Rate My Professor Tao Chen

As an artist, designer, and educator, Tao Chen explores the intersections of digital technology and visual communication. His research specializations and academic interests include graphic design and typography, web design, motion graphic design, interdisciplinary and interactive screen-based media, digital mixed media expressionism, and contemporary publication design. Chen's digital mixed media artwork has been exhibited in thirty-nine regional, national, and international juried shows over recent years, including the 66th National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition at Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC (2024); 64th National Juried Art Show at the same center (2022); 34th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition at McNeese State University (2021); 2025 Biennial Art Faculty Exhibition at Eastern Connecticut State University Art Gallery; and his solo exhibition Tao Chen: Borderless at Communication Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2010). He has received eleven grants awarded in the past seven years, including four Connecticut State University System faculty research grants. At ECSU, Chen teaches design courses for the Digital Art & Design and New Media Studies programs, mentoring students on real-world projects such as logo design for the Town of Chaplin and collaborations with the Access Agency.