from 1946, his art pieces was continually demonstrated in different exhibition and received numerous awards. he received the academic and industrial award from in 1946 and received chairman award from in 1967. in 1976, he devoting to education for 4 decades, and the ministry of education awarded him the excellent teacher award. in 1989, taichung county awarded chen houei-kuen the golden tassel award as one of the top 10 senior remarkable artists. in addition, he also received the culture award of executive yuan (1997), the art & business awards of the council for cultural affairs (1999), the president lee teng-hui awarded order of brilliant star with grand cordon (2000) and the seventh (2003) from the national culture and arts foundation. chen died on february 10, 2011 at national taiwan university hospital in taipei.