CHEN LI-FAN
Working with Intangible Cultural Heritage Crafts as a Contemporary Artistic Medium
Through research, fieldwork, and material-based practice, Chen Li-Fan explores the relationships between cultural memory, place, and perception. Drawing upon traditional craft knowledge, her work reinterprets intangible cultural heritage within contemporary artistic contexts, creating new dialogues between history, environment, and lived experience.
SELECTED PROJECTS
One Place, One Reflection
An ongoing artistic project developed through site-specific research, cultural observation, and craft-based inquiry.
Each project begins with a particular place and unfolds through sustained engagement with its history, landscape, ecology, and collective memory. Through the transformation of traditional craft techniques, the work investigates how places are perceived, remembered, and continually reimagined.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Chen Li-Fan
Chen Li-Fan is a Taiwan-based artist and researcher whose practice engages with intangible cultural heritage crafts, material culture, and site-responsive artistic inquiry.
Through long-term research, fieldwork, and making, he investigates how traditional craft knowledge can function as a contemporary artistic language. Her work explores the intersections of cultural memory, local narratives, historical environments, and ecological awareness, seeking new possibilities for craft within contemporary society.
Her projects have been recognized through cultural heritage awards, exhibitions, research publications, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
EXHIBITIONS & RECOGNITION
A selection of exhibitions, collections, awards, and research projects reflecting the ongoing development of Chen Li-Fan's artistic practice.
2026/5 《繫絨與時新》A+文化資產創意獎文資時尚設計類佳作，文化部文化資產局，臺中
2026/1 「恁兜攏按怎拜？從餐桌到神桌的藝術連結」聯展，臺南市美術館，臺南
2025/6 《吉祥永續工藝蔬果禮盒》臺灣綠工藝年度認證，國立臺灣工藝研究發展中心，南投
2025/5 《《一境一鏡》以絨花工藝為核心的場域文化實驗計畫》A+文化資產創意獎文資跨域整合類A+特別獎，文化部文化資產局，臺中
2025/3 《她們》獲紅點設計博物館．廈門館藏證書，中國廈門
2024/8 《她們》臺灣綠工藝年度認證入選，國立臺灣工藝研究發展中心，南投
2023/10 《繁花》A+文化資產創意文資工藝設計類傑出特別獎，文化部文化資產局，臺中
Research & Perspectives
A selection of exhibitions, collections, awards, and research projects reflecting the ongoing development of Chen Li-Fan's artistic practice.
Education & Public Engagement
A selection of exhibitions, collections, awards, and research projects reflecting the ongoing development of Chen Li-Fan's artistic practice.
