Chen Wenji
Professor of Mural Department, China Central Academy of Fine Arts(CAFA). Chen was born in Shanghai in 1954. After graduated from the Printmaking Department of CAFA in 1978, he joined faculty and had taught successively in the Printmaking Department (1978-1980) , the Folk Art Department (1980-1993) and the Mural Department (1993-2014) until he retired in 2014. Chen lives and works between the city of Beijing and Yanjiao of Hebei province.
In the early 1980s, the artist had a fair amount of experience in printmaking. Since the mid-1980s, oil painting has been used as his primary creative medium, which further experienced a conversion of visual forms from figurative realism to abstract expression. In the past fifteen years, he has stood by this way of thinking to follow his artistic pursuit. Chen Wenji has participated in “Chinese Modern Art Exhibition” (Beijing·1989) , “China’s Revision” (Koblenz, Germany· 2008) , “Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009” (Shanghai· 2009) , “Ctrl+N Non-Linear Practice – 2012 Kwangju Biennale Special Exhibition” (Kwangju, Korea·2012) , “Brazil Curitiba Biennale 2017: Pulse – Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition”(Brazil·2017) , “Bob Bonis + Chen Wenji”(Beijing·2018) . Since his first solo exhibition at CourtYard Gallery in Beijing in 1999, he has exhibited at CAFA Museum in Beijing (2010) , He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen and Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei, and AYE Gallery in Beijing, among others.
ARTWORKS
Oil on aluminum panel
140 x 140 cm
2019
Oil on canvas
95 x 135 cm
2020
Oil on aluminum panel
33 x 180 cm
2019
Oil on aluminum panel
67.5 x 50 cm
2016
Oil on canvas
100 x 180 cm
2016
Oil on aluminum panel
80 x 100 cm
2016
Oil on aluminum panel
80 x 80 cm
2016
Oil on aluminum panel, waterborne paint
29.2 x 52 cm
2018
Oil on aluminum panel
109.5 x 72 cm
2018
Oil on aluminum panel
80 x 33.5 cm
2018
Oil on aluminum panel
120.5 x 34 cm
2017
Oil on canvas
40.5 x 50 cm
2017
Oil on aluminum panel
149 x 149 cm x 2
2016
Oil on canvas
139.5 x 139.5 cm
2016
Oil on aluminum panel
62 x 46 cm
2015
Oil on aluminum panel
88 x 82 cm
2016
Pencil on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016
Color pen on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016
Pencil on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016
Oil on aluminum panel
175 x 100 cm
2016
Oil on aluminum panel, spray paint
90 x 175 cm
2016
Oil on aluminum panel
90 x 175 cm
2016
Oil on aluminum panel
80 x 52.5 cm
2014
Oil on canvas
60 x 120 cm
2010
Oil on canvas
60 x 120 cm
2010
Oil on aluminum panel
84 x 175 cm
2019
Oil on canvas
180x180cm
2020
Oil on canvas
180x180cm
2020
Oil on canvas
180x180cm
2020
Oil on canvas
84x160cm
2022
Pencil on paper
86x61cm
2012
Metal photo frame, spray paint on sulfuric acid paper
25x20cm
2022
Metal photo frame, spray paint on sulfuric acid paper
25x20cm
2022
Metal photo frame, spray paint on sulfuric acid paper
25x20cm
2022
Pencil on paper
61x86cm
2012
Pencil on paper
61x86cm
2012
Oil and spray paint on dew retting linen on paper board
40x50cm
2022
Oil on stainless steel board
44x35cm
2019
Oil on canvas
100x100cm
2001
Oil on aluminum board
80x60cm
2019
Molding paste, acrylic and spray paint on laptop computer
25×36.5cm
2021
Oil on stainless steel board
54x45cm
2019
Oil on canvas
26.5x36cm
2000
Color ink on paper
29x38cm
2022
Oil and latex paint on canvas
60x50cm
2021
Molding paste, spray paint on dew retting linen on paper board
25x19cm
2022
Oil and acrylic on canvas
150x100cm
2021
Oil and acrylic on fiberboard
40x30cm
2021
Oil and spray paint on fiberboard
40x30cm
2021
Oil on wooden board
61 x 51 cm
2021
Exhibitions
Bob Bonies + Chen Wenji
2018.05.06 – 2018.07.01
Because of / —— 2016 Chen Wenji New Works
2016.12.18 – 2017.02.18
CHEN WENJI – WHAT
2011.12.04 – 2012.02.04
( ) — Chen Wenji
2023.01.15 – 2023.03.15
News
Since – Works by Chen Wenji
He Xiangning Art Musuem
2012.04.22 – 2012.05.20
Central Academy of Fine Arts Annual Fine Arts Nomination Exhibition –– 2010 Chen Wenji
CAFA Art Museum
2010.11.30 – 2010.12.19
China’s ReVision
Ludwig Musuem, Koblenz, Germany
2008.11.09 – 2009.01.09
Publications
Bob · Bonies + Chen Wenji
Bob · Bonies, Chen Wenji
Chen Wenji
Chen Wenji
Chen Wenji Works 2006 – 2016
Chen Wenji
Chen Wenji
Chen Wenji
Since
Chen Wenji
Selected Articles
One Object, One World
by Fang Zhenning
Restraint, Delicacy and ultimate of Chen Wenji
by Feng Boyi
Painting as an Attitude — the Art of Chen Wenji
by Yin Shuangxi
A Brush of Grey — the Oil Painting by Chen Wenji
by Feng Boyi
Spirit Unwilling to Depart
by Lv Shengzhong
Personal experience and transition of the time—talking about the art of Chen Wenji
by Song Xiaoxia
