Graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (BFA) in 2011 and School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA) in 2013. She currently lives and works in New York. Chang Yuchen works with a wide range of media: photography, video, print, artist book, performance and among others. Her recent shows include Chang Yuchen: Barbaric Poetry at Between Art Lab, Beijing (2015), Chang Yuchen: Snake and Others at Fou Gallery, New York (2014), Boston Printmakers 2013 North American Print Biennial, at Boston University College of Fine Arts, Superstition 13 at San Francisco Center for Books, Gwangju Biennale 2011 at Gwangju Kunsthalle, Martell Focus on Talents Finalists Exhibition(2011) at Today Art Museum and A Decade Long Exposure: Central Academy of Fine Arts and Contemporary Chinese Photography (2010). Her work is included in Museum of Modern Art library, New York; Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago.
2013 M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Printmedia
2011 B.F.A. Central Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Photography, Beijing
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2015
Chang Yuchen: Barbaric Poetry, Between Art Lab, Beijing, September 12–October 20, 2015. (Brochure)
2013
Chang Yuchen: Snake and Others, Fou Gallery, New York, December 14, 2013—February 8, 2014. (Catalogue)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
A Piece of Paper, Fou Gallery, New York, March 19–May 8, 2016.
2015
The 29th Kyoto Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Annex, October 27–November 1, 2015.
Intaglio, Museum Blue, St. Louis, Missouri, April 17–May 8, 2015. Travelled to: Blackburn 20|20, New York, August 12–September 9, 2015.
Hand Pulled Prints: The Current Practice in Printmaking, OnSite: Brooklyn, New York, July 27–August 26, 2015.
The Wind Veers to the East – Contemporary Art Exhibition for the Boao Forum for Asia, Boao Forum for Asia, Hainan Province, China, March 20–30, 2015.
35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Prairie Center of the Arts, The Contemporary Art Center of Peoria and The Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illiois, March 7–April 17, 2015.
2014
nomad-Y at Miami Beach, nomad-Y (Espanola Way), Miami, December 3-7, 2014.
Somewhere Else, Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, June 21–July 5, 2014.
Contra-Rotations, Ran Tea House, New York, April 13–27, 2014.
Upon the Skin, 49B Studios, New York, February 21–March 9, 2014.
2013
Boston Printmakers 2013 North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University College of Fine Arts, October 27–December 20, 2013. (Catalogue)
Annual Drawing Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York, September 27–30, 2013.
Superstition 13, San Francisco Center for the Book, September 13–October 31, 2013.
MFA Show 2013, Sullivan Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, April 12–May 17, 2013. (Catalogue)
2011
Gwangju Biennale 2011: Global House Video Screenings, Gwangju Kunsthalle, Seoul, August 23-24, 2011.
The Start of a Long Journey: 2011 CAFA Excellent Graduation Works, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, July 9-August 7, 2011. (Catalogue)
Martell Focus on Talents Finalists Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, May 6-18, 2011. (Catalogue)
2010
A Decade Long Exposure: Central Academy of Fine Arts and Contemporary Chinese Photography, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, November 19-December 10, 2010. (Catalogue)
2009
Central Academy of Fine Art 60 Years of Drawing: 1949-2009, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, November 19-December 10, 2010. (Catalogue)
PUBLIC COLLECTION
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago
AWARDS
2012
1st Place in Moving Image Catalogue and Grand Prize in Visual Arts, Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago
International Graduate Student Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011
Golden Prize, National Laurelled Children’s Book, Beijing
1st Prize of Graduation Project, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Dean’s List Award, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Elinchrom Scholarship, Beijing
2007, 2009, 2010
Merit Scholarship of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
