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Chen Wenbo Biography
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1969 |
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Born in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, China
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1991 |
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Graduated from Sichuan Academy of Fine Art, Chongqing, China
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Lives and works in Beijing, China
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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The Second Reality – Chinese Contemporary Art Group Exhibition, Meridian International Center, Washington, USA
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2008
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Pacification-Poland Biennale of Contemporary Art, Poland
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2008
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Portraying Food (and the Absence of It), Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
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2008
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Our Future, Guy & Myriam Ullens Collection, Beijing, China
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2008
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Epidemiology, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin (solo)
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2008
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Open ev + a 2008, Limerick, Ireland
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2008
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The Sichuan Movement, Museum Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia
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2008
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Empty, Primo Marella Gallery, Mailand, Italy
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2007
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Departing from the Southwest, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
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2007
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New Painting from China, Kamakura Gallery, Japan
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2007
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2 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
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2007
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Chinese Vanguard, Madrid, Spain
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2007
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Thermocline of Art, New Asias Waves ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2007
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From New Figurative Image to New Painting, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
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2007
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Negative Re-Actions, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
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2007
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Floating New Generation of Art in China, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
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2007
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Sport in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
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2007
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Energy: Spirit Body Material, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing
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2006
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On the green, courtyard gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
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2006
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Art 37 Basel, Gallery Hyundai, Switzerland
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2006
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Contemporary China, pkm Gallery, Seoul
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2006
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2006 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai ,China
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2005
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Born in China, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York & London
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2005
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The Biennale of Contemporary Chinese Art, Montpellier, France
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2005
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Dr. Uli Sigg Collections Exhibition, Switzerland
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2005
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The Second Triennial of Chinese Art, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
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2005
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Chinese Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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2004
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All Under Heaven - China now!, Koninklijk Museum, Centre Régional d'Art
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2004
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Contemporain de Sète, Sète, France
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2004
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MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
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2004
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East of the South in the West/West of the South in the East, Villa Arson, Nice, France
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2004
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Temporality, LA Gallery, Beijing, China
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2004
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Object System: Doing Nothing, ARCO2004, Madrid, Spain
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2004
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Frieze Art Fair, London, England
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2003
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Back Door: Chen Wenbo 2003, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
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2003
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Out of Focus, 25,000 Cultural Transmission Center, Beijing, China
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2003
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Chinart, Museo del Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, ltaly
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2003
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Chinart, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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2002
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Too Much Flavor, 3H Art Center, Shanghai, China
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2002
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Chinese Modernity, Foundation Armando Alvares Penteado, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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2002
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Paris-Pekin, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
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2002
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Chinart, Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg, Germany
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2002
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Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
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2002
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Miragel, Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou, China
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2000
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Chen Wenbo solo exhibition, Galerie LOFT Paris
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2000
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Chen Wenbo, Galerie LOFT, Paris, France
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2000
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Chinese portraits, François Mitterand Cultural Center Périgueux, France
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2000
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Personality and sociability in Arts, Guangdong Art Museum
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1999
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Representing the people, Tyneand Weir Museum Newcastle, UK
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1999
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Starting a new channel in 1999, Dongyu Art Museum Shen Yang
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1998
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Confused, Contemporary Art Fair Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1997
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Chinese Video Art 1997, CIFA Gallery Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
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1996
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South Western Conceptual Art Show, exhibition hall of The Communications University Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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1994
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Fragmentation, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Chongqing, Sichuan Province, China
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1993
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China Oil Painting Biennal, China Art Gallery Beijing
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1992
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The First Guangzhou Oil Painting Biennal, Guangzhou Exhibition Centre Guangzhou, China
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Selected Collections
Baron von Ullens Collection, Switzerland
Olenska Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, Belgium
Guang Dong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shengzhan, China
Jean Marc Collection, France
Guan Yi Collection, Beijing, China
Chow Hallam Collection, Hong Kong
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| Literature |
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2008
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Chen Wenbo – Epidemiology, ed. Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin
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2008
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Chen Wenbo. Urban verses, Hrsg. timezone 8, Peking
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2007
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Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves, ed. ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Ostfildern
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2005
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Mahjong. Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, ed. Kunstmuseum Bern and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Ostfildern
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