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| 1955 | Born in Shanghai |
| 1973 | At Shanghai Fine-Arts and Craft School |
| 1976 | Professor of Shanghai Fine-Arts and Craft School |
| 1978 | At Shanghai Drama Institute, speciality: stage design |
| 1982 | Professor of Shanghai Drama Institute |
| 1986 | At Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| 1989 | At Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques of Paris |
| 1991 | Visiting artist-professor at Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| 1993-95 | Professor at Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques of Paris |
| 1997 | Visiting professor at CCA, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan |
| 1995-99 | Professor at Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts of Nancy, France |
| Lives and works in Paris | |
| Grants and Prizes | |
| 1999 | Annie Wang Foundation for Art, Hong Kong |
| 1998 | Annie Wang Foundation for Art, Hong Kong |
| 1997 | Penny McCall Foundation, New York |
| '97 Kwangju Biennale Award, South Korea | |
| 1996 | Penny McCall Foundation, New York |
| Fonds d'Incitation a la Creation, France Culture Ministry, Paris | |
| 1995 | The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York |
| 1993 | Fonds d'Incitation a la Creation, France Culture Ministry, Paris |
| 1992 | Fonds d'Incitation a la Creation, France Culture Ministry, Paris |
| 1991 | Foundation Erwin und Gisela von Steiner, Munich |
| 1990 | The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York |
| 1989 | L'Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques of Paris, Paris |
| Selected Solo Exhibition (from 1990) | |
| 2000 | Nightly Imprecation, Art & Public, Geneva |
| In Praise of Black Magic, GAM, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea - | |
| Turin (cat) | |
| Jardin Lavoir, Cimaise & Portique - Centre Departemental d'Art Contemporain, Albi, | |
| France (cat) | |
| Six Roots, MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (cat) | |
| Dancing Body Drumming Mind, Deitch Projects, New York | |
| Field of Synergy, Continua Gallery, San Gimignano, Italy | |
| One Bed, Different Dreams, Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery (FIAC), Paris | |
| Daily Incantations, Museum of the Music, Paris | |
| 1999 | Between Therapy and Meditation, ADDC-Espace Culturel François |
| Mitterand, Perigueux, France (cat) | |
| 1998 | Chen Zhen and Ken Lum, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver |
| In(ter)fection: Chen Zhen and Nari Ward, in the framework of Archipelago: Crash Between Islands - Stockholm, Cultural Capital of Europe '98, National Maritime Museum, Stockholm (cat) | |
| Jue Chang / Fifty Strokes to Each, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (cat) | |
| Between Therapy and Meditation, Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris | |
| 1997 | Fu Dao / Fu Dao, Upside-down Buddha / Arrival at Good Forture, |
| CCA, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan (book) | |
| 1996 | Daily Incantations, Deitch Projects, New York |
| Permanent Digestion, Musee Leon Dierx, La Reunion, France (cat) | |
| Chen Zhen, Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal (cat) | |
| 1995 | Field of Purification, Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris |
| No Way to Sky, No Door to Earth, Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens | |
| 1994 | Field of Waste, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (video-cat) |
| Chen Zhen, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts of Nancy, France | |
| 1993 | Polymorph, Michel Rein Gallery, Tours, France |
| Light of Confession, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Holland | |
| Room of Altars, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam | |
| The Fire - Water as a Purification, Dany Keller Gallery, Munich | |
| 1992 | Re-birth Door, Espaces des Arts, Colomiers, France (cat) |
| Objects Illuminated during the Night, Vivita Gallery, Florence | |
| Sleeping Tao, Le Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, | |
| Grenoble (cat) | |
| Future Eruption, Arts 04, Centre d'Art Contemporain de St-Remy-de- | |
| Provence, France (cat) | |
| 1991 | Chen Zhen, Valentina Moncada Gallery, Rome (cat) |
| Chen Zhen, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris (cat) | |
| Momification of Ready-made, Dany Keller Gallery, Munich | |
| 1990 | Chen Zhen, Hangar 028, Paris, with the collaboration of Musee |
| Departemental des Vosges (cat) | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions (from 1990) | |
| 1990 | Chen Zhen, Hangar 028, Paris, with the collaboration of Musee |
| Departemental des Vosges (cat) | |
| 2000 | Art Grandeur Nature, Parc Departemental de la Courneuve, La Seine-Saint- |
| Denis, France | |
| The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Projeto Axe, curated | |
| by France Morin, MOMA, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil | |
| Parisien(ne)s, curated by Hou Hanru, Eveline Jouanno, Marie-Sophie Carron and | |
| Aurelie Voltz, ARC, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris | |
| Collection, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan | |
| Continental Shift, Ludwig Forum, Achen, Germany | |
| Playground & Toys for Refugee Children, organised by Art for the World, Musee | |
| International de la Croix Rouge, Geneva | |
| 1999 | Cities on the Move, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru, Louisiana |
| Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek; Hayward Gallery, Londre et Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki | |
| Tales of the Tip, organised by Fundament Foundation et Praktijkbureau Beeldende Kunstopdrachten of the Mondrian Foundantion, Breda, Holland | |
| Jardin Secret, curated by Jean Louis Pradel, Hopital Charles Foix, Ivry s/Seine, France | |
| Magical Reality of Unnatural, curated by Jerome Sans, Kunsthause Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria | |
| Aperto over All, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice | |
| 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, Hasselt, Belgium | |
| The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Projeto Axe, curated by France Morin, Salvador, Bresille | |
| Let's get Lost, curated by Jerome sans, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London | |
| Street Life, curated by Jerome Sans Project Row House, Houston | |
| 3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane | |
| Kunstwelten im Dialog, curated by Marc Scheps, Museum Ludwig, Cologne | |
| The 1999 Carnegie International, curated Madeleine Grynstejn, Carnegie Museum | |
| of Art, Pittsburgh | |
| 1998 | Futur a Rencontrer, Passage de Retz, Paris |
| Passage(s), Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montrael | |
| The Edge of Awareness, organised by Art for the World, Headquarters of | |
| WHO, Geneva; PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York and SESC de | |
| Pompeia, São Paulo, (cat) | |
| Cities on the Move, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru, capcMusee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre, New York | |
| The Quiet In The Land, curated by France Morin, ICA, Boston, USA | |
| Desire of Home, Kunsthalle Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria | |
| 1st Biennale de Montreal, curated by Claude Gosselin, Montreal | |
| 1998 Taipei Biennial: Site of Desire, curated by Fumio Nanjo, Taipei Fine | |
| Arts Museum, Taiwan (cat) | |
| Global Vision - new art from the 90's, curated by Katerina Gregos, The Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens (cat) | |
| Gare de l'Est, curated by Hou Hanru and Enrico Lunghi, Casino de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (cat) | |
| 1997 | Parisien/ne/s, curated by Hou Han-ru Camden Art Centre, Londre, England (cat) |
| Fueki-Ryuko: Chinese Contemporary Art at the Midst of Changing Surroundings, organised by Nanjo and Associates in three cities : Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Japan (cat) | |
| Meditations, organised by Art for the World, Medersa lbn Youssef, Marrakech, Morocco (cat) | |
| L'Autre, Lyon Biennale, curated by Harald Szeemann, Maison de Lyon, Lyon, France (cat) | |
| In-between the Limits, curated by Fei Da-wei, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea (cat) | |
| The Quiet In The Land, curated by France Morin, ICA, Maine College for Art, Portland, USA | |
| Hybrid, Kwangju Biennale, curated by Richard Koshalek, Kwangju, Korea (cat) | |
| Hong Kong, etc., 2nd Johannesburg Biennale 1997, curated by Hou Hanru, Johannesburg, South Africa (cat) | |
| Cities on the Moves, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru, | |
| Wiener Secession, Wien (cat) | |
| Artist Projects, The Re-openning Show of P.S.I Museum, P.S.1 Museum, New York | |
| 1996 | 1rst Shanghai Art Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (cat) |
| Artistes Français de A a Z, Gabrielle Maubrie Gallery, Paris | |
| Shopping, Deitch Projects, New York (cat) | |
| Sites et Artistes, Villette-Amazone, Paris (cat) | |
| Origin and Myths of Fire, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan (cat) | |
| The Quiet In The Land, curated by France Morin, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, USA (cat) | |
| 1995 | Dialogue de Paix, curated by Adelina.V. Furstenberg, Palais des Nations |
| Unies, Geneva (cat) | |
| 25 Jahre Galerie, Dany Keller Gallery (cat) | |
| 10e Bourse d'Art Monumental d'Ivry, Centre d'Art Contemporain d'Ivry, Ivry, | |
| France (cat) | |
| On Board, curated by Jerome Sans & Karin Schorm, Venice Biennial (cat) | |
| Shopping, capcMusee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux (cat) | |
| Aperto 95, le Nouveau Musee, Villeurban(ne, France (cat) | |
| Dada-Fluxus-Tecno, Vivita Gallery, Florence | |
| Infra sound, curated by Jerome Sans, Woche die Bildenden Kunst, Hamburg | |
| (cat) | |
| 1994 | L'œuvre a-t-elle lieu?, curated by Daniel Buren, Witte de With, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (cat) |
| in alter parole, Valentina Moncada Gallery, Rome | |
| Out of the Centre, curated by Hou Hanru and Jari-Pekka Vanhala, Pori Art Museum, Finland (cat) | |
| Le Shuttle, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Berlin | |
| Heart of Darkness, curated by Marianne Brouwer, Kroller-Mûller Museum, | |
| Otterlo, Holland (cat) | |
| 1993 | Energotopes, curated by Demosthenes Davvetas, French Institute of Athens, |
| Centre d'Art Contemporain Ileana Tounta of Athens and French | |
| Institute of Salonique (cat) | |
| PROSPECT 1993, Frankfurter Kunstverein and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt (cat) | |
| Plotzlich ist eine Zeit hereingebrochen, in der alles moglich sein solite, curated by Udo Kittelman, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg | |
| Devant, le futur, curated by Pontus Hulten, Taejon Expo'93, South Korea | |
| (cat) | |
| Tresors de Voyage, curated by Adelina. v. Furstenberg, Venice Biennial (cat) | |
| Before the sound of the beep — a Parisian exhibition, curated by Jerome | |
| Sans, in 22 galleries, Paris (cat) | |
| Concession perpetuelle, Museum Leon Dierx, La Reunion (cat) | |
| The Silent Energy, curated by David Elliot, The Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (cat) | |
| Rencontres dans un couloir, curated by Hou Hanru, 12 Rue Lacordaire 15ere, Paris | |
| Talatta, Talatta, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Museo Internazionale d'Art | |
| Contemporanea Termoli, Italy (cat) | |
| Viennes Story, curated by Jerome Sans, Wiener Secession, Wien (cat) | |
| 1992 | Allocaties/Allocations - Art for a natural and artificial environment, curated by |
| Maria-Rosa Boezem, Floriade den Haag-Zœtermeer, Holland (cat) | |
| 3011, curated by Jerome Sans, Gallery des Archives, Paris | |
| La technologie dans l'art, Vivita Gallery, Florence | |
| Paesaggio con Rovine, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Museo Civico di Arte | |
| Contemporanea, Gibellina, Italy (cat) | |
| 1991 | Sous le signe de …, Centre Lotois d'Art Contemporain, Figeac, France (cat) |
| Parcours Prives, curated by Adelina. v. Furstenberg, Paris (cat) | |
| L'Art de la Lecture, FRAC, Alsace, France (cat) | |
| East Wind, Asian American Art's Center, New York | |
| 1990 | Laboratoire, curated by Pontus Hulten, Russia Museum, Leningrad (cat) |
