KAI-CHEN LEE

1990 born in Taiwan, lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.
Lee Kai-Chen often searches for the neglected items in life, by collecting them, one will perceive the land one
lives in. These items are restored and reinstalled to further establish connections, as if endowing them with new
lives, forging a bond that cannot be described by words. Through the constant strokes of ink lines, the humid
smell of blooms, the traces of subtle brush strokes, and the lamination of paper’s fiber, the artworks resonate
with the commonly discussed subjects: time, memory, and loss.

Education

• 2021 M.F.A, Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
  Solo Exhibitions
• 2024 Horses, Silk, and Blankets solo exhibition by LEE KAI-CHEN, Hermit’s hut, Taipei
• 2023 A White Case solo exhibition by LEE KAI-CHEN, MUMU Gallery, Tainan
• 2022 A Handscroll and a Bird looking back solo exhibition by LEE KAI-CHEN, San galerie, Taipei
• 2020 Wilderness Acquisition solo exhibition by LEE KAI-CHEN, Hermit’s hut, Taipei

Group Exhibitions

• 2024 A Framing Studio: Qingyu Studio — The Cultural Composition of a Framing Studio, Art Space, Taipei
  Circuitous Paths — Young Artists Recapturing Aura, BEYOND Gallery, Taipei
• 2023 KOGEI Art Kanazawa 2023, Hyatt Centric Kanazawa, Kanazawa
  ART TAIPEI 2023, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
  ART TAINAN 2023, Silks Place Tainan, Tainan
• 2022 ART TAIPEI 2022, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
• 2021 2021 PAPER ART PROJECT, MUMU Gallery, Tainan
  A Landscape without Wind — Embodiment and Landscape after the Age of Images, Huashan Red
  House, Taipei
  Blooming — Asian Floral Vessel Collection, YIYUN ART Qingtian, Taipei
  Bosom Friend Snack Bar — The School of Fine Arts of Taipei National University of the Arts 2018
  MFA Exhibition of the Department of Fine Art, Underground Art Museum of TNUA, Taipei
• 2018 TAIWAN IN FULL BLOOM, Taipei representative office in Singapore, Singapore

Collections

• 2024 “Have your spring”, Art Bank, Taiwan
• 2019 “Wood and Grass”, Art Bank, Taiwan
• 2016 “Autumn Afternoon”, Art Bank, Taiwan

Grants

• 2019 CHANG KUANG-BIN Scholarship
• 2014 CHANG GU-NIAN Scholarship
• 2013 WU HSUEH-JANG Scholarship

Art Books

• 2023 A White Case
• 2022 A Handscroll and a Bird looking back
• 2020 Wilderness Acquisition

Reviews

• 2024 “ROOM SERVICE | The Subtle Disappearance of Dyed Wilderness Mist, Bringing the Pulse of the Wild
  into Sight: Artist LEE KAI-CHEN”, POLYSH, 2024.5.8
  Infinitely Ephemeral: Contemporary Women’s Art in Taiwan, MING TURNER, P290
• 2023 “KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2023”, Bijutsutecho NEWS/MARKET 2023.12.2
• 2021 CANS ASIA ART NEWS 04/2021 NEW ART No.141 Cover story