Ping Chen
Born in Guangdong, China, 19624
Lives and works in Beijing and Hobart
BACKGROUND
1997 The School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia: BFA (Painting)
1985 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China: BFA (Education)
1981 Sub-High School, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China: Certificate
ARTISTIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 Speaker, Australian Culture and Commerce Association, Sydney, Australia
2014 Speaker, Australian School, Singapore
2014 Participant, Paint Face, The Australia Council for the Arts Presentation and Promotion Grant
2014 Inclusion, A Thousand Living Painters, New Masters 2014-Verfhond’s List, Meristem, Holland
2013 Residency, Shang Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
2013 Residency, Shang Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
2013 Attendance to Time-Space-Existence#2, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2013 Project co-ordinater, MoCA West Lake, Hang Zhou, China and style Art Affairs Foundations, Venice
2013 Speaker, Dialogue with Jason Yeap, Trustee of National Gallery of Victoria, Mapping Melbourne
2013 Inclusion, A Thousand Living Painters, New Masters 2013-Verfhond’s List, Meristem, Holland
2012 Donation, Members’ Travel Draw, The Art Gallery Sociality of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2012 Print Editions, Sequoia Tees, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 Acceptance to Time-Space-Existence2, Venice Biennale 2013, style Art Affairs Foundations, Netherlands
2012 Participant, Made in China Australia, The Australia Council for the Art Grant
2011 Representation, Tyche-Tyche, London, UK
2011 Representation, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Shanghai, China
2011 Speaker, Asian Art Forum, Contempo, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2010 Representation, Melbourne International Fine Art, Melbourne Australia
2010 Represetation, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2010 Representation, Tally Beck Contemporary, North America, Europe, Asia
2010 Virtual Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 Representation, Galerie Trajectoire, France
2009 Representation, EL Projected, New York, USA
2009 Presentation, Davis Museum, Barcelona, Spain
2009 Australian Government Foreign Affair and Trade EMDG Grant, Australia
2008 Presentation, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
2008 Presentation, White Rabbit Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Sydney, Australia
2008 Representation, Vis-à-vis Art Lab, 798, Beijing, China
2008 Representation, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2008 Representation, Gaffer Studio, Hong Kong, China
2008 Australian-China Council Grant, Australia
2008 Arts Tasmania Grant, Australia
2008 Tasmanian Premier Grant, Australia
2008 Red Gate Gallery Residency, Beijing, China
2008 Guardian Auction, Guangzhou, China
2008 Winner, ‘Side By Side’ Art Competition, UK
2005 The Glover Prize, Finalist, Evandale, Australia
2005 Representation, Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2005 Representation, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2003 Co-Curator, ‘Out of China’, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Australia
2003 Co- Curator, ‘Tasmanian Vision’, Shantou University Gallery, China
2002 Member of the Art Sub-committee, Salamanca Arts Centre, Australia, until 2005
2002- Representation, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2001- Member of Contemporary Art Tasmania, Australia
2000 Guest Speaker, Printmaking Dept. The School of Art, University of Tasmania, Australia, until 2001
1997 Finalist, Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, Australia
1997 Resident artist, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia
1989- Member of Chinese Artists Association, China
1986 Member of Shantou Painting Society, China, until 1990
1985 Assistant Lecturer,Shantou University, Guangdong, China, until 1990
EXHIBITIONS
2014 Zen Flies Over, Solo Show, Singapore High Commission, Singapore
2014 Seeking – Australian Chinese Artists, Group Show, Australia China Culture Council, Sydney, Australia
2014 Paint Face, Group Show, Constance ARI, Hobart, Australia
2014 Art Wall, Judges’ Chambers, Supreme Court Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
2014 Group Show, Poly International Auction(China), Sydney, Australia
2014 Unseen Mountain, Solo Show, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2014 Made in China Australia, National Touring Exhibition, Australia
2014 Group Show, Beyond Colours Gallery, Singapore
2014 Artmrkt, San Francisco2014, Tally Beck Contemporary New York, San Francisco, USA
2013 AES+F, Dale Frank, Yushitaka Amano, Chen Ping, Group Show, Art Statements & Gaffer, Hong Kong
2013 Time-Space-Existence#2, 55th Venice Biennale, Group Show, Personal Structures, Venice, Italy
2013 International Artists Exchange Program, Group Show, Shuanyun Art Museum, Beijing, China
2013 Flying with Birds, Solo Show, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2013 Falling Leaves, Solo Show, Melbourne International Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Waking up the Sky, Shaking the Land, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2012 Los Angeles Art Show, Represented by Tally Beck Contemporary New York, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Man and Universe are One, Gaffer, Hong Kong
2012 Creation of Phoenix, Solo Show, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, USA
2012 The Myth of Dragon and Phoenix, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2012 Phoenix, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2012 Art Platform, Represented by Gaffer Hong Kong, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Artmrkt Hamptons 2012, group show, Represented by Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, USA
2011 Broken Hearted, solo show, Melbourne International Fine Art, Australia
2011 Los Angeles Art Show2011, China Today, Represented by Gaffer, Hong Kong
2011 Scope New York art fair 2011, Represented by Tally Beck Contemporary
2011 Hong Kong Art 2011, Represented by Tally Beck Contemporary
2011 New Paintings, solo show, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2011 New Paintings, solo show, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2011 Artmrkt2011, San Francisco, Represented by Tally Beck Contemporary, USA
2011 SCOPE Basel, represented by Tally Beck Contemporary, New York
2011 Next, Art Chicago 2011
2011 Group Show, Pearl Lam Fine Art Shanghai, China
2011 Artmrkt Hamptons 2011, group show, Represented by Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, USA
2011 Artmrkt, Texas Contemporary, Represented by Tally Beck Contemporary New York, Houston, USA
2011 Art Asia Miami,presented by Tally Beck Contemporary New York, Miami, USA
2010 ‘Three Australian Painters’, Australian Consulate General, New York, USA
2010 Group Show, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, USA
2010 ‘Ancient Dreams’, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2010 ‘Other’, solo show, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2010 It’s Song, It’s Dream, Solo Virtual Project, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2010 Beijing International Art Fair, Presented by Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2010 Asian Art 2010, group show, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, Mobile and San Francisco, USA
2010 Sydney Art2010, Art Equity, Sydney Australia
2010 Annual Show, Melbourne International Fine Art, Australia
2010 Confucius, Other Realities. Solo Show, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York.
2009 ‘Melting Human’, Studio Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia
2009 ‘Girl in City’, Solo Show, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2009 ‘Australian Contemporary Art’, Group Show, Gaffer Studio&Koru Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
2009 ‘Still Life’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart, Australia
2009 ‘Coming Home’, Group Show(Australian Art Council), Linda Gallery, 798, Beijing, China
2009 Singapore International Art Fair, Presented by Gaffer Studio, Hong Kong
2009 Melbourne Art Fair, Presented by The Salamanca Collection, Australia
2009 ‘Digital Art Expo International In Downtown Los Angeles’, Participant of Davis Museum, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, USA
2009 ‘One World One Home’, Group Show, Chinese Government Ministry of Culture, Qing Tong Museum, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
2008 ‘Oil Paintings by Three Australian Artists’, Guangdong Museum of Art , Guangzhou, China
2008 ‘China’s Exhibition Preview’, Long Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2008 ‘Her Dreams’, Solo Show(opened by Michael Edwards, Director of Contemporary Art Tasmania), The Salamanca Collection, Hobart, Australia
2008 ‘Ruins’, Solo Show, Vis-à-Vis Art Lab, 798, Beijing, China
2008 ‘International Artist Residency Exhibition’, Group Show, Red Gate Gallery, China
2008 Singapore International Art Fair, Presented by Gaffer Studio, Hong Kong
2008 ‘Try to Remember’, Group Show, Osage SoHo Gallery, Hong Kong
2007 ‘Figure Paintings Launch’, Solo Show, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2007 ‘Figurative Language’, Solo Show(opened by Rosemary Miller, Director of Salamanca Arts Centre), The Salamanca Collection, Hobart, Australia
