Chen Zhen

CURRICULUM


1955, Shanghai (China) – 2000, Paris (France)

Study and Teaching

1973 - Shanghai Fine Arts and Crafts School.
1976 - Professor of Shanghai Fine Arts and Crafts School.
1978 - Shanghai Drama Institute, speciality: stage design.
1982 - Professor of Shanghai Drama Institute.
1986 - Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris
1989 - Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts plastiques of Paris.
1991 - Visiting artist-professor at Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris.
1993-1995 - Professor of Institut des Hautes Etudes en arts plastiques of Paris.
1995-1999 - Professor of Ecole nationale des beaux-arts of Nancy, France.
1997 - Visiting professor at CCA, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Grants and Prizes

1989 - Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts plastiques, Paris.
1990 - The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York.
1991 - Fondation Erwin und Gisela von Steiner, Munich.
1992 - Fonds d’incitation à la création, ministère de la Culture, Paris.
1993 - Fonds d’incitation à la création, ministère de la Culture, Paris.
1995 - The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York.
1996 - Penny McCall Foundation, New York.
Fonds d’incitation à la création, ministère de la Culture, Paris.
1997 - Penny McCall Foundation, New York.
97 Kwangju Biennale Award, Corée du Sud.
1998 - Annie Wang Foundation for Art, Hong Kong.
Fonds d’incitation à la création, ministère de la Culture, Paris.
1999 - Annie Wang Foundation for Art, Hong Kong.
2000 - Concours ONU « Playgrounds & Toys for Refugee Children ».

Résidences

1991 - Villa Waldberta de Feldafing, Munich.
1992 - Atelier d’artiste invité au Magasin, Centre national d’art contemporain de Grenoble, France.
1997 - Centre for Visual Arts, Jerusalem.
CCA – Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japon/Japan.

1998 - The Artists’Residence, Herzliya, Israel.
Centre for Visual Arts, Jerusalem.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
La Danse de la Fontaine Emergente, Pubblic Command of Paris, Augusta Holmes, Rue Paul Klee, Paris 13e, Permanent Installation, France (cat.).
Il corpo come paesaggio, Mart, Rovereto (Italia), February 23 -June 1 (cat.).
2007
The Body as Landscape, Kunstahalle Wien, 25 May-2 September (cat.).
2006
Chen Zhen, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 25 Febrary-19 March
Chen Zhen’s cross – cultural installations, Sturgis Library Gallery, Kennesaw, State University, January 18-March 3
2005
Prayer Wheel – “Money Makes the Mare Go” (Chinese Slang), Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, October 9, 2004-July 2, 2005.
Transexpériences, Galleria Continua, Beijing, 24 September-24 December 2005.
La lumière intérieure du corps humain, Castello di Ama, Giaole in Chianti, Italy, permanent Instalation.
2004
Chen Zhen. Dancing Body – Drumming Mind, GEM (Haags Gemeentemuseum), Den Haag, The Netherlands, 24 April- 15 August.
Une soirée en l’honneur de Chen Zhen, Académie de France à Rome – Villa Medici, Rome, Italy, September 23.
2003
Chen Zhen: a Tribute, organised by Antoine Guerrero, P.S.1, New York, USA, February 16-August 31 (cat.).
Chen Zhen. Un artista fra oriente e occidente, curated by Jean-HubertMartin, PAC – Padiglione d’arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy, February28-May 18 (cat.).
Résidence-Résonance-Résistance,curatedby Maïté Vissault, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für KunstundKulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany, June 21-September 21 (cat.).
Chen Zhen, Silence sonore, curated by Jérôme Sans, Palais de Tokyo, site decréation contemporaine, Paris, France (Jue Chang – Dancing Body,Drumming Mind/The Last Song, exhibited in collaboration with LeFestival d’automne à Paris, October 1st, 2003- January 18, 2004.
Chen Zhen, Le Festival d’automne à Paris, 32e édition, Espace Topographie de l’Art, September 26-November 1st.
2002
Chen Zhen. Metaphors of the Body, curated by Anna Kafetsi, National Museumof Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, March 21-May 18 (cat.).
Résidence-Résonance-Résistance, curated by Alain Julien-Laferrière, CCC – Centre de créationcontemporaine, Tours, France, June 15-November 10 (cat.).
Chen Zhen. Inner Body Landscapes, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA, 18 September 18-December 31 (vidéo/video).
2001   
Chen Zhen, curated by Lisa G. Corrin, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom, April 28-June 3 (cat.).
Chen Zhen, Maison portable, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland, February 2-March 3.
Omaggio a Chen Zhen, L’Arte per la Città per l’Arte, 3a Rassegna d’ArteContemporanea, Fortino di Sant’Antonio, Bari, Italy, May 26-June 24(cat.).
2000
Nightly Imprecations, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland, January 28-February 19.
Jardin-Lavoir,curated by Jackie-Ruth Meyer, Jean-Claude Lattes, Cimaise &Portique– Centre départemental d’art contemporain, Albi, France, March25-May 28(cat.).
Chen Zhen, Elogio della magia nera – In Praise of Black Magic – Eloge de lamagie noire, curated by Alessandra Pace, GAM – Galleria Civica d’ArteModerna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy, April 27-June 12 (cat.).
Six Roots, curated by Zelimir Koscevic, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, May 28-July 7 (cat.).
Field of Synergy, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, October 21, 2000- March 21, 2001 (cat.).
The Ritual Music – Daily Incantations,curated by Emma Lavigne (for theexhibition « La Voix du dragon »), Citéde la musique, Paris, France,November 21, 2000-February 25, 2001.
1999
Chen Zhen, entre thérapie et méditation, ADDC – Espace culturel FrançoisMitterrand, Périgueux, France, February 10-April 2 (cat.).
1998
Jue Chang/Fifty Strokes to Each,curated by Nehama Guralnink, Tel AvivMuseum of Art, Helena RubinsteinPavilion for Contemporary Art, TelAviv, Israel, May 7-July 18 (cat.).
Chen Zhen, entre thérapie et méditation, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France, November 21-January 5 (cat.).
1997   
Fu Dao/Fu Dao, Upside-down Buddha – Arrival at Good Fortune, CCA – Centerfor Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan, August 4-September 5 (book).
1996
Daily Incantations, Deitch Projects, New York, USA, May 4-June 8.
La Digestion perpétuelle, Musée Léon Dierx, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France, June 20-August 25 (cat.).
Chen Zhen,Centre international d’Art contemporain de Montréal, 11e éditiondes 100Jours d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada, October5-November 24(cat.).
1995
Field of Purification, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France, June 17-July 20.
No Way to Sky, no Door to Earth, Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece, October 11-November 18.
1994
Field of Waste, curated by France Morin, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA, May 6-August 14 (cat. & vidéo).
Chen Zhen, curated by Jérôme Sans, École nationale des beaux-arts de Nancy, France.
1993
Polymorphie, Galerie Michel Rein, Tours, France, May15-July 24.
Light of Confession, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands.
La Maison de « l’autel », Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 15-November 18.
The Fire – Water as Purification, Galerie Dany Keller, Munich, Germany, November 9-December 22.
1992
La Porte de re-naissance, Espace des arts, Colomiers, France, March 27-May 9 (cat.).
Objets illuminés la nuit, Galleria Vivita, Florence,Italy.
Chen Zhen au Magasin, Magasin – Centre national d’art contemporain, Grenoble, France, June 6-August 8 (cat.).
Eruption future, Arts 04, Centre d’art contemporain de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, June 26-October 3 (cat.).

1991
Chen Zhen, Galleria Valentina Moncada, Rome, Italy, January 31-March 15 (cat.).
Chen Zhen, Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, June 14-July 22 (cat.).
Natur und Objekt – Ready-Made Mumifikation, Galerie Dany Keller, Munich, Germany, September 13-October 26.
1990
Chen Zhen, Hangar 028, in collaboration with the Musée départemental des Vosges, Paris, France, April 24-29 (cat.).
1989
Hôtel des Sociétés de Verdun, Verdun, France, February 21-26.
1986
Galerie de l’Institut théâtral de Shanghai, Shanghai, China, October.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2010

Director's Choice
, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark June 19 – August 22
Keep your seat
, curated by Danilo Eccher, GAM Torino, February 29 – May 9 (cat.)
2009

Aspekte des Sammelns (Aspects of Collecting)
, Contemporary Art Essel Museum, Vienna, Austria, November 20 - February 7, 2010 (cat.).
Deadline
, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, curated by Odile Burluraux, Paris, France, October 16 – January 10, 2010.
Abc. Def
, Abc Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, Germany, September 23-27
Def - Drafts establishing future
, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, September 23 - 27 (cat.)

