CHI PENG

Born in Yantai, Shandong Province, China in 1981, he entered the central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in 2001 and started his creations in 2003. In 2004 when he was still in college, his works were displayed in a group exhibition，One to One: Visions---Recent Photographs from China, in the Chambers of Fine Art, New York, U.S.A., which was planned by Feng Boyi, a well-known Chinese curator of contemporary art. Since then, Chi Peng began to receive international attention.

In 2011, the 29-year-old Chi Peng presented a large solo exhibition, “Me, Myself, and I, Photoworks 2003-2010”, in Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands. The exhibition took up 1,200 square meters with a total of 48 works. It was the second large-scale solo exhibition of a Chinese artist in this museum following Weiwei Ai and was the first for Chi Peng who was still under 30 years old but had made remarkable achievements in this field. So far, Chi Peng has more than 60 individual works, has presented over 40 solo shows and participated in more than 100 group exhibitions in 20 countries and regions in the world. Over 60 of his works have become collectibles of many art museums in the world. He is now a professional artist.

From 2012 to 2018, he was a teacher at the School of Design of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, where he began specialized research on children's innovative thinking methods, creativity methods and foundational courses. Meanwhile, he started researching and creating films and paintings; from 2019 to 2021, he completed his first feature film "As water in water ".

Reflection without the Mirror

It's not Just Their Fault

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Chi Peng: Unveiling Identity Through Shifting Forms

2024.10.15
INTERVIEW

CHI PENG: ON & ON OFF & OFF

Beijing
2024.09.14 - 10.19

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024: ON & ON OFF & OFF, Whitestone Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China
2015: I am a little nervous towards a world that is hidden, Collective Space, Shanghai, China
Three Years, M97 Project Space, Shanghai, China
2012: Trading Pain 2012, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
ChiPeng | Mood and Memory, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, Scotland
2011: Me, Myself, and I, Photoworks 2003-2010, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Mood and Memory, M97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2010: Chi Peng / Mood Is Hard to Remember, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Chi Peng / Mood Is Never Better Than Memory, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China
Chi Peng / Mood Is Never Better Than Memory, Art Seasons, Singapore
Chi Peng / Mood Is Never Better Than Memory, Kiang Gallary, Atlanta, U.S.A.
2009: Secluded Radius-An Exhibition of Works by ChiPeng (2003-2008), He-Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Paranomia, Diesel Denim Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008: Catcher / Chi Peng, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China Catcher / Chi Peng, Art Seasons, Singapore
My Monkey King, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007: Trading Pain, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Chi Peng: The Monkey King, Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin | Beijing, Berlin, Germany
Chi Peng’s Journey to the West, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China
Chi Peng / Journey to the West, Olsson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2006: Physical Practice, Zhu Qizhan Museum, Shanghai, China Games of Simulation, Art Seasons, Singapore
Chi Peng: Up, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China
2005: Naked Lunch, Chambers of Fine Art, New York, U.S.A.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022: Colour! The Groninger Museum Groninger, Netherlands
2021: The Show Must Go On, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
I Recognized the Word: Born in the 80s and 90s, MOCA Yinchuan, Yinchuan, China
WAYS OF SEEING.THE REFLECTION OF HISTORY IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, XieZilong Photography Museum, Changsha, China
2019: Turning Points: contemporary photography from china - the national gallery of victoria, Melbourne Australia Berlin Peking/Beijing-Visual Exchange, Museum für Fotografie , Berlin, Germany
A Thousand Faces: The Transformation of Laksana, Taipei, Taiwan
2016: “Pretending to be romantic”, Beijing, China
Scenery Shot Unrelated of Photography, New Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
The Poetic Community, Xiamen International Cruise Terminal, Xiamen, China
2015: We May Have Met Before, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Secret Love, Tropen Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Harmony and Transition Reflecting Chinese Landscapes, Marta Herford Museum,Herford, Germany
OpenART 2015, Örebro konsthall, Örebro, Sweden
Tradition and Innovation: The Human Figure in Contemporary Chinese Art, Pleasant T. Rowland Galleries, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, The Orange County Museum of Art, California, U.S.A.
Secret Love, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014: My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, Tampa Museum, Florida, U.S.A.
My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
2013: Alles unter dem Himmel gehört allen - China Public Art Exhibition, Kassel, Germany
Secret Love, National Museums of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden
2012: CAFAM Future Exhibition-Sub-phenomenon, CAFA Art Museum, Beijng, China
Passing Through Memory - Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum Opening Exhibition
Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
Secret Love Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
2011: One Man Theater - Works by Post - 80s Artists, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2010: Brave New Worlds, Kongo & China, Theater der Welt, Ruhr, Germany Mind Effects, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China
Never Equal Distance To The Moon , Beijing, China
Asia Spectrum, Daegu Photo Biennal 2010, Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
Big Draft Shanghai-Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2009: Then and Now - an exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Center show, the Center, New York, U.S.A.
The State of Things- Brussels/Beijing, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Metropolis Now!- A Selection of Chinese Contemporary Art, Meridian International Center, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Never equal distance to the moon. power, politics, and the environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
New Acquisitions-Rarely Seen Works, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
The Third Guangzhou International Photo Biennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2008: Prague Triennale 2008, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic Just Different, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Between Memory & History: From the Epic to the Everyday, The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
Butterfly Dream- Shanghai M OCA Envisage II, Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China
New World Order. Present-day Chinese Installation Art and Photography, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Body Language: Contemporary Chinese Photography, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2007: China Now, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Floating: New Generation of Art in China, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Collective Identity, HK University Museum, Hong Kong, China
View Beyond the Window: Contemporary Art Exhibition, New Generation Art Festival, St. Philips Chambers, Birmingham, England
Arrogance & Romance, Ordos Art Museum, Ordos, China
Switcher Sex: Video Works and Photography from the Teutloff Collection, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
2006: China Nowń Kunst in Zeiten des Umbruchs, Sammlung Essl | Essl Collection , Klosterneuburg, Austria Signes DŇ Existence / Signs of Existence, Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts,Beijing, China Bitmap, International Digital Photo Project, Seoul, Korea
2005: Karlsruhe Barcelona Cambridge Toronto, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
The Second Reality: Photographs from China, Piazza, Brussels, Belgium
The Third Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial, Fukuoka, Japan About Beauty / Über Schönheit, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Body Temperature: Invoking the Legacy of Hans Christian Anderson Through Chinese Contemporary Art, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Body Temperature: Invoking the Legacy of Hans Christian Anderson Through Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China 920 Kilograms, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2004: One to One: Visions-Recent Photographs from China, Chambers of Fine Art, New York, U.S.A.

COLLECTIONS

Ludwig Museum of Art, Hungary / Groningen Museum of Art, Netherlands / Essl Collection, Austria / National Gallery of Victoria, Australia / Chazen Museum of Art, USA / Singapore Art Museum, Singapore / He Xiangning Art Museum, China / Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan / Today Art Museum, China

CHI PENG

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