Education
2003
M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts, Goddard College, Vermont, U.S.A.
1991
Graduate certificate program of M. A. in art history, Fine Arts Academy of China, Beijing, China
1990
B.F.A. in Chinese painting, Chinese Cultural University, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition
2022
An (Un)specific Scenery – Lin Chuan-Chu Solo Exhibition, Double Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2020
Interpretation: A Selection of Outdoor Drawing by LIN Chuan-Chu 2018-2020, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
Painting a Mountain, Vigolo Vattaro village church, Trento，Italy
2018
From the Wild,Artchishang Museum，Taitung，Taiwan
2015
Clouds, Last Summer and the Composed, Beyond Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2013
Fifty, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2012
Earth, Water, Fire and Air, Aveda Taipei, Taiwan
2011
Tracing Nostalgia, URS21 Chuagshan Creative Hub, Taipei, Taiwan
2009
Divine Inspiration, Lin and Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
The Barn of My Life, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Improvisation and Regeneration, National Central University Art Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2007
Mother Land, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
A Peasant Life, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Rice for Thoughts: a Performance and Land Art Project in the Paddy, Museum of Tomorrow, Taipei, Taiwan
2006
My Father, My Mother, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
Recollecting My Family Story II, Taishin Bank Arts Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2005
Recollecting My Family Story, Accton Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2004
Gu (grains), INOVA (institute of visual arts), University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin, USA
Typhoon, Galerie UQO (Universite du Quebec en Outaouais), Canada
2003
Gu (grains), National Hsinchu Teachers College Art Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2000
Dialogue with Nature as a Recluse, Providence University Arts Center, Taichung, Taiwan
1999
An Innovative Rhythm of Landscape, National Tsing Hua University Arts Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
1998
Landscape Journal II: Mountain Pass, Caves Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1996
Landscape Journal, Tamsui Art and Cultural Center, Tamsui, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibition
2022
Variation: A Group Show of Contemporary Artists, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2020
Extended Self, the Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
Landscape, the Studio＋Mei Yuan Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2018
From the Wild, Sketch from Home Town, Link Lion, Taipei, Taiwan
2017
Ｍandala of Ink Art, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung. Taiwan
A Decade: Our Urban Imagination and Adventures, Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2016
Dual exhibition of HSU Yu-Jen and LIN Chuan-Chu Exhibition, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
Liberal Arts and the Literati, Ink Painting and Gouache Painting at Tunghai Uni versity , National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Frame of Mind．Texture of Paper, LiaoLiao Bookstore, Shanghai, China
The Road Not Taken Ch.1, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
A Place of One’s Own, Juming Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
ReVision: MSAC 5th Anniversary Special Presentation, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 IT PARK Limited Editions, IT PARK, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
Body / Narrator, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Deep Spring in the South, Pingtung Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
Parallel Exhibition of 2014 Shanghai New Ink Painting Art Exhibition/ On-Site: Cross-Contextual Ink Art Experience, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
Huá xīng qiū yuè, Beyond Gallery, Shanghai, China
Sinitic Character & Writing in Daily Life, National Taiwan Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The Taiwanese Tone, Ink Art on site: Sections of Development and Research of Ink Collection and Dialogue - Taiwan’s Contemporary Ink Painting, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2013
Spring Wondering, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Beyond Rules, Art Center of Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
25+1, IT Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2012
Beyond Representation: An Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Tiancheng Auction, Hong Kong
Phantoms of Asian, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
Yes, Taiwan: 2012 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2011
Medi(t)ation: Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2010
Landscape in Transformation, Yuehu Museum of Arts at Shanghai Sculpture Park, Shanghai, China
Going Green - Taiwan's New Environmental Art, Queens Botanical Garden, NY, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke Art Gallery Text of the Other Book, Song Zhang Art Festival, Beijing
Painting with Silk String, Taiwan Folk Arts Museum, organized by Chinese Qin Association
2009
