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陳永賢出生於台灣，國立台北藝術大學美術系、美術研究所碩士，英國布萊頓大學藝術博士。 創作主軸以身體行為與新媒體藝術為方向，探討感官與環境、身體與社會等議題。曾舉辦個展包括：「身體之歌」(The Song of Body）、「人層迴圈」(One in a Loop)、「他者之他」(In to/ Out of the Other)，作品受邀參加亞洲、美洲、歐洲各地美術館之展覽四十餘次；美國 Robert Wilson 的Watermill Center 駐村藝術家；曾獲加拿大楓葉新人獎、英國貝克獎。
陳永賢身兼獨立策展人，策展經歷包括：「幻象之丘—台灣新媒體藝術展」(2009SCOPE邁阿密，2010鳳甲美術館)、「居無定所？台灣國際錄像藝術展」(2008鳳甲美術館)、「純真X頑皮—當代藝術展」(2008就在藝術空間)、「尋找馬緯度—新媒體藝術展」(2008 MOT ARTS)、「熱鬥—台灣當代藝術新浪潮」(2008就在藝術空間)、「動‧漫‧快‧感—數位媒體藝術展」(2008陽明大學藝文中心）、「佛像與經文的對話」(2007法鼓山教育園區)、「夜視‧台北—國際錄像藝術展」(2003誠品藝文空間)、「Random-ize Film & Video Art Festival」(2002倫敦）。
陳永賢在寫作方面，論述以當代藝術評論、行為藝術觀察、新媒體藝術分析等研究為範圍，發表學術論文十餘篇、論述八十餘篇；曾出版著作《台灣插畫圖像美學》、《身體之歌》，主編《當代科技與錄像藝術》專書；現為國立台灣大學多媒體動畫藝術系所助理教授。
Chen, Yung-Hsien is an artist, independent curator, writer and art critic. In his art practice, he employs a combination of forms of Performance Art, Video Art and New Media Art as his direction and examines issues of senses and environment, body and society. Solo exhibitions include "The Song of Body", "One in a Loop" and "In to/Out of the Other". His works have been widely exhibited in numerous exhibitions, both in Taiwan and internationally. He was awarded the "Maple Leaf Award of Bronze Maple" in Canada in 1994 and the "Beck's Future Prize" for Film and Video in England in 2002.
He is an independent curator, has participated in the curatorial projects of "Random-ize Film & Video Festival", "Night Vision at Taipei: International Video Art Exhibition", "Animation Tropes", "Grooving--New wave of Taiwan Contemporary Art", "Looking for Horse Latitude--New Media Art Exhibition", "2008 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition" and "2010 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition", "Beyond the Mirage—Taiwan New Media Art" (SCOPE Miami).
His writings and papers concentrate on theories of Contemporary Art, the observation of Performance Art and the analysis of New Media Art. He has published "The Art of Taiwanese illustration", "The Song of Body" and "Contemporary Technology and Video Art".
Chen was born in Taiwan, he graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts with B.F.A and M.A Fine Art degrees in 1989 and 1994. In 2004 he received his PhD of Arts and Communication from The University of Brighton, UK. Chen currently serves as a professor in Department of Multimedia and Animation Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts.
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