陈心懋 CHEN XIN MAO

Native of Shanghai, China, he studied at the Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA) and Nanjing University of the Arts and received a master's degree in 1987.  Professor and Master's Supervisor at the School of Art, East China Normal University

Chinese are good at imagery thinking, and landscape painting is the most classic expression of this thinking. As a result, the interweaving of abstract painting and imagery landscape has given me the requirement to generalize and refine natural landscapes. While we admire the landscapes of the Song Dynasty, we also deeply feel that in contemporary times, the symbolic generalization of natural landscapes must have a new understanding and expression—the "Silent Series" comes from such a background. From the "Landscape as a Portrait" when I was a graduate student in the 80s to the "Silent Series" that has been continuing since the 80s and 90s, these are my understanding of Chinese landscape painting and my interpretation today. In the past ten years, the basic symbols of the landscape such as "stone" or "spirit stone" have been discussed in terms of expression methods or shapes, and these have been slowly brought together, which is the "Garden Dream" series. "Dream in the Garden" is a section of the Kunqu opera "The Peony Pavilion", and it is also the most representative section, which I think is exactly in line with what I want to express. Among them, there are Chinese landscapes that I like, and there are also life, love, and death that I care about...... Seeking, losing, gaining and losing, this life and the next.

Solo exhibition

2019 "Garden Dream" Chen Xinmao Solo Exhibition, Who's Awakened Gallery, Singapore

2010 Chen Xinmao Solo Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library

2008 From Shanghai to Fremont, Vermont Artists Studio Center Art Gallery, USA

2007 Stones: Chen Xinmao's Solo Exhibition, Haishan Art Center, Shanghai

1991 "Chinese Landscape, Silent Series" Chen Xinmao Solo Exhibition, Cambridge Art Centre, UK

Group Exhibition

2020 The 8th "Water + Ink", "Practice Between Language and Concept", Shanghai Baoshan International Folk Art Expo

2019 1978-2018 China New Ink Painting Exhibition - 40 Years of Ink Art, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum
      The 2nd Wuhan Ink Painting Biennale - Wuhan Art Museum
      Intersexuality • 2019 Zhangjiagang Contemporary Ink Painting International Biennale - Zhangjiagang Art Museum

2018 2018 China International Import Expo Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai

2014 "China: Ink Landscape in the 1980s", Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai

2012 International Ink Painting Exhibition and Symposium, Sun Yat-sen Painting Gallery, National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taiwan

2010 The 3rd Taipei Ink Painting Biennale, Taipei Museum of Fine Arts

2007 The 3rd Chengdu Biennale "REBOOT", Chengdu, Sichuan

2006 Chinese Ink Documentary Exhibition, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing

2002 Guangzhou International Art Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong
      The 3rd Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennale, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen

2001 California International Art Biennial, USA
      Retrospective Exhibition of Twenty Years of Chinese Ink Experimentation, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong

2000 New Chinese Painting Exhibition, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
      The 2nd Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennale, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen

1998 The 1st Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennale, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen
      Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum