annual Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York 2011 No Trend, Steuben South Gallery, New York 2011 Art from the Heart, 25CPW Gallery, New York 2010 Layers, Dekalb Gallery, New York Award 2013 Kaohsiung Award, Photography Catagory Winner, Kaohsiung 2012 PHOTO TAIPEI Emerging Artist Award, Taipei 2012 PDN30 2013 nomination 2012 The New York Photo Award, Student Fine Art Series Category Winner, New York 2012 Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Magenta Foundation, Canada 2012 New York Photo Festival Invitational Winner 2012 Culturehall New Artist Feature, Winter 2012 2012 Blurb Book Prize, Hey, Hot Shot! 2nd Edition 2011, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York 2012 Honorable Mentions, Hey, Hot Shot! 2nd Edition 2011, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York Selected Bibliography World Journal (世界日報), " 陳以軒個展 捕捉「失落的歸屬感」 ", Jul 2013 photograph magazine, Portfolio, text by Elisabeth Biondi, May/June 2013 Chuan Art #3, One ear In, Out the Other / 船的創作誌, 耳邊風, Apr 2013 Chinese Contemporary Art News / 當代藝術新聞, 台灣的影像與錄像市場分析, Jan 2013 Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Nov 2012 Showcase Magazine, "NEW YORK PHOTO AWARDS", Oct 2012 /online THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, Open House: Inside Brooklyn's Photo Studios, Aug 2012 /online Conveyor Magzine, "Group Show: Trading Reason for Wonder," Smoke & Mirrors Issue, Jul 2012 Camera Obscura, "On the Road to Nowhere, by I-Hsuen Chen", Jul 2012 /online The Camera Club of New York, "A Conversation with I-Hsuen Chen", Jun 2012 /online Hey, Hot Shot! blog, "HHS! Contender I-Hsuen-Chen", May 2012 /online (In Your Place) Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), "紐約攝影藝術節5/17舉行 台攝影家入選" May 2012 World Journal (世界日報), "陳以軒 紐約攝影藝術節殊榮", May 2012 PHOTONEWS magazine, Houston FotoFest, "Entdeckungen vom Meeting Place", May 2012 (Germany) fototazo, fototazo 82: I-Hsuen Chen, Apr 2012 / online No Culture Icons, "I-Hsuen Chen - Nowhere in Taiwan", Apr 2012 /online LENSCRATCH, "I-Hsuen Chen", Apr 2012 /online americanphoto magazine, "A Warm Look at Taiwan", Mar 2012 /online Culturehall New Artist Feature, "I-Hsuen Chen", Feature Issue 84, Mar 2012 /online World Journal (世界日報), "陳以軒「遍尋無處」 自我「蛻變」", Mar 2012 Hey, Hot Shot! blog, "HHS! Contender I-Hsuen-Chen", Nov 2011 /online (Nowhere in Taiwan) Collection 2012 Permanent Collections, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Artist Talk 2012 Artist Performance/Talk, Global Cinema, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York 2012 Artist talk, Focus & Motivation, Hunter College, New York 2011 Artist talk, General Studies Seminar, International Center of Photography, New York Curatorial Project 2013 Don't Look Back, 2013 CCNY Staff Show, co-curated with Alexander Perrelli, The Camera Club of New York,
Education Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2010 – 2012 MFA in Photography Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2001 – 2005 BA in Advertising & Public Relations Solo Exhibition 2014 Nessun Dorma, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei (2013/12/27-2014/02/23) 2013 I am Leaving this City, hpgrp Gallery New York 2012 Nowhere in Taiwan, Steuben South Gallery, New York Group Exhibition 2013 Don't Look Back, CCNY Staff Show, The Camera Club of New York, New York (Upcoming) 2013 If You Can’t Sing, I Do not Want to be Part of Your Revolution, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei 2013 船的創作展 - 五分之三, curated by Chuan Art, Miimi Project Space, Taipei 2013 Kaohsiung Award Exhibition, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung 2013 PAUSE, Foley Gallery, New York 2013 Traces of Omnipresence, 308 at 156 Project Art Space, New york 2012 PHOTO TAIPEI 2012, Taipei 2012 The Camera of New York, Annual Benefit Auction, New York 2012 Folk Remedy, Ren Tea House, New York 2012 Near Collisions, curated by Jesse Cesario, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York 2012 The New York Photo Award Exhibition 2012 Art Student Exhibition in NY 2012, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York 2012 Simply, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins 2012 PhotoPlace Open, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont 2012 Pratt MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York 2012 "Beyond 1 lens & Over 100 eyes " Exhibition, hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK 2012 New York Photo Festival Invitational Exhibition, 2012 2012 EXCAVATION/MEMORY, Ed. Varie Gallery, New York 2011 Annual Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York 2011 No Trend, Steuben South Gallery, New York 2011 Art from the Heart, 25CPW Gallery, New York 2010 Layers, Dekalb Gallery, New York Award 2013 Kaohsiung Award, Photography Catagory Winner, Kaohsiung 2012 PHOTO TAIPEI Emerging Artist Award, Taipei 2012 PDN30 2013 nomination 2012 The New York Photo Award, Student Fine Art Series Category Winner, New York 2012 Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Magenta Foundation, Canada 2012 New York Photo Festival Invitational Winner 2012 Culturehall New Artist Feature, Winter 2012 2012 Blurb Book Prize, Hey, Hot Shot! 2nd Edition 2011, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York 2012 Honorable Mentions, Hey, Hot Shot! 2nd Edition 2011, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York Selected Bibliography World Journal (世界日報), " 陳以軒個展 捕捉「失落的歸屬感」 ", Jul 2013 photograph magazine, Portfolio, text by Elisabeth Biondi, May/June 2013 Chuan Art #3, One ear In, Out the Other / 船的創作誌, 耳邊風, Apr 2013 Chinese Contemporary Art News / 當代藝術新聞, 台灣的影像與錄像市場分析, Jan 2013 Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2012, Nov 2012 Showcase Magazine, "NEW YORK PHOTO AWARDS", Oct 2012 /online THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, Open House: Inside Brooklyn's Photo Studios, Aug 2012 /online Conveyor Magzine, "Group Show: Trading Reason for Wonder," Smoke & Mirrors Issue, Jul 2012 Camera Obscura, "On the Road to Nowhere, by I-Hsuen Chen", Jul 2012 /online The Camera Club of New York, "A Conversation with I-Hsuen Chen", Jun 2012 /online Hey, Hot Shot! blog, "HHS! Contender I-Hsuen-Chen", May 2012 /online (In Your Place) Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), "紐約攝影藝術節5/17舉行 台攝影家入選" May 2012 World Journal (世界日報), "陳以軒 紐約攝影藝術節殊榮", May 2012 PHOTONEWS magazine, Houston FotoFest, "Entdeckungen vom Meeting Place", May 2012 (Germany) fototazo, fototazo 82: I-Hsuen Chen, Apr 2012 / online No Culture Icons, "I-Hsuen Chen - Nowhere in Taiwan", Apr 2012 /online LENSCRATCH, "I-Hsuen Chen", Apr 2012 /online americanphoto magazine, "A Warm Look at Taiwan", Mar 2012 /online Culturehall New Artist Feature, "I-Hsuen Chen", Feature Issue 84, Mar 2012 /online World Journal (世界日報), "陳以軒「遍尋無處」 自我「蛻變」", Mar 2012 Hey, Hot Shot! blog, "HHS! Contender I-Hsuen-Chen", Nov 2011 /online (Nowhere in Taiwan) Collection 2012 Permanent Collections, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Artist Talk 2012 Artist Performance/Talk, Global Cinema, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York 2012 Artist talk, Focus & Motivation, Hunter College, New York 2011 Artist talk, General Studies Seminar, International Center of Photography, New York Curatorial Project 2013 Don't Look Back, 2013 CCNY Staff Show, co-curated with Alexander Perrelli, The Camera Club of New York,
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