Making World
, 53˙ Biennale di Venezia, Italia
Glasstress,Collateral Event 53 Biennale di Venezia, Istituto Veneto di ScienzeLettere ed Arti - Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venezia, Italia June6-November 22
Qui a peur des artistes? Une sélection d’œuvres de la François Pinault Foundation, Palais des artes, Dinard, France June 14-September 13
Un certain état du monde: Sélection de la collection de la Fondation François Pinault, The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia

2008
OUR FUTURE: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection, cureted by Jérôme Sans, Guo     Xiaoyan, Kate Fowle, UCCA, Beijing, China, July 19- December 10.
Une Histoire partagée …, La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, September 10 – Octobre 3 (cat.)
2007
China contemporary art, CELSO Istituto di Studi Orientali, Genova, Italy, 28 September-21 October
Jardin mémorable, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 12 May-27 August 2007
Mining Glass, Museum of Glass, Tacoma (WA) USA, 16 June-3 February 2008 (cat.).
Percorsi privati, Lo sguardo di un collezionista da Balla a Chen Zhen, MART, Rovereto, 23 June-7 October (cat.).
Expats/Clandestines, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, 25 May-5 August
Wind from the East, Perspectives on Asian Contemporary Art, KIASMA, Helsinki, 16 February-27 May 2007 (cat)
2006
Ecce Uomo, curated by Gemma De Angelis Testa, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy, March 23 – May 21, 2006.
Into Me / Out Of Me,curated by Klaus Biesenbach, P.S.1, ContemporaryArtCenter, New York,USA, June 25 – 25 September, 2006. Kunst-Werke,Berlin, November 25,2006-January 28, 2007.
MACRO Mattatoio, Roma, April 20 - Sptember 30, 2007 (cat.).
L’homme Paysage, Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille, France, October 15, 2006 Januarry 14, 2007.
2005
Theorema. Une collection privée en Italie, La collection d’Enea Righi, Collection Lambert en Avignon, February 5 – June 12.
Manmano, Galleria Continua, Beijing, 8 May – 31 July 2005.
Identità e nomadismo, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy, May 28 – September 25.
Montpellier/Chine: MC1. 1re Biennale internationale d’art contemporain chinois deMontpellier, Montpellier, France, June 17 – October 2.
International Triennale of Contemporary Art “Art Circus – Jumping from Ordinary”, Yokohama, Japan, September 28 – December 18.
Donna Donne. Uno sguardo sul femminile nell’arte contemporanea, curated by Adelina Van     Fürstenberg, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, Italy, October 7, 2005-January 8, 2006.
Home sweet home
, Architectures nomades confiées à des artistes pendant 365 jours, CCC, Tours, France, 22 october 2005.

