Profile
 Colleen Chen, born on March 22, 2000, in Shanghai, China, is an interdisciplinary visual artist working with moving images, photography, game environments, and installation design. Through practices in visual storytelling and spatial experience, exploring how image, sound, and interactive media construct alternative ways of seeing and understanding everyday life. Works often draw on personal experience, employing observational and experimental approaches to reflect on the relationship between the individual and their environment.

Education
University of Auckland
Master of Fine Arts 
2025 - 2026

Employment
Remote Illustrator
UGLY (Shanghai) Advertising Co., Ltd. 
2024 - 2025

Primary Art Teacher
The Wonder Centre
2023
Skills
Narrative Development
Visual Storytelling
Graphic Design
Typography
2D Animation
Video Editing
Game Development (Unity, Blender)
Installation Art
Documentary Photography

Exhibitions
MADE IN A DAY
Silo 6
Auckland
2025

ELAM Graduation Show
Elam School of Fine Arts
Auckland
2025



Colleen  ChenArt Portfolio Work Collections 2019-2025 Email: wuyuflower@126.com

Project 06

There are no facts, only interpretations.
(2019)


By referencing Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain (1917) and a quote from Nietzsche, this conceptual printmaking project reflects on the question “ What defines contemporary art?”  within the context of postmodern art.

Nietzsche’s quote “There are no facts, only interpretations.” was translated in Chinese “没有事实，只有诠释。” and overlapped on the figure of Fountain (1917).

The design was made into posters, postcards, and wristbands.












*Fountain (1917) marked a shift from skill-based aesthetic production to conceptual artistic practice. The artist became a question-raiser rather than a craftsman, while the meaning of art emerged through various interpretations.

Poster Design



















































Photos were taken in front of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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Postcard Design
Wristband Design
Exhibition Installation
Top Work Collections 2019-2025