Artist Joseph Chen on grappling with identity, the negative image of queer people, and Virtue Village.
Artist and Director of Culture Eaton, Joseph Chen
Ep.29 | Joseph Chen is an artist and the director of culture at Eaton in Hong Kong. We met at his work and discussed Joseph’s group exhibition at the PHD Group, his collaboration with Cas Wong, the research he conducts, and we talked about his personal experience of gender fluidity in Hong Kong.
Joseph Chen King Yuen is an artist and curator based in Hong Kong, currently the Director of Culture at Eaton HK. Joseph is the co-founder of Virtue Village, Aurora Trip Sitter, and the member of Video Cypher. His practice revolves around video art, also involving still images, installation, and performance. His artworks deal with the found materials and the post-internet experience, with an emphasis on the absurdity and ambiguity of myth/religion, pop/subculture, and low/loud aesthetic.
His works have been shown around the world, including Denny Dimin Gallery (New York), HOME (Manchester), PHOTOFAIRS (Shanghai), KLEX (Kuala Lumpur), Tai Kwun (Hong Kong), and ARTnSHELTER (Tokyo). He recently received the Media Arts Emerging Artist Scheme of Project Grant from Hong Kong Arts Development Council for his solo project, Shameplant in Glory Hole, presented by Videotage from 19 Jun 2021 to 17 Jul 2021, and curated the exhibition The Third South Sour Water / Performance and Visual Art Festival: Hong Kong Unit - 爆mon in Waley Art (Taipei). His video Invisible Rock was awarded Special Mention in the Open Category of the 19th ifva Award.
Joseph Chen & Cas Wong, Photos by Zed Leets. Courtesy the artists and PHD Group, Hong Kong.
Joseph Chen & Cas Wong, Photos by Zed Leets. Courtesy the artists and PHD Group, Hong Kong.
Joseph Chen & Cas Wong, Photos by Zed Leets. Courtesy the artists and PHD Group, Hong Kong.
Website: www.josephchenart.co | www.eatonworkshop.com
Instagram: @chenyuen1314
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