Hsi-Lun Chen

Hsi-lun Chen is a Taiwanese visual artist and photographer based between London and Taipei.

Through long-term research-based projects, her work explores migration, memory, diaspora and the transformation of urban and social landscapes. Working across photography and moving image, she focuses on communities navigating displacement, belonging and changing environments, often through intimate observations of everyday life.

Artist Residency
2024–25 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Exhibition
▎SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Yigong, Yima (Grandparents), Matsu Folk Culture Museum, Taiwan
2016 Yigong, Yima (Grandparents), Taoyuan City Department of Cultural Affairs, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2015 Yigong, Yima (Grandparents), Edlee Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

▎GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Women and Work, MIRA Artes Performativas, Porto, Portugal
2025 Orange, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, UK
2023 Barely Noticed, Four Corners Film & Photography Centre, London, UK

Awards / Recognition‍ ‍
2024 The Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 166/Shortlisted
2024 PX3, Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris /Honorable Mention
2023 IPA, International Photography Awards /Honorable Mention ＆ Official Selection
2018 IPA, International Photography Awards /Honorable Mention

Publications
2026‍ ‍Visual Poetry Journal — selected artist
2018 The Poem of My Island, Vista Publishing — co-author

Talks & Public Engagement
2025 Symposium, Université Paris Cité — Right to the City, Paris, France
2025 Guest Lecture, Inalco, Paris — Matsu Islands and contemporary Taiwanese society
2024 Artist Talk, Community Association of West Hampstead, London, UK