Jennis Li Cheng Tien

黎正恬

Lives in Berlin.
b. 1983, Taiwan, Singapore national

Education

2008    MFA, Public Art and New Artistic  Strategies, Bauhaus-University Weimar
2000    Diploma, Interactive Media Design, 
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

Solo Exhibitions

2016    ›obpossession‹, Super bien!, Berlin
2015    ›Open Studio: Jennis Li Cheng Tien‹, Centre D‘art le Lait, Albi, France
2014    ›No Templates‹, ADDAYA Centre d’Art Contemporani, Mallorca, Spain
2013    ›To repeat but not replicate‹, BABEL KUNST, Trondheim, Norway
2010    ›zu.sammeln _ to.gather‹, Bedrohte Baudenkmäler in Deutschland, Biedenkopf

Residencies & Grants

2021    Project Funding, NEUSTART KULTUR - Modul C: Innovative Kunstprojekte , Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur & BBK Bundesverband, Germany
2020   Artist Residency Grant, AIR Niederösterreich, Krems an der Donau, Austria
2018    Artist Residency Grant, DIALOGFELDER, Chemnitz, Germany
2017    Artist Residency, ZK/U, Berlin
2015    ETAC Grant & Artist in Residence, Centre D‘art le Lait, Albi, France
           ETAC Grant & Artist in Residence, Bòlit Centre d‘Art Contemporani, Girona, Spain
2013    SI Arts Grant, Singapore International Foundation, Sinagpore
           Artist in Residence, LKV Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway
2012    Artist in Residence, ADDAYA Centre d’Art Contemporani, Mallorca, Spain
2011    Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art iT Scholarship, Berlin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020    Commissioned Installation, ›SIGNALS‹ 48H Neukölln, Berlin
2018    IG Nacht, DIALOGFELDER, Chemnitz, Germany
2017    ›OPENHAUS‹ ZK/U, Berlin
          ›Refaire Surface - Suspended spaces‹, Centre d‘art Le LAIT, Albi, France
2016    Art Basel, Art Fair, Hong Kong. Booth Mizuma Gallery
           ›SCOUT‹, Gillman Baracks, Singapore
2015    ›What It Is About When It Is About Nothing‹, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
           ›Corrent continu II: Solatge‹, Bòlit Centre d‘Art Contemporani, Girona, Spain
2014    ›PARADÍS TERRENAL‹, Galerie RDV, Nantes, France
           ›Continuous Current‹, Bòlit Centre d‘Art Contemporani, Girona, Spain
           ›JUSTMAD 5‹, Emerging Art Fair, Madrid. Booth ADDAYA Centre d‘Art Contemporani
           ›Festival Miradas de Mujeres‹, Women in Visual Arts Festival, Spain
2013    ›Berlin . Status (2)‹ curated by Sven Drühl and Christoph Tannert, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
           ›UTOPIA‹, Senatsreservenspeicher Berlin, Berlin
2012    ›The Garden of Eden‹, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
           ›It‘s simply an exhibition of works on paper‹, ADDAYA Centre d’Art Contemporani, Mallorca, Spain
           ›ASYAAF: Young Artists Art Festival‹, Culture Station, Seoul, Korea
           ›Dwelling in Possibilities‹, Hoeppnerstraße 99, Berlin
           ›AUSSTELLUNG 6: Architecture‹, Berlin Art Junction GIZ House, Berlin
           ›Positioning Osmotic Impulses‹, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin
           ›SPRUNG‹, BRINK Festival, Wuppertal, Germany
           ›IN-SITU‹, ADDAYA Centre d’Art Contemporani, Mallorca, Spain
           ›AUSSTELLUNG 5: Perception‹, Berlin Art Junction GIZ House, Berlin
           ›Addaya Col·lecció‹, Centre d‘Art Sa Quartera, Inca, Mallorca, Spain
2011     ›Fast & Furious‹, Hallen am Wasser, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Berlin
           ›Bauhaus Now‹, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, USA
           ›Mnemonics‹, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Bibliothekswohnung, Berlin,
           ›Denkmalpflege – Ausser Haus‹, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
           ›Nobody Knows Anything‹, Studio Exhibition, 48 h Neukölln, Berlin
2010     ›Citymap: Weimar - Sarajevo‹, Marke.6, Neues Museum Weimar
2009    ›Lighting Crownhall‹, curated by Jan Tichy and Mary Jane Jacob, IIT Crownhall, Chicago, USA
           ›Bauhaus Retour‹, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
           ›Abfahrt 29:01 – Ankunft 15:02‹, Kunstprojekt im öffentlichen Raum, Leipzig-Lindenau, Germany

Selected Interventions / Public Performances

2018    ›Widerschein‹, DIALOGFELDER, Chemnitz, Germany
2016    ›obpossession‹, Super bien!, Berlin
           ›Emanare - Social Sculpture‹, ‚SCOUT‘ Gillman Baracks, Singapore
2015    ›Dissipation‹, intervention in public space, Girona, Spain
2012    ›Moving Landscape‹, participatory installation, Potsdam, Berlin
           ›Drive-In Fleamarket‹, participatory action, Alaro (Mallorca), Spain
2010    ›Scivolo‹, participatory action and installation, l`Aquila, Italy
           ›Lighting Crownhall – The Blinds‹, live large scale video projection, Chicago, USA
2009   ›(z)immer frei‹, intervention of public telephone booths, Leipzig, Germany
           ›Seize & Size‹, group performance and participatory action, Cologne, Germany

Collections

Colección Pi Fernandino, Madrid, Spain
Mikey and Lou Samson Collection, Singapore
ADDAYA Colección, ADDAYA Centre d’Art Contemporani, Mallorca, Spain

Selected Catalogues / Publications

2015   ›Perceiving Identity‹, Exhibition Review „What it is about when it is about no thing“, CUBES 77, Singapore
          ›ETAC Art Grant‹, e-catalogue, Bòlit Centre d‘Art Contemporani, Girona, Spain
          ›Solatge‹, exhibition e-catalogue, Bòlit Centre d‘Art Contemporani, Girona, Spain
2013   Catalogue, ›Festival Miradas de Mujeres‹, Women in Visual Arts Festival, Spain
2012   ›Berlin . Status (2)‹, Sven Drühl and Christoph Tannert, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2012   ›AUSSTELLUNG 6: Architecture‹, Berlin Art Junction GIZ House, Berlin           ›AUSSTELLUNG 5: Perception‹, Berlin Art Junction GIZ House, Berlin
          April 28, ›Schönes Kochenende‹, Märkische Allgemeine (Newspaper), Potsdam, Germany
          March 20, ›Auto-Mercat Rastro‹, Ultima Ora (Newspaper), Mallorca, Spain
2011    ›JENNIS LI CHENG TIEN: EINS‹ (Artist Catalogue), ISBN: 978-3-941318-32-8
2010    May 5, ›Drive-in Flohmarkt‹, Hinterländer Anzeiger (Newspaper), Germany
          June 10, ›zu.sammeln_to.gather‹, Hinterländer Anzeiger (Newspaper), Germany
          ›Citymap‹, Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, ISBN 978-3-86068-414-6