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Shen Chao-Liang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, in 1968. He obtained his master’s degree from the Graduate School of the Applied Media Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts. He worked as a photojournalist and vice convenor for the Entertainment, Art and Literature News Center of the Liberty Times, the artist in residence at National Central University, Taiwan, and chairman of the Portfolio Review Committee, Young Art Taipei.

Shen has dedicated to feature photography since 1993, starting from his early works of Reflections of Nan-Fang-Ao (2001) to the latter series of YULAN Magnolia Flower (2008), Tsukiji Fish Market (2010) , STAGE (2011) , SINGERS & STAGES (2013) and Taiwanese Vaudeville Troupes (2016) . The collection of works focuses on the social landscapes and life conditions on the realities of the day, and strives through photography to formulate reader consciousness while at the same time fostering dialogue.

Shen won the Golden Tripod Award for Best Photography (magazine category) of R.O.C.(Taiwan) in 2000, 2002 and 2012, the Asia Award in Sagamihara, Japan (2004), the Dong-gang Photography Award, Korea (2006), the Artists Wanted: Photography Category Award, NY, USA (2011), and the IPA (International Photography Awards) 1st Place in Professional: Book of Documentary, LA, USA (2012), 2015 The Best Publish Award, Dali International Photography Exhibition, and the 2015 Wu San-Lien Award, respectively.

In addition to being published in journals home and abroad, Shen’s works have been exhibited in museums and art institutions in the United States, Canada, France, UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Cambodia and PRC China. His photographs have been entered into the collections of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, and Sagamihara Gallery.

Curated events included the Photo Portfolio Review Program of Young Art Taipei, On the Cutting Edge: Aspects of Korean Contemporary Photography, Emerging Photographers in Taiwan, The Journey of a Lifetime–The Photo Exhibition of Chang Chao-tang, and the Yet Another Gaze – A New Horizon for Contemporary Taiwanese Photography. Aside from his endeavors in photographic creation, commentary and research, Shen currently teaches photography as associate professor at National Taiwan University of Artsy.

