YAWEN CHIEN

Yawen Chien
Yawen Chien was born in Taiwan and currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied MA digital Media in UK. She received extensive training in Chinese painting and watercolor in Taiwan. Her Design and Illustrations has been used on CD covers, posters, furniture catalogs, custom product design, weddings and event designs. Her abstract work is largely influenced by underground art. Her works have been shown in Taiwan, South Korea and North America. Her practice and teaching experience spans painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and book art. Most recently, she has been working on a multimedia project incorporating illustrations, design and performing arts.
Exhibitions
Group show
2021
'Holding The Moment" April show, San Jose Airport
2020
'Holding The Moment" December show, San Jose Airport
Citadel Art Gallery
'Holding The Moment" San Jose Airport
Citadel Art Gallery
2019
Unseen/Seer, Citadel Art Gallery
Metamorphosis, Citadel Art Gallery
2018
Originals & Reproductions, Citadel Art Gallery
GAIA- Age of Climate Change, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
Eye Of The Beholder, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
Homage, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
2017
Message In the Bottle, San Francisco Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation Art show
2016
San Francisco, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
Snapchat interactive show, Internet Archive
2015
Flora & Fauna, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
The Blues, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
San Francisco Impressions, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
2014
In the Round II, Graven Feather Gallery, Canada
2013
Embrace, Sanjhih No2 Gallery, Taiwan
In the Round I, Graven Feather Gallery, Canada
2011
Placard art, Korea
Pacific art League, Palo Alto, CA
Landscape of portrait, KCI Gallery
2010
Olive Hyde Art Center, Fremont, CA
BL Gallery, Portugal & England
Book Art Jam, Los Altos, CA
Placard art, Korea
Elemental, KCI Gallery, Los Altos, CA
Award
Merit award: The Blues, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
'Holding The Moment" San Jose Airport show award
Member
Fuse Presents: The Citadel Artist
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society
Bay Area Book Artists
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
Solo show
2019
Moment, San Francisco Zen Center
2016
Memories of the city, Fire Horse Hair Salon, San Francisco
2015
La Promenade Cafe, San Francisco
2012
Wind Brings light, Sanjhih No2 Gallery, Taiwan
Publication
2021
'Home Is Wherever I Go' Feb 22, 2021 Beaver's Pond Publishing
2016
Zen Cones: a cumulative meditation (Photography), October 23, 2016, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform