The Ark artist: Shen Jingdong

1965 Born in , ,

1991 Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Nanjing Academy of Art

1991—2007 Serving in the Battlefront Art Troupe of the Political Department of Nanjing Military Region At present living in

Solo Exhibitions: From South to North in 2018--Shen Jingdong's Invitational Exhibition of Individual Works (Art of School of Fine Arts and Design of Shenyang Normal University)

2018 “Start from Nanjing”--Shen Jingdong’s Solo Exhibition,Jinling Art Museum,Nanjing,Jiangsu,China.

2018 “Guns N’Roses--Shen Jingdong’s Solo Exhibition”Parkview Green ART,Beijing,China

2017 “International Joke:Shenjingdong Solo Exhibition”Ross Art Museum, Maryland, USA

2017 Art Career Record of Good Soldier Jingdong:Shen Jingdong Literature Exhibition”Songzhuang Contemporary Art Documentary Exhibition,Beijing China

2017 “Shen Jingdong Story:Shenjingdong Solo Exhibition”Art and Design Academy Art Museum,Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao,China

2016 “International Joke:Shenjingdong Solo Exhibition” Korean Craft Museum (Cheongju,South Korea) 2016 “Shen jing dong+Jon Tsoi:No head No heart”WhiteBox New York

2016 “Let’s Paint Together: Shen Jingdong and Liao Mingming Collaborative Exhibition,”Yue Museum of Art, Beijing, China“New Representational Art in China,”Hudson Center for Contemporary Arts, Poughkeepsie, USA

2015 “The Little Prince,” E Space, Hong Kong “Dawn of a New Age: Ink Redefined,”Art Futures Gallery, Hong Kong “Censure,” Galerie Dock Sud, Sète, France

2014 My Kingdom of Fairytales (Art Futures Group, ArtOne, Wanchai, Hong Kong)

2014 Hidden Meanings, Colour Explosion (Today Art Museum, Beijing)

2011 Continue with Revolution (3V Gallery, Nanjing, China)

2010 We could be HeroesⅡ (The Rotunda,Exchange Square,Central, Hong Kong)

2009 Hero (Volta Art Fair, New York, USA)

2008 Hero (China Square Gallery, New York, USA)

2008 The Most Beloved People (Today Art Museum & New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China)

2007 Making of Heroes over 10 Years (Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China)

2007 We could be Heroes (Yan Gallery, Hong Kong)

2006 Images of Heroes (New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China)

2006 Exhibition of One (88 Art Document Storehouse, Beijing, China)

Joint Exhibitions:

2018 Organic Community Public Art Exhibition International Art Fair(Taipei International Convention Center) The First GAIA International Art Symposium(Serbia Novi Sad Museum) Art Tianjin--Rebuild the pioneer city(Beining park,Tianjin,China) Emerging imagery·A contemporary Chinese art exhibition(Kunstraum villa friede) The 17th Korea International Art Fair(COEX Exhibition Center,Seoul,Korea)

2018 Art Fair of national museum of russia(National Museum, Russia, St Petersburg) Dialogue: 2018 Annual Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Contemporary Art (Tokyo Tingtian International Print Art Gallery) "Art" Crossover Series First Exhibition (Shanghai Automobile Museum) Contemporary China Small Oil Painting Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Japan)

2018 " Take a Dream as a Horse " Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Artists' Works (Beijing Qin Shang Art Hall)

2017 Chinese Representational & Abstract Exhibition(Shandong Jinan time international art museum, Jiangsu Wuxi Cheng Jimei Art Gallery) "Fourth wall" Art Exhibition (Beijing Han Wei International Art Center,Beijing,China) "Painted Words" Contemporary Art Exhibition (Zhejiang Wenzhou Art Museum,China) Tsinghua Top Talk((Beijing Songzhuang Haoyade International Art Gallery)) “Different” International Artist Invitation Exhibition (Beijing Songzhuang Gozone art museum) "Fusion" Contemporary Oil Painting Language Research Exhibition (Beijing Today Art Museum) Hunan Art Publishing House, Mei Lun Museum of art, contemporary art collection seven person Exhibition (Central Hall of Hunan exhibition hall) World View - Installation as an Observation Angle and Way of Thinking (Beijing Songzhuang Contemporary Literature Art Museum) ZIPPO X YOU Transboundary Art Exhibition (Beijing 798 Art District Yue Art Museum)

2017 Melt·Chinese Art Exhibition (Daqing Baiyue Hotel) The Eleventh Florence International Biennial of Contemporary Art(The Da Bar Old Castle in Florence, Italy)