birth year
1968
Place of Birth
Tainan
Taiwan
education
2005
MFA Graduate School of the Applied Media Arts
National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
1995
Department of Visual Art
Nippon Engineering College, Tokyo, Japan
1989
Department of Motion Pictures Production Program
The World College of Journalism, Taipei, Taiwan
experience
2017
Present Position
National Taiwan University of Arts Adjunct Associate Professor
2010
Present Position
Tamkang University Adjunct Assistant Professor
2010
Present Position
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Adjunct Assistant Professor
2010
Present Position
National Chengchi University Adjunct Assistant Professor
2003-2008
Resigned
Entertainment, Art and Literature News Center of the Liberty Times, Taiwan Deputy Chief Photographer
1996-2003
Resigned
Staff Photojournalist Liberty Times, Taiwan
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2017
STAGE
Kwang Hwa Information & Culture Center , Hong Kong
2017
STAGE
National Chiao Tung University Arts Center , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2016
STAGE
Taiwan Culture Center , Tokyo , Japan
2015
STAGE
Cultural Center of Yunlin County, College of Art, Fu Jen Catholic University, Art Gallery of NCCU Art & Culture Center , Yunlin, New Taipei, Taipei , Taiwan
2013
STAGE
The Salt Yard , Hong Kong
2013
STAGE
Dina Mitrani Gallery , Miami , USA
2013
Illusion Reality
The Pier-2 Art Center B8 Warehouse , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2013
STAGE
VVG Thinking , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Illusion Reality
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
STAGE
AJG Gallery , Sevilla , Spain
2011
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao
EPSON Imaging Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2011
STAGE
Harbourfront Centre Photo gallery , Toronto , Canada
2011
STAGE, 2011 Hong Kong International Art Fair
, Hong Kong
2011
STAGE
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York , New York , USA
2011
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao
EPSON Imaging Gallery , Shanghai , China
2010
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao
EPSON Imaging Gallery , Beijing , China
2010
Illusionm Reality-“STAGE”
Fotoaura Institute of Photography , Tainan , Taiwan
2010
STAGE
AKI Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
STAGE, 2010 Art Taipei
Taipei , Taiwan
2010
STAGE
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Nikon Salon Photo Gallery , Osaka, Tokyo , Japan
2009
The Everyday Minutiae: Shen Chao-Liang’s Photographs
National Central University Art Center , Jungli , Taiwan
2009
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao
Taipei American School Art Department Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2008
YULAN Magnolia Flowers
Taiwan International Visual Arts Center (TIVAC) , Taipei , Taiwan
2006
STAGE
PLACE M Photo Gallery , Tokyo , Japan
2006
Taiwanese Vaudeville Troupes, Dong-gang Photo Festival
Dong-gang Museum of Photography , Gangwon-do , Korea
2006
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao, Green International Film Festival in Taiwan
Red Brick Hall , Yilan , Taiwan
2006
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao
NHCTC Artist Space , Hsinchu , Taiwan
2005
Happy Landing: A Family Photo Album
NTUA Arts Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2004
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao
Taiwan International Visual Arts Center (TIVAC) , Taipei , Taiwan
1999
Fish Market in Tsukiji: The People and Gods of Asakusa
FNAC Photo Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2017
Power, Haunting, and Resilience
Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University , Ithaca , USA
2017
ART SOUTERRAIN
Montreal , Canada
2017
Soulangh International Contemporary Art Festival
Tainan , Taiwan
2016
Taipei Photo
Taipei , Taiwan
2015
Taiwan Pavilion - EXPO Milano 2015
Milano , Italy
2015
Dali International Photography Exhibition
Dali , China
2014
PHOTOPHNOMPENH
Phnompen , Cambodia
2014
Lianzhou Foto
Lianzhou , China
2014
Copenhangen Photo Festival
Copenhangen , Demark
2014
The Other/The Distance: Cross-Strait Contemporary Art Exchange
Hubei Museum of Art , Wuhan , China
2013
From Subverting Reality to Creating Reality – Contemporary Art in Post-Martial Law Taiwan
Asia Museum of Modern Art , Taichung , Taiwan
2013
Gazing into Freedom: Taiwan Contemporary Art Exhibition
The Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina , Novi Sad , Serbian
2013
Noorderlicht Photofestival
Groningen , Netherlands
2013
Belo Horizonte International Photography Festival
Belo Horizonte , Brazil
2013
2013 Belfast Photo Festival
Belfast , UK
2012
Reality.Representation: New Acquisition of Photography
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
2012 Taipei Photography Festival
Taipei , Taiwan
2012
International Photography Festival GuatePhoto
Guatemala City , Guatemala
2012
Into Society: Critical Realism in Taiwanese Photographic Arts since 1990
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2012
Singapore International Photography Festival
Singapore
2012
2012 FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA International Photography Festival
San Antonio , USA
2012
Photoespana Descubrimientos PHE
Madrid , Spain
2011
Asian Fictions
Cultural Center of the Catholic University , Lima , Peru
2011
2011 Ulsan International Photography Festival
Ulsan , Korea
2011
2011 PHOTOQUAI
Paris , France
2011
Flourishing and Flowing, A Contemporary Art Exhibition across the Strait 2011
National Art Museum of China , Beijing , China
2011
Flourishing and Flowing, A Contemporary Art Exhibition across the Strait 2011
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2010
Gazing The Coastlines
LUOCA Gallery for Contemporary Art , Xiamen , China
2010
2010 Taipei Arts Award
Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2010
Taiwan Classic Photography Exhibition
Shin Kong Mitsukoshi , Tainan , Taiwan
2010
2010 Taiwan Biennial
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2010
2010 Sh Contemporary
Shanghai , China
2010
2010 Dali International Photo Festival
Yunnan , China
2010
Youthful Stories: Artist-in-Residence Photography Workshop Exhibition
National Central University Art Center , Zhongli , Taiwan
2010
Rear Window
MOCA Taipei , Taipei , Taiwan
2009
Photo Taipei 2009
Taipei , Taiwan
2009
Exhibition of Taipei-Pingyao Exchanges of Photography Culture, 2009
Taipei , Taiwan
2009
2009 GETXOPHOTO International Photo Festival
Bilbao , Spain
2008
2008 Deagu Photo Biennale
Deagu , Korea
2006
"The Era of Image Deciphering” the Asia Pacific Forum on Photography in Taiwan
the Society for the Photographic Education of Chinese, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center (TIVAC) , Taipei , Taiwan
2006
Collective Exhibition of Past Golden Tripod Award Winners for Best Photography (magazine category), the Executive Yuan, Taiwan
World Trade Center , Taipei , Taiwan
2005
Photographic Projec: Images of Dimension, Chiayi Art Festival on the Tropic of Cancer
Chiayi , Taiwan
2005
 
