1976年生於台北。2006年畢業於國立臺北藝術大學美術創作研究所。曾獲台灣藝術新貌獎及台北獎首獎殊榮，並於2009年獲得美國亞洲文化協會台北分會劉國松創作獎助計畫赴紐約進修。陳擎耀近年的作品多以攝影、繪畫為主，表現的題材廣泛，作品關注權力符號的解構。其作品多挪用流行文化─尤以日韓─符號，甚至亞洲政治人物肖像等等，進行大肆的改寫與重述，重新編寫出極具詼諧與滑稽感的畫面或舉止，或是將自己融入作品中幻化為他人，而這樣操作對原物所造成的巨大反差感則不免讓人會心一笑。如此透過對權力符號的降格，藝術家無非是對當前我們所處的社會進行反諷，並且冀望人們能夠在微笑的同時，重新反思自身周遭各種因權力作為而造成的荒謬感。
Born in Taipei in 1976, Chen Ching-Yao received his MFA in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts in 2006. He has won the Award of Newly Emerging Artists in Taiwan and the First Prize of Taipei Arts Award. He was also the recipient of Asian Cultural Council's grant in 2009, which enabled him to conduct a residency in New York. In recent years, Chen's work centers around photography and painting. The range of his subject matter is very wide, and his work focuses on the deconstruction of power and symbols. He often appropriates symbols of popular culture, especially those of the Japanese and Korean pop culture, and even the portraits of Asian politicians, and drastically recreates and transforms them into humorous, amusing images and behaviors, or simply assumes the roles of these figures himself in his work. By doing so, he creates a strong sense of contrast to the original subject and produces laughter. His downplaying the symbols of power is undoubtedly a sarcastic satire against modern society. While making his audience laugh about the situation, he also aims to make them reflect upon the absurdity of different actions of power in their surroundings.