Based in Taipei, Taiwan and London, UK, Dr Chen is an multi-media artist who is interested in cross-cultural issues.
She is also very active in arts education for all ages ( e.g. early years, KS1-5, higher education, the elders) and all groups (e.g. schools, communities, care homes, special needs etc.).
Her CRB check and Public and Products Liability Insurance are available upon request.

Education:

2010   PhD in Music   Goldsmiths, University of London

2002   MPhil in Printmaking   Royal College of Art

2000   MFA in Fine Art Media   The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL

1998   BA (Hons) Fine Art, 1^st Class Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury

1995   BA Accounting   Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan

Teaching experiences at higher education:

·        Assistant professor (PT)  Digital Media and Sound    National Taipei University of the Arts, Sep 2011-

·        Adjunct lecturer (PT)   Phonography    Goldsmiths, University of London   Nov 2008-Jan 2009

·        Adjunct lecturer (PT)   Phonography    Goldsmiths, University of London   Oct 2007-Jan 2008

·        Teaching assistant (PT)   Arc GIS    Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London   Jan-March 2005

Selected workshop experiences:

·        Workshop leader     Children's art classes, Taipei YMCA Quilian Branch   July 2011-

·       Organiser of Chinese Art & Craft Workshops     Higham Hill Recreation Ground, grant received from Apex Arts (Arts Council of Waltham Forest Council), plus in-kind contributions from Green Space Services, Waltham Forest Council    21-24 Feb 2011

·        Workshop leader (volunteer)    The Lloyd Park, Waltham Forest Council   Sep 2010-Current

·        Workshop leader principal    Thames Valley University   June 2010

·       Workshop leader   Yellow Earth Theatre   June 2010- current: to deliver workshops at schools and organisations of all levels across the UK,  e.g. Maritime Museum, Greenwich

·        Workshop leader   Trap Media Group   Jan 2010- current: to deliver workshops at schools and organisations of all levels across the UK.

·        Workshop leader   Step Out Arts   Jan 2010- current: to deliver workshops at schools and organisations of all levels across the UK, e.g. British Airways Community Learning Centre, Waterside, Heathrow

·        Workshop leader   Barnet Summer University   Aug 2008

·        Workshop leader   The Asia House, London   Nov 2007 and April 2008

·        Workshop leader   Holy Trinity School, London   Jan-March 2007

Received teaching trainings:

      ·        Workshop Leader Training (pedagogy, teaching skills, behaviour management, working with different age groups)    
                  21, 23 & 24/9/2010

·        British East Asian Workshop Leader Training 12/02/2010

·             Postgraduate Certificate in the Management of Learning and Teaching   2008-

·        Training to deliver creative projects for children   12/2006-06/2007

·        Preparing to Teach for Postgraduates   05/2004

Selected Fundings and Awards:          

·     Arts and Performance Funding    2008, 2009

Provider: Ministry of Education, Taiwan, through the Cultural Division, Taipei Representative Office in the U.K

·     Community Arts Leader Award   2007

Provider: Time Bank and Arts Community Exchange

·     The Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORSAS)    2005-2008

Provider: Universities of UK

·     The Research Funding   2005- 2008

Provider: The music department, Goldsmiths, University of London

·     Artist in Residence (The 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA)   2003

Provider: Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan

·     The Access Funding   2000- 2002

Provider: The printmaking department, Royal College of Art

·     The Margaret Pulsford Annual Book Prize   1999

Provider: Margaret Pulsford through the Slade School of Fine Art, for artist’s book making

·     Barclays Award   1998

Provider: Barclays Bank PLC through University of Kent, for being the Best (BA) Degree Show  

Selected exhibitions:          

·      Hear! Taiwan, commissioned by Wind Music, Oct 2009

·      Hear In Taiwan, interviewed by Radio Taiwan International’s English Service Aug 2009

·      Jam: Cultural Congestions in Contemporary Asian Art, South Hill Park, Feb 2009

·      Essence, Beldam Gallery, Brunel University, July 2008

·      Sonic Constellations, solo show, Goldsmiths, University of London, June 2008

·      East @ West Wing Festival, The West Wing, Slough, March 2007

·      Example is Experiment, Amalgamation and Pleasure, Hwa-Shan Art District, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov 2005

·      Acústicas Del Control, Zèppelin 2005: Festival de Proyectos Sonoros, Barcelona, España, Nov 2005

