Wen-Li Chen is a Taiwanese-born, Saint Paul-based interdisciplinary visual artist, art educator, and visual communication designer. She received her M.Des focus on photography from The Glasgow School of Art in the UK.
Wen-Li is moved to encounter and present intergeneration, dwelling, and inheritance through oblique poetics, vulnerable histories, enduring relationships, and personal experiences. Her artwork often includes, but is not limited to, books, photo essays, photography, videos, found objects, and installations.
Wen-Li has shown her works internationally and nationally. In addition, she has done projects, received grants, and collaborated with several international organizations, such as the Warhol Foundation (USA), the Ministry of Culture (Taiwan), Taiwan Academy (NYC), and the National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan).
Recently commissioned works include what opens - like a blaze of fire (artist book collaborated with Twin Cities-based artists and poets - Charles Manson Lume, Joyce Sutphen, Galilee Peaches, 2020-21), The Sheer Of Aboutlessness Of Being (artist book collaborated with Twin Cities-based artists Charles Manson Lume and Andy Sturdevant, 2018).
Previously, she taught graphic design, art photography, and critique seminars at UW-Stout and MCAD.
Currently she is an adjunct, teaching at St. Cloud State University.
Wen-Li is moved to encounter and present intergeneration, dwelling, and inheritance through oblique poetics, vulnerable histories, enduring relationships, and personal experiences. Her artwork often includes, but is not limited to, books, photo essays, photography, videos, found objects, and installations.
Wen-Li has shown her works internationally and nationally. In addition, she has done projects, received grants, and collaborated with several international organizations, such as the Warhol Foundation (USA), the Ministry of Culture (Taiwan), Taiwan Academy (NYC), and the National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan).
Recently commissioned works include what opens - like a blaze of fire (artist book collaborated with Twin Cities-based artists and poets - Charles Manson Lume, Joyce Sutphen, Galilee Peaches, 2020-21), The Sheer Of Aboutlessness Of Being (artist book collaborated with Twin Cities-based artists Charles Manson Lume and Andy Sturdevant, 2018).
Previously, she taught graphic design, art photography, and critique seminars at UW-Stout and MCAD.
Currently she is an adjunct, teaching at St. Cloud State University.
A passionate, creative worker who brings a unique perspective to sequential art, presenting narratives in a non-traditional way.
Services
- Artist Project Consultation
- Graphic Design in Print and Digital
- Art Photography Documentation
- Book/Publication Design
- Collaboration with Creative Practitioners
- Design Lecture
- Art Workshop