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• biography

Born in 1972 in Chiayi, Chen Po-I was trained in the Ocean Engineering and got his master degree at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

As a photographer, Chen saw through the lens something that was reminiscent of his life within a larger context of Taiwanese society, and therefore his photographic shots were always pregnant with power to excite the collective memories of Taiwan. His photographic works were frequently invited and had been recently exhibited in various venues in Taiwan. His works came into public notice internationally and in 2012 were invited to Russia to be shown at the 4th Novosibirsk International Festival of Contemporary Photography. In 2013, He participated a cross-strait four-regions artistic exchange project at the Xiangning art museum in China.

At this moment, Chen is actively engaged in the photography education and also works as an exhibition curator. Some of his photographic works now become the permanent collection at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan), Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (Japan), and are also collected by private collectors.

• Event

2013 Venue TKG+ Taipei, “Romance of NG”, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 He Xiangning Art Museum, “Crossroads‧Another Dimension—A Cross-Strait Four-Regions Artistic Exchange Project 2013”, Shenzhen, China.
2013 Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, “Exploring the Museum Collection. Check-in: Traveling with the Artist”, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.