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Weihsuan Lena Chen, artist name Lena C. was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Currently based in Enschede, the Netherlands.


Education


2022 - 2024 Master of Music The Sound of Innovation, ArtEZ University of the Arts, the Netherlands

2013 - 2017 Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design, Shih Chien University, Taiwan

2009 - 2013 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Soochow University, Taiwan


Residency/Open calls


2025 Resonance Residency, Coswig(Anhalt), DE (May-June)

2024 Cross-TIC Artistic research trajectories, Enschede, NL


Project


2025 Currents and Crossings
Live performance, audio-visual work
Composer, researcher, performer
Resonance Residency Coswig(Anhalt) & Berlin, DE

2024-Onging Resident Encounters
Maker, researcher
Cross-TIC Enschede, NL

2024 Morphing Landscapes
Curator, improvisor. Performed with Patrick Wiel(dance), Soyoon Cha(visual art)

2023 Sonichronicle
Artistic research and installational display with Matteo Traverso
Van Haag tot Wal festival, Enschede, NL

2023 Melkhal Pulse
Installational display with Fractel(Christine Chen), Matteo Traverso
Melkhal Enschede, NL

2023 Degradation & Reconstitution
Video, audiovisual system


Selected live performances


2025 Stift Unbound x ITMOTR: At the Edge, Stiftfestival, Enschede, NL
Improvised with Svante Henryson (cello), Joel Henryson (basgitaar), Morgan Ågren (drums), Property(electronics)

2025 Currents and Crossings, PAS(Petersburg Art Space) Berlin, DE

2025 Live electronic at Berlin Modular Society #53, Klunkerkranich, Berlin, DE

2025 Before the Tide Surges - Far from My Bed II, Enschede, NL
with Esther Schopman(carillon)

2025 Live electronic at Itmotr Radio, Enschede, NL

2025 Live electronic at Voltage Control Amsterdam, Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL

2024 Live electronic at Elektrik Café , Arnhem, NL

2024 Support act. for Wu Zhuoling at Elektrik Café, Arnhem, NL

2024 Water from Above, 4bid Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Improvised with Matteo Traverso

2024 Morphing Landscapes, Spacebar, Enschede, NL

2023 Sonichronicle, Van Haag tot Wal festival, Enschede, NL

2023 Bloeiende Bloemen en Plantenbewegingen, ArtEZ Masters of Music, Focus Filmtheater, Arnhem, NL
with Chris Hillen(direct), Jetske Iedema(keyborad), Daniela Carignani(vocal), Ylva Rietman(vocal), Laura Torres Morales(violin), Mariona Galimany Camps(trumpet)

2023 Vetera Et Nova, GOGBOT Festival, Enschede, NL
with Riccardo Giuseppe Fortunato, Esther Schopman(carillon), Maria Cozzani(violin), Matteo Traverso(electronics)

2023 Melkhal Pulse, Melkhal Enschede, NL


Awards & Scholarship


2025 National Culture and Arts Foundation Taiwan - International Cultural Exchange Grants
Currents and Crossings (at Resonance Residency)

2024 Het Fransenfond Agfra Holding
- Morphing Landscape 

2023 Sedje Hémon scholarship, NL

2018 MOD Microfilm & Golden Short Film Contest, Best Screenplay Award Finalist, 4kFilm Special Award, TW
- Scriptwriting for the short film “C”

2017 Young Pin Design Award, Sponsor Award Finalist, TW
- Experimental Fashion Collection ”Passageway of Border”


Commissioned works


2025 The Healing of Becoming
Soundtrack producer, composer for project by Michel Wang

2025 Before the Tide Surges - Far from my Bed II
Composer, performer for project by Esther Schopman

2023 Vetera Et Nova
Live set, performer for project by Riccardo Giuseppe Fortunato

2023 Charge
Soundtrack producer for project by Ying Chiun Lee

2022 Zoom in Closer
Soundtrack producer for project by Ying Chiun Lee

2021 Home?
Soundtrack producer for project by Ying Chiun Lee


Participated Workshops


2024 Place Making Music: Sonic Bike Creative Workshop
C-Lab, Taipei, TW

2024 Performance Technology Lab
ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL

2023 Honours Lab: How to Land on Earth (anew)? 
ArtEZ University of the Arts, NL