Zhou Chunya
1955 Born in Chongqing
1982 Graduated from the Painting Department of Sichuan Academy of Fine Art
1988 Graduated from Experiment Art Department of Kassel Academy of Fine Art, Kassel in Germany
Now lives and works in Chengdu and Shanghai, China
Solo Exhibitions:
1987 “The Works of Zhou Chunya”, GDCF, Dusseldorf, Germany
1988 “Zhou Chunya Invitationl Exhibition,” Domach-
Austria
1992 “Zhou Chunya Oil Painting”, Grace Art Gallery , Taipei, Taiwan
1997 “Zhou Chunya”, Beizhuang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2002 Zhou Chunya Art Show-
2002 Zhou Chunya, Museum of Modern Art Contemporary, Trento, Italy
2006 New Works by Zhou Chunya, Shanghai Gallery of Art at Three on the Bond, Shanghai, China
2007 Blooming Stories: Paintings & Sculptures by Zhou Chunya, Beijing Today Art Museum, China
2007 Zhou Chunya Solo Exhibition, Chinatoday Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2008 Zhou Chunya, Green Dog, JakArta, Indonesia National Gallery, JakArta, Indonesia
2008 Zhou Chunya New Works Solo Exhibition, My Humble House, Taiwan, China
2010 “1971—2010 Forty Years Retrospective Review of Zhou Chunya”, Shanghai Art Museum, China
Group Exhibitions:
1980 “Youth Art Exhibition of Sichuan province”, Chengdu, China
1981 “The Second China Youth Art Exhibition”, National Art Museum, Beijing,
China
1985 “Chinese Youth Art Exhibition in Forward”, National Art Museum, Beijing,
China
1991 “1st Chinese Oil Paintings Exhibition”, Oriental Oil Paintings Hall, Beijing,
China
1992 “First Guangzhou Biennale -
1992 “The First Annual Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting”, Hong Kong,China
1993 “Chinese Experiences”, Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China
1993-
1994 “The Annual Exhibition of Works of the Artists Nominated by Art Critics”, National Art Museum, China
1996 “China!-
1996 “First Shanghai Biennale”, Shanghai Art Museum, China
1996 “The First Academic Invited Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art 1996-
1996 “Oil Painting in Chengdu”, National Art Museum, Beijing, China
1997 “The Nature of Portraiture”, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
1997 “Quotation Mark—Chinese Contemporary Art”, National Art Museum, Singapore
1997 “Red and Grey -
Singapore
1998 “East meets East in the West”, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1998 “Shanghe Art Museum’s Collection Exhibition”, Chengdu, China
1999 “New Modernism for a New Millennium”, Limn Gallery, San Francisco,
USA
1999 “The Academic Invited Exhibition of Shanghe Art Museum”, Shanghe Art Museum, Chengdu, China
1999 “Sonfiniamenti-
2000 Chinese Oil Painting in 20th Century, National Art Museum, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai,China
2000 The Chengdu Movement, Canvas Iternational Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherland
2001 First Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China
2001 5 Chinese Avant-
2001 Towards a New Image,Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, Touring Show in National Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, Guangdong Art Museum, Sichuan Art Museum, China
2001 The Academic and the Non-
2002 The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Art Museum, China
2002 Dream—Contemporary Chinese Art, The Red Mansion Foundation, London, England
2003 Alors, La Chine? Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2003 Six Marks of the Paintbrush, Gallery Miejska Arsenal, Poznan
2003 Made in China, Fondation D’ Art Cotemporain Daniel Florence Gueflain, France Modernites Chinoises, SKIRA, Paris, France
2003 The Direction of Subsistence, Chinese Contemporary Works Exhibition of Museum’s Collection, Guangzhou Art Museum, China
2004 Living in Chengdu-
2004 Documentary Prize of 2004 Wuhan First Nominations Exhibition, Wuhan, China
2004 Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation-
2004 New Works by Liu Wei·Zheng Zaidong·Zhou Chunya, Shanghai Gallery of Art at Three on the Bund, Shanghai, China
2005 2nd Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Sichuan, China
2005 The First International Biennale of Contemporary Chinese Art Montpellier, Montpellier, France
2005 Focus on China, WBK Vrije Academie, Den Haan, Holland
2005 Beyond Boundaries: Shanghai Gallery of Art 04-
2006 Expanded Realism-
2006 The Naked Truth, Six Chengdu-
2006 Zhou Chunya·Zeng Fanzhi · Ji Dachun, Longrun Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2006 Zhou Chunya·Liuwei: The Lime Light of Chinese Contemporary Art, Artside Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 Art on Motion: Chinese Contemporary Art Meets the Bma Art Cars, MOCA, Shanghai, China
2007 Beyond Icons: Chinese Contemporary Art in Miami, Miami Design Districk, Miami, U.S.A
2007 Post-
2007 From New Figurative Image to New Painting, Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
2007 Starting from the Southwest: Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Southwest China, GD Gallery, Guangzhou, China
2007 Makeup Art History—Chinese Contemporary Works Exhibition of Museum’s Collection, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangdong, China
2008 New Interface—Spring is Coming, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008 Today’s China: Contemporary Art From China, Belvue Museum, Brussels, Belgium
2008 Beyond Reminiscence, Beijing Centre for the Arts, Beijing, China
2008 We are Together—Poly Charity Auction for Wenchuan EArthquake, Beijing, China
2008 Case Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, Shengzhi Art Centre, Beijing, China
2009 A Collateral Event for the 53rd Biennale di Venezia: A Gift To Marco Polo,VIU (Island of San Servolo), Italy
2010 “The Second Annual Conference of Collectors of Chinese Contemporary Art”, Sichuan Museum, Chengdu, China
2010 “Pure Views: New Painting From China”, Louise Blouin
Foundation, London, England
2010 “The Constructed Dimension——2010 Chinese Contemporary
Art Invitational Exhibition” , National Art Museum, Beijing, China
2010 Martell Artists of the Year 2010, joint-
2010 “Reshaping History: Chinart from 2000 to 2009”, CNCC, Beijing, China
