Millie Chen’s visual, audio and performative works are intended to interrupt habits of viewing. Materials and methodologies are contingent on the needs of the moment, but at the core of her projects are social inquiry and the use of sensory modes of perception. Chen’s artwork has been shown across North and South America, East Asia and Europe at venues and festivals including the Buffalo AKG, The Power Plant, Toronto, Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, Centro Nacional des las Artes, Mexico City, The Contemporary Austin, Shanghai Expo, Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, and FILE-Rio: Electronic Language International Festival, Rio de Janeiro. Her work is in several public collections including the Buffalo AKG, University of Colorado Art Museum, Art Bank of Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Toronto Transit Commission. She has received numerous grants and fellowships, and her writing has appeared in international publications. Chen is a Professor in the Department of Art, University at Buffalo.