| Chine Demain Pour Hier, curated by Fei Da-Wei, Pourriere, France (cat) | |
| Von mir aus, Dany Keller Gallery, Munich (cat) | |
| Bibliography Articles | |||
| 2000 | |||
| Fabiola PALMERI, Lo Zen o l'arte della magia nera, II Giomale dell'Arte, 04/2000 | |||
| Alberto FIZ, II mercato guarda a oriente, Milano Finanza, 01/04/2000 | |||
| Lisa PAROLA, Arrivano i ‘cortocircuiti'di Chen Zhen, La Stampa, 13/04/2000 | |||
| Adelinda ALLEGRETTI, L'arte magica fuggita dall'oriente comunista, II Giomale del Piemonte, 18/04/2000 | |||
| Fabiola PALMERI, La scultura come cura, in Vernissage, NO 6, May 2000, P. 15 | |||
| Veronique BOURUET-AUBERTOT, Chen Zhen, Le fugitif spirituel in Beaux Arts, NO192, May, P. 42 | |||
| Hou HANRU and Hans-Ulrich OBRIST, Cities on the move-a dialogue, in Art Asia Pacific, NO 25, P. 73-74 | |||
| Yu Hsiao-Hwei, A seminar of global culture between chickens and ducks in a confused time-space, in Chinese Art News, NO32, May, P.84 | |||
| Yu Hsiao-Hwei, Chen Zhen, Jardin Lavoir, in Chinese Art News, NO 34, July, P.68 | |||
| France MORIN, The Quiet in the land : Resistance and Healing through Art, in Art Journal, NO 59, Spring, P. 7-10 | |||
| Eleanor HEARTNY, Chen Zhen, Between Cultures, in Art Press, NO260, September, P. 22-26 | |||
| Jean-Marie GAVALDA, L'art va bon tram, in Liberation, 17th August, P. 28 | |||
| Le Train Tram Art in Actualite, in Beaux Arts, NO 195, August, P.10 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| Harry BELLET, L'exposition internationale de la Biennale de Venise pulverise les bastions nationnaux Le Monde, 16 June | |||
| Chen Zhen ‘'Exporama''Art press, No243, February | |||
| Chen Zhen, Art Magazine, ( Japanese Review), September, p. 22 | |||
| "Chen Zhen", Exporama Art press No243, February, p.8 | |||
| Pasquale CHESSA Al gran circo di Venezia, Panorama, 17 June | |||
| Roderick CONWAY MORRIS, Biennale Celebrates the Local International Herald Tribune, [ ? June], p.6 | |||
| Francesca DAL LAGO, Open and Everywhere, Art. Asiapacific, p. 24-26 | |||
| Charles DARWENT, Messiness is the message Nom du Journal 30 May | |||
| Gillo DORFLES, Video, foto, marchingegni. E la pittura ? and Renato BARILLI Ufficio smistamento : per andare altrove Corriere della Sera, 12 June | |||
| Nathalie FABER, Krachtig web van vuilniszkken Nom du Journal 15 May | |||
| Dominique GODFREY La Chine, le corps et l'esprit Sud-Ouest Dimanche, 21 February, p.29 | |||
| Peter de GRAAF, Smerge etterbuil stijgt op uit fraai landschap Nom du Journal, 3 May | |||
| Eleanor HEARTNEY, Report from Montreal Art America, February | |||
| Patricia C. JOHNSON, An international group of artists finds provocative ways to bring cultures together Houston CHronicle, 24 Sunday, October, p. 8-9 | |||
| Michael KIMMELMAN, the art of the moment (and Only for the Moment) The New York Times, 1 April, p.1 and 34 | |||
| George KNOTT, The urban roller-coaster ride Building Design, 21 May | |||
| Andrew O'HAGAN, The show must go on The Gardian, 15 May | |||
| Lidia PANZERI, Venezia, Biennale vademecum Il Giornale dell'Arte, June | |||
| Paolo RIZZI, Finalmente l'arte impara a divertisi Il Gazzettimo di Venezia, 10 June | |||
| Ralph RUGOFF, Easter promise turns to nightmare Nom du Journal, 22 March | |||
| Jerome SANS, Chen Zhen, Les inrockuptibles, suppement of No202, 9 June | |||
| Adrian SEARLE, Take a left at Hong, a right at kuala Lumpur and there you are...London The Guardian, 19 May | |||
| Robert STORR and Harald SZEEMAN, Prince of Tides in Artoforum, May, p.164 | |||
| Paolo VAGHEGGI, Un grande circo allegro La Republica, 11 June | |||
| Marco VALLORA, Una biennale sulle labbra di Monica La Stampa No 157,10 June, p.25 | |||
| Paola van de VELDE, De mens gaat ten onder aan zijn afval Telegraaph, (Holland) 7 May | |||
| Marcia E. VETROCQ, The Venice Biennale Art in America, septembre, p.93 | |||
| Amy WOETEN, Kunstenaars laten zich inspireren door wat ooit is weggegooid Nieuw Ginneken, 28 April | |||
| Entre Orient et Occident in Sud Ouest, 12 fevrier, [ N.S ] | |||
| Chen Zhen, restons zen, in L'Echo Dordogne, 10 fevrier, [ N.S. ] | |||
| Decouverte de l'oeuvre et rencontres avec Chen Zhen Dordogne Libre, 9 February, [ N.S.] | |||
