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Biography
Chi Peng (Chinese: 迟鹏 born 1981) is a Chinese-born artist who lives and works in Beijing, China.
Born in Yantai, Shandong Province, China in 1981, he entered the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in 2001, and graduated from the Digital Media Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in 2005.
Biography
Chi Peng graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, with Photography as his main subject, in 2005. During his study he was selected by curator Feng Boyi, who is also co-curator of this exhibition, for an exhibition abroad. Three years later, Chi Peng is one of the most-requested Chinese artists for photographic exhibitions all over the world.
Solo exhibitions
2012
Trading Pain 2012, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary Chi Peng | 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, Shang Hai, 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 Gallery, Atlanta, US
2009
Secluded Radius—An Exhibition of Works by Chi Peng (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, US
Group exhibitions
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, Beijing, China
Passing Through Memory– Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum Opening Exhibition，Suzhou Jinji Lake ArtMuseum, 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 Biennale
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, NewYork,US
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., US
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, 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 MOCA 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. PhilipsChambers, Birmingham, England
Arrogance & Romance, Ordos Art Museum, Ordos, China
Switcher Sex: Video Works and Photography from the Teutloff Collection, Slought Foundation,Philadelphia, US
2006
China Now—Kunst in Zeiten des Umbruchs, Sammlung Essl | Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Signes D’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 Andersen Through Chinese ContemporaryArt, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Body Temperature: Invoking the Legacy of Hans Christian Andersen Through Chinese ContemporaryArt, 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, US