Nikon Photo Gallery , Tokyo , Japan
2004
 
Sagamihara City Gallery , Sagamihara , Japan
2004
Works of eight Taiwanese photographers, Pingyao International Photography Festival
Shanxi , China
2002
Asian Super Real Life
Portside Gallery , Yokohama , Japan
2002
Living in a City, 2002 Asia Photo Biennale
La Mer , Seoul , Korea
2001
921 Earthquake - Records of Chungliao, the International Conference on Art Therapy Education
National Taipei Teachers College , Taipei , Taiwan
2001
Identity and Identification, 921 Earthquake Second Anniversary
Earthquake Educational Park , Taichung , Taiwan
2000
From Traditional Photography to Digital Images, 3rd Taipei International Fotofest
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall , Taipei , Taiwan
2000
Records of Chungliao: Rediscovering Our Homeland After the 921 Earthquake
Eslite Art Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2009
National Central University
Zhongli , Taiwan
2017
Book
Taiwanese Vaudeville Troupes
Taiwan: Shen Chao-Liang
2013
Book
SINGERS & STAGES
Taiwan: Shen Chao-Liang
2012
Book
Illusion Reality
Taiwan: Taipei Fine Arts Museum
2011
Book
STAGE
Taiwan: Shen Chao-Liang
2010
Book
Tsukiji Fish Market
Taiwan: Shen Chao-Liang
2009
Book
The Everyday Minutiae: Shen Chao-Liang’s Photographs
Taiwan: National Central University Art Center
2008
Book
YULAN Magnolia Flowers
Taiwan: Shen Chao-Liang
2007
Book
The Rise and Fall of Nan-fang-ao Theater
Taiwan: INK
2006
Book
Dong-gang Photo Festival 2006
Korea: Dong-gang Photo Village
2001
Book
Reflections of Nan-fang-ao
Taiwan: The Earth Co. Ltd.
1997
Book
Brand 9 - the Creative Ideas of the World’s Nine Best-selling Brands
Taiwan: Rock Publications Co. Ltd.
2015
 
Wu San-Lien Award
 
Taipei , Taiwan
2015
 
The Best Publish Award
Dali International Photography Exhibition
Dali , China
2012
1st Place, Book of Documentary Category, 2nd Place, Self Published Category (PRO)
International Photography Award (IPA)
 
LA , USA
2012
Best Photography(magazine category)
The Golden Tripod Award
Ministry of Culture
Taiwan
2012
Photography Category Award Winner (Year in Review 2011)
Artists Wanted
 
New York , USA
2010
Honorable Mention
2010 Taipei Art Award
 
Taipei , Taiwan
2006
 
Dong-gang Photography Award
Dong-gang Photo Festival
Korea
2004
Asia Prize
 
General Photography Festival
Sagamihara , Japan
2002
Best Photography (magazine category)
The Golden Tripod Award
the Executive Yuan
Taiwan
2001
 
Bright Side of Society Award for photojournalism
 
Taiwan
2000
Best Photography (magazine category)
The Golden Tripod Award
the Executive Yuan
Taiwan
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