| Perigueux Chen Zhen Flash, No178, March, p.35 | |||
| Richard CORK, Does every city end up like this ? in The Times, 19 May | |||
| ,, La depêche du midi (Supplement week end), 12 mars, ed. du Grand Toulouse, [ N.S. ] | |||
| Eric MEZIL, L'attirail de Chine in Beaux-Arts (numero special), 15 December, p.226-229 | |||
| Giancarlo POLITI, The Venice Biennale, in Flesh Art, NO 208, October, P. 77 | |||
| Fei DAWEI, Twenty Chinese Artists, in Flesh Art, NO 208, October, P. 82-83 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| Jennifer GOUELLE, Chen Zhen, Parachute, March, p.33-34 | |||
| Leslie CAMHI, Seeing and Believing, Village Voice, 2 September | |||
| Martin COOMER, Parisien(ne)s, Time Out, No52, 12-19 March | |||
| John CHRISTAKOS, Surprises from China, The Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo, | |||
| Sarah CURTIS, Quiet Confidants, World Art, | |||
| Clementine DELISS, Meditations: Resisting the Seduction of the Space, Atlantica, No17, p.17 | |||
| Helena KONTOVA, Meditations in Marrakech, Flash Art, May-June, p.49, | |||
| Kay LARSON, A Month in Shaker Country, New York Times, 10 August | |||
| Sarah McFADDEN, The Other Biennial, Art in America, No85, November, p.91 | |||
| Satoru NAGOYA, Immutability and Fashion, Flash Art, May-June, p. 110-111 | |||
| Catherine MILLET, Unmapping the earth in Art press No230, December, p.65 | |||
| Cate McQUAID, Maine's ‘Quiet in the land'plumbs art of Shaker life, The Boston Globe, 15 August | |||
| Franklin SIRMANS Harald Szeemann (interview) in Flash Art No195, autumn, p.89 | |||
| Harald SZEEMAN, "catalogue of the exhibition L'autre", Lyon Bienniale, Flash Art, No 195, summer | |||
| Antonio ZAYA, Meditations: On Spirituality in Art, Atlantica, No17, p. 112-113 | |||
| ,Modern artists try to out vanishing lifestyle, The Globe and Mail, 23 August | |||
| Tokyo Walker, 11 March | |||
| New Art News, Tokyo, March | |||
| Artists, Taiwan, March | |||
| Men's Walker, Tokyo, 12 March, | |||
| Shukan Playboy, Tokyo, 11 February | |||
| Art Journal, Vol. 12, Tokyo | |||
| Asahi Graph, 14 March, Japan | |||
| Art Monthly, Vol. 258, Tokyo, March | |||
| Aera, NO14, Tokyo, Mars | |||
| Nen's Non-no, NO April, Japan | |||
| Art & Visual, Spring, Japan | |||
| Nikkei Art No3, Vol.10, Japan, April | |||
| Elle, No150, Tokyo, April | |||
| 1998 | |||
| Milou ALLERHOLM, Views Siksi, p.80 | |||
| Genevieve BREERETTE, A geneve, l'art contemporain affiche une certaine sante Le Monde, 1 July | |||
| Anne DAGBERT, Un futur a rencontrer Art press, No233, mars, p. IX | |||
| Eleanor HEARTNEY, The Return of the Red-Brick Alternative, Art in America, January, p.58 | |||
| Eleanor HEARTNEY, La reouverture de PSI (, P.S.1 Reopens), Art press, No231, january p.70-71 | |||
| Satoru NAGOYA, Dangers of Postmodern Global Conditions Flash Art, vol.XXXI No198, January, p. 73 | |||
| Laurie PALMER, Montreal Biennale Frieze | |||
| Cheryl SIMON et Fred Mc SHERRY, Destination : Montreal in International contempory art Magazine, novembre-janvier | |||
| Andrew SOLOMON, As Asia Regroups, Art has a new Urgency The New York Times, 23 août, p.31 | |||
| Richard VINE, Post-Mao Artists in New York Art in America, September, p.117 | |||
| - Alice YANG, Chen Zhen Why Asia ?, New York Press, p 57-59 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| Sylvie AMAR, Walk in the Soho Side etc., Art Press, No215, July-August, p. 68-69 | |||
| Thierry BARAT Le destin identitaire de Chen Zhen, Le Quotodien, La Reunion, 21 June | |||
| Max BRUINSMA, Heart of Darkness Metropolism No1, Amsterdam | |||
| David DUBOURD Cene de la vie quotidienne, Le Journal de L'Ile, La Reunion 21 June | |||
| Laure MURAT, Visite tres privee chez les plus grands collectionneurs, Beaux Arts, No11,January, p.56 | |||
| Jerome SANS, Chen Zhen, Artforum, No 34, january, p.92 | |||
| Roberta SMITH, Culture and Commerce Live Side by Side in Soho, New York Times, 13 September | |||
| Sundaram TAGORE, U.N. 50eth Anniversary Exhibition at the League of Nations Building and Ariana Park in Asian Art News, p. 80 | |||
