In 1979, Chen Hongzhi was born in Xianyou, Fujian province. Being as a full-time artist, he has a professional background by graduating from Fujian Normal University with major in Fine Arts. In years of artistic practice and creation, Chen Hongzhi, with his keen perception and vivid imagination, has been wandering through different art media and forms of expression in his creation and daily life, such as oil painting and installation.
Chen Hongzhi’s works often reflect an expression of emotional introspection on childhood memories and a critical examination of real-life experiences, leading to a more nuanced contemplation of individual existence. In his compositions, large-scale scenes depict distorted crowds, presenting masses that are either apathetic or blindly conforming, akin to ephemeral mayflies. From oil painting to mixed media and three-dimensional spatial painting, Chen intentionally breaks away from his habitual artistic practices. He treats materials and mediums as carriers of language, progressively transitioning toward three-dimensional space and natural dimensions. By organically integrating the properties of materials with painting techniques, he continually experiments and delves deeper into his artistic research.
Chen’s works have been included in exhibitions at China Art Museum, Today Art Museum, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Fujian Art Museum, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Art Institute, TXC Art Gallery, Holy Oriental Art Gallery, and Zero Space, etc., and have been shown in Beijing/Shanghai/Chongqing/Xiamen/Fuzhou/Taiwan/Hong Kong, China, USA, South Korea, and Malaysia, among others.