Born in Yunlin County, Taiwan. Chien was educated by Li Ze Fan and Liu Wen Wei and graduated from National Taiwan Normal University Department of Art in 1966, he specializes in water painting, pastel painting, oil painting, and art education. He once taught at National Taichung University of Education and is currently the executive council member of the Tai Yang Art Association and a member of the Taiwanese Water Ink Painting Association. He participated in the 11th Modern Water Ink Painting Exhibition in Osaka Art Museum in 1988; IFA International Art Exhibition in 1989; the 12th to 17th National Art Exhibition at National Taiwan Arts Education Center in 1989-2007; three personal exhibitions at the National Museum of Taiwan History in 1990; personal exhibition “Jian Jia Zhu’s world of painting” in Taiwan Art Museum in 1995; the Cross-century Asian Water Ink Exhibition in 1999; Asia Water Ink Painting Joint Exhibition in 2000 at National Taiwan Arts Education Center in 2000; Taiwan Contemporary Water Ink Exhibition in 2008 at Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall. His publications include “Jian Jia Zhu’s water ink painting collection”.