·      A Plea to Somewhere Else, Bury Art Gallery & Museum, Bury, May 2003

·      Long Way Home, Goldsmiths College, London, Aug 2002

·      The Portobello Film Festival 2002 Multimedia Weekend, London, Aug 2002

·      Arcadia in the City, the Marble Hill House, Richmond, July 2002

·      Sound and Vision, David Bowie’s Meltdown 2002, The Royal Festival Hall, London, June 2002

·      We Did I, domoBaal Contemporary Art, London , April 2002

·      Sound of Self-Exile, solo show, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, Nov 2001

·      Alan Smithee, the A Gallery, London, March 1999

·      Artists' books, the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, May 1998

Selected public performances:                 

·      ‘The Beach in My Room’, 18^th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, USA, 18 Oct 2003

·      ‘I Hear & I Sing’, Juice, Architecture Foundation, London, 29 Jan 2002

·       'Read My Writing' & 'The Chinese Menu', Royal College of Art, 13 June 2001

·      'The Cicada', Royal College of Art, 8 Dec 2000

·      'Chinese Dinner', Date of Return, UCL, 10, 11 Mar 2000

·      'Sa', Macadamia, Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 18, 19 Feb 2000

·      'Something is Going to Happen: Sound Bookwork', the Slade School of Fine Art, 7 Oct 1999

Selected published papers:

Journals	Titles
Soundscape, The Journal of Acoustic Ecology, Vol. 7, No. 1, Fall/Winter 2007, p. 8	My Favourite London Sound
Earshot (5), J. Drever (ed.), the UK and Ireland Soundscape Community, 2007, pp. 51-55	A Nostalgic Soundscape of Taiwan: An Acoustemology of Taiwanese Sojourners Listening Experiences in London
The West Meets the East in Acoustic Ecology, T. Imada, K. Hiramatsu and K. Torigoe (eds.), Japanese Association for Sound Ecology and Hirosaki University International Music Centre, Hirosaki, Japan, 2006, pp. 119-129	On the Way Home: Taipei Sojourners’ Sonic Constellations in London (With K. A. Melachroinos)
Organised Sound (11/1), Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 37-44	Sonic Constellations: Taiwanese Sojourners’ Listening Experiences in London
The Slade Journal, Vol.4, Summer 2000, pp. 109-126	Now I am Ready to Shout

Presented research papers at conferences:

Conferences	Titles
Invited talk for LSE's London Taiwan Seminar, SOAS, 9 Nov 2006	On the Way Home: Taipei Sojourners' Sonic Constellations in London (with K. A. Melachroinos)
World Forum Acoustic Ecology, Hirosaki University, Japan, 3 Nov 2006	On the Way Home: Taipei Sojourners' Sonic constellations in London (with K. A. Melachroinos)
Invited talk for Live Art's Artist Review Series: Immersivity, Art, Architecture, Sound and Ecology, Goldsmiths College, London, 20 Sep 2006	On the Way Home: Taipei Sojourners' Sonic Constellations in London
Architecture/Music/Acoustics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 8 June 2006	On the Way Home: Taipei Sojourners' Sonic Constellations in London
Sensi/able Spaces: Space, Art and the Environment, University of Iceland, Iceland, 2 June 2006	On the Way Home: Taipei Sojourners' Sonic Constellations in London
Contemporary Cultures of Time and Space, Goldsmiths College, 2 Dec 2005	Sonic Constellations: Taiwanese Sojourners' Listening Experiences in London
RGS-IBG annual conference: Urban Sustainability, Royal Geographical Society, London, 1 Sep 2005	Sonic Constellations and Cross-cultural Identities of Taiwanese Sojourners in London: echoes of nostalgia
Expo 966: annual sonic arts network exposition, University of Hull, Scarborough, UK, 20 June 2005	Sonic Constellations and Cross-cultural Identities of Taiwanese Sojourners in London: echoes of nostalgia
The Music Research Forum, Goldsmiths College, 10 May 2005	Sonic Constellations and Cross-cultural Identities of Taiwanese Sojourners in London: echoes of nostalgia
The Nostalgia and Cultural Memory Grad Conference, University of Victoria, Canada, 5 March 2005	Nostalgic Soundscape of Taiwan-- An acoustemology of Taiwanese sojourners in London
Sonic Interactions: postgraduate conference on interactivity and sonic art, Goldsmiths College, 20 Feb 2005	Nostalgic Soundscape of Taiwan-- An acoustemology of Taiwanese sojourners in London
Research Week 2004, Wimbledon School of Art, London, 24 Sep 2004	The Interactions between the Auditory Perspectives and the Politics of Power-- a London-based Taiwanese overseas student's auditory experiences in cross-geography
The Emotional Geographies International Conference, Lancaster University, UK, 25 Sep 2002	Mapping with Gaps