General Info
Master Artist Dr. T.F. Chen is sought after around the globe to speak to audiences of all ages and backgrounds regarding the topics of:
“Art as a Vehicle for World Peace”
“SOULWARE in our 21 st Century”
“Five Dimensional World Culture, Convergence in the New Millennium”
“ Taiwan – the Cradle of A Global New Renaissance”
Chen has lectured extensively regarding Five Dimensional World Culture and his Neo-Iconography art style. Since 1980 exhibitions and lectures at universities in the United States have been presented and conducted at: Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Temple, Maryland, and California State U., Los Angeles
He has lectured among overseas Taiwan associations in the United States, Japan, Canada and Europe more than 100 times since 1970 including the Taiwan American Foundation, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Los Angeles, and Taiwan Centers in San Diego, Houston and Los Angeles.
Since 1984 Dr. Chen has conducted lecture and art tours in Taiwan in 19 cultural centers and museums including exhibitions at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and HsingKwang Mitsukoshi Cultural Hall, Taipei. Each tour has lasted two to three years and has included the “Neo-Iconography Series” (1989-1990), “the Post- Van Gogh Series” (1990-91), and the “Sacred Jade Mountain, Peace & Love Series” (2001-2003).
Besides cultural tours, Dr. Chen has also conducted lectures at a variety of educational institutions, lions clubs and other organizations to advance art education and the Taiwan Renaissance.
Chen has also been invited to many international scholars’ conferences including the International Scientist Conference (1980), where he presented his ideas on Fifth Dimensional Universal Culture. He has lectured at the prestigious Jacob Gelt Dekker Institute for Advanced Cultural Studies in Curacao (19?). In 1998 he presented his Fifth Dimensional philosophy and Neo-Iconography ideas of art at the State of the World Forum. In 2001 he lectured for the Friends of the United Nations and in 2002 for the IIFWP (Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace) for the “Age of Love” conference.
State of the World Forum Speech
Dr. T. F. Chen
Initiator and Champion of Neo-Iconography
Artist with Historical Vision & Cultural Mission
Standing alone in front of his master- -piece, a huge seven-paneled painting (110" x 560") entitled "Towards the 21st Century: Symphony of World Culture," Dr. T. F. Chen faced an excited crowd of approximately 900 esteemed world leaders from 103 different countries and gave a brief speech at the closing ceremony of the State of the World Forum in San Francisco, 1998.
"I am deeply grateful for this opportunity to present to you my very very small painting, in comparison with the big big task of our State of the World Forum, which is a small step on Earth, but will be a big step in human history. This painting is entitled: "Towards the 21st Century: Symphony of World Culture," of our big global family, including (pointing to the painting from right to left) Latin America, Africa, Europe, North America, Asia, Oceanian, etc. etc.; including you and me, everybody.
I would like to offer you a new term. In our age of computers and communication, not only do we need hardware and software, but also soulware, S. O. U. L.ware. We are creating a new world for a new millennium, a new millennium of a Global Renaissance in Love, of "Science avec conscience," passion with compassion, a new world of hope, love, and unity. Thank you!" |
Dr. Chen's speech, which was met with rounds of explosive
applause, created one of the climaxes of the annual
conference of the State of the World Forum (October
27 - November 1, San Francisco). Dr. Noel Brown, President
of the Friends of the United Nations, introduced Chen
to the body of the State of the World Forum, who then
extended a special invitation to the artist and his
wife to be part of the cultural section and join the
international gathering of over 900 key world leaders
in the arenas of business, science, education, politics,
and the humanities.
Many of Chen's magnificent canvases from his "Humanity
Series," "The Spirit of Liberty Series,"
and "East - West Series" graced the walls
of the roundtable events and enriched the conversations.
Chen exhibited again at the State of the World Forum
in 2000.
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