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Nana was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and earned her Master’s degree in Fine Art from Kingston University of London in 2011. In 2019, she returned to the UK to participate in the International Artist Training Program at the Royal College of Art, where she presented her performance art piece Timeline, using melting ice blocks as a medium to explore time and impermanence. During this period, she also completed overseas doctoral credits and became a PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Art in Taiwan.


She has contributed visual design work to various cultural and performing arts organizations, including Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, the Eslite Culture Foundation, and several children’s theatre groups. In 2013, Nana began integrating natural materials into her creative practice, and in 2014, she received support from Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture to establish her independent floral design studio, Urbanbotany, in Taipei. As a floral artist, she has continued to explore the relationship between nature and art through various forms of expression.


Since 2016, Nana has experimented with pop-up mini exhibitions around the world, using small-format, playful, and versatile artworks to connect with local cultures. Her work has left traces in cities such as Taipei, Seoul, and London.

Now based in Los Angeles, California, Nana is focused on the local wild flora and natural landscapes of the region. She creates miniature illustrations and artworks using organic materials such as stones and plants. She is also a member of Frogtown Arts in LA, regularly exhibiting at their biennial art festivals and engaging in spontaneous dialogues with people and places she encounters.

Academic Background

2019

National Taipei University of Education

Ph.D. candidate


2019

Royal College of Art

International Artist Trainee


2017

Seoul National University, Korea

Ph.D. Art Exchange Student


2014

British Academy of Floral Art (BAFA)

2011

Kingston University of London

MA Fine Art

Artistic Experience

2024

Art Along The River 

Film Project Interview

by Elysian Valley Arts Collective x Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs 


2024 September 

 "Ms. Kiku's Window" 

Los Angeles, Frog Town Art Walk Festival



2023

Publication:The Flower School - The Principles and Pleasures of Good Flowers

Translator of the Chinese version


2023

Gathering

@Los Angeles


2022

Collaborative exhibition

w/ cinematographer PhilipsShum



2020

Blooming Project 3: Timeline

 @Taipei


2019

TIMELINE in RCA

@London


2019

Blooming Project 2: Regent floral land

@Taipei

2019

Publication:Flower Aesthetics 

Writer


2019

Down Town Shape

@Taipei


2018

Blooming Project 0 금, 공기, 물 

@Seoul


2018

Blooming Project 1 infinite 무궁

@Seoul


2017

Publication:Blossom Days

Writer


2016

Christmas Window Floral Exhibition 

Huashan1914 @Taipei


2014

National Palace Museum 

Puppet Design @Taipei


2011-2014

 If Kids Theatre 

Costume Visual Design @Taipei


2013

eslite corp

illustrator


2012

Cloud Gate Culture and Arts Foundation

Visual Design @Taipei


2013

Founded independent studio

Urbanbotany

Chinese Version 中 文

藝術家 Nana Chen

Nana出生於台灣台北市,2011年畢業於英國 Kingston University of London Fine Art 碩士研究所,2019年再度前往英國皇家藝術學院,於2019年在倫敦展出冰塊行動藝術品『時間軸』完成國際藝術家培訓計畫,同時完成博士研究海外學分,在台灣取得藝術跨領域博士候選人資格。 

曾為台灣當代舞蹈團體『雲門舞集』、文藝單位『誠品文化基金會』以及兒童劇場等組織,製作視覺設計,2013年將創作延伸到自然媒材,於2014年獲得台灣文化部創業圓夢計劃補正式於台北登記獨立花藝工作室 - 莪本設計有限公司,以花藝師身份執行更多自然素材相關的創作。2016年至今,嘗試每年在世界各地快閃展出,紀錄所到之處與當地文化連結的迷你藝術展,小巧令人玩味的多變風格作品,曾在台北、首爾、倫敦都曾留下創作的足跡。 

目前定居於加州洛杉磯,聚焦於當地的野生植物與local自然景觀,以天然媒材(礦石、植物)創作迷你尺寸的繪圖。同時也是洛杉磯Frogtown Arts藝術組織的藝術家成員,固定參與雙年展出於蛙鎮『藝術祭』,製造不同的火花,與萍水相逢的世界對話。

教育背景

2019

英國皇家藝術學院 | 國際研習藝術家


2019

國立台北教育大學藝術跨域學系 | 博士候選人


2017

首爾大學

藝術跨域博士研究海外研習 | 國際交換生


2014

英國皇家學術花藝組織 | BAFA認證

2011

英國倫敦金斯頓大學 | 藝術碩士

創作經歷

2011-2014 | 台北

趙自強如果兒童劇團 劇場服裝造型視覺


2012 | 台北

雲門舞集 專案視覺設計


2013 | 台北

莪本設計有限公司 

獲台灣文化部補助 獨立工作室登記立案


2013 | 台北

 誠品文化藝術基金會 宣傳品插畫家


2014 | 台北

 台北故宮博物院 古文物造型玩偶設計


2016 | 台北

聖夜:台北&韓國花藝師聯名展 華山1914


2017 | 台北

出版書籍:花日子 作者

時報出版


2018 | 首爾

開花 0 金, 空氣, 水 solo展


2018 | 首爾

 開花 1 無窮 solo展

2019 | 台北

出版書籍:花美學 作者

悅知文化出版


2019 | 台北

 開花 2: 花圃主人 solo展


2019 | 倫敦

時間軸 聯展


2019 | 台北

 形 solo展


2020 | 台北

開花 3: 時間軸 solo展


2023 | 台北

出版書籍:英式花藝學院

英國RHS切爾西花展冠軍花藝師親授, 來自鮮花的愉悅法則

中文版譯者


2023 | 洛杉磯

集 Elysian Valley Arts Collective 聯展


2024 | 洛杉磯

<倚河的創作者們> 藝術家紀錄片受訪

Elysian Valley Arts Collective 洛杉磯文化部製作


2024 | 洛杉磯

 "菊子小姐的觀景窗" 9月蛙鎮藝術季參展

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