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ZHONG CHEN: CV
1969 Born in in Zhongshan, China. Arrived in Australia in 1989.
1998 Masters of Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art, London
1996 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), University of South Australia.
1994 Diploma of Visual Arts, North Adelaide School of Art.
Solo Exhibitions:
2001 Central Gallery, Adelaide
2000 Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
1999 Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
1997 Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
1995 Nexus Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
Group Exhibitions:
2001 Roche Contemporary Art Prize, Sydney.
2001 Gertrude Street Artists in Residence Exhibition, Melbourne
2000 Melbourne Art Fair 2000, Span Galleries
Conrad Jupiter Art Prize, 2000, Gold Coast City Art Gallery. (Work acquired)
Chemistry: South Australian Art 1990-2000: The Faulding Exhibition,
Art Gallery of South Australia.
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
Kedumba Drawing Award 2000, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales.
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Australia.
1999 Adelaide Central Studio Show, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide.
Group Show, Nexus Gallery, Adelaide.
Exchanging Places, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
1998 1998 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast, Australia.
The Pump House, London.
Masters Exhibition, Chelsea School of Art, London.
1997 28th Alice Springs Prize, Northern Territory, Australia.
Visy Board Art Prize Exhibition, Barossa Valley, Australia.
1996 Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia.
Helpmann Academy Exhibition, Adelaide Festival Centre.
1995 Sir Robert Helpmann Academy Exhibition, Adelaide and Indonesia
Adelaide Central Studios Members Exhibition, Adelaide.
Artery Party, Carclew Youth Arts Centre.
Graduates Exhibition, Nexus Gallery, Adelaide.
Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition, Adelaide.
1994 Graduates Show, North Adelaide School of Art.
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Awards:
2001 The Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant
2000 200 Gertrude Studio Residency 2001-2003
1999 Premier’s Award - Emerging Artist of the Year, ARTS SA Mentorship with
John Young (Hong Kong born Austalian leading conceptual painter).
1997 Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
The Graham F.Smith Peace Trust Artist in Residence Award - 3 weeks residency at the
Parafield Gardens High School, South Australia.
1996 The Advertiser Newspaper - Artist of the Year
Major Prize Winner- Emerging Visual Art Exhibition, Adelaide
FH Faulding Central Studios Residency Award
1995 John Christie Wright Memorial Prize, University of South Australia Artery Grant for
Young Emerging Artists
South Australian Youth Arts Board Studio Fellowship, Adelaide Central Studios.
Publications:
2000 “The Right Chemistry”, The Adelaide Review, September
Chemistry: South Australian Art 1990-2000, The Faulding Exhibition catalogue.
“Cultural Identity at the heart of SA award winner’s paintings”, Australian Arts Magazine.
Shortlisted Redlands Art Prize, Sydney (work acquired)
Shortlisted Conrad Jupiters 2000 Art Prize, Queensland Gold Coast Art Gallery
(Work acquired).
1999 “The Samstag Accelerator Effect”, Artlink Magazine of Contemporary Australian Arts
Vol 18#4
Lloyd, Tim: “A Man of Talent Finds His Art and a Home in the Past”, The Advertiser,
Adelaide.
1998 The Chelsea School of Art Masters Exhibition Catalogue, London.
1997 Dutkiewics, Adam: The Advertiser News, Adelaide, Austrlaia.
Lynch, Brian: “Zhong Chen”, DB Magazine, Adelaide.
Moss, James: “A Manifesto of Arrival and Understanding”, Artlink Magazine of
Contemporary Australian Arts, Vol. 17 No.2.
1996 Helpmann Academy Exhibition Catalogue.
Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship Catalogue.
University of South Australia Graduation Catalogue.
The Weekend Australian.
Lloyd, Tim: The Advertiser Newspaper, Adelaide.
Thomas, Sarah: “The Two Faces of Zhong”, Arts Monthly, The Advertiser Newspaper,
Adelaide.
Collections:
Art Gallery of South Australia
Artbank, Sydney, Australia
FH Faulding, Adelaide
Private Collections in Hong Kong, China and Australia.
Westpac Bank
Queensland Gold Coast City Art Gallery
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