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BIO
Dengke Chen is currently Assistant Professor of Digital Arts, Department of Creative Arts, Stetson University, Florida. He received his Master of Fine Arts in New Media from Pennsylvania State University and his Bachelor of Arts in Animation from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. His practice concentrates on new media art, 3D animation, computer games, illustration and comic art, traditional animation, and 3D motion graphics. Unlike the single narrative storytelling techniques used in traditional animations to amuse and entertain audiences, Chen's animations have nonlinear narratives that engage viewers to critically reflect on social and ethical issues. Through animation based on art practice, by projecting his thoughts and personal experience on distorted stories, Chen propose new insights and compels audiences to think about the unvarnished beauty and ugliness of the world. By bringing awareness of social problems and ethical issues, Chen uses his art to help his audience envision a world where every sentient being can live in harmony. |
CURRICULUM VITA - CHEN DECEMBER 2017
[EXPERIENCE]
Assistant Professor, 08/2015 ~ Present
Department of Creative Arts, Stetson University
Adjunct Professor, 08/2014 ~ 05/2015
School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Instructor, 08/2013 ~ 05/2014
School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 01/2013 ~ 05/2013
School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Research Assistant, 01/2013 ~ 05/2014
Department of Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University
Art Director, 07/2010 ~ 07/2012
Wisdom Tree, China Central Television (CCTV)
[EDUCATION]
The Pennsylvania State University 08/2012 ~ 08/2014
Master of Fine Arts, New Media
Concentrations: New Media Art, 3D Animation, Computer Game
China Central Academy of Fine Arts 09/2006 ~ 07/2010
Bachelor of Arts, Animation
Concentrations: Illustration and Comic Art, 3D Animation, Traditional Animation, 3D Motion Graphics
[EXHIBITIONS]
Breathe the Machine, July 18, 2020
Exhibition at the Electronic Literature Organization Conference
The University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
[create]ures: Animals in Contemporary Art. Nov. 21, 2019 - Feb. 9, 2020
Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
Dengke Chen Solo Exhibition - Reframing Imagery.
Exhibition: Nov. 2 - Dec. 7, 2019. Artist Talk: Nov. 4 at 6 PM.
The Fine Arts Gallery, the College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV
Breathe the Machine, Sep. 24, 2019
Exhibition at the Workshop Block 4, Stetson Values Day 2019
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
The &Now Festival of Innovative Writing. Sep. 19-22, 2019
The University of Washington, Bothell, WA
Building Bridge - Yangon. July. 17 - 30, 2019
The Old Tourist Burma Building, Yangon, Myanmar
Breathe the Machine, Apr. 5, 2019
Exhibition at the Closing Reception of the Stetson Colloquium 2019
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
‘CITY UNSEEN’. Nov. 02, 2018-Jan. 12, 2019
Snap! Space, Orlando, FL
Dengke Chen, Goran Fazil, and Aaron Oldenburg: In Play, Flow, and Ritual
Exhibition. Sep. 17 - Oct. 12, 2018. Artist Talk: Sep 27 at 5 PM
King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
The Last Image Show. Sep. 11- 23, 2018
Tanganyika National Library, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dengke Chen Solo Exhibition – Humanimal Kingdom. Sep. 6- 28, 2018
North Charleston City Gallery, Cultural Arts Department, North Charleston, SC
The Anniversary Art Exhibition. Apr. 7 - May. 30, 2018
Ralwins Art Gallery, Ellaville, GA
Honorable Mention
Climate Change Juried Exhibition. April 4 - 28, 2018
Art Reach of Mid-Michigan, Mount Pleasant, MI
Building Bridge. International Digital & New Media Art Exhibition. Mar. 17 - 28, 2018
Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
10th Annual National Juried Exhibition. Mar. 15 - Jun. 3, 2018.
Willard Arts Center, 498 A Street, Idaho Falls, ID
The 39th Annual Paper In Particular Exhibition. Feb. 19- Mar. 30, 2018
Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
Building Bridge. International Digital & New Media Art Exhibition. Feb. 2 - 12, 2018
Art Konsult, New Delhi, India
The 9th Annual Drawing Discourse International Exhibition. Jan. 19 - Feb. 23, 2018
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina Asheville, NC
Building Bridge. International Digital & New Media Art Exhibition. Jan. 10 - 21, 2018
Art Multi-Disciplines, Kolkata, India
Second Place Award Winner
The 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition. Jan. 8 - Feb. 16, 2018
Carroll Gallery at the Visual Arts Center, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Holiday Small Works Exhibition. Dec. 2 - Dec. 30, 2017
Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Art as Information Exhibition. Nov. 30, 2017 - Jan. 26, 2018
The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
Art Connections 13 Annual Juried Exhibition. Nov. 19-Dec. 16, 2017
George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, NJ
Enlightenment Exhibition. Nov. 17 - Nov. 30, 2017
LIT Art Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Critical Concerns Exhibition. Oct. 28 - Nov. 16, 2017
Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Mount Mercy University, IA
FL3TCH3R. 5th Annual International Juried Exhibition of Socially and Politically Engaged Art. Oct. 9 - Dec. 15, 2017
Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Implement for Removing Foreign Bodies. Oct. 6, 2017
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
Bright Summer Exhibition. July 15-Aug. 31, 2017
Ralwins Art Gallery, Ellaville, GA
First Place Award Winner
30th September Competition Exhibition. Jun. 2nd-Sep. 23rd, 2017
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
PETS and PEOPLE Juried Exhibition. June 1-July 1, 2017
311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Imaginary Fantasy. Apr. 7-Jun. 12, 2017
Changsha Zhiben Art Museum, Hunan, China
30th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition. Apr. 6-May. 12, 2017.
Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Faculty Focus Exhibition. Jan. 20-Mar. 3, 2017
Hand Art Center, Stetson University, FL
Aniramic, Ingenuity Art Fair. Oct. 2-4, 2015
Great Lakes Science Center, Cleverland, Ohio
The Hidden Moving Image. Jun. 30 to July 10, 2014
Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Hosted by: China Central Academy of Fine Arts & Yan Huang Art Museum
Aniramic - Dengke Chen MFA Thesis Exhibition. Apr. 21-25, 2014
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Stop, Collaborate and Listen. Feb. 21, 2014
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
Delivering the Goods Phase II. Feb. 10-21, 2014
Borland Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
Delivering the Goods Phase I. Oct. 30 to Nov. 15, 2013
Kaufman Gallery, Shippensburg University
Novis Oculi. July 3-20, 2013
Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia
Penn State Graduate Research Exhibition 2013. Mar. 22 to Apr. 24, 2013
Hub-Robeson Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
Sin-thuh-sahyz. Feb. 4-14, 2013
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
[FESTIVAL SELECTIONS]
Factory. 2013. Hand drawn animation
Official Selection
Food Film Festival
Exhibited from September 15 to 20, 2015 at Sentierone, Bergamo, Italia
Official Selection
2nd Life After Oil International Film Festival
Exhibited from August 7 to 9, 2015 at Sardegna, Italia
Official Selection
XVI Fantosfreak Festival
Exhibited from July 13 to 17, 2015 at Cerdanyola, Spain
Preselection
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival (3rd edition)
Exhibited at 13:00 on October, 27, 2014 in “Sever” Cinema, 68/15 Niomanskaya Street, Minsk, Belarus
Official Selection
Kinofest 2014
Exhibited from September 26 to 28 at Bucuresti, Romanian
Audience Award
XXV Marató de cinema fantàstic i de terror de Sants
Exhibited on November 12, 2013 at Sants, Spain
Official Selection
Bideodromo Internacional Experimental Film and Video Festival 2013
Exhibited on October 29, 2013 at Bilbao, Spain
International Special Show
Farinha Film Festival
Exhibited from October 16 to 19, 2013 at Patos - Paraiba, Brazil
Special Guests Exhibition
MAIPU CORTOS 2013
Exhibited from October 4 to 6, 2013 at Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exhibition at International section
Rodando Film Festival 2013
Exhibited at San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Official Selection
VII Festival Alto Vicentino 2013
Exhibited from June 20 to 23, 2013 at Villa Rossi and Santorso, Italy
Official Selection
12th Asian Film Festival of Dallas
Exhibited from July 11 to 18, 2013 at Angelika Film Center, Dallas
Official Selection
Opera Prima Film Festival 2013
Exhibited from June 4 to 8, 2013 at Granada, Spain
Official Selection
Costa Rica International Film Festival 2013
Exhibited from June 28 to 30 at El Sano Banano Village Hotel and Hotel Amor de Mar, Montezuma, Costa Rica
Official Selection
Salón Internacional de La Luz 2013
Exhibited from May 7 to 13, 2013 at Bogota, Colombia
Hunting. 2012. Hand drawn animation.
Official Selection
2nd Life After Oil International Film Festival
Exhibited from August 7 to 9, 2015 at Sardegna, Italia
Official Selection
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival (3rd edition)
Exhibited on October 27, 2014 in “Sever” Cinema, 68/15 Niomanskaya Street, Minsk, Belarus
Official Selection
Kinofest 2014
Exhibited from September 26 to 28, 2014 at Bucuresti, Romanian
Official Selection
XXV Marató de cinema fantàstic i de terror de Sants
Exhibited on November 12, 2013 at Sants, Spain
[PRESENTATIONS]
Artist Talk: Augmented Reality Art. Nov. 4, 2019
College of Southern Nevada, NV, USA
Artist Talk: Augmented Reality Art. Sep 27, 2018
Montgomery College, MD, USA
Hair Simulation in 3D Animation. May. 24, 2016.
Ping Xiang College, China. (萍乡学院)
Contemporary Art and Animation. Dec. 4, 2015.
Central China Normal University, China. （华中师范大学）
Artist Talk: Animation and Installation Art. 2014. Juniata College, PA, USA.
Artist Talk: Traditional Animation Techniques. 2013. Juniata College, PA, USA.
[EXPERIENCE]
Assistant Professor, 08/2015 ~ Present
Department of Creative Arts, Stetson University
Adjunct Professor, 08/2014 ~ 05/2015
School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Instructor, 08/2013 ~ 05/2014
School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 01/2013 ~ 05/2013
School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Research Assistant, 01/2013 ~ 05/2014
Department of Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University
Art Director, 07/2010 ~ 07/2012
Wisdom Tree, China Central Television (CCTV)
[EDUCATION]
The Pennsylvania State University 08/2012 ~ 08/2014
Master of Fine Arts, New Media
Concentrations: New Media Art, 3D Animation, Computer Game
China Central Academy of Fine Arts 09/2006 ~ 07/2010
Bachelor of Arts, Animation
Concentrations: Illustration and Comic Art, 3D Animation, Traditional Animation, 3D Motion Graphics
[EXHIBITIONS]
Breathe the Machine, July 18, 2020
Exhibition at the Electronic Literature Organization Conference
The University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
[create]ures: Animals in Contemporary Art. Nov. 21, 2019 - Feb. 9, 2020
Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
Dengke Chen Solo Exhibition - Reframing Imagery.
Exhibition: Nov. 2 - Dec. 7, 2019. Artist Talk: Nov. 4 at 6 PM.
The Fine Arts Gallery, the College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV
Breathe the Machine, Sep. 24, 2019
Exhibition at the Workshop Block 4, Stetson Values Day 2019
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
The &Now Festival of Innovative Writing. Sep. 19-22, 2019
The University of Washington, Bothell, WA
Building Bridge - Yangon. July. 17 - 30, 2019
The Old Tourist Burma Building, Yangon, Myanmar
Breathe the Machine, Apr. 5, 2019
Exhibition at the Closing Reception of the Stetson Colloquium 2019
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
‘CITY UNSEEN’. Nov. 02, 2018-Jan. 12, 2019
Snap! Space, Orlando, FL
Dengke Chen, Goran Fazil, and Aaron Oldenburg: In Play, Flow, and Ritual
Exhibition. Sep. 17 - Oct. 12, 2018. Artist Talk: Sep 27 at 5 PM
King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
The Last Image Show. Sep. 11- 23, 2018
Tanganyika National Library, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dengke Chen Solo Exhibition – Humanimal Kingdom. Sep. 6- 28, 2018
North Charleston City Gallery, Cultural Arts Department, North Charleston, SC
The Anniversary Art Exhibition. Apr. 7 - May. 30, 2018
Ralwins Art Gallery, Ellaville, GA
Honorable Mention
Climate Change Juried Exhibition. April 4 - 28, 2018
Art Reach of Mid-Michigan, Mount Pleasant, MI
Building Bridge. International Digital & New Media Art Exhibition. Mar. 17 - 28, 2018
Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
10th Annual National Juried Exhibition. Mar. 15 - Jun. 3, 2018.
Willard Arts Center, 498 A Street, Idaho Falls, ID
The 39th Annual Paper In Particular Exhibition. Feb. 19- Mar. 30, 2018
Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
Building Bridge. International Digital & New Media Art Exhibition. Feb. 2 - 12, 2018
Art Konsult, New Delhi, India
The 9th Annual Drawing Discourse International Exhibition. Jan. 19 - Feb. 23, 2018
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina Asheville, NC
Building Bridge. International Digital & New Media Art Exhibition. Jan. 10 - 21, 2018
Art Multi-Disciplines, Kolkata, India
Second Place Award Winner
The 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition. Jan. 8 - Feb. 16, 2018
Carroll Gallery at the Visual Arts Center, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Holiday Small Works Exhibition. Dec. 2 - Dec. 30, 2017
Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Art as Information Exhibition. Nov. 30, 2017 - Jan. 26, 2018
The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
Art Connections 13 Annual Juried Exhibition. Nov. 19-Dec. 16, 2017
George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, NJ
Enlightenment Exhibition. Nov. 17 - Nov. 30, 2017
LIT Art Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Critical Concerns Exhibition. Oct. 28 - Nov. 16, 2017
Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Mount Mercy University, IA
FL3TCH3R. 5th Annual International Juried Exhibition of Socially and Politically Engaged Art. Oct. 9 - Dec. 15, 2017
Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Implement for Removing Foreign Bodies. Oct. 6, 2017
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
Bright Summer Exhibition. July 15-Aug. 31, 2017
Ralwins Art Gallery, Ellaville, GA
First Place Award Winner
30th September Competition Exhibition. Jun. 2nd-Sep. 23rd, 2017
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
PETS and PEOPLE Juried Exhibition. June 1-July 1, 2017
311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Imaginary Fantasy. Apr. 7-Jun. 12, 2017
Changsha Zhiben Art Museum, Hunan, China
30th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition. Apr. 6-May. 12, 2017.
Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Faculty Focus Exhibition. Jan. 20-Mar. 3, 2017
Hand Art Center, Stetson University, FL
Aniramic, Ingenuity Art Fair. Oct. 2-4, 2015
Great Lakes Science Center, Cleverland, Ohio
The Hidden Moving Image. Jun. 30 to July 10, 2014
Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Hosted by: China Central Academy of Fine Arts & Yan Huang Art Museum
Aniramic - Dengke Chen MFA Thesis Exhibition. Apr. 21-25, 2014
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University
Stop, Collaborate and Listen. Feb. 21, 2014
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
Delivering the Goods Phase II. Feb. 10-21, 2014
Borland Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
Delivering the Goods Phase I. Oct. 30 to Nov. 15, 2013
Kaufman Gallery, Shippensburg University
Novis Oculi. July 3-20, 2013
Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia
Penn State Graduate Research Exhibition 2013. Mar. 22 to Apr. 24, 2013
Hub-Robeson Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
Sin-thuh-sahyz. Feb. 4-14, 2013
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
[FESTIVAL SELECTIONS]
Factory. 2013. Hand drawn animation
Official Selection
Food Film Festival
Exhibited from September 15 to 20, 2015 at Sentierone, Bergamo, Italia
Official Selection
2nd Life After Oil International Film Festival
Exhibited from August 7 to 9, 2015 at Sardegna, Italia
Official Selection
XVI Fantosfreak Festival
Exhibited from July 13 to 17, 2015 at Cerdanyola, Spain
Preselection
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival (3rd edition)
Exhibited at 13:00 on October, 27, 2014 in “Sever” Cinema, 68/15 Niomanskaya Street, Minsk, Belarus
Official Selection
Kinofest 2014
Exhibited from September 26 to 28 at Bucuresti, Romanian
Audience Award
XXV Marató de cinema fantàstic i de terror de Sants
Exhibited on November 12, 2013 at Sants, Spain
Official Selection
Bideodromo Internacional Experimental Film and Video Festival 2013
Exhibited on October 29, 2013 at Bilbao, Spain
International Special Show
Farinha Film Festival
Exhibited from October 16 to 19, 2013 at Patos - Paraiba, Brazil
Special Guests Exhibition
MAIPU CORTOS 2013
Exhibited from October 4 to 6, 2013 at Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exhibition at International section
Rodando Film Festival 2013
Exhibited at San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Official Selection
VII Festival Alto Vicentino 2013
Exhibited from June 20 to 23, 2013 at Villa Rossi and Santorso, Italy
Official Selection
12th Asian Film Festival of Dallas
Exhibited from July 11 to 18, 2013 at Angelika Film Center, Dallas
Official Selection
Opera Prima Film Festival 2013
Exhibited from June 4 to 8, 2013 at Granada, Spain
Official Selection
Costa Rica International Film Festival 2013
Exhibited from June 28 to 30 at El Sano Banano Village Hotel and Hotel Amor de Mar, Montezuma, Costa Rica
Official Selection
Salón Internacional de La Luz 2013
Exhibited from May 7 to 13, 2013 at Bogota, Colombia
Hunting. 2012. Hand drawn animation.
Official Selection
2nd Life After Oil International Film Festival
Exhibited from August 7 to 9, 2015 at Sardegna, Italia
Official Selection
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival (3rd edition)
Exhibited on October 27, 2014 in “Sever” Cinema, 68/15 Niomanskaya Street, Minsk, Belarus
Official Selection
Kinofest 2014
Exhibited from September 26 to 28, 2014 at Bucuresti, Romanian
Official Selection
XXV Marató de cinema fantàstic i de terror de Sants
Exhibited on November 12, 2013 at Sants, Spain
[PRESENTATIONS]
Artist Talk: Augmented Reality Art. Nov. 4, 2019
College of Southern Nevada, NV, USA
Artist Talk: Augmented Reality Art. Sep 27, 2018
Montgomery College, MD, USA
Hair Simulation in 3D Animation. May. 24, 2016.
Ping Xiang College, China. (萍乡学院)
Contemporary Art and Animation. Dec. 4, 2015.
Central China Normal University, China. （华中师范大学）
Artist Talk: Animation and Installation Art. 2014. Juniata College, PA, USA.
Artist Talk: Traditional Animation Techniques. 2013. Juniata College, PA, USA.