| Alice YANG, Daily Incatations, World Art, No4, p. 85 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| Sylvie AMAR, A Few Reflections on L'oeuvre a t-elle lieu ?, Witte de With Cahier, No3, February, p.44-47 | |||
| Inels ANSELMI, Dialogues de Paix, Kunstforum, No132, November 1995- January1996, p.322-325 | |||
| Christoph DOSWALD, Biennale de Venise Kunstforum, No131, August-October, p.174 | |||
| Janet KOPLOS, Huang Yong Ping and Chen Zhen at the New Museum, Art in America, No 83, January, p. 104-105 | |||
| Alan RIDING, Politics, This is Art. Art, This Is Politics, New York Times, 10 August, c11, c15 | |||
| Stefan ROMER, Le Shuttle, Kunstforum, No129, January-April, p.339-340 | |||
| Mary SINANIDIS, Chen Zhen's Greek Connection, Athens News 24 October | |||
| Lee Sanders JUNG, Chinese Hand Laundry & Field of Waste, Space South Korea | |||
| Kunstler Liefern Politikern Denkanstosse, Zurichsee-Zeitung 15 July | |||
| Weltkunst reflektiert Weltpolitik, Badener Tagblatt 21 July | |||
| 1994 | |||
| - Hollan COTTER, Installations Addressing Ethnic Identity - Chen Zhen/Huang Yong Ping, New York Times, 20 May | |||
| Kim LEVIN, Chen Zhen/Huang Yong Ping, The Village Voice, 31 May | |||
| Bernard MARCELIS, L'oeuvre a-t-elle lieu ? (Does the Work of Art Take Place), Art press, No193, July-August, p.166 | |||
| Barbara U. SCHMIDT, Chen Zhen, the Fire-Water as the Purification, Kritik No1, p.116 | |||
| Marianne VERMEIJDEN, Met een gasmasker op naar gedroogde mest kijken, NRC Handelsblad, 25 March | |||
| Janneke WESSELING, Reageren op het niets, NRC Handelsblad 22 April | |||
| YU Yi-Qing, Chen Zhen & Huang Yong Ping" World Weekly 22 May | |||
| 1993 | |||
| Hanru HOU, Zen and the Art of Contemporary China Flash Art, No173, November-December, p. 64 | |||
| Michel GIROUD, Chen Zhen, Kanaleurope | |||
| Gert GLIEWE, Widerstand mit Bildern, AZ feuilleton 9 December | |||
| Rainer METZGER, Prospect ‘93'Kunstforum, No123, p. 306-309 | |||
| Philippe PIGUET, Chen Zhen, La Croix 4 July | |||
| Birgit SONNA, Aktuell in Munchner Galerien, Suddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 288, 14 June | |||
| 1992 | |||
| Ami BARAK, Entre chien et loup, Chen Zhen, Pat Steir, Art press, No172, p.85 | |||
| Bernadette BOST, Les sens et la voie, Le Monde, 12 June | |||
| Seretto CINCINELLI, Chen Zhen, Flash Art, No168, Milan, June-July, p.124 | |||
| Marguerite GASTON, Muraille 8, Chen Zhen a l'Espace des Arts, Flash, Toulouse, April | |||
| Herve GAUVILLE, Chen Zhen a Colomiers, Liberation, Paris, 16 April | |||
| Eleanor HEARTNEY, Skeptics in Utopia, Art in America, No80, July, p.76-81 | |||
| Miche JAMMETl, Chen Zhen a l'Espace des Arts, le plasticien de la recuperation, La Depêche du Midi, Toulouse, 1April | |||
| Manuel JOVER, Chen Zhen, Beaux Arts, No104, Paris, September, p.113 | |||
| Luk LAMBRECHT, MAGASIN, DE MORGEN, 20 June | |||
| Jean PAGNEUX, Le fil d'ariane, L'ARGUS DE LA PRESSE, 6 June | |||
| Sylvie PERRARD, Trois parcours differents, Le Dauphine Libere, 22 July | |||
| Silvia SPERANDIO, Totem quotidiani Brillano nella sacra notte, Arte, No 228, April, p.23 | |||
| Chen Zhen a Grenoble, Le Monde, 10 July | |||
| 1991 | |||
| Gabrella DALESIO, Chen Zhen, Segno, February-March, p.101-102 | |||
| Cynthia GUTTMAN, Mao's Children Fly Avant-Garde Flag, Internatinal Herald Tribune, Arts and Antiques, 26-27 October | |||
| Giovanni IOVANE, Chen Zhen, Titolo, Spring | |||
| 1990 | |||
| Marion ALDIGHIERI, Des chinois chez Cezanne, L'Autre Journal, 1July | |||
| Mario de CANDIA, Il Piacere dell'Occhio, Travarome, 31 January | |||
| Chen Zhen, Flash Art, Milan, April/May | |||
| Vittoria COEN, Chen Zhen, Art-Magazine, No 54, October-November | |||
| Anna Maria CORBI, Chen Zhen, il superamento dell'oggetto, Next, Summer | |||
| Gabriella DALISIO, Chen Zhen, Segno No 101-102, February/March | |||
| Laurence DEBECQUE-MICHEL, Chine demain pour hier, Art press, No151, October, p.102-103 | |||
| Friederike GANZLEN, Die Spur des Dinge, Chen Zhen's Aussetellung 'Ready- made Mummification', Das Neue China, December, p. 35-36 | |||
| Guglielmo GIOVANELLI, Il giovane Chen Zhen al suo primo vernissage, Roma, 11 February | |||
