ARTIST BIO
(b. 1969, CHINA)
Chen Yu, always striving to be an artist, creating his own world, from printmaking in university, to publishing industry, to a painter. Being influenced by the art of printmaking, Chen’s works incorporated the photocopy monotonic quality in his paintings. For him, finding himself in the tremendous social liberation in China, where the citizen has more choices of the control of their lives. On the other hand he is lost and fear for the decision that he is now allowed to make for his life, this is what Chen’s trying to express through his paintings. In most of his paintings, the subjects are usually all cloned characters of similar facial expression, with an exception of a character in one of the odd, whose is doing something else under the spotlight, became his signature. Often the characters in the paintings depict a sense of loneliness, and mental disconnection, which strongly demonstrate the uncertainty of Chen’s feelings towards this ever-changing society in China.
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EDUCATION
Central Academy of Fine Arts (major in printmaking), CHINA, 1993
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITION
| 2005 |
"An Eye for an Eye", Schoeni Art Gallery, HONG KONG |
| 2001 |
“One Eye Open And One Eye Closed”, Schoeni Art Gallery, HONG KONG
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GROUP EXHIBITION
| 2017 |
Art Stage Singapore 2017, Wellington Gallery, SINGAPORE
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| 2016 |
Art Stage Singapore 2016, SINGAPORE
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| 2015 |
“Return”, Riverside Art Museum, Beijing, CHINA
“Young Collection”, Proje4L Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, TURKEY
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| 2014 |
“Day Dreamer”, YCL Gallery, Beijing, CHINA
“The Chen Family”, YCL, Gallery, Beijing, CHINA
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| 2013 |
Snow Mountain Arts Festival, Lijiang, CHINA
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| 2012 |
“Latitude/Attitude: 20th Anniversary Exhibtion”, Schoeni Art Gallery, HONG KONG
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| 2011 |
“Images of Women IX”, Schoeni Art Gallery, HONG KONG
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| 2010 |
“Supreme Ideals – Chen Brothers Exhibition”, Schoeni Art Gallery, HONG KONG
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| 2009 |
“Round Five”, XI Concept Beijing Space, Beijing, CHINA
“VOGUE Fashion and Arts”, Beijing, CHINA
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| 2008 |
“The Chinese Approach”, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, USA
“The Chen Family”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, CHINA
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| 2007 |
“RE-Collection, A Retrospective Look at 15 Years of Art & Vision”, Schoeni Art Gallery’s 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Schoeni Art Gallery, HONG KONG
Art Beijing, Beijing, CHINA
Art London, Royal Chelsea Hospital, London, ENGLAND
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| 2006 |
Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, USA
MiArt, 11th International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Milan, ITALY
“Beyond the Canvas”, Shanghai Tang and Schoeni Art Gallery, HONG KONG
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| 2005 |
Scent of a Woman, Escada, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, CHINA
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| 2004 |
ChinArt, Stadtgalerie, Bydgoszcz, POLAND
ChinArt, La Lonja, Palma de Mallorca, SPAIN
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| 2003 |
“Open Your Eyes, Chen Yu and Yu Chen”, Lotus Arts de Vivre and Schoeni Art Gallery, Bangkok, THAILAND
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| 2002 |
ChinArt, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, ITALY
ChinArt, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HUNGARY
ChinArt, Museum Küppersmühle (Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art), Duisburg, GERMANY
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| 2001 |
Group Exhibition, Han Mo Art Gallery, Beijing, CHINA |
| 2000 |
Guangzhou International Art Fair, Guangzhou, CHINA
Taipei International Art Fair, TAIWAN
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| 1999 |
“Sharp Eye: Associated Exhibition for Artists Born in the 70’s”, BeijingInternational Art Gallery, Beijing;
Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, CHINA
Second Round Exhibition of Five Artist, Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing, CHINA
Shanghai International Art Fair, Shanghai, CHINA
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| 1998 |
First Round Exhibition of Four Artists, Century Art Gallery, Beijing, CHINA
Capital Young Artists Invitation Exhibition, Sun Art Salon, Beijing, CHINA
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| 1997 |
Excellent Young Artists’ Works Exhibition, Han Mo Art Gallery, Beijing, CHINA
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| 1996 |
Group Art Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, CHINA
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COLLECTIONS
Wellington Gallery, HONG KONG
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