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Born in 1998 in Heihe, Heilongjiang

Graduated from Renmin University of China in 2020, obtaining a Bachelor's degree 

Graduated from the Chinese National Academy of Arts in 2023, obtaining a Master's degree

Currently working and living in Shenzhen

 

SOLO EXHIBITION

2018

"Free Growth" Chen Zixu Solo Exhibition, Gray and White Space, Renmin University of China, BeijingChina

 

GROUP EXHIBITION

2024

Ice-breaking Art Project, Red Plum Cultural and Creative Park, Shenyang,China

"Ink Splendor Reborn" "2023 Dahua Bank Annual Campus Ink Art Award" Exhibition of Award-winning Works, Shekou World Culture and Art Center, Shenzhen,China

Spring Blossoms and Autumn Harvests "Contemplating the Past, Seeking the New" Art Exhibition, Shuxin Tang Life Space, Shenzhen,China

2023

The 10th "Youth Spirit Print - Guan Shanyue Art Museum Young Fine Brushwork Painting Exhibition, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen,China

Discarding the Old - Young Artists Joint Exhibition, Taihe Art Space, Beijing,China

The annual campus ink painting grand prize by United Overseas Bank, UOB Art Gallery, Shanghai

The 6th Graduation Song Summer Exhibition, Fangyuan Art Museum, Beijing,China

Unpredictable Inspiration - Young Avant-garde Art Exhibition, Mo Art Museum, Hefei,China

2022


The 9th "Youth Mind Print - Guan Shanyue Art Museum Young Fine Brushwork Painting Exhibition, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen,China

Contemplation in Repose: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting, Lingnan Art Museum, Dongguan,China

Landscape Context: A Grand Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting, Yunnan Art Museum, Kunming,China

2021

The Huang Yuan Painting and Calligraphy Scholarship Exhibition, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing,China

Urban Landscapes — National Higher Education Institutions Landscape Painting Creation and Teaching Symposium and Joint Exhibition of Faculty and Student Works, China Art Museum, Shanghai,China

Boundless Wisdom — The Third Invitational Exhibition of Works by Young Artists of the Li Keran Academy of Painting, Li Keran Academy of Painting Graphic Art Museum, Beijing,China

Pivot Culture (Online), R-Lab Curation Team, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

(Huangshan) Huangshan Youth Sketch Art Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Town, Huangshan County,China

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Until recently, I have begun to pay more specific attention to the concrete things in life, feeling the city of Shenzhen where I live and work, the people, and the events that are unfolding.

At the same time, my paintings place me more into the entire world that I can see and feel; I sense their flow, and these energies pass through my canvas, leaving traces of brushstrokes. The presentation effect of the specific images is largely completed through phenomenological observation methods. I have always regarded this world as my canvas, and my paintings have become a focal point within this vast canvas, which is also the most important part of my understanding of "vitality in motion." Specifically, in the process of ink painting, I attempt to seek possibilities beyond the mainstream traditional linear expressions of Chinese painting, that is, the expressive state of "ink must use five colors, and the transformation is seamless" as represented by Mi Fu and Muqi. I aim to break away from the aesthetic brushwork of literati painting, to create non-specific pictorial forms, and to attempt to encompass more conten

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