小草藝術學院永遠的第N號志工。長年持續以在臺灣歷史文物中發現的圖像為載體製作明信片，曾精選出版為《寫給島嶼的情詩》（2006），小草「島盒」也作為第21與23屆國家文藝獎總統贈禮。藝術創作方面，發展出極具個人特色的地理學田野工法。他走踏人煙罕至的山徑，以刻碑、運碑及立碑的行動，與土地、歷史、以及山林漫步時靈光乍現的字詞對話。近年個展有「冷藏摘要」(2014)；參與重要聯展有「現實秘境」（總體美術館，首爾，韓國，2018）、「2018第九屆韓國釜山雙年展」、「2020台北雙年展」、「未記持（bē-kì-tit）」（基隆美術館，2024）、「2025綠島人權藝術季」等。

Chin Cheng-Te is a life-long volunteer at the Spring Grass Arts Academy. For many years, he has continuously produced nostalgic postcards using images found in Taiwan’s historical artifacts and publications. Selected works were published as Love Poems Written to the Island (2006). Spring Grass Art Academy’s Island Box has also been presented as the presidential gift for the 21st and 23rd National Award for Arts.

In his artistic practice, Chin has developed a highly distinctive, geography-based fieldwork methodology. He traverses rarely visited mountain paths, engaging in acts such as carving, transporting, and erecting stone tablets as a way of conversing with the land, its history, and the fleeting words that surface during his solitary walks through forests and mountains. His recent solo exhibitions include Cold Storage Abstracts (2014). Major group exhibitions include Towards Mysterious Realities (Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2018), the 9th Busan Biennale 2018, Taipei Biennial 2020, Bē-kì-tit (forgotten) (Keelung Museum of Art, 2024), and the 2025 Green Island Human Rights Art Festival.