Chen Yujun
Born 1976 in Fujian, China. Lives and works in Shanghai.
EDUCATION
2007
M.F.A., Department of Comprehensive Art, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
1999
B.A., Department of Comprehensive Art, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Chen Yujun: Locality as Universality, Jili International Art Zone, Beijing
2022
Arthouser - Chen Yujun Solo Exhibition, Long Museum, Chongqing, China
Chen Yujun: The Earth Waters, Westbund, Shanghai
2021
Chen Yujun: Sheng Zhang, Long Museum, Shanghai
Growth: Continuity and Variation, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2020
Chen Yujun: Each Single Self, Arario Gallery, Seoul
2019
Chen Yujun, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
Chen Yujun - Caravan of Wanderer, Worshiper, Lover of Leaving, Ren Space, Shanghai
Chen Yujun: 1st Gallery Space x 2nd Gallery Space, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
2018
Reflection From the Golden Dome - Chen Yujun Solo Exhibition, Ren Space, Shanghai
2017
Chen Yujun: The River Never Remembers, The House Cannot Forget, Arario Gallery, Shanghai
2015
Chen Yujun: Another Place, Bradbury Building, Los Angeles
Chen Yujun - The Second Door, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai
Chen Yujun: Flying City, Jewelvary Art & Boutique, Shanghai
2012
Chen Yujun: Transitional Room, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing
Chen Yujun: Mulanxi River - Unsettled, Zhong Gallery, Berlin
2010
Chen Yujun: The Empty Room, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Follow the Rabbit: Taking stock of a collection and its reception through contemporary Chinese art, Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus, Austria
Return to Nature, Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai
2022
Fragment with Dusty Light, Tang Contemporary, Seoul
I Loved You, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2021
Forêt, Arario Gallery, Seoul
2020
2020 Buffering, Ren Space, Shanghai
CLEAN, SPURS Gallery, Beijing
Visionaries: The Special Project for MSAC 10th Anniversary, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
A Strong Wind in Beijing, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2018, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing
A Confrontation of Ideals - The 2nd Anren Biennale, Anren OCT Creative Culture Park, Chengdu, China
Pal(ate)ette, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai
Observation, The Barn Contemporary Art Space, Shenzhen, China
2018
Visible or Invisible Forms - Chen Yujun, Qin Qi, and Xu Xiaoguo, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei
After Sunset, Galerie Liusa Wang, Paris
Brushwork and True Feeling, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Mulan River - Voyage, Asia Art Center Taipei, Taipei
Shanghai Painters, N3 Contemporary Art, Beijing
Time Lapse - CHEN YUJUN and PANNAPHAN YODMANEE, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
Silence, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing
2017
Osmosis Symbiosis - Localizational Practices of Contemporary Art in China, Art Museum of Shanghai Oil Painting & Sculpture Institute, Shanghai
15-Artist Art exhibition of Zhejiang Academy of Art, Beijing Dingyuan International Art Center, Beijing
Frontier - Re-Assessment of Post-Globalisational Politics, Shanghai OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2016, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing
Mulan River - Cuò, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva, Israel
All Happens After Sunset, The Museum of Contemporary Art Pavilion, Shanghai
Within Sight - Chinese New Painting at Post Financial Crisis Era, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Voice of ASIA - Arario Gallery West Bund Inaugural Exhibition, Arario Gallery, Shanghai
2016
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2015, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing
White, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
The Decameron - BMCA Documenting Art, Wenyu River, Beijing
Anonymous, Ginkgo Art Center, Beijing
The Moments of Cynicism and Piety: Collection Exhibition of Frank F. Yang Art & Education Foundation II, You Space and Extra Space, Shenzhen, China
Over the Wall - Paintings Tempted by Installation, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
2015
An Anonymous Exhibition, SZ Art Center, Beijing
2014
The World III in the Third World, Chulalongkorn University Art Museum, Bangkok, Thailand
Broken Stand - the New Painting to Order, Long Museum, Shanghai
The 8th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, Shenzhen OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China
Inside-Outside, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
The Being of Non-Being: A Kind of Personal Expression on Meta-Painting, Linda Gallery, Beijing
2013
On the Road: Nomination Exhibition of Emerging Chinese Artists, Guan Shanyue Museum, Shenzhen, China
FUCK OFF 2, The Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
MIRROR AND SHADOW, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
ON|OFF: China’s Young Artists in Practice, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
Ignition Point - Art Lights Life Up, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
The 55th Venice Biennale, Venice
The Light, Inna No. 2 Space, Hangzhou, China
The Portrait of Space, Parkview Green Art, Beijing
Limits of Language, Nomade Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2012
Water Stains on The Wall: The Carrier of Formation, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Collectors, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing
Landscape Visual Memory, Venice Museum of Science and Technology, Venice
Dawn - New Art From China, Zhong Gallery, Berlin
Merging: Distances in Light, L-Art Gallery, Chengdu, China
2011
Ri Yong - Chang Xing, Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu, Chengdu, China
How To Do, Henglu Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
Nostalgia and Rendezvous, Qinghe Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, China
Mulan River Project - Chen Yujun and Chen Yufan, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing
Line Up, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing
2010
De-Focus, Hangzhou Normal University Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
RESHAPING HISTORY - Chinart from 2000-2009, Today Art Museum, National Conference Center, Arario Gallery, Beijing
Invisible Wings, Times Art Museum, Beijing
Post Traditions - The Magnified Slice, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Youth Upstairs - Youth Critics Nomination Exhibition, Times Art Museum, Beijing
Visual Flux - Space and Energy, Qinghe Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, China
Jungle - A Close-Up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing
What is Narrative?, Chengdu A4 Contemporary Arts Center, Chengdu, China
Free Terminology, Chengdu A4 Contemporary Arts Center, Chengdu, China
Home-Stay, Osage Gallery, Shanghai
2009
Reflective, Wall Art Museum, Beijing; Zhejiang West Lake Museum of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
Evolution? , Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Future Manufacturing, Qinghe Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, China
Look Deeper, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing
Going By, SZ Art Center, Beijing
Blade - Reconstruct Leifeng Pagoda, SZ Art center, Beijing
Blackboard, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
From Hangzhou - Contemporary Art Exhibition by 70s, FELLINI Gallery, Berlin
2008
Grain Cereals - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Another Way, Experimental Art Exhibition of Hangzhou, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
To Be A Qualified Successor, YIBO Gallery, Shanghai
Aquilaria, Eye Level Gallery, Shanghai
2007
Chongqing’s Position, Chongqing Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing, China
Academy Co-Exhibition of the China Academy of Art, C5 Art Center, Beijing
Intercalated Month - Artist Invitational Exhibition of Nominated Art Works, Yuandian Gallery, Shanghai
2006
Forms and Colors - Zhejiang Young Oil Painters Invitational Exhibition, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, China
2005
Migrants Home - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Spectacle: Century and Heaven - The Second Chengdu Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu, Chengdu, China
2004
Young Mind: China New Sharp Painting Award Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2003
No. 17 New Artists Exhibition, Yanhuang Art Museum, Beijing
1999
Mixed Painting Documentary Exhibition, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
dslcollection, Paris
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Long Museum, Shanghai
M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong
White Rabbit Collection, Sydney
Yuz Museum, Shanghai
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Arario Museum, Seoul