Chen Wei Ting
Master of Art Administration
G.A.P.(Global Art Practice), Tokyo University of the Arts
Master of Art Administration
University of Taipei Department of Visual Arts, Taiwan
Bachelor of Art Administration
Fu Jen University of Chinese literature, Taiwan
Wei-Ting Chen was born in Tainan, Taiwan. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a Master's degree in Global Art Practice. He spent his childhood on children book, and he liked to draw with poem. In Fu Jen University, he majored in Chinese Literature and started to write poems. For Chen, he thinks that the writing is a slice of life, and writing poems has become another way of making a drawing.
His works are mostly paintings with acrylic and oil pastel, often accompanied by poems that correspond to the visual parts and provide a hint. He always thinks that his works are showing the differences between children and adults.
In recent years, he has held exhibitions overseas, including New York, Hong Kong, Spain, Dubai, Thailand and Japan. He has been awarded the Shibuya Awards 2021 (Grand Prize) and Shibuya Awards 2023 (Tomio Koyama Jury Prize) in Japan, and has been selected for the CAF award 2022 (Japan Contemporary Art Promotion Foundation), Geidai Art Fes and so on. His works are also collected by the Lihpao Cultural Art Foundation and the Taichung Dali Art Park. Currently he lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.
CV
Solo Exhibition
2023「Will See You Again」Humarish Club, Macau
2022「Passenger: To Falling Star」Over the Influence, Bangkok, Thailand
「One elephant walking toward another」Volery Gallery, Dubai
「Paradise」Villazan Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2021「I don’t want to change You」Gallery Ascend, Hong Kong
「Falling Rain」Jia Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
「I Saw You Before」 GR Gallery, New York, American
2019「An Apple」 Lei Xiang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2018「Partial Men」Songshan cultural park, Taipei, Taiwan
2015「Long Dream」Huashan1914 Creative Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibition
2024「The 42nd Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition」 The Ueno Royal Museum, Japan
2023「Komatsu Biennale 2023:Miyamoto Saburo Award」Miyamoto Saburo Museum, Japan
「Komatsu Biennale 2023:Miyamoto Saburo Award」Setagaya Art Museum, Japan
「Noobies」Noblesse Collection, Seoul, Korea
「July 2023 Art Residency」The Fores Project, London, England
「Art SG」Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2022「CAF award 2022」 Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, Japan
「Exodus」K11 MUSEA, Hong Kong
「Break in Emergency 3」 4BYSIX, London, England
「Graduation Works Exhibition 2022」 The University Art Museum, Japan
2021「Doll House」Line Gallery, Beijing, China
「Satellite Village」 Gallery Ascend, Hong Kong
「De’Construction」 Toride Museum, Japan
「Fresh」Padre Gallery, New York, American
2020「We burned, we lost and we still run as child」 Jxjbooks Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
「Beijing Contemporary Art Expo 2020」 798 Art Center, Beijing, China
2019「ART 021 Shanghai」 Shanghai Center, Shanghai, China
「POPEYE 90th Anniversary exhibition」Joy city, Beijing, China
2018「Art Taipei 2018」TWTC, Taipei, Taiwan
2017「Art Taipei 2017」TWTC, Taipei, Taiwan
「Nuit Blanche」 Taipei, Taiwan
「Lin Yen Liang and Chen Wei Ting :home」diida ART BOX, Taipei, Taiwan
2015「Taipei Free Art Fair」 Huashan1914 Creative Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
「Tagboat Art Fes. 2015」 HULIC HALL, Tokyo, Japan
Collection
Lihpao Cultural Arts Foundation (Taiwan)
Taichung Dali Art Park (Taiwan)
Publication
2023《Writing Person》
2016《Room 913》
2015《Long Dream》
Award
2024 The 42nd Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize (Selected Work)
Shibuya Awards 2023 (Tomio Koyama Judge Special Prize)
Arts Council Tokyo (Startup Grant)
2023 Miyamoto Saburo Award 2023 (Ryoji Arai Judge Special Prize)
2022 CAF Award 2022 (Contemporary Art Foundation)
Shibuya Awards 2022 (Tomio Koyama Judge Special Prize)
Art Vue Prize Fall 2022 (Special Mention)
Tokyo Geidai Art Fes 2022 (Selected Work)
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2022（Nominated）
Japan Art Salon Award (Selected Work)
2021 Shibuya Awards 2021（Grand Prize / Audience Prize）
Tokyo Geidai Art Fes 2021 (Selected Work)
2016 Taipei Poetry Festival（Honorable Work)
2015 Gary Baseman's exhibition in MOCA Taipei（Judges’ Award）
Artist-in-Residence
2023 The Fores Project, London, England
2018 Taichung Dali art residency, Taiwan
Cooperation
2021「Kukikodan: Your and my wishes」Album cover design and voice recording
2019「Ryoji Arai: Journey」Painting cooperation and exhibition curator
Press
2024 Asia and Art Interview 「Chen Wei Ting」
2023 Tokyo Art Beat Interview 「Chen Wei Ting」
ARTNOW Magazine Issue 43
Personal Interview in the TV Show “Breakzenya” 「Chen Wei Ting」
2022 ARTMAZE Magazine Issue 28
Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine Issue 11
Aesthetica Magazine Issue 108
Artsin Square Magazine Issue 2
The Window of Arts Magazine「New Artists in 2022」
2021 Art and Piece Magazine Cover and interview
Art Plugged 「Chen Wei Ting: I Saw You Before」
2019 Youth Magazine 「Popeye Group Exhibition interview」
Illustration Magazine 「Scene: Arai Ryoji Solo Exhibition《Journey》」
2018 Udesign 「Chen Wei Ting Solo Exhibition：Partial Men 」
2017 ARTMAP cover「2017/11」
2015 M'INT art news interview 「Chen Wei Ting: What do you want to talk?」
Personal Interview in the TV Show "Artists" 「Chen Wei Ting」
Art plus 「2015/9」
Big issue「2015.9.1」、「2015.3.1」
ARTMAP cover「2015/09」、ARTMAP cover「2015/03」