Li Chen or Li Zhen is a sculptor who was born in 1963 in Yunlin, Taiwan. When Li Chen was first starting out and accepting projects from Buddhist shrines to produce traditional Buddha statues he studied the Buddhist and Taoist classics. However, the richness of his creative thinking led to him giving up that work and in the 1990s he began to focus on a career in art. Li’s works, which appear both classical and modern, are infused with personal sentiment and modern spirit. They give viewers a sense of life harmony and encourage people to reflect on a great many things.

Li Chen first became interested in art at a very young age and at seven or eight delighted in playing with a paint brush. As a child he lo...