(b.1954, CHINA)
In Chen’s huge striking canvas, the viewer is confronted with close-cropped realistic portraits of blackened-faced miners where the artist aims to encapsulate the spirit of his subjects with a tender heart and his sense of social responsibility in bringing their harsh working conditions, slim income and the lowly social status to the attention of the world. Chen is deeply moved by the simple, unadorned lives of the miners and tries to instill life’s vibrancy, optimism and humor in these portraits.
Xu Bei Hong Studio, The Central Institute of Fine Arts, CHINA
SOLO EXHIBITION
| 2013 | Retrospective: Coal Miners, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG |
| 2008 | “Miners”, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG |
| 2007 | “Miners", Pata Gallery, Beijing, CHINA |
| 2006 | Pata Gallery Beijing, CHINA |
| 1997 | Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA |
| 1996 | Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA |
GROUP EXHIBITION
| 2017 |
Art Stage Singapore 2017, Wellington Gallery, SINGAPORE |
| 2013 |
Art Revolution Taipei, Taipei, TAIWAN |
| 2012 |
Spoon Art Fair, Grand Hyatt, HONG KONG |
| 2011 |
“The Texture of Life” Joint Exhibition, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG |
| 2010 |
Hong Kong Art Walk 2010, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG |
| 2009 |
Hong Kong Art Walk 2009, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG |
| 2008 |
Hong Kong Art Walk 2008, Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG |
| 2007 |
"Hot Land", No. 1 Artistic Area Beijing, CHINA |
| 2006 |
No.1 Artistic Area Beijing, CHINA |
| 1990 |
Oil painting “Still Life”, Inner Mongolia Painting Show, Buryat, CHINA |
| 1989 |
Oil painting “Alleyway”,Toronto, CANADA |
| 1987 |
Oil painting “A Hetao Oil farmer”, Inner Mongolia Youth Art Exhibition, CHINA |
| 1982 | Oil painting “Spring”, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Painting Exhibition, Inner Mongolia, CHINA |
| 2004 | Oil painting “Qiangtang People” was selected for the 10th National Arts Show and won the Golden Prize, CHINA |
| 2003 | Oil painting “Qiangtang People” was awarded top prize in NationalArt Exhibition, CHINA “National Stars Award” issued by the Ministry of Culture, CHINA |
| 2002 | Oil painting “Father and Son” was awarded top prize in Liaoning Provincial Exhibition for the 60th Anniversary Speech and was selected for the National Art Exhibition, CHINA |
| 2001 | Oil Painting “Miners” won the Global Prize of the Liaoning Art Exhibition for the 80th Anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of CHINA Excellent prize and honorable mention of the National Art Exhibition for the 80th Anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party, CHINA |
Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG
Works held in private collections in DENMARK, USA, COSTA RICA, SINGAPORE and HONG KONG
