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Chien-Chi Chang statement | biography | links + press

born Taiwan 1961

EDUCATION
1980-1984 Soochow University, Taiwan, BA English Literature
1989-1990 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, MS Education
1991-1995 Seattle Times, Baltimore Sun, Photographer
1995-present Magnum Photos, Member

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, Florida
Julie Saul Gallery, New York

2003 Hanart Taipei, Taiwan Moma Contemporary Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan

2002 The Chain, MOMA Contemporary, Fukuoka, Japan

2001 The Chain, Photographs by Chien-Chi Chang, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan

1994 Made in China, Southstreet Seaport Museum, New York NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
The Museum of City of New York, New York

2003
Stranger, 1st International Center of Photography Triennial, New York NY
Galerie du Petit Château, Sceaux
Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
PhotoEspana, Madrid
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan

2002
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, New York NY
The Chain, 25th Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei

2001
Living Cell, 49th Biennale di Venezia, Italy
Moving Walls, Open Society Institute, New York NY
Magnum, Barbican Center, London; Seibu Gallery, Tokyo; Bibliotheque Nationale de France,

2000 Paris; New York Historical Society, New York NY

1999
Fieldwork, Kladaradtsch Palace, Brussels, Beligum
The Pursuit of Happiness: A Global Visual Documentary on Human Rights Alternative Museum,
New York NY

1992 Small Town America, International Center of Photography Museum, New York NY

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2003
"ICP Looks to the Past and the Future," ART on Paper, January-February, Vol.7, No.4
"ICP Announces 2003 Triennial," Photo District News, February
"First photo triennial opens at the International Center of Photography," The Post-Standard, September 13.
On Exhibit ICP Triennial, AOL Visions, September Taylor Holliday, "Two Exhibitions Take the Pulse of Photography Today…," The Wall Street Journal, October 21.
Jay DeFoore, "ICP Gets Contemporary With 2003 Triennial," PDN Online
Frederick M. Winship, "Photography Center's first triennial show," The Washington Times, United Press International
"Strangers: The First International Center of Photography's Triennial of Photography and Video," Metro Arts, September
Damaso Reyes, "Strangers: The First ICP Triennial," The New York Amsterdam News, October 16
Henriette Vath-Hinz, "Strangers - Fremde in New York," Photonews, November

2002
Rachel Donadio, "Photo Center Wants Brighter Image," New York Sun, November 14.
Nico Israel, "XXV Bienal De Sao Paulo," ARTFORUM, Summer
Joanna Lehan, "In Print," Photo District News, August
Matthew Guy Nichols, "Chien-Chi Chang," Ken Lassiter, Photographer's Forum, pp 18-23, Spring
The Chain, London, Trolley Ltd., 2002, monograph

2001
Ken Lassiter, "Chien-Chi Chang: Still Opening Doors of Opportunity," Photographer's Forum, Fall
I do I do I do, Taipei, Premier Foundation, 2001, monograph

2000
Abigail Foerstner, "The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography: Chien-Chi Chang," Camera Arts, pp. 24 - 29 August/September
Juan I-Jong, "An Interview with Chien-Chi Chang,"

1999 Patricia Brown, "Chien-Chi Chang's Cultural Journey," Photo District News, December

AWARDS
2000
W. Eugene Smith Award on Humanistic Photography, USA

1999
Magazine Photographer of the Year, NPPA, USA, 1999 Daily Life, World Press Photo,
First Place, The Netherlands

1999
Golden Award, Visa Pour L'image, Perpignan, France
Magazine Feature Story, First Place, NPPA, USA

COLLECTIONS
LA County Museum of Art
Queens Museum of Art
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Taiwan Museum of Art


The Chain 1998 [view images]