Senza confine (15th year), Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, 30 September – 22 October 2005.
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM-Museum Für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany, 19 novvember 2005 – 1 May 2006.
The Five Rings, curated by Mimmo Di Marzio, Forte di Exilles, Exilles (Turin), Italy, 3 December 2005 – 16 April 2006.
La Force de l’Art, Laboratoire pour un avenir incertain, curated by Hou Hanru, Grand Palais, May 10-June 25, 2006.
2004
TheBeauty of Failure / The Failure of Beauty, curated by Harald Szeemann, Fondació Mirò, Barcelona, Spain, May 28– October 24 (cat.).
11th Biennial of Visual Art, curated by Svetlana Miadenov and Igor Antic´, Pancevo, Yugoslavia May 29- July 15.
A secret History of Clay: from Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, Grain Britain, May 28- August 30.
OPENASIA 2004,The East meets the West. 7th International Exhibition ofSculptures andInstallation, curated by Chang Tsong-zung, Hotels DesBains, Venice –Lido, Italy, September 1– October10 (cat.).
Odyssey (S) 2004, curated by Martina Köppel-Yang, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China, September 28 – November 15.
Ipermercati dell’arte. Il consumismo rappresentato ironizzato contestato, SantaMaria Della Scala, Siena, Italy, October 9 – January 9, 2005.
2003   
MicroutopÍas, curated by Jean-Louis Maubant, Francisco Jarauta,
2a Bienal de Valencia, Comunicaciõn entre las artes: La ciudad ideal, Reales Atarazanas, Spain, June 8-September 30 (cat.).
2002   
Musicaxocchi/Augenmusik/Eyemusic, curated by Paula Tognon, Bolzano, Italy April 13-June 16 (cat.).
Prière(s), curated by Nathalie Batton, Céline Cauchois, Richard Georges, David Rosenberg, Musée d’art et histoire, Saint-Denis, France, March 21-June 24 (cat.).
Glassway,LeStanze del vetro, curated by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, RosanaMollo,Patrizia Framarin, Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Anna Geotti, GiulianaCunéaz, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aosta, Italy, June 15-October 27(cat.).
Continuità. Magnete. Presenze artistiche in Toscana nella seconda metà del XX secolo, curated by Angela Vettese, Fattoria di Celle, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy, June 3-September 30 (cat.).
2001
Belvedere,curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, 1951-2001 Made in Italy?, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy, April 4-May 13 (cat.).
The Body of Art,curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, The 1era Bienal deValencia,Comunicaciõn entre las artes: El Mundo Nuevo, Convento delCarmen,Valencia, Spain, June-October (cat.).
Platea dell’Umanità,curated by Harald Szeemann, 49a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte,Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, June10-November 4 (cat.).
2000   
Art grandeur nature, Parc départemental de La Courneuve, France, March 1st-September 30 (cat.).
The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Projecto Axé, curated by France Morin, MOMA – Museum of Modern Art of Bahia,Salvador, Brazil, July 7-August 20 (cat.).
Parisien(ne)s, ARC, curated by Hou Hanru, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
Paris pour escale, curated by Hou Hanru, Eveline Jouanno, Marie-SophieCarron, Aurélie Voltz, ARC, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville deParis,Paris, France, December 7, 2000-February 18, 2001 (cat.).
Collection, Kirishima Open Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan (cat.).
Continental Shift, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany.
Playground & Toys for Refugee Children, organized by Art for the World, Musée international de la Croix-Rouge, Geneva, Switzerland.
1999
Citieson the Move,curated by Hou Hanru, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Louisiana Museum of ModernArt, Humlebaek, Denmark, January 29-April 21 ; HaywardGallery, London,United Kingdom,May 13-June 27 ; Kiasma Museum ofContemporary Art,Helsinki, Finland, November 5-December 19 (cat.).
Tales of the Tip, organized by Fundament Foundation, Praktijkbureau Beeldende Kunstopdrachten of the Mondrian Foundation, Breda, Netherlands.
Jardin Secret, curated by Jean-Louis Pradel, hôpital Charles Foix, Ivry, France.
Magical Reality of Unnatural, curated by Jérôme Sans, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria.
dAPERTutto/APERTOoverALL/APERTO parTOUT/APERTO überAll, curated by Harald Szeemann, 48aEsposizione Internazionale d’Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice,Italy, 9-12 June (cat.).
Between Artificial and Nature, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti, Brunico, Italy.
In de Ban Van de Ring, curated by Annemie Van Laethem, Provenciaal Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten, Hasset, Belgium.
The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Projeto Axé,commissariat/curated by France Morin, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (cat.).
Let’s get Lost, curated by Jérôme Sans, Central St. Martin College
of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom.
Street Life, curated by Jérôme Sans, Project Row House, Houston, USA, October 1999-March 2000.
Panorama 2000, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands, June 5-October 3.
Beyondthe Future – The Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia, September 9,1999-January 26, 2000.
Kunstwelten in Dialog, curated by Marc Scheps, Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany, November 5, 1999-March 19, 2000.
1999 Carnegie International, curated by Madeleine Grynstejn, Carnegie Museumof Art, Pittsburgh, USA, November 6, 1999-, March 26, 2000.
1998   
Chen Zhen and Ken Lum, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
In(ter)fection: Chen Zhen and Nari Ward, in Archipelago: Crash Between Islands –Stockholm, Cultural Capital of Europe ’98, National Maritime Museum,Stockholm, Sweden, March-April (cat.).
Futur à rencontrer, Passage de Retz, Paris, France.
Passage(s), Centre international d’Art contemporain, Montréal, Canada, January 17-31 .
The Edge of Awareness,organized by Art for the World, Headquarters of WHO(World HealthOrganization), Geneva, Switzerland, May 10-July 12, 1998; P.S.1Contemporary Art Center, New York & United Nations,September13-October 15, 1998 ; SESC Pompei, Italy ; Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 7, 1998-January 30, 1999 ; New Delhi, India, March-April 1999 (cat.).
Cities on the Move,curated by Hou Hanru, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, CAPC – Muséed’artcontemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, June 5-August 30 ;P.S.1Contemporary Art Centre, New York, USA, Octobre 18, 1998-January10,1999 (cat.).
The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and the Shakers, curated by France Morin, ICA, Boston, USA.
1998 Taipei Biennial: Site of Desire, curated by Fumio Nanjo, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, June 13-September 9 (cat.).
Desire of Home (Sehnsucht Heimat), Kunsthalle Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria, July 2-October 31.
1re Biennale de Montréal, curated by Claude Gosselin, Montréal, Canada, August 27-October 18.
