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Chen Zhen

1955 Born in Shanghai (China)
Lives and works in Paris, New York and Shanghai

Precipitous Parturition,1999
Cities on the Move - London (Hayward Gallery)


Personal Exhibitions (from 1997)
1997 "Fu Dao / Fu Dao, Upside-down Buddha / Arrival at Good Forture", CCA, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan (book)
1998 "Chen Zhen and Ken Lum", Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver
"In(ter)fection: Chen Zhen and Nari Ward", in the framework of
"Archipelago: Crash Between Islands - Stockholm, Cultural Capital of Europe '98," National Maritime Museum, Stockholm (cat)
"Jue Chang / Fifty Strokes to Each", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (cat)
"Between Therapy and Meditation", Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris
1999 "Between Therapy and Meditation", ADDC-Espace Culturel Francois Mitterand, Perigueux, France (cat)
"Entre Ravi-Au-Lit et Bureau d'Echange", Art & Public, Geneva

Collective Exhibitions (from 1997)
1997 "Parisien/ne/s" , curated by Hou Han-ru Camden Art Centre, Londre,England (cat)
"Fueki-Ryuko: Chinese Contemporary Art at the Midst of Changing Surroundings", organised by Nanjo and Associates in three cities : Tokyo,Osaka, Fukuoka, Japan (cat)
"Meditations" , organised by Art for the World, Medersa lbn Youssef,Marrakech, Morocco (cat)
"L'Autre", Lyon Biennale, curated by Harald Szeemann, Maison de Lyon, Lyon,France (cat)
"In-between the Limits", curated by Fei Da-wei, Sonje Museum of ContemporaryArt, South Korea (cat)
"The Quiet In The Land" , curated by France Morin, ICA, Maine College for Art, Portland, USA
"Hybrid", Kwangju Biennale, curated by Richard Koshalek, Kwangju, Korea (cat)
"Hong Kong, etc.", 2nd Johannesburg Biennale 1997, curated by Hou Hanru,Johannesburg, South Africa (cat)
"Cities on the Moves", curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru,Wiener Secession, Wien (cat)
"Artist Projects", The Re-openning Show of P.S.I Museum , P.S.1 Museum, NewYork
1998 "Futur a` Rencontrer", Passage de Retz, Paris
"Passage(s)", Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montrael
"The Edge of Awareness", organised by Art for the World, Headquarters of WHO, Geneva; PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York and SESC dePompeia, Sao Paulo, (cat)
"Cities on the Moves", curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru,capcMusee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; P.S.1Contemporary Art Centre, New York
"The Quiet In The Land", curated by France Morin, ICA, Boston, USA
"Desire of Home", Kunsthalle Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
"1st Biennale de Montreal", curated by Claude Gosselin, Montreal
"1998 Taipei Biennial: Site of Desire", curated by Fumio Nanjo, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan (cat)
"Global Vision - new art from the 90ís", curated by Katerina Gregos, The Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens (cat)
"Gare de líEst", curated by Hou Hanru and Enrico Lunghi, Casino de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (cat)
1999 "Cities on the Move", curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek; Hayward Gallery, Londre et Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
"Tales of the Tip", organised by Fundament Foundation et Praktijkbureau Beeldende Kunstopdrachten of the Mondrian Foundantion, Breda, Holland
"Jardin Secret", curated by Jean Louis Pradel, Hopital Charles Foix, Ivrys/Seine, France
"Magical Reality of Unnatural", Kunsthause Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
"Aperto over All", 48th Venice Biennale, Venice
"Between Artificial and Nature", curated by Giovanna Nicoletti, Brunico,Italy
"In de Ban Van de Ring", curated by Annemie Van Laethem, ProvenciaalCentrum voor Beeldende Kunsten, Hasselt, Belgium
"The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Projeto Axe",curated by France Morin, Salvador, Bresille
"Let's get Lost", curated by Jerome Sans, Central Saint Martins College ofArt and Design, London
"Street Life", curated by Jerome Sans Project Row House, Houston
"3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art", Queensland Art Gallery,Brisbane
"Kunstwelten im Dialog", curated by Marc Scheps, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
"The 1999 Carnegie International", curated by Madeleine Grynstejn CarnegieMuseum of Art, Pittsburgh

Social investigation-Shanguai n.2, posters

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