Long-Bin Chen's majestic works are inextricably tied to issues central to contemporary society: his sculptural forms are fashioned out of cultural debris of our information society. Through the skillful manipulation of a band saw, out-of-date books, newspapers, magazines, and computer paper are transformed into art works that from a distance look like wood or marble. But his seemingly monumental forms are ironically built out of paper, and on close inspection, the reading materials fit together like pieces of a puzzle can be dismantled to their original form.
Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky
From her essay, Long-Bin Chen: Content in Forms
Sleeping Buddha, Sculpted Bridal Magazines, 2003, 12" x 9" 9"
Sleeping Buddha (side view), Scultped Bridal Magazines, 2003, 12" x 9" x 9"
Feet, Sculpted Los Angeles Phonebooks, 2003, 3" x 10" x 9"
Happy Buddha, Sculpted Los Angeles Phonebooks, 2003, 9.5" x 11" x 8"
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Long-Bin Chen at work in the MAD studios.
Long-Bin Chen: Buddha Hurricane
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, 1964
Education
1994 MFA, School of Visual Art, New York, NY
1987 BFA, Tung-Hai University, Dept. of Fine Art, Taiwan
1983 Graduated from Fu-Shin Commercial and Technical School, Dept. of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo Exhibitions
2008 "Continental Express", Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
2006 "Buddha Hurricane", Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
2005 "Buddha DNA", Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
2005 "Reading Sculpture-LA Project", Lowe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 "Reading Sculpture-Kids Project", Kidspace at Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA
2004 "Reading Sculpture-Roma Project", Galleria Ca'a d'Oro, Roma, Italy
2004 "Reading Sculpture-Milan Project", Galleria Ca'a d'Oro, Milan, Italy
2004 "Reading Sculpture-Vermont Project", Vermont Studio Center, VT
2004 "Reading Sculpture-Atlanta Project", Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 "Reading Sculpture", Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
1999 "Alternative Study", Eslite bookstore, Taiwan
1998 "Taiwan Study", Cultural Affairs Department of Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan
1997 "Humanity", Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 "Reading Sculpture", Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY
1994 "Culture Empire", American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 "Tools", Space 2 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibitions
2008 Holland Paper Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Holland
2008 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Holland
2008 Outside In: A New Focus on Taiwanese Art, Columbia University and TECO, Taipei CUltural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 "Text Messaging", Islip Museum of Art, New York, NY
2008 "Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary", Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
2007 Pulp Function, FUller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2007 Thermocline of Art-New Asian Waves, Germany
2006 "Extreme Materials", Memorial Art Gallery, Univeristy of Rochester, NY
2006 Pacific Rim, City of Brea art gallery, Brea, CA
2005 "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dali Lama", organized by the Dali Lama Foundation, Fowler Museum, UCLA (2006); Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, Rubin Museum of Art, New York. Exhibition to travel to international cities including: Paris, Berlin, London, Taipei and Tokyo.
2004 "Artist Book", Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, NY
2003 "Invisible Thread", Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York, NY
2001 "Absolut-2001 Los Angeles International, Biennial Art Invitational", Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Moncia, CA
1999 "Volume & Form Singapore 1999", Singapore City, National Library, Singapore
1999 "Paper-Play Factory-International Paper Art Festival", Cheng Chuen Cotton Paper Foundation & Cultural Affairs Department Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan
1999 Sculpture to Wear Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 San Francisco Art Fair, Robert Berman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 "Osaka Trienniale 1998-Sculpture", Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
1998 "Gateway to Wisdom", Fubon Art Foundatio, Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
1998 "New Voices: Contemporary Art Dialogue Among Taipei, Hong Kong and Shanghai", National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
1998 Art Fair, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 "Feast of Mind, Buffet of Art", Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
1996 "Our Deities", ISE Art Foundatio, New York, NY
1996 "Personal Best", Chassie Post Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995 "A Dialogue of Contemporary Sculpture in Asia", Taipei FIne Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 "Object Orbit", Chinese-American Arts Council, New York, NY
1995 "obCkession", TZ'art & Co., New York, NY
1995 "Triennial der Kleinplastick 1995, Europ-Ostaien", Suttgart, Germany
1995 "America vs. China", window dressing, TZ'art & Co., New York, NY
1994 "New York area MFA exhibitioin", Hunter College, Co-sponsored by CAA, New York, NY
1994 "The Entering Show of Taipei Fine Arts Museum Biannual", Taipei, Taiwan
1994 "Ross Chambers, Long-Bin Chen and John Lavin", SVA Gallery, New York, NY
1994 "Taiwan Map", window dressing, Dimension Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 "Curious Structures", Visual Art Gallery, New York, NY
1993 "Play, Work, Thing", Visual Art Gallery, New York, NY
1992 "Time Duration", Dimension Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 "Selling Specialty", Go Go Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 "Can Art Be Heritable?", Space 2 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 "The 5th International Print Biannual of Taiwan", Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 "Vernacular", Space 2 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1987 "Shih Hsing New Artist", Shih Hsing Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Awards
2003 Freeman Foundation Fellowship
2001 Grant of the Nation Endowment for Arts, Taiwan
1998 1998 Grant of the Nation Endowment for Arts, Taiwan
1998 The Silver Prize of Osaka Triennial 1998 (Sculpture), Osaka, Japan
1997 1997 Grant of the Nation Endowment for Arts, Taiwan
1996 1996 Grant Award of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
1995 Visitors Prize of the 6th Triennial of Small Scale Sculpture, Stuttgart, Germany
1988 Tung-Hai University Fine Arts Prize, Taiwan
1987 12th Shih Hsiung New Artist Prize, Taipei, Taiwan
1985 Awarded National Print Prize, Taiwan
Residencies
2005 Mass MOCA Residency
2004 Vermont Studio Residency
2003 Snug Harbor Cultural Center Resident Artist
2000 18th Street Arts Complex
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