Shang Cheng Xiang
Born in 1985 in Shenyang, China
Educational background:
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang
Solo Exhibitions:
2023
Becoming，3812 Gallery，Hong Kong
2022
Undercurrent,Fermentation Art Center,Shenyang
2021
Sunshine on Another Afternoon,ART LABOR Gallery,Shanghai
2020
Escalation，BMW Art Center，Shenyang
2019
Borderless, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2018
Borderline, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2015
Threshold, Space Station, Beijing
2014
Cloud Atlas, Space Station, Beijing
2013
31.20°N – 121.21°E, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
2012
A Desolate Dream, Space Station, Beijing
Group Exhibitions:
2024
Dreamer’s Free Verse,Fermentation Art Center,Shenyang
2023
Going into the Unkown, JINGHOPE ART CENTER,SanYa
Self-Contemplation,JiMu Gallery,HangZhou
Feather，Uart, Space,ShangHai
As Water,3812 Gallery，Hong Kong
2022
Future X Scene, Organizer Zero,Beijing
LAFA Genre,Blue Roof Art Gallery, Chengdu
2021
Electrie Picnic, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2020
Worlds on Paper, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
North Wind,JiMu,ShenYang
2019
Elite Young Artists Program,JiNing Museum, JiNing
2018
Paint the Web Pink, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Attention Training, Yi Yuan Space, Wuhan
IDEALISM ART STUDIO, Wu Art Space, Shenyang
2017
10 Years of Love, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
New Space Soft Opening Exhibition, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
New Space Grand Opening Exhibition, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
The Unknown Future, NIUMuseum, Shijiazhuang
Premises of Affection, LinkGallery, Beijing
SIMULACRUM LIVING, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen
2016
Fireflowers, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Lost Opportunities, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Unknown Landscape Without Anyone, Enjoy Art Museum, Beijing
Elite Young Artists Program, Guanshanyue Museum, Shenzhen
Elite Young Artists Program, Brightview Art Museum, Beijing
Wang Shikuo Award - Nomination Exhibition for Contemporary Chinese Young Artists Today, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2015
Artificial Wonderland, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
Subconscious Stream, Blue Mirror Art Center, Beijing
2014
Dreaming in Color, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Faces and Traces, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
2013
Strayed Representation, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
Pursuing Perfection, Bloom Art Space, Shanghai
9 square meter Art Museum, German Consulate Goethe Institute, Shanghai
2012
Northern Mirror, He Hui Art Center, Shanghai
Also World, T Art Center, Beijing
Artificial Wonderland, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
2011
Social Experience and Spiritual Narration, Blue Roof Art
Gallery, Chengdu
2009
Northeast Blue, Northeast China, The Club Gallery, Shenyang
Ten Years, The Museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts,
Shenyang
2008
New Vision '08: Film, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
New Northeast Power, Gaodi Gallery, Beijing
Important Collections:
White Rabbit Gallery，Sydney, Australia
DSL Collection, Paris, France
Blue Roof Art Gallery, Chengdu
The United States Consulate, Shenyang
I am accustomed to using painting to carry my emotions. It is because I like to use these concrete fragments to piece together the world of intention. In this world, everything seems to be restored, but there are always some places where you have inadvertently surpassed reality. This is a feeling that will remain dormant in your consciousness, waiting to be awakened. And I just want to use painting to reflect an atmosphere and activate it, so that it slowly overlaps with reality. The characters, whales, mechanical devices, colorful consciousness images, colorful clouds, waterfalls, astronauts, reflective balls, burning books, and other elements that appear in my paintings are all my sustenance for consciousness that cannot be captured in real life. The process of sharing paintings is like sharing the analysis of dreams, but dreams are ultimately dreams. It's like we can't explain dreams in our dreams. And all I want to do is integrate this feeling into my painting, so I believe that objectively recording the process is far more meaningful than "elaborating" on the meaning of the work. Just like the reflective ball that repeatedly appears, it is placed in our world and objectively reflects everything in life. It gradually evolved into a symbol in my own game, a way for me to see the world.
