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About the Photographer
Shen Chao-Liang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, in 1968. He obtained his master degree from the Graduate School of the Applied Media Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan. Shen worked as a photojournalist and vice-convener at the Liberty Times, and the Artist in Residence at National Central University. He has been dedicated to feature photography since 1993. From his early works of Reflections of Nan-Fang-Ao (2001) to the latter series of YULAN Magnolia Flower (2008) and Tsukiji Fish Market (2010), Shen has been broadly recognized by his sophisticated style of image creation and commitment to documenting the evolution of Taiwanese society. Shen’s works are published and exhibited both at home and abroad. He won the Golden Tripod Award of Best Photography (magazine category) of Taiwan in 2000 and 2002, and his Reflections of Nan-fang-ao and Taiwanese Cabaret series won the Asia Award in Sagamihara, Japan (2004), and the Best Foreign Photographer Award at the Dong-gang Photography Festival, Korea (2006), respectively.
Shen’s recent STAGE series, in which he documented a unique Taiwan entertainment culture in a surrealistic and colorful style of image, was exhibited in the 2008 Deagu Photo Biennale, Korea, and the 2009 GETXOPHOTO, Bilbao, Spain, and in a solo exhibition in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, New York, US, and Toronto, Canada. He is also invited at the 2010 Dali International Photography Exhibition, China, the 2010 Taiwan Biennale, the 2011 Contemporary Art Exhibition across the Strait in Beijing, China and Taichung, Taiwan, the 2011 Art Hong Kong, and the 2011 PHOTOQUAI, Paris, France. In December, 2010, the series won him the Honorable Mention of 2010 Taipei Art Award.
Shen’s publications include Tsukiji Fish Market, YULAN Magnolia Flower, Reflections of Nan-Fang-Ao, and Brand 9 – the Creative Ideas of the World’s Nine Best-Selling Brands. Currently he is a freelancer and teaches photography at several universities in Taiwan.
| Education |
| 2005 |
Master of Arts, the Graduate School of the Applied Media Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1995 |
Department of Visual Art, Nippon Engineering College, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1989 |
Department of Motion Pictures Production Program, The World College of Journalism, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Work Experience |
| 2009.8～2010.7 |
Artist in Residence, National Central University, Taiwan. |
| 2003.7～2008.4 |
Deputy Chief Photographer for the Entertainment, Art and Literature News Center of the Liberty Times, Taiwan |
| 1996.3～2003.7 |
Staff Photojournalist for the Liberty Times, Taiwan |
| Awards |
| 2012 |
Artists Wanted : Photography Category Award Winner
(Year in Review 2011), NY, USA |
| 2010 |
The Honorable Mention of 2010 Taipei Art Award, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2006 |
Dong-gang Photography Award, Dong-gang Photo Festival,
Republic of Korea |
| 2004 |
Asia Prize, General Photography Festival, Photo City Sagamihara, Japan |
| 2002 |
The Golden Tripod Award, Best Photography(magazine category), the Executive Yuan, Taiwan |
| 2001 |
Bright Side of Society Award for photojournalism, Taiwan |
| 2000 |
The Golden Tripod Award, Best Photography(magazine category), the Executive Yuan, Taiwan |
Solo Exhibitions |
| 2011 |
“Reflections of Nan-fang-ao”, EPSON Imaging Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2011 |
“STAGE”, Harbourfront Centre Photo gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 2011 |
“STAGE”, 2011 Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, China |
| 2011 |
“STAGE”, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, NY, USA |
| 2011 |
“Reflections of Nan-fang-ao”, EPSON Imaging Gallery, Shanghai, China |
| 2010 |
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao, EPSON Imaging Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2010 |
Illusionm Reality-“STAGE”, Fotoaura Institute of Photography,
Tainan, Taiwan |
| 2010 |
“STAGE” AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2010 |
“STAGE”, 2010 Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2010 |
“STAGE” Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2010 |
“STAGE” Nikon Salon Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2009 |
The Everyday Minutiae: Shen Chao-Liang’s Photographs, National Central University Art Center, Jungli, Taiwan |
| 2009 |
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao, Taipei American School Art Department Gallery,Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2008 |
YULAN Magnolia Flowers, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center（TIVAC）, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2006 |
STAGE, PLACE M Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2006 |
Taiwanese Cabaret, Dong-gang Photo Festival, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, Republic of Korea |
| 2006 |