Global Vision: New Art from the 90s, curated by Katerina Gregos, The DakisJoannou Collection-Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens,Greece (cat.).
Garede l’Est, curated by Hou Hanru, Enrico Lunghi, Casino de Luxembourg,Luxembourg, December 12, 1998-February 21, 1999 (cat.).
1997
Parisien(ne)s,curated by Hou Hanru, Institute of International Visual Arts, CamdenArts Centre, London, United Kingdom, February 7-March 23 (cat.).
Fueki-Ryuko (Immutability and Fashion): Chinese Contemporary Art at the Midst ofC hanging Surroundings,organized by Fumio Nanjo, Kirin Art Space,Harajuku, Kirin Plaza, Osaka,Mitsubishi-Jisho Artium, Fukuoka, Japon/Japan, March 8-April 16 (cat.).
Meditations,curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg, organized by Art for The World,Médersa Ibn Youssef, Marrakech, Morocco, March 15-April 5 (cat.).
L’Autre, curated by Harald Szeemann, 4e Biennale de Lyon, Maison de Lyon, Lyon, France, July 9- September 24 (cat.).
In-between the Limits, curated by Fei Da-Wei, Sonje Museum
of Contemporary Art, Kyungju, South Korea, July10-October 10 (cat.).
The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and the Shakers, curated by France Morin, ICA, Maine College for Art, Portland, Maine,USA.
Hybrid, Kwangjou Biennale, curated by Richard Koshalek, Kwangju, South Korea, September 1st-November 27 (cat.).
Hong Kong, etc., curated by Hou Hanru, 2nd Johannesburg Biennial, South Africa, October 12, 1997- January 18, 1998 (cat.).
Cities on the Move, curated by Hou Hanru, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, WienerSecession, Vienna, Austria,November 26, 1997- January 18, 1998 (cat.).
Artist Projects, The re-opening show of P.S.1 Museum, P.S.1 Comtemporary Art Center, New York, USA, October 1997-March 1998.
1996
1st Shanghai Art Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (cat.).
Artistes français de A à Z, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France.
Shopping, Deitch Projects, New York, USA, September 5-21 (cat.).
Sites et artistes, Villette-Amazone, Paris, France (cat.).
Originand Myths of Fire, New Art from Japan, China and Korea, curated by Nakamura Makoto, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, October 12-December 8 (cat.).
The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and the Shakers, curated by France Morin, The Shaker Community at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, USA (cat.).
Stipendiaten in der Villa Waldberta, Galerie Dany Keller, Munich, Germany.
Inklusion-Exklusion, curated by Peter Weibel, Graz, Austria, September 22-October 26.
1995
Dialogue de paix, curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg, Palais des Nations unies, Geneva, Switzerland, July 2-October 26 (cat.).
25 Jahre Galerie, Galerie Dany Keller, Germany (cat.).
10e Bourse d’Art monumental d’Ivry, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry, Galerie Fernand Léger, Ivry, France, April-May (cat.).
On board, curated by Jérôme Sans, Karin Schorm, on board Il Nuovo Trionfo, (Riva San Biagio, Venice), Italy, June 6-11 (cat.).
Shopping, curated by Jérôme Sans, produced by CAPC – Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France, September 9-23 (cat.).
Aperto 95, Le Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, France, June 16-September 30 (cat.).
Dada-Fluxus-Tecno, Galleria Vivita, Florence, Italy.
Infra Sound, curated by Jérôme Sans, Woche die Bildenden Kunst, Hamburg, Germany, October 13-November 5 (cat.).
1994   
L’Œuvrea-t-elle lieu ? curated by Daniel Buren, Witte de With – Centre forContemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands, April 9-May 2 (cat.).
In altre parole, Galleria Valentina Moncada, Rome, Italy.
Out of the Center, curated by Hou Hanru, Jari-Pekka Vanhala, Pori
Art Museum, Pori, Finland, June 19-August 28 (cat.).
Le Shuttle, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, October-November.
Heart of Darkness, curated by Marianne Brouwer, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands, December 18-March 27 (cat.).
1993   
Energotopes,curatedby Démosthènes Davvetas, Institut français d’Athènes, Contemporary ArtCenter Iléana Tounta, Athens, Greece ; Institutfrançais de Salonique,Greece, February 15 March 12 (cat.).
PROSPECT 1993, Frankfurter Kunstverein und Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, March 20-May 23 (cat.).
Plötzlichist eine Zeit hereingebrochen, in der alles möglich sein sollte, commissariat/curated by Udo Kilttelman, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg,Germany.
Trésorsde voyage,curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg, 45a Esposizione Internazionaled’Arte, Biennale di Venezia, San Lazzaro Island, Venice,Italy, June1st-September 1st (cat.).
Devant,le futur, curated by Pontus Hulten, « Taejon Expo’93 », Taedok ScienceTown, Taejon, South Korea, August 7-November 7 (cat.).
Beforethe Sound of the Beep – A Parisian exhibition (on answeringmachine)/Avant le bip sonore, une exposition parisienne (surrépondeur), curated by Jérôme Sans, in 22 galleries, Paris, France,August.
Concession perpétuelle, Musée Léon Dierx, La Réunion, France, June 20-August 25 (cat.).
The Silent Energy, curated by David Elliott, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom (cat.).
Rencontres dans un couloir, curated by Hou Hanru, 12, rue Lacordaire, Paris, France.
Thalatta,Thalatta,curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, XXXVIII Mostra Internazionale d’ArteContemporanea, Museo Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Termoli,Italy (cat.).
Viennese Story, curated by Jérôme Sans, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria, December 1993-January 1994 (cat.).
1992   
Allocaties/Allocations– Art for a Natural and Artificial Environment, curated by Maria-Rosa Boezem, Floriade Parc, Den Haag-Zoetermeer, Netherlands, April10-October 11 (cat.).
3011, curated by Jérôme Sans, Galerie des Archives, Paris, May 13-July 11.
La Technologie dans l’art, Galleria Vivita, Florence, Italy.
Paesaggio con rovine, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Museo Civico di Arte Contemporanea, Gibellina, Italy (cat.).
1991   
Sous le signe de…, curated by Richard Rotkopf, Centre lotois d’art contemporain, Figeac, France, summer 1991 (cat.).
Parcours privés, curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg, quartier du Marais, Paris, France (cat.).
L’Art de la lecture, Fonds régional d’art contemporain, Alsace, France (cat.).
East Wind, Asian American Art’s Center, New York, USA.
1990   
Laboratoire,commissariat curated by Pontus Hulten, Evgenia N. Petrova, associatecurators Daniel Buren, Serge Fauchereau, Sarkis, Stanislav Zadora,Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 31-July 16 (cat.).
Chine demain pour hier, curated by Fei Da-Wei, Pourrières, France, July 7-31 (cat.).
Von mir aus, Galerie Dany Keller, Munich, Germany, September 14-November 3 (cat.).
1989   
Quatre artistes asiatiques, Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
1988   
Salon des réalités nouvelles, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
1987
Carrefour de la Chine, Rue Sainte-Anne, Paris, France, October 23-November 21.