2007 ‘Island Symphony’, Solo Show, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2007 ‘Living Artist’s Surviving Human’, Solo Show, Tasmanian Living Artists’ Week, Salamanca Art Centre, Hobart, Australia
2006 ‘If Turner Was Here’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart, Australia
2006 ‘Landscape Paintings Launch’. Solo Show, Art Equity, Sydney, Australia
2005 ‘Raphaelite Now’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart, Australia
2005 ‘The Glover Prize’, John Clover Society, Evandale, Tasmania, Australia
2005 ‘They Are Figures’, Solo Show, Northern Exposure Festival, Melbourne
2005 Sydney Art Fair, Represented by Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2004 ‘Figure Out’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart, Australia
2003 ‘Life is Beautiful’ Solo Show (opened by David Hanson, Senior Curator of Tasmania Museum and Gallery), The Salamanca Collection, Hobart, Australia
2003 ‘Living Artists Week’, Hobart, Australia
2003 ‘Trio’, Loft Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia
2003 ‘Trio’, Shantou University Gallery, China
2002 ‘Still Time’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart, Australia
2002 ‘Fingering Glover’, Group Show, Long Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2002 ‘The Charcoal Grilled She’, Foyer Installation Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2001 ‘Drawing into the Square’, Solo Show, Loft gallery, Hobart, Australia
2001 ‘Shadowing the Paper’, Solo Show, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia
2001 ‘No Escape’, Solo Show, Kelly’s Garden, Salamanca Arts Centre, Australia
2000 ‘Box – viewpoint’, Solo Show, Foyer Installation Gallery, Australia
2000 ‘Converge’, Group Show, Long Gallery, Hobart, Australia
1997 ‘Hue’s Hue’, Entrepot Gallery, The School of Art, Hobart, Australia
1997 ‘Affinity’, Fine Art Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
1997 ‘Beaching the Whale’, Long Gallery, Hobart, Australia
1997 ‘International Art Exhibition of Chaoshan Origin’, Gallery of Shantou Institute of Art, China
1997 ‘Hutchins Art Awards’, Long Gallery, Hobart, Australia
1990 ‘East Sydney Scenes’, The Watercolour Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1989 ‘Shantou University Teachers’ Exhibition’, Gallery of Shantou Institute of Art, China
1987 ‘Annual Member Exhibition’, Shantou Painting Society, Shantou Museum, China
1986 ‘Teachers’ Exhibition’, Shantou University Gallery, China
1985 ‘Graduation Exhibition-Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art’, Gallery of Culture Park, Guangzhou, China
GRANTS
Australia Council, Australia-China Council, Art Tasmania, Tasmanian Premier
COLLECTIONS
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madam Peng Liyuan
Will Hodgman Premier of Tasmania
Guangdong Museum of Art, China
Tasmanian Museum and Art gallery, Australia
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China
White Rabbit Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Sydney, Australia
Davis Museum
Popov private collection, Moscow, Russia
Privates and Organizations- USA, Switzerland, Austria, England, Ireland, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Denmark, Hong Kong, Australia
Shangyuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
PUBLICATIONS
2014 Style Arts Foundation, Catalogue 2, Time-Space-Existence#2, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2014 Australia China Culture Council, Seeking – Australian Chinese Artists Group Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2013 Personal Structures, Time-Space-Existence#2, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2012 MacMillan Dist, Chen Ping Painting, Mini Books (Australian Artists Series), Palgrave MacMillan, Australia
2011 MIFA, Metaphysics, Chen Ping’s Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Tim Phelan, Amazon, 50 Contemporary Artists, USA
2010 Broadway Gallery, ‘Three Australia Painters’, New York, USA
2009 Vis-à-Vis Art Lab, ‘Chen Ping Painting’, Beijing, China
2008 Australian Art Collector, Issue 45, ‘Her Dreams’, Australia
2008 Guangdong Museum of Art, International Exchange Series, ‘Oil Paintings by Three Australian Artists’, Guangdong, China
2007 Australian Art Collector, Issue 41, ‘Figurative Language’, Australia
2005 Australian Art Collector, Issue 32, ‘Raphaelite Now’, Australia
1985 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art , ‘Artworks by Students of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art’, National Art Schools Series, China
1987 Chen Ping, ‘Village’, Shantou Daily, China
1986 Chen Ping, Illustration, Overseas Chinese Literature Magazine, Shantou University, China
REVIEWS
Australia: Peter Timms, John McDonald, Ralph Hobbs, James Arvanitakis, Micheal Edwards
International: Ian Findlay, Rajath Suri, Michael Corbin, Tally Beck, Wang Huangsheng