He is known for using the cultural debris of our modern society, such as old, discarded books, newspapers, phonebooks, and magazines as the medium for his sculptures.
He uses chainsaws, drills, band saws, sanders, and scissors, along with other carpenter's tools to shape his remarkable busts and figures, which appear stone, or even marble like from a distance.
[1] Chen who has won prizes in Europe, Taipei, and Japan, has exhibited extensively at galleries and museums for many years in Japan, Korea, France, (Germany), Hong Kong, Italy, London, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States, and can also be found in numerous international public and private collections.
Furthermore, his choice of medium also poses as a commentary on the loss of books as aesthetic objects, which have been replaced by mass-produced cheaply made paperbacks.
[3] • Continental Express, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, 2008 • Chen Long-Bin: Reading Sculpture – Culture Warrior, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong, 2006 • Buddha Hurricane, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, 2006 • Reading Sculpture-Los Angeles project, The Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2005 • Reading Sculpture-Kids project, Kidspace at MassMoca, North Adams, MA, 2004 • Reading Sculpture-Atlanta project, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2004 • Reading Sculpture-Roma project, Galleria Ca'a d'Oro, Rome, Italy, 2004 • Reading Sculpture-Milan project, Galleria Ca'a d'Oro, Milan, Italy, 2004 • Reading Sculpture-Vermont project, Vermont Studio Center, VT, 2004 • Reading Sculpture, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, 2003 • Alternative Study, Eslite Bookstore, Taiwan, 1999 • Taiwan Study, Cultural Affairs Department of Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan, 1998 • Humanity, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997 • Reading Sculpture, Eight Floor Gallery, New York, 1995 • Culture Empire, American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, 1994 • Tools, Space 2 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 1992 • Rebound, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, SC, 2013 • Transformation: From ordinary to extraordinary, various Museums across U.S.A and one in Israel, Curate By Barbara J. Bloemink, 2009 • Holland Paper Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Holland, 2008 • CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Holland, 2008 • Outside In: A New Focus on Taiwanese Art, Columbia University and TECO, Taipei Cultural Center, 2008 • Text Messaging, Islip Museum of Art, New York, 2008 • Second Lives: remixing the ordinary, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 2008 • Pulp Function, Fuller Craft museum, Brockton, MA, U.S.A, 2007 • Thermocline of Art-New Asian Waves, Germany, 2007 • Dalai Lama Portrait Project, Dalai Lama Foundation, Travel Show – Morio Art Museum in Tokyo, Cartier Foundation in Paris and Museum in London, Taipei, Berlin, New York, LA, 2006 • Extreme Materials, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York, 2006 • Miami Art Fair, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Florida, 2005 • Do a Book: Asian Artists Summer Project 2004, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, NY, 2004 • The Invisible Tread – Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York, NY, 2003 • The Gravity of the Immaterial, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2002 • Absolut-2001 Los Angeles International, Biennial Art Invitational, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2001 • New Minds – Artistic Creations in Motion, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the International Artists’ Village, Planning Office, CCA, Executive Yuan, 2001 • The Gravity of the Immaterial, MoCA Taipei, Taipei, 2001 • Osaka Triennial 2001, the Contemporary Art Space Osaka (CASO), Osaka, 2001 • Landscape on the Shelf, American Cultural Center, Taipei, 2000 • Mondo Tiara, Sculpture to Wear Gallery, Santa Monica, U.S.A., 2000 • San Francisco Art Fair, Robert Berman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2000 • Volume & Form Singapore 1999, Singapore City, National Library, Singapore, 1999 • Play, Paper factory-International Paper Art Festival, Cheng Chuen Cotton Paper Foundation & Cultural Affairs Department Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan, 1999 • Vision of Pluralism – Contemporary Art in Taiwan, 1988–1999, China Art Museum, Beijing.