Chen Jie

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1972 Born in Wuhan, Henan province
1994 Studied Art Education Department of Hubei Art College ( BA)
1998 Assistant tutor in Art Department of Huanggang Normal Colege
2003 Promoted as tutor and studying in Oil Painting Department of Hubei Art College (MD)
2006 Working as the assistant tutor of Animation Department of Communication University of China

Group Exhibitions
2001

• Exhibition in commemorating the establishment of Chinese Communist Party, Huangzhou Museum, China

2002

• Exhibition in commemorating Yan An speech, Huangzhou Museum, China

2003

• First Exhibition for Universities and Colleges in Hubei province, Hubei Art museum, China

2004

• Exhibition for teachers in Normal Universities and Colleges, Nuxun Art College Museum, China

2005

• “Large business in a limited circumstances”, Exhibition. Yu Yuan Art Museum, Hubei Art College

2006

• “Exhibition Works of Graduates of 2006” , Hubei Art College Museum


• “Walking” Oil painting exhibition by five artists, Zhong Fangjiao Gallery, Beijing 798 International Art Area, China


• “Leaving-from university to wilderness”, Oil painting exhibition by six artists Bejing QuanYinTang museum, China


• “Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Beijing Shidai Museum

2007

• “Follow Heart”, Oil Painting Exhibition by seven people born after the 70s , Jiawei Gallery, Beijing, China


• “Visual Visual”, Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition , Aika Collection, China


• “Dynamic”, New Year Visual Art Exhibition, China


• “Chinese Walls”, LotusArt, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Awards
2002

• Oil Painting titled “White Light”, the third prize in the E Dong competition , Huangzhou

2003

• Teachers’ group, the first exhibition for universities and colleges in Hubei province, Wuhan

2006

• Oil Painting titled “Prosperous Business NO.1、2、3”, the excellent work of first oil painting exhibition for national art universities and colleges, Shenzhen
  
  Statement
  In terms of art creation, I try to explore the relation between “signs” and “symbols” to discover the characteristic way of art expression. My art expressions can roughly be divided into three types: the fixed symbolic sigh, numbers, ±×÷, or[v1] √ etc.; my own symbolic signs: signs of heads and hands ,graffiti of vehicles, houses and ancient coins etc.; the concrete cultural symbolic signs, say weapons, drugs, bodies of women, , political or etiquette handshaking or hugging, vehicles, notebooks, houses, villas, roses, copies of the pictures of daily life things . Undoubtedly, all of the three possess rich symbolic meanings and the characteristic combinations of the three will definitely form both the characteristic and significance art patterns, which finally form my art expressions. This is the “task” that I’m trying to solve in my creation.
  
  Any expression of art, however unique, its content and expression are closely related. As an artist, everyone is seeking his/her field, to which devoting his/her humanitarian attention. In my opinion, compared with the modern art of last century, which was the reform or revolution in ontology, in the context of post-modern art era, what faces the artists more urgently is first to raise questions, then to devote humanitarian attention and finally express his/her thoughts and art conception. In my creation, the structures built by the above three symbolic signs aim to express the following meanings. The society is experiencing a kind of commercial civilization. We live in a society that extrude one another or feel the extrusion from another. The influence of this high-developing society has its negative influence on human nature, traditional ethics and values. This is my contemplation, my feeling, my attitude and my concern to modern society, however this is not to deny the progress of the modern commercial society. It is my honor if the viewer can sense it from my art. Let art expresses the bitter life in a colorful way.