ARTISTS
Artists ─ Represented
Murphy Chen
Murphy (CHIH-HUNG) Chen, a contemporary art photographer who focuses on landscape and nature, rather than the documentary approach has positioned himself in the aesthetic field and explores the relationship with nature through subjectivity. In 2005-2006 he studied at Savannah College of Art and Design. Recognized as Taiwan’s first photographer to manipulate images through the XYZ axis his images appear as if they were created in one shot. Obsessed with resolution and detail he conjures astounding images of nature to generate the experience of the realistic confrontation with nature when audiences view his works. His emphasis on the process of physical hardship of reaching remote locations in nature with his vast and heavy photography equipment has provoked the contemplation of “advancement”, the ideology in Chen’s mind, is excelling as a person and as a photographer. The mentality was triggered by witnessing the power of nature either through climbing the highest peak, immersing in the sea, and observing the surface of the ocean. Taiwan’s nature is his current focus and its positive implications are what he hopes audiences can withdraw when they are exposed to his works.
Solo Exhibition
2019
“Murphy Chen’s solo Exhibition”, ASUS Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2018
“Floral Serenity”, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2017
“Floral Serenity”, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2014
“Glisten”, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2012
Ocean Encounters”, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2011
“Advanced Tree”, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Group Exhibition
2020
Group Show “Summer”, ASUS Arts Center. Taipei, Taiwan
ONE ART Taipei, The Sherwood Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
ONE ART Taipei, The Sherwood Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2018
Art Hsinchu, Fleur Lis Hotel, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2017
Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Photofairs Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2016
Yichia Liao & Murphy Chen Photo Exhibition, ASUS Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Photofairs Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2015
Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
Art Taichung, Millenium Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan
Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2013
Art Kaohsiung, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Art Taichung, Millennium Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan
Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
Exhibited in the First Taiwan Photo Fair, Taipei, Taiwan
Reviews & Publications
2018
“Floral Serenity” exhibition at Guang Yu Art Center
2017
Lensculture
Awards & Collections
2013
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts collected “House on the Sea” & “Journey”
2011
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts collected “Mountain Snow Scenes-6”
2008
Winner of Epson 2008 Color Imaging Contest
