Chen Wenling
1969 Born in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
1993 MFA, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
1992 BA, Sculpture Department of Xiamen Academy of Art and Design, China
Now lives and works in Beijing, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 "Limited & Unlimited", Contemporary Works of Chen Wenling, Xiamen, China
"SUPERNORMAL", Works of Chen Wenling, Shanghai, China
2017 Graces of My Heart, Chen Wenling Solo Exhibition, Whitebox Art Center, Beijing, China
Another Realm, Chen Wenling Solo Exhibition, Zhong Gallery, Beijing, China
2016 Everything is awesome, Large outdoor Exhibition, Shunyi international flower garden, Beijing, China
2014 The Community, Chen Wenling’s New Works, Pyo Gallery, Seou, Korea
2012 Exotic Landscapes, Chen Wenling's New Works, PIN Gallery, Beijing, China
2011 Searching for Identity, Chen Wenling Solo Exhibition, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong, China
2010 The Suspense, Sculptures By Chen Wenling, Today’s Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 Emergency Exit, Sculptures By Chen Wenling, JoyAr, Beijing, China
2006 Chen Wenling’s Sculpture Solo Exhibition, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2002 Red Memory, the First Time Sculpture Show by Chen Wenling, Pearl Bay Beach, Macau, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Splendors of the sun and moon--Contemporary Art Exhibition of China, Museo Querini Stampalia Fondazione, Venice, Italy
OpenSource: Shenzhen Biennale 2018, ShenZhen, China
2017 3rd Western China International Art Biennale, Inner Mongolia, China
Today’s Yesterday - Anren Biennale, Chengdu, China
Bienal de Curitiba“VIBRATIONS, Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
2016 Pulse Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, America
Changwon sculpture biennale, Changwon, Korea
Walking Brics Project of Brazil, Sao Paolo, Brazil
China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
Art Beijing Exposition, Beijing, China
2015 Rhythmic Vitality – Chinese Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Anxi wen Temple, China
The Silk Road – 2015 Chinese Art Communication Exhibition No.1, Academy of fine arts, Helwan University, Egypt
The Silk Road – 2015 Chinese Art Communication Exhibition No.2, Museum of modern&eontemporary Carrara, Italy
Dimension of civilization, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of eontemporary, Yinchuan, China
May circumference, Contemporary Ink Exhibition, Hongkong Fringe Fotogalerie, China
Shape for the age, Contemporary Sculpture Collection Exhibition museum of Hubei Province China
The 10th Art Beijing, Beijing, China
Huasheng, China contemporary Art Exhibition, City of Mons, Belgium
China 8, China Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ruhr, Germany
Asia Contemporary Art Show, Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong, China
Art Central Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong
11th Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe Beach, Australia
Happy Spring Festival·Art China, Lincoln Center, New York, U.S.A
Vision of Multi-dimensinal, First Exhibition of Antnest Art Museum, Fujian, China
The Art Love Life Exhibition, Today 22 Art Space Opening, Beijing, China
2014 Re-Sculpture, Sanguandian Art 2014, Hubei, China
Fujianese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Art Taipei 2014, Taipei, China
The 10th China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
As Above So Below: Exhibition of Contemporary Ink Art, The Fringe Club, Hong Kong, China
Amusement Park, 798 Public Art Invitation Exhibition, Beijing, China
West says East says, Chinese Contemporary Art Reasearch Exhibition, Wuhan, China
Situation 2014, Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, China Czech, Contemporary Art Museum, China
Nanjing International Art Festiva, Nanjing, China
Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
Maritime Quanzhou, Dynamic City, Paris, France
Biennale Italia Cina-2nd Edison, Beijing, China
ART Beijing, Beijing, China
The First China Czech Contemporary Art Exhibition, China Czech Contemporary Art Museum China, Beijing, China
Quanzhou Contemporary Art Exhibition, Quanzhou, China
2013 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Inter-vision, A Contemporary Exhibition Across the Strait, Taiwan, China
Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark
A New Atmosphere of Chinese Contemporary Art , The Czech Republic Castle Museum, Czech Republic
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, Bondi, Australia
55th Venice Biennale in parallel – Voice of the Unseen, Venice, Italy
Of Human Conditions-Group Exhibition, Hong Kong
Ideology and Manifestation, Today’s Art Museum, China
3th Art Stage Singapore 2014, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore
Chinese Contemporary Public Sculpture Exhibition, Beijing Parkview Green, China
2th Datong International Sculpture Biennial, Datong, China
Art Sanya Chinese Contemporary Art, Sanya, China
2012 Re-history Chinese Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, itinerant exhibition in four cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou
Province; Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, Beijing and Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Looking Awry Exhibition, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Chinese Contemporary Public Art Exhibition, Kassel, German
Environment, Spirit Western China International Art Biennale, Yinchuan Cultural Art Center, Yinchuan, China
2011 7th Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, Australia
Self Camera: Exterior of the Modern, Changwon Asia Art Festival, Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, South Korea
2010 Living in Evolution, Busan Biennale, Busan Cultural Center, Busan, South Korea
The TAO of Now, The White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 A Conversation with Chicago, Contemporary Sculpture from China, Millennium Park, Chicago Illinois, U.S.A.
2008 Third International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville Spain
Busan Biennale – Expenditure, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, South Korea
2007 Red Hot, Asian Art Today, The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
2006 Hyper Design, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Awards
2015 Received honorary title “2015 China-Australia Art Ambassador”, China
2012 7th AAC “Art China annual impact ten sculptor, China
2011 Most Popular Award, International Sculpture Exhibition, Aarhus City, Denmark
Public Art Prize, the 7th of the Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, Australia
2010 “Bao Xi Niao” Art Prize, Alternative Space, China
Selected by “Art Value” magazine into the 2010 Art Power 100 of China, China
2008 Youth May 4th Outstanding Contribution in Art Award, “Contemporary Art” Magazine
2004 Excellence Award, National Fine Arts Exhibition, China
2003 Most Popular Work Award, China Sculpture Special Exhibition - Beijing Biennale, China
Public Collections
China Art Museum
Beijing Today Art Museum
National Gallery of Korea
Seoul Museum of Art
Doosan Art Center, Seoul
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Denver Art Museum
Arox Art Museum
The White Rabbit Gallery
Melbourne Museum
Guangdong Museum
Fujian Normal University
Nanjing University
Fujian Museum
Hubei Museum of Art
State Museum of Fine Arts,Western Australia
Jimei University
Huizhou Sculpture Park
China Contemporary Art Museum in Datong
China Charity Museum
Yinchuan Contemporary Art Museum
Huayu Resort & Spa Yalong Bay Sanya
Taichung Sculpture Park
Wuhan United Art Museum
Parkview Green’s Art Center
Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
South Lake Park of Xiamen
Xi’an Yitian Square
Beavallon Hotel of France
