Chen Ke

Gallery Biography Statement Essay 

 Chen Ke                           陈可

1972

Born in Jilin

1997

Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Oil Painting Department, BA degree

 

Solo Exhibitions

2012

Red Road by Chen Ke, Red Gate Gallery

2007

Meat As a Metaphor of Construction Painting: Works by Chen Ke, Artist Commune, Hong Kong

The Transfiguration of Meat into Contemporary Reality – Chen Ke’s recent paintings from 2006 to 2007, M Gallery, Beijing

1997

‘97 Chen Ke, National Art Museum of China

 

Group Exhibitions

2012

Two Generations – 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, 2012 Australian Tour: City of Sydney Chinese New Year; Manning Regional Gallery; Damien Minton Gallery; University of Newcastle Gallery; Melbourne International Fine Arts (MiFA); Linton & Kay, Perth

2011

20 Years – Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, island6 Art Center, Shanghai

20 Years – Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, Red Gate Gallery

New Vision - Chinese Contemporary Art, Museu do Oriente in Lisbon, Portugal

2009

Image of China? Flag of City, Qujiang International Contemporary Art of Xi’an

2008

Contemporary Oil Painting, Galerie Antoine and Ann Marie Helwaser, Paris

True Colours: Chinese Painting Today, Osage Gallery, Shanghai 

Chinese E Voices, Chinese E Stories, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong Pavillon Art & Design Fair, Paris

Still Image, New Beijing Gallery, Beijing

2005

Contemporary Artist Unite, Art 110 Gallery, Beijing

2003

High Summer, China Blue Gallery, Beijing

2002

Chinese Plastic Art, Egypt

Walk Out of Confusion, Hanmo Gallery Beijing, Beijing

Mask and Face, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

Highlights of Chengdu Biennale, China Millennium Monument, Beijing  

2001

Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu

Highlights of Chengdu Biennale, The Courtyard Gallery, Beijing

2000

The Age of Two Factories — Students from CAFA, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing 

1999

Given and Surpass — Paintings on Easel of the Artists Born in 70s, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing

2nd Contemporary Sculpture, Hexiangning Art Gallery, Shenzhen

1998

Counter — Perspectives The Environment and Us, Beijing University Museum