Person
Artist
Chen Xiaoyun
陈晓云
Date of birth
1971
Place Of birth
Hubei, China
Biography
Born in Hubei in 1971 and trained at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Chen Xiaoyun creates poetic, mysterious works based on memory and imagination. Since his participation in the group exhibition 'Art for Sale' held in Shanghai in 1999, he developed his practice as a video artist, becoming one of the most important experimental artists in the field. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, New York and Los Angeles. His participation in group shows in China and internationally includes Post-sense Sensibility, Trepidation and Will, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing(2016); China 8, Contemporary Art from China at the Rhine and Ruhr, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (2015); Montevideo Biennale, Montevideo, Uruguay (2014); Perspectives 180 - Unfinished Country, New Video from China, The Contemporary Art Museum in Houston, U.S.A. (2012); Shanghai Kino, Shanghai Kino, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland (2009); 16th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (2008); The Busan Biennale 2006, Busan, Korea (2006); Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art 2005, Yokohama, Japan (2005) and the 5th Shanghai Biennale – Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (2004). He lives and works in Beijing.