| Cynthia GUTTMAN, Mao's children fly avant-garde flag, International Herald Tribune, 26-27 October | |||
| Domenico GUZZI, Cosi un cinese diventa neoeuropeo, Arte, February | |||
| Alain LEAUTHIER, Un parapluie chinois sur la dissection provençale, Liberation 16 July | |||
| Herve LEGROS, Nuit de Chine a Pourrieres, Beaux-Arts, No81, Paris, July-August | |||
| Christoph WIEDEMANN, 'Grenzganger', Kulturschock als Motor, Noema Art Journal, October, p.22 | |||
| Bibliography: Exhibitions Catalogues | |||
| 2000 | |||
| Giovanni Maria PACE, Alessandra PACE (interview), A conversation about the praise of Black Magic, in cat. Chen Zhen - In Praise of Black Magic, GAM Galleria Civica d'Art Moderna e Centemporanea, Turin, P. 45-51 | |||
| Daniel BUREN (interview), A conversation Between Daniel Buren and Chen Zhen, in Chen Zhen - In Praise of Black Magic, GAM Galleria Civica d'Art Moderna e Centemporanea, Turin, P. 97-109 | |||
| Aline PUJO, La metaphore du ‘Jardin de la clarte parfaite', in cat. Art Grandeur Nature, Departement de la Seine-Saint-Denis, France, P. 10-11 | |||
| France MORIN, The Quiet in the land : Resistance and Healing through Art, in cat. The Quiet in the Land - everyday life, contemporary art and Projeto Axe, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, P. 28-41 | |||
| France MORIN, Chen Zhen - Beyond the Vulnerability, in cat. The Quiet in the Land - everyday life, contemporary art and Projeto Axe, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, P. 106-107 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| Chen Zhen in cat. Carnegie International 1999/2000, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, p.94-95 | |||
| Chen Zhen in cat. Cities on the move 4, Louisiana, p.85 | |||
| Chen Zhen in cat. Naturally art, Germany, Kunsthaus Bregenz, p.128-130 | |||
| Chen Zhen, in Album ZOO, issue NO 3 October, P. 202-203 | |||
| Francesco BONAMI et Hans-Ulrich OBRIST in cat. Dreams, Chen Zhen, Italy, ed. Castelvecchi, arte, p.125 | |||
| Monica DEMATTE, Chen Zhen in cat. La Biennale di Venezia, 48e Esposione Internazionale d'Arte, (English ed.) p. 98-99 | |||
| Madeleine GRYNSZTEJN in cat. Carnegie International 1999-2000, Pennsylvania, vol.1, p.120, 200 | |||
| Hou HANRU, Chen Zhen in cat. Beyond the Future, The third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contempory Art, Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, p.198-199 | |||
| Hou HANRU et Hans-Ulrich OBRIST, Cities on the Move in cat. Cities on the move, Hayward Gallery London, p.10-15 | |||
| Jerome SANS (interview) in cat. Chen Zhen, Culture Space of François Mitterrand, Perrigueux. | |||
| Sandra SMALLENBURG Chen Zhen, in cat. Panorama 2000, Utrecht, Centraal Museum, p. 40-41 | |||
| Yilmaz YILMAZ, Chen Zhen in cat Kunst-welten im dialog, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, p.394-395 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| Chen Zhen, in cat. Sehnsucht Heimat, Salzlager Hall, Kunsthall Tirol, p.21 | |||
| Chen Zhen in cat. Concession perpetuelle IV, Saint-Denis, Musee Leon Dierx, [N.P.] | |||
| Chen Zhen in cat. Chronologie: artistes français en Israël 1988-1998, chap. 98, [N.P.] | |||
| Chen Zhen in cat. The edge of Awareness, Geneve, New York, Sao Paulo, New Delhi, p.216-217 | |||
| Xian ZHU and Chen Zhen, Transexperiences in cat. Transexperiences\ Chen Zhen, CCA- Center for Contempory Art, Kitakyushu, Japan | |||
| Claude GOSSELIN, Chen Zhen, Reflexions ou culture in cat. Chen Zhen, Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, p.39-41 | |||
| Hou HANRU, Transexperiences of a ‘Spiritual Runaway', in cat. Chen Zhen, Centre International d'Art Contemporain, p.42-43 | |||
| Enrico LUNGHI (interview), Chen zhen, in cat. Gare de l'est, Paris, p.33-37 | |||
| Fumio NANJO, Chen Zhen in cat. Tapei Biennal p. 54-57 | |||
| Manos STEFANIDIS in cat. Global vision II, New York, 1998 | |||
| Aline Pujo, Silent Paces, in cat. Silent Paces, edited by Aline Pujo, | |||
| 1997 | |||
| Hou HANRU, Chen Zen (interview) in cat. Parisiennes, p.40-43 | |||
| Chen Zhen in cat. Cities on the move, CAPC musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, chapitre 3, ed. Hou Hanru et Hans Ulrich OBRIST | |||
