Chinese Artist Chen Hongzhu

Chen Hongzhu was born in Chongqing, China in 1982. She is currently living and working in Beijing, China where she specialises in painting. In 2006, she earned a B.A. in Oil Painting from Sichuan Fine Arts Academy in Sichuan, China. Chen’s works have been shown at exhibitions throughout Asia, including:

Group Exhibitions

2010

Animamix, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2009

Beijing 798 Biennial, Beijing, China

Chinese International Art Fair, Beijing, China

Singapore Art Fair, Linda Gallery, Singapore

2008

Surfing Animamix, Linda Gallery, Shanghai

Chen Hongzhu says the philosophy behind her works is “to stir and upset all the hypocritical and artificial behaviour.”

Please enjoy her work images!

"Not in Control", oil on canvas, 200 x 120 cm, 2010

"Oh, to Fly!", oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm, 2009

"What`s Memory No.2", oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm, 2010

"Secret Alliance", oil on canvas, 180 x 130 cm, 2009

 

Chinese Artist ‘Chen Honghzu’

Chen Honghzu is part of the “Post 80s” generation of Chinese Artists that are beginning to enter the market. She was born in 1982, Chongqing, China and graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Academy, B.A. in Oil Painting.

The Post 80s’ ideals, insights and thoughts are vastly different than their earlier predecessors because they have grown up in a different China. China opened up to the world in the 1970s. Therefore the “Post-80s” generation grew up with the Internet, expendable cash and Pop-culture.

The Beijing they live in is an international Mecca where anything you can conjure up exists.

The “Post 80s” generation are “only children” because of China’s strict

enforcement of the “one child policy.” Their parents might have suffered during the Cultural Revolution, but they themselves are unaffected by Mao and the events that transpired. Many Artists that were born in the 1970s or 1960s use Mao or Cultural Revolution themes in their works because that period in Chinese history directly affected them.

Selected exhibitions are as below;

2010  “Animamix” Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2009  Beijing 798 Biennial, Beijing, China

2009  Chinese International Art Fair, Beijing, China

2009  Singapore Art Fair, Linda Gallery, Singapore

2008  ”Surfing Animamix” Linda Gallery, Shanghai

2007  ”Pure Expectation” Youth Art Exhibition, Beijing

2006  ”Man and Great Ideals” Jang Art Space, South Korea, Seoul

2005  ”3rd Chengdu Biennial Student Work Exhibition” Chengdu, China

Enjoy Chen Honghzu’s work images!

‘Secret Alliance’, oil on canvas, 180 x 130 cm, 2009

‘Oh, to fly’, oil on canvas, 150 x 110cm, 2009

‘What’s memory No.1′, oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm, 2009

‘The control beyond control’, oil on canvas, 200 x 120 cm, 2009