Bio
Linhuei Chen (b. 1981) is a Taiwanese Dutch artist based in Rotterdam. Her work investigates how migration impacts transcultural
individuals’ notions of home and cultural hybridity within the discourse of transculturalism influenced by contemporary
migration and diaspora. She explores this topic through personal experiences and collective memory/ideas on
migration, Dutch colonisation in Taiwan and cultural hybridity, providing perspectives between East Asia and
Europe. Her current project is a fictional sci-fi story that discusses the role of cultural memory in the survival of human beings in the context of human migration.
Chen uses painting as the primary medium to express her personal experiences and collective ideas based on social research and participatory workshops. She often combines paintings with drawings, objects or installations for diverse viewing experiences.
Chen holds a BFA degree in Fine Art (painting) from the Royal Academy of Art, the Hague in the Netherlands and other degrees in Engineering and Law in Taiwan and several European countries. She has received various grants from Mondriaan fonds, Fonds for Culture Participation, etc. Her artworks are in the Fenix Museum of Migration and Lam Museum collections in the Netherlands.
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Chen uses painting as the primary medium to express her personal experiences and collective ideas based on social research and participatory workshops. She often combines paintings with drawings, objects or installations for diverse viewing experiences.
Chen holds a BFA degree in Fine Art (painting) from the Royal Academy of Art, the Hague in the Netherlands and other degrees in Engineering and Law in Taiwan and several European countries. She has received various grants from Mondriaan fonds, Fonds for Culture Participation, etc. Her artworks are in the Fenix Museum of Migration and Lam Museum collections in the Netherlands.
Contact: linhueichen@gmail.com (workshops, talks, collaboration proposals, collection inquiries are much welcomed)
| Education |
- 2015-2019 | Ba in Fine Art (Painting), Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL
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2017-2018 | Fine Art Exchange, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, the UK
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2008-2009| LLM in Law & Economics, European Erasmus Mundos Master Program, University of Manchester, Gent University, Bologna University
- 1999-2003|BSc in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan: Research project in Optical Micro-Electromechanical System Lab
Grant/Award
- 2025 Impuls en Verdieping CBK Rotterdam
- 2025 Stichting Stokroos grant
- 2023 Mondriaan fonds Kunstenaar Start
- 2022 Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie
- Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum Municipal Art Acquisitions 2022 longlist
- 2021 Mondriaan fonds artist overbruggen
- 2021 Contribution PPO (Permanente Professionele Ontwikkeling)
- 2021 Donation Makersloket
- 2021 Tijdelijke Werkbijdrage Productie, Presentatie en Research (PPR) by CBK Rotterdam
- 2017-2018 European Union Student grant for Erasmus student
- 2008-2009 European Erasmus Mundus Master Program Scholarship granted by Taiwanese Ministry of Education
- 2008-2009 ING / NTIO Scholarship granted by ING
- 2006-2007 Scholarship of short-term study in foreign countries granted by Taiwanese Ministry of Education
- 2005 Outstanding student scholarship granted by National Cheng-Chi University
- 2002-2003 National Science Council Scholarship for college students
Residencies
- 2025 Artist Residency, Feng-Tian Migration Village, Hua-Lian, Taiwan
- 2023 Goethe Institut Rotterdam Art Residency: Investigating Transcultural Care: Village of Forgetting & Remembering, Rotterdam
- 2022 V2 Winter Session: Metaphoric Optical Viewer, V2, Rotterdam
Lecture/talks/workshops (selected)
- 2025 CBK Rotterdam Art Office Mentorship (Mentor)
- Expert Talk: Taiwan (Casper Wits & Linhuei Chen), Rotterdam Theater
- University Lecture: Village of Forgetting & Remembering at Department of Social & Policy Sciences , Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan
- Rotterdam ABC Book: researching participatory workshops and illustration, Fenix museum, Rotterdam
- 2023 Witterook Artist Residency, Breda
- 2021 Artist talk: the Third Space and Diaspora, KABK Fine Art Seminar
Exhibitions
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Collection
Media/Publications
2025
- May 16-18, Vima Art Fair, Cyprus
- March 27-30, Art Rotterdam Prospects
2024
- Nov 9 - Dec 21, A Si-Fi Story about Migration: a Hustling Overture (Solo), Mumu Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
- Oct 18 - 25 Art Taipei, Mumu Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- Sep 25 - Nov 3, the Third Space, International Performance Festival Feeling Curious?Rotterdam Theater, the Netherlands.
- July 6th - Aug 31st, Dutch Summer de Zomer Valt dit Jaar op een Zaterdag (group show), Joey Ramone, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- May 27-July 6 (online), July 6-20 (at location), Plan A_Untitled (group show), Mumu Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2023
- Non Native Native Art Fair, artist book foundraising & workshop: Village of Forgetting & Remembering, Framer Framed, Amsterdam
- Springboard Art Fair: Reminiscence Objects, Werkspoorkathedraal in Utrecht
- Gaze of the Wispers (group), SinArts Gallery, the Hague
2022
- This Art Fair 2022, de Kromhouthal, Amsterdam, NL
- Down the Rabbit Hole Music Festival Massive Painting Mural Installation, NL
- The Echo to Every Footstep (group), Huidenclub, Rotterdam, NL
2021
- Memory Diaspora: when we all fell asleep, Young Art Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- The Third Space (Solo), boox.space, Haarlem, the Netherlands
- Where the Exotic things are, Publieke Werken Rotterdam
- Artist talk: the Third Space and Diaspora, KABK Fine Art Seminar
- Improvisation performance in RE#SISTER Concert x Fem Fest 2021, Rotterdam
2020
- Closed Encounters, Group exhibition organized by Off-Screen, Hilton Art Lab, Rotterdam
- TENT WELCOMES: HECTOBAR (KUNSTAVOND XL), TENT, Rotterdam
2019
- A Mother's Soliloquy, as part of PANT Public #1 Cross-border/Cross-country, iii, the Hague
- The Third Space, Graduation show of Royal Academy of Art, the Hague
2018
- Studio Complex Tate Exchange (group), Tate Modern, UK
- One Nest Stand(group): Koekje van Eigen Deeg, Nest, The Hague.
- Me, Myself and I (group), Tent, Rotterdam
2017
- Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) 2017- Taiwanese Jaa-Chi edition: Hanging out in night market video installation, Amsterdam
- Nacht van het 250 jarige park, De Plantage 250-jarig jubileum in Schiedam (group), Schiedam
- Surrealism Wild beaming (group), Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Collection
- Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
- Art Bank Taiwan, Taiwan
- Fenix Museum of Migration, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Lam Museum, Lisse, Netherlands
Media/Publications
- Prospects 2025 by Tessa Bourguignon:
- 2024 Art Emperor Editor’s Choices for Art Taipe 2024
- 2024 Rotterdam Theater Feeling Curious Magazine: The Third Space
- 2022 Presentatie Productie Research: Tijdelijke werkbijdrage PPR Kunstenaars in tijden van corona 2020/2021, CBK Rotterdam
- 2021 Taiwan 110 year anniversary memorial calendar 2022: Artist of the Month (September), Taiwanese artists in the Netherlands
- 2021 Painting: Where the Exotic Things Are is included in Everything is Possible, Publieke Werken Rotterdam 2021
- 2019 The Third Space: an artistic research on diaspora study from artist’s personal experiences