Jeng Jundian was born in Kinmen in 1963, and graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, in 1987. He lived in Paris from 1996 to 1998 and frequently travels back to France. He currently lives and works in Taipei.
At the heart of Jeng Jundian’s work is a constant research on light and color. After producing a large body of abstract works during the first years of his career, he has since the mid-1990s turned to depicting the world through a deeply personal painting style involving color lines, crisscrosses, meshes and grids. This enables him to reinterpret light and shadow within the space of his canvas, letting the viewer’s eye travel back and forth between the obvious and the elusive. Sometimes coming back multiple times to the same subject either by revisiting it through these two different techniques or by changing perspectives, Jeng brings out a contemplative quality and refinement to the frame. Jeng usually first captures topics and shapes through the lens of his camera, often concentrating on the unseen details of his surroundings -- the mundane, the ordinary -- that trough his gaze then take on a surreal presence and power.
1963
1987
1996-1998
1998-now
Born in Kinmen, Taiwan
Graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Lived and work in Paris, France
Living and working in Taipei, Taiwan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 In the Beginning, There Was a Fern, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Lightwell, Moonlight Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2021 The Rose of Time, Tao Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Unknown Garden, Taipei Dangdai Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Details, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Another Day, Eslite Gallery, Taiwan
2012 Day In, Day Out, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 Jeng Jundian Solo Exhibition 2004-2008, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 Body and Nature─Duo Exhibition with Wang Keping, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, USA
1998 Solo Exhibition by Jeng Jiundiann, Fairmate Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Landscape of the Soul─Duo Exhibition with Leung Siu-hay, Venus Gallery, Hualien, Taiwan
1996 Happy New Year, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1994 Lines in the Landscape, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
Ten Approaches to Taiwanese Fine Arts, Fairmate Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 Around Us, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1991 Dialogue, Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Tender is the Light, Art Taipei, Red Gold Fine Art, Taipei
Luminous Legacy: Eslite Gallery’s 35th Anniversary Collection Exhibition II, Eslite Gallery, Beijing, China
Revisiting Moments: The 90s Collection Highlights, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
2019 Blanks, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Over the Rainbow, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Polymer Annual Production: Untitled, Polymer, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Bloom: Eslite Gallery 25th Anniversary, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Landscape in Transition: Yuzi Paradise International Art Symposium, Yuehu Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
2009 The 4th Painting Symposium, Yuzi Paradise Art Center, Guilin, China
2005 Landscape.Cityscape, Marlborough Galler y, New York, USA
Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA
Summer Show: A Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA
Kuandu Extravaganza─Exhibition of Modern Art in Taiwan, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
1996 Heart's Spring, Spring's Heart─Group Exhibition of 6 Young Taiwanese Artists, Lung Men Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 Taiwan Legend—Contemporary Painting in Taiwan 1980-1995, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1994 Metropolitan Characters in Taiwanese Art, Gate Galler y, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 Obsession─Capturing the Mindscape, Hanart Galler y, Taipei, Taiwan
Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, USA
The Speculation and Demonstration of Fine Arts in Taiwan—The Formation of 10 Visual Perspectives, Impression Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 From the Beginning of the Century to the End of the Century, Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Early Paintings by Contemporary Artists, Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwania Opening Exhibition I, Taiwania Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibition of 8 Members of the New Generation, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
1991 Selected Paintings of the Nineties, Dimensions Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Contemporary Trends of Painting in Taiwan, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1988 Contemporary Art Trends in the Republic of China 1988, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2004 Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
2012 White Rabbit Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Yuehu Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan