Hsi-lun Chen

Photographer & Moving Image

Working with photography and long-term research-based projects on diaspora, memory, and migration. Based in London.

Artist Residency

2024–25 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Exhibition

▎YIGONG, YIMA(Grandparents) ── the Elderly in Matsu

Solo exhibitions:

Edlee Gallery, Taipei; Taoyuan City Department of Cultural Affairs; Matsu Folk Culture Museum, Taiwan. 

▎Barely Noticed

Group exhibition, Four Corners Film and photography centre, London, UK

▎Orange

Group exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow

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

The Poem of My Island — Vista Publishing, 2018, co-author (visual content) and book designer

Talks & Academic Engagement

▎Université Paris Cité — Symposium Right to the City

▎Inalco, Paris — Guest Lecture on Matsu Islands and contemporary Taiwanese society

▎Community Association of West Hampstead, UK — Artist talk