Zhong Chen

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Zhong Chen left Zhongshan, China, in 1989 and arrived in Australia at the age of 19 to explore his love of painting. As a young man, Zhong Chen studied free brush mark painting. His work stylistically explores traditional Chinese folk art, wood block prints and ink brush painting.

Zhong Chen has exhibited throughout Australia and overseas. In 2008 he was a finalist in The Archibald and Wynne Prizes for the second year running, and also the Doug Moran Prize. His works are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia, BHP, Artbank, and in private collections in Japan, China, Hong Kong and Australia.

This exhibition showcases Zhong’s progression from his popular pixelated images. This new series of paintings substitutes his pixels with heavy-handed brush strokes and oil drippings contextualising his presence in contemporary Chinese art.

Biography

• Born in Zhongshan, China in 1969 and arrived in Australia in 1989.
• 1998 Masters of Fine Arts, Chelsea School of Art
• 1996 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), University of South Australia

• 1994 Diploma of Visual Arts, North Adelaide School of Art

Solo Exhibitions

• 2006 ‘Small Paintings’, Eva Breuer Galllery, Sydney
• Greenhill Galleries, Perth
• 2005 ‘Shanghai Bund’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
• Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
• Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
• International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York
• 2004 ‘Shanghai Summer’, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast
• ‘Shanghai Night’, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
• 2003 ‘Zhong Chen Recent Paintings’, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
• 2002 Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
• 2001 Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
• The Alternative Museum, New York
• ‘Juliet,Juliet’, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide
• ‘Shaolin Spin Kick Combo’, Studio 12, 200 Gertrude Street, M Melbourne
• 2000 ‘Bird and Flower Portraiture’, Span Galleries, Melbourne
• 1999 and 1997 ‘Recent Paintings’, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide

• 1995 ‘Second Journey’, Nexus Gallery, Adelaide