出生於台灣，台中縣大甲鎮。1973年畢業於台北市女師專美勞組，1989年畢業於國立台灣師範大學美術系，1996年畢業於師大美術研究所，取得美術教育碩士學位，2008年畢業於加拿大維多利亞大學課程指導研究所，取得教育碩士學位。自秀滿辭去松山家職美術教職，於1996年移民定居溫哥華後，她在新環境和新文化的衝擊下，毅然放棄其擅長的寫實風格，開始發展她中西合璧新畫風。自1996年起，秀滿共舉辦8次個展於溫哥華和維多利亞，並參加57次聯展於台北、溫哥華、舊金山。此外，她亦完成9件室內設計作品和5件庭園景觀設計作品於維多利亞和大溫哥華地區。

Born in Tai-Chung Taiwan, Hsiu-Man Sharlene Chen received a Bachelor's degree of Fine Art in 1990 and a Master's degree of Art Education in 1996 from the Fine Art Department of National Taiwan Normal University. Shortly, she immigrated to Canada with her two children. In 2008,she received a Master's degree of Education in the area of Curriculum Studies Department of Curriculum and Instruction from University of Victoria. Since 1996, she has held 8 solo shows in Vancouver and Victoria and participated in 57 group shows in Taipei, Vancouver, and San Francisco. She also created 9 pieces of interior design and 5 pieces of garden design in Victoria and in the Great Vancouver Area.