1960 Born in Hunan, China
1989 Graduated from Fine Arts Department, East China Normal University, Shanghai
2007 Artist in Residence Program of the Insel Hombroich Foundation, Neuss, Germany
2011 Artist in Residence Program of the Insel Hombroich Foundation, Neuss, Germany
Currently working and living in Shanghai, China
Solo Exhibitions
2011 A Distance of 2.2 Meters, Insel Hombroich Foundation, Neuss, Germany
2010 Shanghai-Neuss-Chen Qiang Works Exhibition
Pretty Land Gallery, Krefeld, Germany
2007 Beautiful Time , Creek Art Center, Shanghai, China
2004 Painting 1993-2003, Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Painting 2001, Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
1995 Chen Qiang’s Abstract Paintings, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, Guangzhou, China
Group Exhibitions
2012 In Time - 2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale
China Art Museum, Beijing, China
Taste of the Eas, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2011 The End of The world - Ice and Fire 2011, Ushuaia Biennale, Ushuaia, Argentina
Bonsai , Valencia art modern(IVAM), Spain
China Abstract Painting Now
Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie Gallery, Essen, Germany
AroundSpace@Bund Opening, AroundSpace, Shanghai, China
Visible Soul - The Fourth Chinese Abstract Art Exhibition
PIFO Gallery, Beijing, China
Tao of Nature – Chinese Abstract Art Exhibition
MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
THE MASTERS OF SHANGHAI, SOSIN Contemporary , Shanghai, China
CITY.ABSTRACT ART.SPACE, Yuanjia Art Center, Shanghai, China
2010 Chinese Characters Art Impression, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Response, Shengling Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Art Design Exhibition 2010 , BUND1919 Art Design Centre, Shanghai, China
WORKS ON PAPER, Tanshi Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
China Japan Contemporary Abstract Exhibition
Shengling Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
SHANGHAI MODERN – China Now Art Exhibition
CAI 02 Menma Gallery, Japan
Array with No Objects-acabemic Inviting Exhibition of Contemporary Abstract Art, Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan, China
2009 ART ASIA MIAMI ARTFAIR, UCCA, Miami, USA
TAO OF CHINESE FAN, Fine Arts Literature Art Center, Wuhan, China
UP-TO-DATE 2 , AroundSpace, Shanghai, China
TAO OF CHINESE FAN, Refined Nest Gallery, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition , Shengling Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
On the Way, AroundSpace, Shanghai, China
2008 LOVELY BLOSSOMS AND FULL MOON , Yuz Museum, Jakarta,Indonesia
The 1st.Art Now in China- 2008, Tokyo Shinwa Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Michael•Growe ChenRuoBing ChenQiang Refined Nest Gallery, Shanghai, China
The Origin of Abstraction, AroundSpace, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Contemporary Art Exhibition of 12 Artist
the Museum of Contemporary Art, Karuizawa, Japan
Moving, Aura798, Beijing, China
OPENING, Aura Gallery, Beijing, China
Another Kind of Test — Contemporary New Abstract K• Gallery, Chengdu, China
UP-TO-DATE 1 , AroundSpace, Shanghai, China
SPECIAL INAUGURAL, Uwantart the Gallery, Shanghai, China
Nuova Visione Cinese¬—La collezione d’arte contemporanea dal Museo di Shanghai
Centro d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, l’ltalia
Chinese and Japanese Contemporary Paintings From Zeit-Foto Collection Shanghai Art Museum, China
2007 The 1st.Art Now in China- 2007, Tokyo Shinwa Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Rewind <Remix> Fast-forward: Chinese Contemporary Art
Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
Abstract Exhibition of 9 Artist, Refined Nest Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Class…” , K.Gallery, Chengdu, China
Eurasia one , ISLAND 6 Art Center, Shanghai, China
2006 Subtlety: Paper Works by Shanghai Oil Painters
Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Our Impediment: Contemporary Art Exhibition
White Canvas Gallery, Nanjing, China
Reshaping Art 2006, Liuhaisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
In the Name of Material: Nominated Works by HSS Art CentreHSS Art Centre, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition 2006, Mingyuan Arts Centre, Shanghai, China
High Art From Shanghai: Exposition d’Art Contemporain de Shanghai au Toit de la Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris, France
The Chinese Contemporary, Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Morbid: Our Arts Today , Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Metaphysics 2005: Black & White, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Exposure: Exhibition of Modern Arts , Shanghai Art Deco, Shanghai, China
Open Road: Opening Exhibition of the Creek Art Center Creek Art Center, Shanghai, China
I Have a Date with the Spring ,Hanmo Spring Gallery, Shanghai, China
2004 Shanghai Abstract Art, Mingyuan Arts Centre, Shanghai, China
Traveling in Spring , Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
Dreams of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art Exhibition From China
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland
Matching Making on Suzhou Creek, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
Illusion , Aura Galleny, Shanghai, China
2003 Metaphysics 2003: Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Prayer Beads & Brushwork Strokes, Beijing Tokyo Art Engineering,Beijing, China
Different Choices, Peninsula Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2002 China Contempor , Artseasons Gallery, Singapore
Ost West: Ausstellung für die Zeitgenössische Kunst aus China Kunstlerhaus in Wien, Austria
Undo, Aura Gallery, Shanghai China
Metaphysics 2002: Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition , Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
An Abstract New World: Group Exhibition of Shanghai Abstract Artists, LiuHaisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2001 Extra/Ordinary, Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
Metaphysics 2001: Shanghai Abstract Arts Exhibition
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2000 Shanghai 2000, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
Invitation Exhibition of Shanghai Youth Art Work, LiuHaisu Museum, Shanghai, China