Birth Date： 1960
Birth Place： Hunan Provinc
Education： He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of East China Normal University
Work place： Shanghai Construction Engineering School

Solo Exhibitions：
“Chen Qiang Abstract Painting Exhibition”, 1995, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“Chen Qiang Arts Exhibition”, 2001, Yian Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Chen Qiang Arts, 1993—2003”, 2004, Zeit—Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
“Beautiful Time—Chen Qiang Arts Exhibition”, 2007, Creek Art Center, Shanghai, China
“Distance is 2.2 Meters”, 2011, Insel Hombroich Foundation, Neuss, Germany

Group Exhibitions：
“Dream of the Dragon—China Modern Art Exhibition”, 2004, Ireland Modern Art Museum, Ireland
“Elixir of Love”, 2008, Yuz Art Museum, Djakarta, Indonesia
“Rhyme and Chinese characters—Chinese Characters Art Impression”, 2010, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
“The end of the World—Ice and Fire 2011”, 2011, Ushuaia Biennial, Argentina
“The Taste of the Eastern—China Classic Art Exhibition”, 2012, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

 

　　Perceiving is not understanding. Looking without reading. The brain deprives the visual sense of its freedom. Abstract art liberates one from the way of seeing configured during one’s childhood. Abstract art assembles in order to see. From within to without, that is the direction of reading. An outward (collective) reading needs to be interpreted; hence it needs narratives, descriptions and representation. An inward (individual) reading does not need to be interpreted; hence it needs no narrative, description or representation. Art is to be seen and sensed. It is about creation and life. In the media age, visual morphine is no doubt also a great way of consoling a tired heart.Reading keeps the groups in balance. It unifies thinking, standards and values. Reading brings about the loss of seeing.Seeing is the original state, a window, and a door opened by the will to see.