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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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2008
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“Asian Ray”, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
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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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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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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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2006
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“Beyond Dimension: Chinese New Painting”, Nanjing Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
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2006
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“Body and History”, Heng Center, Nanjing, China
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2006
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“Development of Realism: Oil Paintings from Mainland China after 1978”, Taipei City Art Museum, Taiwan
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2005
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“Follow Me”, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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2005
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“The Biennale of Beijing”, Beijing, 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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2004
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“Fiac 2004”, Paris, France
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2003
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“Beyond Dimension”, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
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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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2000
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“Future”, Contemporary Art Center of Macao (CACOM), Macao
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2000
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“Ordinary and the Extraordinary”, Shanghai, China
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1999
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“Post-Sensibility: Alien Bodies and Delusion”, Shaoyaoju, Beijng, China
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1999
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“Dongyu Art Museum Collection”, Dongyu Library, Shenyang, China
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1999
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“Beauty Like Materialism:’99 China New Conceptual Art Exhibition”, Art Department of East China Teacher University, Shanghai, China
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1999
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“Poly Phenolrene”, Bow Gallery, Beijing, China
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1999
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“’99 Academic Exhibition”, Upriver Gallery, Chengdu, China
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1999
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“Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Paris Art Center, France
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1999
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“Next Generation”, City Art Center, Paris, France
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1999
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“Chen Wenbo Solo Exhibition”, Galerie LOFT, Paris, France (solo)
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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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1999
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“On Boys and Girls”, Upriver Loft, Kunming, China, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
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1999
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“1st Chengdu Biennale”, Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
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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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