Chen Dongfan
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Chen Dongfan’s work was covered extensively by a number of media. The New York Times reported it as “painting a portrait of the entire street.”
In addition to this, the artist received special acclaim from American National and New York's House of Representatives for his exceptional contribution to the area and its community. In his painting practice Chen Dongfan emphasizes the expressive tension between brushstrokes, color and form along with other elements. His works range from small paper based pieces produced in the studio, large stretched canvases and collage works, to enormous murals created on building facades, various and yet still consistent in quality. Aside from traditional painting, Chen Dongfan has often taken spaces including libraries, second hand bookstores and a film festival as a platform for his practice, employing a combination of expanded painting, music, dance, performance and other media to achieve a unique painted visual language harmonizing narrative and poeticism, figuration and abstraction, the collective and the individual.
Chen Dongfan obtained his B.F.A. from the Total Art Studio of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou in 2008. Since 2014 he has lived and worked in New York and Hangzhou. His recent exhibitions include: Chen Dongfan: Long Past Dawn, Pirates and Poets Whistle in the Dark, Fou Gallery, New York (2020); Chen Dongfan: Forgotten Letters 2020, Platform China, Beijing (2020); Chen Dongfan: Sanctuary, The Yeh Art Gallery, New York (2020); Chen Dongfan: Heated Bloom, Inna Art Space, Hangzhou (2017). In 2011, the artist participated in Art Basel Liste. In the same year he also participated in a residency project in Torre Canavese, Turin, Italy.
Exhibitions
Chen Dongfan:Long Past Dawn, Pirates and Poets Whistle in the Dark
Oct. 17, 2020–Jan. 2, 2021
Fou Gallery, New York
Interest in Humanity: Portraits of Yesterday and Today
August 5–October 22, 2023
Fou Gallery, New York