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In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Tianzhuo
陈天灼
Born1985
Beijing, China
NationalityChinese
Alma materChelsea College of Art and Design,
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Known forOutlandish performance, video art, installation art
Websitehttp://tianzhuochen.com/

Chen Tianzhuo (Chinese: 陈天灼; born 1985) is a Chinese contemporary artist known for outlandish performance art, films, and installations.

Life and work

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Chen was born in Beijing in 1985. He has been described as "one [of] the most promising young artists in China."[1]

He received a BA in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2009, and an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts in 2010.[2][3][4]

In 2015, he founded ASIANDOPEBOYS, a Beijing-based interdisciplinary collective for art, music, dance, and fashion.

His work has been shown internationally, and is exhibited primarily in China and Europe.[2]

His latest work debuted November 6, 2014 at K11 in Hong Kong supported by Adrian Cheng.[5] The show titled WAWADOLL IS X’MAS DATA—a solo exhibition by TIANZHUO CHEN is "Chen’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong is also his first large-scale installation outside of a gallery" and is curated by Leap Magazine and Art Papers Editor in Chief, Robin Peckham.[6]

Chen lives and works in Beijing.[2] He is a Tibetan Buddhist.[7][8]

Solo exhibitions

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Year Title Venue City Country
2023 Illuminated Spirits TANK Shanghai China
2022 The Dust Kunstpavillion Innsbruck Austria
2021 The Shepherd Kyoto City University of Arts Kyoto Japan
2020 Recollection Pierces the Heart Tang Contemporary Hong Kong China
2019 TRANCE M Woods Museum Beijing China
2019 Backstage Boys BANK Shanghai China
2017 GHOST Kunsthalle Winterthur Winterthur Switzerland
2016 Tianzhuo Chen Chi K11 Art Museum Shanghai China
2016 Ishvara Long March Space Beijing China
2015 Tianzhuo Chen Palais de Tokyo Paris France
2014 PICNIC PARADI$E BITCH BANK Shanghai China
2013 Tianzhuo’s Acid Club Star Gallery Beijing China
2012 Gas Station Vanguard Gallery Shanghai China
2011 The Great Exhibition

Group exhibitions

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2014

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  • "MEMOIRS OF AMNESIAC-!", MAISON POPULAIRE, Paris
  • "2014 Wuhan 3rd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts", Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan
  • "Conditions", Destination, Beijing
  • "MÉMOIRES D’UN AMNÉSIQUE – ?", MAINSD’ŒUVRES, Paris
  • "SANKUANZ FW2015 Collection", London Fashion Week, London
  • "Decorum",Powerstation of Art, Shanghai
  • "SANKUANZ FW2014 Collection", Shanghai Fashion Week, Shanghai

2013

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  • "Drawing-Expression and limit", Amnua, Nanjing
  • "Wave" Bund 18, Shanghai
  • "Hot City" L-Artgallery, Chengdu
  • "Eric Cartman’s Loser Club" Art Beijing, Beijing
  • "Kangrinboqê－SANKUANZ FW2013 Collection", Shanghai Fashion Week, Shanghai
  • "Existence – +Follow" Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai

2012

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  • "Kathmandu International Art Festival", Kathmandu
  • "Narcissism" Star gallery, Beijing
  • "Being misread on 16th October", Bridge gallery, Beijing
  • "Get it Louder 2012", Beijing
  • "The Graduals", Traffic, Dubai
  • "First Issue", SH Contemporary, Shanghai
  • "Also World", T Art Center, Beijing
  • "Spot Light", Bund 18, Shanghai
  • "Nowhere to Live", Star Gallery, Beijing
  • "The Halo Effect", V Art Center, Shanghai
  • "Yeast″, Season gallery, Beijing

2011

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  • "Asia Triennial Manchester", Manchester
  • "Peckham 90210″, N/V Projects, London
  • "UK CHINA Art&Design Festival-The catalyst", Great western studios, London
  • "Parallax Art Fair", La Galleria, Royal Opera Arcade, London
  • "Life is elsewhere", Crypt gallery, London

2010

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  • "Wild Wicked and Wanton", The Lewisham Arthouse, London
  • "MA Show 2010″, 1st Sept-5th Sept, Chelsea college of art, London
  • "Royal Academy summer exhibition", 14Jun-22 Aug, Royal Academy, London
  • "Chelsea MA interim show", Chelsea college of art, london
  • "Askew show- in the garden of desire", The castle, London
  • "Condensation", Hanbury hall, london
  • "Chelsea salon", Auto-Italia south east, london

2009

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  • "Chelsea salon", Auto-Italia south east, london
  • "Cheers", Barge house, London
  • "CSM Degree show", Barge house, London
  • "CSM work in progress show", Colomb gallery, London

2008

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  • "Hot Shock", Shanghai
  • "Foundry", London
  • "China Design now", V&A Museum, London

2007

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  • "Flow", 798 Space, Beijing.
  • "Tiger Translate", X-Change Gallery, New York, Berlin and Beijing.

2006

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  • "Chinese shadow", Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ De Toni, Alessandro (2014-08-27). "Tianzhou Chen Biography". Coolhunting. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  2. ^ a b c Chen, Tianzhou (2014-11-06). "Tianzhou Chen Biography". Website.
  3. ^ "Tianzhou Chen Degree Show". Degreeart. 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06.
  4. ^ "Tianzhou Chen Degree Show". Showtime. 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  5. ^ "20 of the Worlds Most Innovative Art Collectors". Artnet. 2014-10-29.
  6. ^ "WAWADOLL IS X'MAS DATA – a solo exhibition by TIANZHUO CHEN". Website. 2014-11-06.
  7. ^ Bockowski, Piotr (April 2, 2022). "Insight: The disappearance of Tianzhuo Chen - transmediale 2022". CLOT. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  8. ^ Shanghai's Creative Uprising: Behind China's Great Firewall, i-D / VICE Asia, retrieved 2023-06-14
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