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The Flower Market
'The Flower Market' includes a mix of traffic jam galleries' artists with works responding to a botanical theme.
Ji Chen
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Ji Chen was born in Shanghai, China. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Shanghai Drama Academy in 1984, and later worked as chief set designer for the Beijing Opera Theater Company of China. His technical mastery showcased in his breath-taking landscapes quickly grew in reputation. Subsequently, his watercolor work, ‘pool’, was the recipient of a prestigious national award, and exhibited throughout China, which marked the beginning of his professional career as an artist.
Ji and his family arrived in Australia in 1989. For Ji, the vivid colors and brilliant light of the Australian landscape provided him an artistic subject like no other – ‘In Australia, the weather, and therefore the landscape, is the best teacher. I look and I learn’. Ji‘s artistic style is unique and instantly distinctive, comprising of broad, daring brush-strokes, juxtaposed with an almost ethereal softness and warmth, all the while born from a continuously evolving, fresh and unparalleled perspective. Whilst many of Ji’s artworks are imbued with a resounding and eternal affinity for the magnificent vistas and vast horizons of the Australian landscape, Ji often transcends his trademark artistic genre, as reflected by his monumental portraits, which comprise some of his most prized and highly sought-after works.
Ji Chen has been the recipient of some of the most prestigious art awards in Australia. In addition to art competitions, Ji has enjoyed many solo and group exhibitions in numerous art galleries across Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, London and United States. His works have also been featured in numerous publications, including The Australia Artist Magazine, which has featured his works on four occasions. His works are currently represented in collections within Australia and overseas
Artist Statement
“I look towards combining elements of bold Chinese calligraphic brush strokes and western oil painting techniques to manipulate my imaginings of the landscape. In my works, my mission is to showcase the dichotomies of the wild tenacity of nature and simple, calm milieus of everyday life. For me, simply capturing the contrast, light and depth is everything. I only hope to transform a pure scene from mother nature into something that encapsulates a sense of lasting impact, leaving the audience with more to desire.” – Ji Chen
Artist CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2015 Paintbox Fine Art, Canberra
2014 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Paintbox Fine Art, Canberra
2013 Paintbox Fine Art, Canberra
2013 Traffic Jam Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Paintbox Fine Art, Canberra
2010 Paintbox Fine Art Gallery, Canberra
2009 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2008 Paintbox Fine Art, Canberra
2007 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2006 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2006 Paintbox Fine Art, Canberra
2006 ‘Sydney 2006’, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2005 Paintbox Fine Art, Canberra
2005 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2004 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2003 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2003 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Jenny Pihan Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Jenny Pihan Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2002 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2001 Boat House Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Penfolds Fine Art Gallery Bendigo
2001 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2000 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Boat House Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Hill Smith Fine Art Gallery Adelaide
1998 Penfolds Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
1998 Hill Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
1997 Hill Smith Fine Arts Gallery, Adelaide
1997 Boat House Arts Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Penfolds Fine Art Gallery, Bendigo
1996 Hill Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
1995 Hill Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
1994 Caulfield City Council Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Traffic Jam Gallery Duo Exhibition, Melbourne
2010 “Out From Down Under & Beyond” Fine Art from Australia and New Zealand Agora Gallery, New York
2009 “Out From Down Under & Beyond” Agora Gallery, New York USA
2009 “City Lag” Shun Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008 Art Singapore
2008 Art Melbourne 08, Art Brisbane
2008 David Sumner Gallery, Adelaide
2008 Jenny Pihan Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Art Sydney 07
2007 Paintbox Fine Art, London
2007 Art Melbourne 07
2006 Art Ireland, Dublin
2006 Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Art Prize
2006 Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne
2006 Art Melbourne 06
2005 Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne, overall winner
2005 David Sumner Gallery ‘Carnival’
2004 Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Art Prize
2004 Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne
2003 Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne
2002 Made from Australia Galleries, Canberra
2002 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Boat House Gallery, Melbourne
2001 ‘Under Southern Skies’ Ji Chen and David Chen, Made from Australia, Galleries, Canberra
2000 Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne
2000 Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Art Prize
1984 Shanghai National Gallery, Eastern China Water Colour Exhibition
AWARDS
2016 Winner People’s Choice Award, Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize People’s Choice Award.
2015 Winner People’s Choice Award, Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize People’s Choice Award.
2006 Winner People’s Choice, Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale International Art Prize
2006 Victor Harbor Art Show, Best Oil Painting
2005 The Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary Art Show, Gold Medal award
2004 Winner People’s Choice, Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale International Art Prize
2002 Winner People’s Choice, Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale International Art Prize
1994 Victor Harbor Art Show, Best in Show
EDUCATION
1984 Bachelors of Arts Degree, Shanghai Drama Academy
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