Anyway, please do not forget that all forms of art are subjective products of the creator's distortion of reality.
Becoming，3812 Gallery，Hong Kong
2022
Undercurrent,Fermentation Art Center,Shenyang
2021
Sunshine on Another Afternoon,ART LABOR Gallery,Shanghai
2020
Escalation，BMW Art Center，Shenyang
2019
Borderless, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2018
Borderline, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2015
Threshold, Space Station, Beijing
2014
Cloud Atlas, Space Station, Beijing
2013
31.20°N – 121.21°E, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
2012
A Desolate Dream, Space Station, Beijing
Group Exhibitions:
2024
Dreamer’s Free Verse,Fermentation Art Center,Shenyang
2023
Going into the Unkown, JINGHOPE ART CENTER,SanYa
Self-Contemplation,JiMu Gallery,HangZhou
Feather，Uart, Space,ShangHai
As Water,3812 Gallery，Hong Kong
2022
Future X Scene, Organizer Zero,Beijing
LAFA Genre,Blue Roof Art Gallery, Chengdu
2021
Electrie Picnic, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2020
Worlds on Paper, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
North Wind,JiMu,ShenYang
2019
Elite Young Artists Program,JiNing Museum, JiNing
2018
Paint the Web Pink, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Attention Training, Yi Yuan Space, Wuhan
IDEALISM ART STUDIO, Wu Art Space, Shenyang
2017
10 Years of Love, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
New Space Soft Opening Exhibition, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
New Space Grand Opening Exhibition, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
The Unknown Future, NIUMuseum, Shijiazhuang
Premises of Affection, LinkGallery, Beijing
SIMULACRUM LIVING, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen
2016
Fireflowers, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Lost Opportunities, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Unknown Landscape Without Anyone, Enjoy Art Museum, Beijing
Elite Young Artists Program, Guanshanyue Museum, Shenzhen
Elite Young Artists Program, Brightview Art Museum, Beijing
Wang Shikuo Award - Nomination Exhibition for Contemporary Chinese Young Artists Today, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2015
Artificial Wonderland, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
Subconscious Stream, Blue Mirror Art Center, Beijing
2014
Dreaming in Color, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Faces and Traces, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
2013
Strayed Representation, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
Pursuing Perfection, Bloom Art Space, Shanghai
9 square meter Art Museum, German Consulate Goethe Institute, Shanghai
2012
Northern Mirror, He Hui Art Center, Shanghai
Also World, T Art Center, Beijing
Artificial Wonderland, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
2011
Social Experience and Spiritual Narration, Blue Roof Art
Gallery, Chengdu
2009
Northeast Blue, Northeast China, The Club Gallery, Shenyang
Ten Years, The Museum of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts,
Shenyang
2008
New Vision '08: Film, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
New Northeast Power, Gaodi Gallery, Beijing
Important Collections:
White Rabbit Gallery，Sydney, Australia
DSL Collection, Paris, France
Blue Roof Art Gallery, Chengdu
The United States Consulate, Shenyang
I am accustomed to using painting to carry my emotions. It is because I like to use these concrete fragments to piece together the world of intention. In this world, everything seems to be restored, but there are always some places where you have inadvertently surpassed reality. This is a feeling that will remain dormant in your consciousness, waiting to be awakened. And I just want to use painting to reflect an atmosphere and activate it, so that it slowly overlaps with reality. The characters, whales, mechanical devices, colorful consciousness images, colorful clouds, waterfalls, astronauts, reflective balls, burning books, and other elements that appear in my paintings are all my sustenance for consciousness that cannot be captured in real life. The process of sharing paintings is like sharing the analysis of dreams, but dreams are ultimately dreams. It's like we can't explain dreams in our dreams. And all I want to do is integrate this feeling into my painting, so I believe that objectively recording the process is far more meaningful than "elaborating" on the meaning of the work. Just like the reflective ball that repeatedly appears, it is placed in our world and objectively reflects everything in life. It gradually evolved into a symbol in my own game, a way for me to see the world.
Anyway, please do not forget that all forms of art are subjective products of the creator's distortion of reality.
Contact Information
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