Yin-Ju Chen Artist's Statement

My works are all indicative of particular emotions I had or moods I was in at the time. They speak of boredom, confusion, dehumanization, cruelty, and paranoia ¿ ideas that are symptomatic of America and the state of the union. Sometimes living here, one is made to feel small and unimportant.War is an extreme example of the everyday emptiness and hidden violence of the American dream. Video has been my primary artistic medium. My works also include photo performances, installations, and drawings.

Images of work

Brief CV

EDUCATION 2003 San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres Department, MFA 2000 Taipei National University of the Arts (Taipei, Taiwan), BFA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS 2006 ñNew Experimental Worksî, Other Cinema, USA Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taiwan ATA Film Festival, USA ñLight Cone Preview Show 2006î, Au Center Georges Pompidou, France,br> Seoul Net Festival, Korea 9th Antimatter Antimatter Underground Film Festival, Canada Flaherty Film Seminar, USA ñDislocationî, NewYorkRioTokio, Germany San Francisco Cinematheque, USA The 49th San Francisco International Film Festival, USA Women of Color Film Festival, USA 2005 ñMayhemî, Southern Exposure, USA APAture 2005: A window on the art of young Asian Pacific Americans, USA 8th Antimatter Underground Film Festival, Canada MadCat Film Festival, USA ñPiratedî, SOMARTS Cultural Center, USA ñKino Lab screening of San Francisco Video Artî, Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art, Poland Urban Nomad Film Fest, Taiwan 2004 ñEpicî, Southern Exposure, USA ñEn el patio video-arte desde San Francisco en Bogotàî, Valenzuela y Klenner Gallery, Colombia APAture 2004: A window on the art of young Asian Pacific Americans, USA Hua Shan Round Table - 3rd Artist Fair, Taiwan BIBLIOGRAPHY Petra Bibeau, ñLong Story Short: Bay Area Exposes Roots,î NY ARTS, 02/01/2005, PUBLICATIONS ñBay Area Artsî, Artist Magazine, Vol. 351(Aug. 2004) ¿ Present, Taipei Taiwan

Contact

E-mail: yinju222@hotmail.com Website: www.zukunftsmusik.com/yjchen

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