| Harald SZEEMANN, in cat. L'autre, 4th Lyon Biennale | |||
| Fumio NANJO, in cat. Immutability and Fashion: Chinese Contemporary Art in the Midst of Changing Surroundings, Immutability and Fashion, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Japan | |||
| Fei DAWEI, In-between the Limits, in cat. In-between the limits, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungju, South Korea | |||
| Hou HANRU, Hong Kong etc., in cat. Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa | |||
| Richard KOSHALEK, Meditations on Hybrid Art, in cat. Kwangju Biennale, South Korea | |||
| Akiko MIKI, Chen Zhen in cat. Immutability and Fashion, p. 18-19 et p.33 | |||
| Peter WEIBEL, in cat. Inklusion : exklusion | |||
| 1996 | |||
| François CHEVAL, in cat. Chen Zhen: La digestion perpetuelle, Musee Leon Dierx, La Reunion | |||
| 1995 | |||
| V. Adelina FURSTENBERG in cat. Dialogues de Paix, Palais des Nations, Geneva | |||
| Gerrit GOHLKE, in cat. Le Shuttle, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin | |||
| Hou HANRU, A Certain Necessary Pervesion in cat.Heart of Darkness, Kroller Muller Museum, Ottetlo, Holland | |||
| Marianne BROUWER, Introduction in cat. Heart of Darkness, Kroller Muller Museum, Ottetlo, Holland | |||
| 1994 | |||
| Jari-Pekka VANHALA, in cat. Out of Center, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland | |||
| Hou HANRU, Out of Center, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland | |||
| Gerrit GOHLKE, Le Shuttle, Kûnstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Berlin | |||
| 1993 | |||
| François CHEVAL in cat.Concession perpetuelle, Musee Leon Dierx, La Reunion | |||
| Demosthenes DAWETAS in cat. Energotopes, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens, and French Institute, Salonika | |||
| David ELLIOTT in cat. Silent Energy, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford | |||
| Pontus HULTEN, Devant, le futur, Taejon Expo ‘93, South Korea | |||
| Achille Bonito OLIVA, Thalatta, Thalatta ! Galleria Civica d'Art Contemporanea, Termoli | |||
| Fulvio SALVADORI, Mediterranee: La voie de l'Occident, Tresor de Voyage, XLV Venice Biennale | |||
| 1992 | |||
| Demosthenes DAWETAS in cat.Chen Zhen, Espace des Arts, Colomiers and Arts 04, Saint-Remy-de-Provence | |||
| V. Adelina FURSTENBERG in cat. Chen Zhen, Le Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, p. 6-7 | |||
| Achille Bonito OLIVA, Paesaggio con rovine, Fondation Orestiadi di Gibellina, Gibellina | |||
| Fulvio SALVADORI, Chen Zhen in cat.Chen Zhen, Le Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, p.10-49 | |||
| Jerome SANS, Interview in cat. Chen Zhen, Le Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, p.50-59 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| Caroly CHRISTOV-BAKARGIEV, " Chen Zhen" in cat. Chen Zhen, Gallery Valentina Moncada, Rome | |||
| V. Adelina FURSTENBERG, Parcours prives, Paris | |||
| Yves MICHAUD, "Chen Zhen" in Conversations,, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris | |||
| Jerome SANS, Interview, in cat. Chen Zhen, Galerie Valentina Moncada, Rome | |||
| Jerome SANS, Inerview:" Le cimetiere du monde des signes in cat. Sous le signe de..., Centre Lotois d'Art Contemporain, Figeac, France | |||
| Jerome SANS, Materia prima- une rose pour l'eternite, in cat. Parcours Prives, Paris | |||
| 1990 | |||
| Serge FAUCHEREAU, Laboratoire, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg | |||
| Da-Wei FEI, Bernard MARCADE, Yves MICHAUD, Chine demain pour hier, Pourriere, France | |||
| Bernard HUIN, Chen Zhen; l'envers vaut l'endroit et vice-versa, Chen Zhen, Hangar 028, Paris [ N.P. ] | |||
| Pontus HULTEN, Chen Zhen, Chen Zhen, Hangar 028, Paris [N.P.] | |||
| Bernard MARCADE, Chine demain pour hier, Pourrieres, France | |||
| Yves MICHAUD, catalogue d'exposition Chine demain pour hier, Pourrieres, France | |||
| Jerome SANS, L'apres-objet, Chen Zhen, Hangar 028, Paris [N.P.] | |||
| Jerome SANS, Interview, Chine demain pour hier, Pourrieres, France | |||
| Publications/Catalogues | |||
| Please check Britta Erickson's Bibliogragphy | |||
