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Ce Chen is an artist and a researcher based in Cornwall, UK. His artistic practice traverses a diverse spectrum of media, ranges from graphic-based drawings to 3D installations; he plays with linearity, definition, materiality, and the concept of time-space.

Ce's fascination with the Cornish landscape took root many years ago. He was drawn to the idea of how specific landscapes can shape identity and the symbolic potency they can possess. Ce is currently in the final year of the PhD research program at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. His research focuses on the Cornish landscape and identity from the unique perspective of an outsider, exploring these themes through the ethnographic lens.

Ce approaches painting as an agent of provocation. He believes that authorial illustration has introduced a multitude of possibilities for narrative visualization. Traditional elements such as words, themes, and compositions can be harnessed in unique ways to decisively influence the outcome. In the words of Gary Powell, it's about going "back to basics." Ce has immersed himself in these fundamental elements to provoke or invent questions. He employs cross-disciplinary approaches to systematically challenge what seems to be "matter of course" - even if the context is idealised or needs to be fabricated, tuning his practice to challenge the stability of a system, 'like tossing a stone in a dead pond', stimulating response, generating reflection, catalysing new idea.

 

Education

2014 - 2017, University of Brighton, BA (Hons) Illustration

2019 - 2020, Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, MA Fine Art Painting

2020 - 2021, Falmouth University, MA Illustration: Authorial Practice

 2022, Art on the Celtic Fringes 1880 - 1945, short course, University of Oxford

2021 - on going, CCW, UAL, Research Programme PhD

Teaching Experience

2025, seminar & workshop for MA Fine Art Drawing, Camberwell College of Arts, Bakhtinian lens to Cornishness & Identity; Thinking Cross-disciplinarily

2024, seminar & workshop for MA Illustration, Camberwell College of Arts, Initiate Cross-disciplinary Research as an Outsider

2024, seminar & workshop for MA Fine Art Drawing, Camberwell College of Arts, Cross-disciplinary Research in the Context of the Cornish Studies

2022, seminar for Graduate Diploma, Chelsea College of Arts,  Research as an Outsider

Exhibition & Commission Experience

2024.11, Right to Roam, Fish Factory, Penryn

​2024.3, Illustration commission, contributed to Wassa Jesus

2023.11, Nostalgia for Rural Wonderland, Rosso Art Space, Shanghai

2023.9, Spirit of Cornwall, RCM, Truro

2022.7, Poly Summer Exhibition, Falmouth

2022.5 - 6, Off Grid, Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance

2022.3, Meta?, HOAA, Milano; Melbourne

2022.2, Pathway, solo exhibition at Fish Factory, Penryn

2021.11, PerSpectra, Copeland Gallery, London

2021.10, Subject Matters, Lewisham Art House, London

2021.8, Ebb & Flow, Falmouth University Graduate Show, Falmouth

2021.6, Repair, Cornish Bank, Falmouth

2020.10, UAL Graduate Showcase, Online

2020.9, New Faces, Sprout Art, London

2018.11, work commissioned by Shanghai Xirui Co., Ltd.

2018.3, Una Mirada a Andalucía, Solo exhibition, Zuheros, Spain

2017.10-11, contributed to Oh Comely Magazine

2017.7, contributed to Average Art Magazine

2017.7, Two Folds, Bargehouse, London

2017.7, shortlisted in Royal Ulster Academy 136th Annual Exhibition

Contact

c.chen0320192@arts.ac.uk 

marcuschen003@hotmail.com

Ins: @cechenpaints

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