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Xi Chen

b.1995, China
lives and works in China


Xi Chen (b.1995, China) graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Jiangnan University with a BFA in 2008 and from the Fine Arts Department of East China Normal University with an MFA in 2012. He is a drawing expert and animation writer, and in 2013, he started to create short animation films incorporating his own drawings. In 2016, he began producing feature-length animations. His first feature-length animation "Walking Guide" was shortlisted in the "Feature Film" section of the 12th FIRST Youth Film Festival in 2018 and nominated for the "Best Artistic Exploration Award".

His recent solo exhibitions include: Ideal Man, A+ Asian Contemporary Art Space (Shanghai, 2018); , A+ Asian Contemporary Art Space (Shanghai, 2016); Wild Affected, A307 (Beijing, 2015), among others.

Selected group exhibitions include: Righteous Market, Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, 2024); Ebisu Reflections Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photographic Arts (Tokyo, 2021); Circle of Friends+: Culture Museum Online Art Program Exhibition, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Shanghai (Shanghai, 2017); Shanghai Seed Chapter 2 - Seeds of Time, Shanghai Himalayan Museum of Art (Shanghai, 2017); Recontres Internationales Paris/Berlin—New Cinema and Contemporary Art Festival, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris / Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2017); Make Me Act, chi K11 Art Museum (Shanghai, 2016); Sublime Objects, Star Space (Beijing, 2015); Model Evolution, A+ Contemporary Asian Contemporary Art Space (Shanghai, 2015); Eulogizing Life, Star Space (Beijing, 2015); The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum (Beijing, 2015); Ministry of Truth II: Reclaiming the Boundary, Boers-Li Gallery (Beijing, 2014), among others.



RELATED EXHIBITIONS Righteous Market, Tabula Rasa Beijing, March 2024


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