Cow Parade Taipei, Huashan Cultural Park and National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The New Aspect: Exhibition of Contemporary Cross-Strait Ink Painting, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
The Scenery of Grotesque, MOT ARTS, Taiwan
Love, Galerie Pierre Taichung, Taiwan
A Peep Into Taiwan Contemporary Works on Paper, Chi-wen Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Wind fron the South: The Contemporary Art of Taiwan, O Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2008
The New Year Exhibition, Lin and Keng Gallery, Taipei and Beijing
Bubble Tea: Art in Taiwan and its Contemporary Mutations,Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech
Youth, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
Fusing International Biennale, Fusing Barn, Changhua, Taiwan
Sweeties, IT Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Shanghai Biennial, Fine Arts Museum of Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2007
Public Displays of Affection, University of D.C., Seattle, USA
Panorama: Australian & Taiwanese Artists Investigating the View, Charcoal Interiors, Brisbane, Australia / Museum at National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Manga Influence’s in Contemporary Art, Maison des Arts et de la Culture, Créteil, France
Borderline Video Festival, Platform China Institute, Beijing, China
Animamix Biennial :From Modernity to Eternity, MoCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2006
The New Dimension of Ink Painting, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan Revival: New Ink Art,Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai, China
The Educational Exhibition of Taiwan Contemporary Arts, MoCA Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Ink Painting Biennial, Dr. Sun Yi-sun Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2005
Qin, Tea, Calligraphy and Painting, Chi-wen Galley, Taipei, Taiwan
Literati Esthetics in Contemporary Calligraphy, Tung-hai University Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Kuandu Extravaganza: Exhibition of Modern Art in Taiwan, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
The 4th Taiwan International Performance Art Festival, Taipei Artists Village, Taipei, Taiwan
Mogu Mogu, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2004
On Line, Chi-wen Galley, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Show of Wasanii International Workshop, Lamu Fort of National Museum, Kenya
Group Show of Taipei Fine Art Museum Annual Award, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The 6th Taipei Arts Festival, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan
The Memories, Taipei Artists Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2003
The Possibility of Ink, Thunghai University and Providence University Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
The Scale of Timing: Art Today in Taiwan after WWII, Chang-lui Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The Literati Aesthetics in the 21st Century, Jeff Hsu’s Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Literati and I: Dialogue between Yu Peng and Lin Chuan-chu, Mulan Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2002
The 3RD National Book & Paper Arts Biennial Exhibition,Columbia College, Chicago, USA
2003
Red River Film Festival, New Hampshire Technical Institute, USA
Taiwan Avant-Garde Documentary Exhibition, organized by Chinese Cultural Association, Taipei, Taiwan
2000
Asian American Heritage Month Art Display, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, USA
1999
Contemporary Art of the Oriental Soul,Art Center of Komushen Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
Visions of Pluralism: Contemporary Art in Taiwan, National Museum of China, Beijing / History Museum of Taiwan, Taipei
Art Fair
2022
FLAME TP, Double Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
Art Tainan, Mind Set Art Center, Tainan, Taiwan
2010
Taipei Art Fair, Mot Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008
Taipei Art Fair, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Stage, Singapore
Award
1999 The First Price of Prose Writing, Taipei Literature Award
Publication
2017
Mother Earth & Landscapes Along the Road．San Sing Tang Graphic Design
2011
Tracing Nostalgia, MOT Arts Gallery
2009
Rice for Thoughts, JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture Divine Inspiration, Lin and Keng Gallery
2009
Improvisation and Regeneration, National Central University Art Center
2007
Recollecting My Family Story, Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture
2005
Yu Chenyao- the Master beyond Mainstream (art history and critic), Artists Publishing Co.
2001
The Ubieties I have ever been (prose), Tan-pei Publication Group,
2000
Dialogue with Nature as a recluse (paintings and prose writing), Providence University & National Tsing Hua University Arts Center
1998
Biography of Yu Chenyao (biography and art history), Hsiung Shih Books Co.
1998
Landscape Journal exhibition catalogue, (paintings) Caves Art Center
1997
Biography of Pu Xinyu (biography and art history), Hsiung Shih Books Co.
Public Collection
2017 Taipei Fine Arts Museum
2014 Ｗhite Rabbit Gallery
2011 Spring and Thatcheded Cottage museum
2010 Yuehu Museum of Arts at Shanghai Sculpture Park
2009 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
2008 Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts