JUN CHEN Born 1960, China Lives and works in Brisbane
BIOGRAPHY
1960 Born in China 1986 Bachelor of Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China 1996 Master of Fine Arts (Visual Arts), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions 2019 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2019 Logan Art Gallery, Queensland 2018 ‘New Spring’ Nanda\Hobbs, Sydney, NSW 2017 ‘Jun Chen Paintings’ Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, QLD 2017 ‘Jun Chen paintings’ Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW 2014 ‘China Back and Forth’ The Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2012 ‘Sydney’ The Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2010 ‘Thirty Nods’ Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2009 ‘Spring’ Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2007 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2006 Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland 2000 Gallery 482, Brisbane 1999 Recent Paintings, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland 1998 Rent Paintings, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane 1996 Enigma, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane 1996 The Gallery of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibitions 2019 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2019 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2018 20/20: Celebrating 20 years with 20 new portrait paintings, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2018 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales 2017 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales awarded highly commended 2015 Wynne Prize & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2015 Salon des Refuses S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2013 Wynne Prize & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2012 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales 2011 The Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize 2010 The Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize 2009 ng Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong 2009 ‘Coming Home’ Beijing, China 2009 Archibald Prize & Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2008 The Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia 2008 ‘China’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2008 Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney 2007 ‘There Australian Painters’ Shenzhen Guan Shan-yue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China 2007 Salon des Refuses S H Ervin Gallery, Sydeny 2004 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2004 Salon des Refuses S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2000 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 1998 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 1997 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Awards 2017 Highly Commended of Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales 2013 Winner of the Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane, Queensland 2013 Winner of the King’s School Art Price Award, Sydney, New South Wales 2012 Peoples’ Choice Award Xstrata Percival Portrait Award, Townsville, Queensland 2011 Peoples’ Choice Award Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia 2008 Winner of the Art of Food and Wine Prize, Fleurieu Biennale, South Australia 1990 National Book Cover Award, China 1989 Guangdong Art Exhibition, China, Awarded two prizes
Public Collections Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Parliament House, Canberra University of Queensland Art Gallery Queensland University of Technology Art Museum Gold Coast City Regional Art Gallery Caboolture Regional Art Gallery Logan City Regional Art Gallery Australian Club Shen Zhen Guan Shan-yue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Guangzhou Art Gallery, China Zhuhai City, China Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China Art College of Sweden Private Collections in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia
Publications ‘Jun Chen’- Chinese Contemporary Art Series, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, China, 2008