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao, Green International Film Festival in Taiwan, Red Brick Hall, Yilan, Taiwan |
| 2006 |
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao, NHCTC Artist Space, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| 2005 |
Happy Landing:-A Family Photo Album, NTUA Arts Center ,Taipei ,Taiwan |
| 2004 |
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center（TIVAC）, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1999 |
Fish Market in Tsukiji: The People and Gods of Asakusa,
FNAC Photo Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Group Exhibitions |
| 2012 |
「STAGE」，2012 FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA International Photography Festival, San Antonio, USA |
| 2011 |
“Asian Fictions”, Cultural Center of the Catholic University, Lima, Peru |
| 2011 |
「STAGE」，2011 Ulsan International Photography Festival, Ulsan, Korea |
| 2011 |
“STAGE” & “Taiwanese Cabaret”, 2011 PHOTOQUAI, Paris, France |
| 2011 |
“Flourishing and Flowing”, A Contemporary Art Exhibition across the Strait 2011, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China & National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2010 |
“Gazing The Coastlines”, LUOCA Gallery for Contemporary Art, Xiamen, China |
| 2010 |
“STAGE” 2010 Taipei Arts Award, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2010 |
“STAGE” , Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Tainan, Taiwan |
| 2010 |
“STAGE” , 2010 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2010 |
“STAGE” 2010 Sh Contemporary, Shanghai, China |
| 2010 |
“STAGE” 2010 Dali International Photo Festival, Yunnan, China |
| 2010 |
“Youthful Stories”: Artist-in-Residence Photography Workshop Exhibition, National Central University Art Center, Jungli, Taiwan |
| 2010 |
Rear Window” MOCATaipei, Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 2009 |
“Photo Taipei 2009”, Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 2009 |
“Exhibition of Taipei-Pingyao Exchanges of Photography Culture, 2009”,Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 2009 |
“STAGE”2009 GETXOPHOTO International Photo Festival, Bilbao, Spain |
| 2008 |
“STAGE” 2008 Deagu Photo Biennale, Deagu, Korea |
| 2006 |
“The Era of Image Deciphering” the Asia Pacific Forum on Photography in Taiwan, the Society for the Photographic Education of Chinese, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center (TIVAC), Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2006 |
“Fish Market in Tsukiji” and “Reflections of Nan-fang-ao” Collective Exhibition of Past Golden Tripod Award Winners for Best Photography, (magazine category), the Executive Yuan, Taiwan, World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan” |
| 2005 |
“Photographic Projec: Images of Dimension” Chiayi Art Festival on the Tropic of Cancer, Chiayi, Taiwan |
| 2005 |
“Reflections of Nan-fang-ao” Nikon Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2004 |
“Reflections of Nan-fang-ao” Sagamihara City Gallery, Sagamihara, Japan |
| 2004 |
“Reflections of Nan-fang-ao” Works of eight Taiwanese photographers,
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Shanxi, China |
| 2002 |
“Asian Super Real Life” Portside Gallery, Yokohama, Japan |
| 2002 |
“Living in a City” 2002 Asia Photo Biennale, Seoul, Korea |
| 2001 |
“921 Earthquake – Records of Chungliao” the International Conference on Art Therapy Education, National Taipei Teachers College, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2001 |
“Identity and Identification” 921 Earthquake Second Anniversary, Earthquake Educational Park, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2000 |
“From Traditional Photography to Digital Images” 3rd Taipei International Fotofest, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2000 |
“Records of Chungliao: Rediscovering Our Homeland After the 921 Earthquake” Eslite Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
Publications |
| 2010 |
Tsukiji Fish Market, Taiwan: Shen Chao-Liang |
| 2009 |
The Everyday Minutiae: Shen Chao-Liang’s Photographs, Taiwan:National Central University Art Center |
| 2008 |
YULAN Magnolia Flowers Taiwan: Shen Chao-Liang |
| 2007 |
The Rise and Fall of Nan-fang-ao Theater, Taiwan:INK |
| 2006 |
Dong-gang Photo Festival 2006, Korea:Dong-gang Photo Village |
| 2001 |
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao, Taiwan: The Earth Co. Ltd.(Choice Company) |
| 1997 |
Brand 9 - the Creative Ideas of the World’s Nine Best-selling Brands,
Taiwan: Rock Publications Co. Ltd. |
Public Collections |
| 2009 |
Selected images from the Reflections of Nan-fang-ao series, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2006 |
Selected images from the Taiwanese Cabaret series, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, Republic of Korea |
| 2004 |
Selected images from the Reflections of Nan-fang-ao series, Sagamihara City Gallery, Sagamihara, Japan |
| 2001 |
Selected images from the 921 Earthquake – Records of Chungliao series, Earthquake Educational Park, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan |
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