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Li Chen (李真) is a sculptor who was born in 1963 in Yunlin, Taiwan. Li has studios situated in Taichung and Shanghai. He accomplished a style which has fully liberated itself from the confines of tradition by incorporating feelings of self-mindfulness and interpretations of Chinese classics from the Buddhist and Taoist traditions, blended with contemporary thought, evincing a remarkably refreshing and natural effect. The underlying aesthetic principles in Li’s sculpture are based not only on a “dual composition” of Eastern traditions and Western sculptural language but also on an ongoing dialogue with the spiritual and material cultures of Africa and Oceania. Furthermore, Li Chen’s artwork aspires to a spiritual arts therapy, uncovering a wealth of joy amidst the simple life’s pleasures, innovating a spiritual space through the pieces, as humor embellishes a metaphorical engagement with the world, in the hopes of sharing this consciousness with the viewer as they appreciate the spiritual elements informing these creations.

In 1999, Li Chen had his artwork debut in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. Since 2000, his world tour exhibition started from New York to Chicago, Jerusalem, Copenhagen, Miami, Paris, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Geneva, Singapore, Seoul, etc. He gave a solo exhibition in the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. In 2008, his work was recognized at a major solo exhibition at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. In 2009, the Singapore Art Museum invited him to have his first solo outdoor sculpture exhibition. In 2011, Li Chen’s “Greatness of Spirit: the Li Chen Premiere Sculpture Exhibition in Taiwan,” marked Asia’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition and the most expansive open air undertaking in the thirty year history of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. In 2012, he launched his first solo exhibition in the United States—Li Chen: Eternity and Commoner, at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle.