Chi Peng

Chi Peng (; 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 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 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, New York, 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. Philips Chambers, 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 Contemporary Art, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark Body Temperature: Invoking the Legacy of Hans Christian Andersen 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, US