CHIEN CHIH JOU

Independent Multidisciplinary Artist / Writer

Born in Taiwan, a country that is complex,severe, and brave.

Their work engages with the borderlinesof power and gender—where language fails

and structures begin to loosen.

Through images, they explore fractured proximity,hesitant ways of seeing,

and unauthorized desire.

They question the common languages of photography,the systemic logic of method,

and the very process of aesthetic construction.

low optics

Taiwan , 2026

A photobook on fractured proximity,

unauthorized seeing,

and the failure of photographic courage.
Honorable Mention ( 2nd Place ) ,

THE DOCKS

Raise Your Zine! 2025 ( Italy ) .

Collected visions, unclaimed.
They remain:

unpublished, uncommissioned, unrepentant.
Not yet summoned.

Not yet tamed.

EsCAPE MAN

Taiwan , 2022

A short novel about an old man

who survives by running—
from family, from memory, from responsibility.
Set inside a sealed shopping mall that

behaves like a confession chamber,
the book moves between gunfire, hallucination,

and inherited violence.
Reality collapses not through fantasy,

but through repetition.
This is not a redemption story.
It is a record of escape that never truly succeeds.

Original character short fiction collection.
Designed, written, and self-published.

21,476 words / 15 chapters / 122 pages

Sold exclusively in limited quantities
at independent creation events.

14.8cm × 14.8cm square format, inspired by vinyl records.
Gold-stamped cover with custom character nameplate.

If you’re curating, collaborating,

or simply watching from a distance—
feel free to reach out.
I may not always reply quickly, but I do read everything.

chienchihjou@proton.me
( no form , just email—quiet is fine )