Linhuei CHEN

Linhuei Chen (b. 1981) is a Taiwanese Dutch artist based in Rotterdam. Her work investigates how migration impacts transcultural individuals’ notions of home and cultural hybridity within the discourse of transculturalism influenced by contemporary migration and diaspora. She explores this topic through personal experiences and collective memory/ideas on migration, Dutch colonisation in Taiwan and cultural hybridity, providing perspectives between East Asia and Europe. Her current project is a fictional sci-fi story that discusses the role of cultural memory in the survival of human beings in the context of human migration.

Chen uses painting as the primary medium to express her personal experiences and collective ideas based on social research and participatory workshops. She often combines paintings with drawings, objects or installations for diverse viewing experiences.

Chen holds a BFA degree in Fine Art (painting) from the Royal Academy of Art, the Hague in the Netherlands and other degrees in Engineering and Law in Taiwan and several European countries. She has received various grants from Mondriaan fonds, Fonds for Culture Participation, etc. Her artworks are in the Fenix Museum of Migration and Lam Museum collections in the Netherlands.