Jun Chen
Born in China, 1960
Lives and works in Brisbane
BIOGRAPHY
1960 Born in China
1986 Bachelor of Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China
1996 Master of Fine Arts (Visual Arts), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2019 Logan Art Gallery, Queensland
2018 ‘New Spring’ Nanda\Hobbs, Sydney, NSW
2017 ‘Jun Chen Paintings’ Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, QLD 2017 ‘Jun Chen paintings’ Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2014 ‘China Back and Forth’ The Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2012 ‘Sydney’ The Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2010 ‘Thirty Nods’ Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2009 ‘Spring’ Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2007 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
2000 Gallery 482, Brisbane
1999 Recent Paintings, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland
1998 Rent Paintings, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
1996 Enigma, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
1996 The Gallery of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 All Fresh, Live in Art Sydney, Sydney
2019 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2019 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2018 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2018 20/20: Celebrating 20 years with 20 new portrait paintings, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2018 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
2017 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales awarded highly commended
2015 Wynne Prize & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2015 Salon des Refuses S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2013 Wynne Prize & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2012 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
2011 The Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize
2010 The Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize
2009 ng Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
2009 ‘Coming Home’ Beijing, China
2008 Archibald Prize & Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2008 The Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia ‘China’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2008 Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney
2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2007 ‘There Australian Painters’ Shenzhen Guan Shan-yue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2007 Salon des Refuses S H Ervin Gallery, Sydeny
2004 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2004 Salon des Refuses S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2000 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1998 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1997 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
AWARDS
2017 Highly Commended of Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
2013 Winner of the Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, Queensland 2013 Winner of the King’s School Art Price Award, Sydney, New South Wales
2012 Peoples’ Choice Award Xstrata Percival Portrait Award, Townsville, Queensland 2011 Peoples’ Choice Award Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia
2008 Winner of the Art of Food and Wine Prize, Fleurieu Biennale, South Australia 1990 National Book Cover Award, China
1989 Guangdong Art Exhibition, China, Awarded two prizes
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art College of Sweden, Helsinki
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery
Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China
Guangzhou Art Gallery, China
HOTA, Gold Coast
Logan Art Gallery
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Parliament House, Canberra
The Australian Club, Sydney
QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
UQ Art Museum, Brisbane
Zhuhai City Collection, China
Private Collections in Australia, China, Taiwan & Hong Kong
PUBLICATIONS
‘Jun Chen’- Chinese Contemporary Art Series, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, China, 2008