2016 Jesus Is 2017 Years Old Today(Songzhuang Contemporary Literature Museum,Beijing) The World – Graffiti:Freedom to Express-sixth Exhibition(The Space of Han and Tang Dynasty, Beijing) Songzhuang Graffiti Team Came(Art Nanjing,Nanjing) Life Year: The Songzhuang Graffiti Team Greet the New Exhibition(The Space of Han and Tang Dynasty, Beijing) Good Painting Doctrine(798 Art Classic Space) People Say the Scenery of Shanxi is Good--Yaodu Ancient Rhyme(Art Museum of Shanxi Normal University,Shanxi,China) Contrast and Reprise( Upper Art Gallery of Songzhuang, China) The New Spirit of Songzhuang(798 Bai Jia Lake Art Center ) Hainan Art Biennale(Sanya, Hainan, China) “From China”Contemporary Art Exhibition (Martin Art Gallery, Crossing Borders -- San Francisco International Arts Exhibit (San Francisco International Arts Center) East. Shore - Chinese and American Artist Print Exchange Project(Elizabeth foundation, New York, USA) Art Vision: Cultural Insight(Frank Hill art school in New York, USA)

2015 Chinese Sculpture Exhibition of the Montreux International Biennale (Montreux,Switzerland) The Eleventh Mongolian Art Festival, "He is From China" (Montreux Art Gallery, Switzerland) “Chinese People”(Ferrari Gallery, Switzerland) Wan Shen - The Holy Family of Contemporary Chinese Art (Contemporary Literature and Art Museum of Songzhuang, China) The Montreux Biennale (Montreux, Switzerland) Beautiful China (Hebei Media Institute) 100 Meters Near Heaven Can Stall (Zhongjie Museum of Art, China) Toughness·Xin Chen Art Exhibition (Nanjing New Town Art Center, China) Exfoliation Presentation (The Holy Space of Beijing, China) Art Unbounded (Beijing Songzhuang Upper Art Gallery) Asia Dialogue Asia (Museum of Contemporary Art, Jizhou Island, Korea) Commemorating The Sun 30th Anniversary (Songzhuang North Temple Goose House)

2014 International Exhibition of Representational and Abstract (Ningbo Cultural Center, China) Beautiful China (Zhoupu Art Museum, Shanghai, China) Unbounded Territory (798 Red Ding Galleries in Beijing, China) The Second China Contemporary Art Biennale (798 Art Workshop, Beijing, China) Backbone State (Beijing Song Zhuang 99 Art Museum in China) Prelude To Water Melody (798 Harmony Gallery in Beijing, China) Situation 2014 - Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition (Zhongjie Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China) Solid footprints -- Nanjing International Art Exhibition (Exhibition Hall, Nanjing International Expo Center, China)

2013 Spring has Come and the Flowers are in Bloom (The Art Soldier Space in Beijing, China) Self Portrait of One Hundred and Fifteen Artists (Contemporary Art Museum of China) Beijing Mini Art (Nine Floors Art Gallery, Beijing, China) Free Breathing ( and Arts Center,Tokyo, Japan) Experience of Soviet Area (Art Gallery of Chinese Songzhuang Professional Painter) Walk Through the Black Bridge at Night (The Black Bridge in Beijing, China) Creative Plan and Sketch Exhibition (Nine Floor Art Gallery, Beijing, China) Qingzhou Art Biennale (Qingzhou, Korean) Meeting - Five Teacher and Student Exhibition (Gongwangfu in Beijing, China) We (Beijing Songzhuang Art Museum, China) No Place To Stay: Jiangsu Contemporary Art Research Exhibition (Zhejiang Art Museum, China)

2012 The First Italian and Chinese biennial of Contemporary Art (Monza Royal Garden, Italy) A Man's Dream of Visiting the Garden Round 2(Destination Gallery,Beijing,China) Unbounded Drunken(A mountain Gallery,Nanjing,China) Formal and Informal( Meilun Art Museum,Hunan, China) Assemble in 798---contempoary art exhibition with military theme New China Engraving Exhibition(St Francesco Art Museum,Cuba) Fall in Love with Chinese Contemporary Art - Art Derivative Exhibition (Harbour City Art Museum, Hongkong, China) Pulse condition --- The first Qinhuangdao Literature Exhibition (Qinhuangdao Museum of Contemporary Art, China) Art. Frontier Contemporary Art Exhibition (Songzhuang Art Museum,China ) The Twelfth Military Art Exhibition (National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China) Hardship and Extension (Sanchuan Art Museum,Nanjing,China) Traitor (Shangdong Art Museum,Nanjing,China)

2011 Overlapping World (Guan Art Center,Nanjing, China) Starting From the Red Door (Red Gate Gallery, Beijing ,China) The Art of flowing---Surrealist Pop(Yue Museum of Art, Beijing, China) "Review" Three Edition Workshop Fifteen Years Retrospective Exhibition (Three Edition Workshop,Beijing,China ) Art Qingdao---First Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition in 2011 (Three Level Art Space of BELLE Plaza, Qingdao, China) Man - The Power of Art (Yongyin Art Museum,Seoul,Korea) New Song Zhuang in History (Shangshang art Museum of Songzhuang, Beijing, China) 2011 Nanjing Contemporary Art Annual Exhibition (Shangdong Art Museum, Nanjing, China)

2010 "Prints - Contemporary Art Exhibition" (Art Museum of the Times,Beijing, China) "Time·fable Contemporary Art Exhibition" (798 Tense Space in Beijing, China) "RESHAPING HISTORY:New Chinese Art from 2000 to 2009" (National Convention Center,Beijing,China) "A Contest of Visual Art Between the East and the West " Tour of the United States(Art Museum of Paul & Lulu Hilliard University, Louisiana, USA) (Jackson wale Museum, Florida, USA ) Do You Think About It---Contemporary Artists Exhibition (sky Gallery,Beijing,China ) Made in Nanjing - Contemporary Artists' Exhibition (Xinbo Gallery, Shanghai, China) Painting Gallery of the Occasional Art Festival (Shangshang Art Museum,Songzhuang, Beijing, China) 2009 Polar Tension - Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Art Masters in Three Places of Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu (Ancient Town of Luodai, Chengdu, China) Trust - Contemporary Artists Exhibition (Star Factory Art Center, Beijing,China) Related to the Above - Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary (Casting art museum,Beijing ,China) Memory of China - Exchange Exhibition of Chinese and Spanish Artists’ Works (Time Space in 798 Factory, Beijing, China) The Power of Practice - The Third China Contemporary Print Literature Exhibition (Nanjing Museum of China) Red Memory (Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China) China-Korean Exchange Exhibition (798 Ren Gallery, Beijing, China) Invitational Exhibition of Experimental Contemporary Arts (Museum of Contemporary Art, Songzhuang, Beijing, China) Chengdu Biennale (New International Convention & Exposition Center, Chengdu, China) Visual Presentation of Identity (Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China)

2008 Multiple Perspectives – Exhibition of 11 Chinese Contemporary Artists’ Works (Beijing You Gallery, Beijing, China) Assembling under the Five Rings (Legend Hotel, Beijing, China) Up North – Exhibition of Jiangsu Artists' Works (Egret Art Center, Beijing, China) Up North, Down South (Art for All Society, Beijing , China) Post-Modern Expression of Red Classics (Dong. Coffee. Event in 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China) Strength of Practice – the Second Documenta of Contemporary Chinese Prints (Nanjing Museum, China) Drifting – China – Korean Exchange Exposition (Top Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China)

2007 Body · Impression – The Human Body in Contemporary Chinese Art (Red Gate Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China) Revolution (China Square Gallery, New York, USA) Tie – Path (You Gallery, Beijing, China) Progressive Tense (New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China)

2006 Ash and Red – Contemporary Art Exhibition (Beijing New Art Project, China) Consumerist Time (Sart Gallery, Beijing, China) Imagine Gallery Group Exhibition (Beijing Imagine Gallery, China) Qingzhou International Plastic Arts Exhibition (Museum of Qingzhou, Shandong, China) Under the Rainbow – Exhibition of Contemporary Asian Art (South Korea) The Breadth of Painting Determines Attitude, Photography Biennale (Pingyao, China) 2006 China International Gallery Exposition 2006 (Beijing China World Trade Center, China) You Gallery Group Exhibition in September (You Gallery, Beijing, China)

2005 Exhibition 3N Group Works (Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China) The Second Dashangzi International Art Festival (798 Art Zone, Beijing, China) Look Ahead, March On – Exhibition of Four Contemporary Soldiers' Works (Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China) String – Exhibition of Works of 5 Visiting Artists at Red Gate Gallery (Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China) I Love Beijing (Suojia Village International Arts Camp, Beijing, China) Produce Clouds with One Turn of the Hand and Rain with Another: Contemporary Art Exhibition (TSI Art Museum, Beijing, China) Illness – Our Todays Art (Nanjing Art Museum, China)

2004 Art Exhibition to Mark the 30th Anniversary of Jiangsu Art Monthly (Nanjing Museum, China) Exhibition of Works of William J. Andersen and Shen Jingdong (Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China) Eight Minus One Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition (88 Art Document Storehouse, Beijing, China) UN World Peace Art Exhibition (South Korea) Angle – Exchange Exhibition of Works of Artists of Three Places (Red Classic Art Gallery in Nanjing, Andres Gallery in Shanghai, and China Blue Gallery in Beijing)

2003 “Shadow” Art Exhibition (Art Storehouse, Kunming, China) Measuring Pupil Distance – Video Exhibition (Shenzhen, China) Are You Familiar with Them? – Modern Oil Painting Exhibition (Nanjing Shenghua Art Center, China) China Today Art Exhibition (China Millennium Altar, Beijing, China) Chatting – Chinese and Belgian Artist Exchange Exhibition (European Cultural Exchange Center, Xiamen, China) Dissimilar Sameness – Chinese and Slovenian Artist Exchange Exhibition (Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China)

2002 Basking in the Sun (Nanjing, China) “Open Platform” the Third International Performance Art Festival (Xi'an, China) Daydream – Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art (Nanjing Museum, China)

2001 China Performance Photography Exhibition (Asian-Pacific Contemporary Art Archives, Italy) The Second Asian-Pacific International Contemporary Art Biennale (Genoa National Modern Art Gallery, Italy) China Plan – Circumrotating 360℃ (Haishangshan Art Gallery, Shanghai, China) “N Roles” Exhibition (Nanjing Navy Commanders’ Academy, Nanjing, China)

2000 “Sea Horizon” Conceptual Photography Exhibition (Xiamen, China) “Partial Clicking” Conceptual Photography Exhibition (Daguangming Mall, Nanjing, China) “Ink, Ink, Ink” Art Exhibition (Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai, China) Asian International Peace Modern Art Exhibition 2000 (Nanjing Museum, China) Communication of Intentions – Chinese Conceptual Photography Exhibition (Asian-Pacific Contemporary Art Archive, Italy)

1999 The Third Itinerant Exhibition of “Borderline Vision” ( Normal University, Shanghai, China) “A Hundred People, a Hundred Names over a Hundred Years” Exhibition (School of Fine Arts, Nanjing Normal University and Yi Bo Hall in Shanghai)

1997 Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art (Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China) The Second Itinerant Exhibition of “Borderline Vision” (Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China)

1996 The First Itinerant Exhibition of “Borderline Vision” (Jiangsu Gallery, Nanjing, China)

1995 “Period of Time ‘95 – Breaking through” Exhibition (Exhibition Hall of Nanjing Arts Institute, Nanjing, China) Art Exhibition to Mark the 30th Anniversary of Jiangsu Art Monthly (Nanjing Arts Institute, Nanjing, China)

1994 “New Face” Art Exhibition (Exhibition Hall of Nanjing Arts Institute, Nanjing, China) Events Organized: 2009 Let’s Play Together (Beijing, China) 2007 Contemporary Artists’ Studio (Beijing, China) 2005 Cards of a Hundred Artists (Beijing, China) 2003 One Hundred Artists Telling Their Own Stories (Nanjing, China) 2001 Faces of a Hundred Artists, at Orange Gallery, exhibition of conceptual photography (Nanjing, China) 1999 A Hundred People, a Hundred Names over a Hundred Years, (Nanjing, China)

Public collections: 2018 Jinling Art Museum,Nanjing,Jiangsu,China (The Little Prince,oil painting,100cmx100cm) 2014 Bengbu University,Anhui,China (Salute,Stainless Steel Sculpture,2 meters High) 2013 Jimei University,Xiamen,China (Salute,Stainless Steel Sculpture,2 meters High) 2012 of the Arts,Nanjing,Jiangsu,China (Salute,Cast Copper Sculpture,170cm High) 2009 Wurth Museum, Spain (Hero, oil painting, 100cm×100cm) 2008 Bust of Soldier, Sculpture (Gallery of Henan Province, China) 2007 National Art Museum of China (Hero Series, No. 12, 200cm×200cm) 2007 Art Retreat Museum, Singapore (Hero Series, No. 42, 200cm×200cm) 2006 Shanghai No. 1 Art Museum (Ceremony of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, oil painting, 200cm×700cm)