Chen Yanyin
Chen Yanyin | |
|---|---|
| 陈妍音 | |
| Born | 3 October 1958 Shanghai, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | Sculpture, China Academy of Art, Shanghai |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Chen Yanyin (or Chen Yan Yin 陈妍音) (born 1958) is a Chinese sculptor whose work was featured in the Chinese Fine Arts Chronicle, 2008.[1] Her work was also part of "Between Ego and Society: An Exhibition of Contemporary Female Artists in China" at the Chicago Cultural Center.[2]
Biography
[edit]Chen Yanyin was born 3 October 1958 in Shanghai, China.[3] She attended the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now known as China Academy of Art) and graduated with a degree in fine arts from the sculpture department in 1988. In 2000 she completed a master's degree at the University of Sydney, Australia.[4]
Chen had her first solo show, Box Series in 1994 at the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute[4] and that same year also did her first collaborative show with Geng Jianyi 耿建翌, Shi Yong 施勇, and Yang Zhenzhong 杨振中 called The Date 26 November 1994 as a Reason.[5] She has done many collaborative shows at galleries throughout the world including Bonn Women's Museum; Chasse Kazerne Fundament Foundation in Breda The Netherlands;[6] the Chicago Cultural Center;[2] grunt gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Heyang Art Museum in Datong, China; Mo Space in Zhenzhou, China; Queensland Art Gallery, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and numerous locations in her hometown of Shanghai. Her second solo show was entitled Diary and was held in Sydney.[6]
Her work has been featured in many publications Art and Asia Pacific Journal (1994, 1995, and 1997), Contemporary Chinese Art Criticism Series: A Study on Women's Art in China (1999), The State of Chinese Avant-Garde Art: A Compilation of Interviews on Chinese Avant-Garde Art (2002), China Avant-Garde Art 1979–2004 (2006), as well as a significant number of exhibition catalogs.[7]
Selected works
[edit]- Northerner in Shanghai 5-B (1999).
- Parents repose high hopes in their children A (2000)
- Acrobatics B (2000)
- Shadow A-B (2000)
- Public Telephone 5-D (2000)
- Bus No. 21 (2006)
- 3 Girls in the Subway (2007)
- Take a Lift (2010)
References
[edit]- ^ "Chinese Fine Arts Chronicle 2008: Chen Yanyin". Asia Art Archive. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Now All Is Open: A Rewarding Survey Of Contemporary Chinese Female Artists". Chicago Tribune. 29 August 1997. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "CHEN YANYIN". Artlinkart. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Yanyin Chen (1958 – )". AskART. AskART Artists' Bluebook. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "The Date 26 Nov. 1994 as a Reason". Shangh Art Gallery. ShanghART Singapore. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ a b "CHEN YANYIN 陈妍音". ShanghART Singapore. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Other Publications". ShanghART Singapore. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
External links
[edit]- "Small sculptures by Chen Yanyin", Cultural-China.com, Understanding China's 5000-Year Culture
- "Gallery: CHEN YAN YIN", Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation