Medium into the material and back into becoming another medium. Photography and the photograph bridge their countless reflections, intentions, and personal memories to bring something back, namely the impossible security of being a contemporary Native Taiwanese woman — An offspring of dying Indigenous People (Kavalan) populated more by old amateur photographs than those living today.
Wen-Li Chen is a Taiwanese-born, Saint Paul-based interdisciplinary artist, arts administrator, and graphic designer. 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 takes the form of books, photo essays, photography, videos, found objects, and installations. Wen-Li has shown her works internationally and nationally.