Chine contemporaine, Galerie Schèmes, Lille, France, June 27-August 28.
Six générations de peintres chinois à Paris, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France.
Salon des réalités nouvelles, Grand Palais, Paris, France.

Public collections

FNAC, Fonds national d’art contemporain, Puteaux, France.

FRAC Alsace, Fonds régional d’art contemporain Alsace, France.

« Tramway Sculpture », collection de la Ville de Montpellier, France.

« Jardin de mouvement et de méditation », Ecole nationale de géologie de Nancy, France.

National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, Netherlands.

Park of Universal Exhibition, Taejon, South Korea.

Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria.

Musée Léon Dierx, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands.

GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia.

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan.

Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France.

Fondazione Musei Milanesi, Italy


Private Foundation

Penny McCall Foundation, New York, USA.

Collezione La Gaia, Busca, Italy.

François Pinault Foundation, Paris, France.

The Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece.

Fondazione Teseco per l’Arte, Pisa, Italy.

Annie Wong Art Foundation, Hong Kong.

Ullens Fundation, Geneva, Suisse


NEWS

01/05/2010 - Expo Shanghai 2010 - CHEN ZHEN "Danser la musique"

Expo Shanghai 2010 - Pavillion France
CHEN ZHEN "Danser la musique", 2000_2009
steel, iron, nylon, hemp, buddhists bells, cannon shells, bullet shells, 5000 x 5000 x 3500 cm (h)
1 May - 31 October 2010