Chen Ping

Studies
1985	Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China: BFA (under Professor Zeng Song Ling, a student of Zao Wou-ki, French-Chinese Master)
1997	The School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia: BFA (painting )
Artistic Professional Experience
1985 – 90	Shantou University, Guangdong, China: Assistant Lecturer (painting & drawing)
1997	Finalist, Hutchins Art Prize
1999 –	Resident artist, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2000 – 01	Director, DaDaTa Gallery, Hobart
	Guest Speaker, Printmaking Dept. The School of Art, University of Tasmania
2001 –	Member of Contemporary Art Service Tasmania
2002 – 2005	Member of the Art Sub-committee, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2003	Curator, ‘Out of China’, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
	‘Tasmanian Vision’, Shantou University Gallery, China
2005	Finalist, John Glover Prize
2008	Red Gate Gallery Residency
	Australian China Council Grant
	Art Tasmania Grant Tasmanian Premier Grant Guardian Auction for Wenchuan, Guangzhou, China Now lives and works in Beijing and Australia
Exhibitions
1997	‘Hue’s Hue’, Entrepot Gallery, The School of Art, Hobart
	‘Affinity’, Fine Art Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
	‘Beaching the Whale’, The Long Gallery, Hobart
	‘International Art Exhibition of Chaoshan Origin’, The Gallery of Shantou Art Academy, Shantou, China
	‘Hutchins Art Awards’, The Long Gallery, Hobart
2000	‘Box – viewpoint’, Installation, Solo Show, The Foyer Installation Gallery, Hobart
	‘Converge’, The Long Gallery, Hobart
2001	‘Drawing into the Square’, Solo Show, The Loft gallery, Hobart
	‘Shadowing the Paper’, Solo Show, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
	‘No Escape’, Installation, Kelly’s Garden, Solo Show, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2002	‘Still Time’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart
	‘Fingering Glover’, The Long Gallery, Hobart
	‘The Charcoal Grilled She’, Installation, The Foyer Installation Gallery, Hobart
2003	‘Life is Beautiful’ Solo Show (opened by David Hanson, Senior Curator of TMAG), The Salamanca Collection, Hobart
	‘Living Artists Week’, Hobart
	‘Trio’, The Loft Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
	‘Trio’, Shantou University, Shantou, China
2004	‘Figure Out’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2005	‘Raphaelite Now’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart. Opened by Anton Holzner (Australian famous artist)
	‘The Glover Prize’, John Clover Society, Evandale, Tasmania
	‘They Are Figures’, Solo Show, Northern Exposure Festival, Melbourne
	‘Sydney Art 05’, Represented by Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne
	Representation, Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne
	Representation, Art Gallery Collection, Gold Coast
2006	‘If Turner Was Here’, Solo Show, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart. Opened by John Unicomb (former director, Theatre Royal)
	Representation, Hong Bao Zhai Art, China
	Representation, Art Equity, Sydney
	‘Landscape Exhibition’, Art Equity, Sydney
2007	‘Figure Painting Exhibition’, Art Equity, Sydney
	‘Figurative Language’, solo show, The Salamanca Collection.
	‘Island Symphony’, solo show, Art Equity, Sydney.
	‘Living Artist’s Surviving Human’, solo show, Tasmanian Living Artists’ Week, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2008	Anton Holzner, Geoff Dyer and Chen Ping China Exhibition Preview, Long Gallery, Hobart
	Three Australian Painters, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (coming up 22-05-08 to 10-06-08)
	Her Dream, The Salamanca Collection, Hobart (coming up 07-09-08 to 30-09-08)
	Human Story, Art Equity, Sydney (to be cofirmed) 'Ruins', Solo Show, Vis-à-vis Art Lab, 798, Beijing, China 'The Dream of Long March', Studio Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery
Collections
	Tasmanian Museum and Art gallery
	Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China Guangdong Museum of Art,China
	Shantou University, China
	Privates – USA, Switzerland, Austria, England, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Japan, New Zealand, Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania
Bibliography
1997	Joerg Andersch, Affinity, The Saturday Mercury
2000	Joerg Andersch, Box – Viewpoint, The Saturday Mercury
	Chris Nelson, Box – Viewpoint, ABC Radio 8.45 pm, 31 may, 2000
2001	Joerg Andersch, Drawing into the Square, The Saturday Mercury
	Joerg Andersch, Shadowing the Paper, The Saturday Mercury
2002	Joerg Andersch, Still Time, The Saturday Mercury
	Yang Pei Jiang, Painting is the Language of Ambiguity, Shantou Metropolitan, China
	Zeng Song Ling, The Joy of Self Righteousness, Chao Sheng Magazine, China
2003	Joerg Andersch, Life is Beautiful, The Saturday Mercury
	Art Editor, Life is Beautiful, ABC Radio
2004	Joerg Andersch, Figure Out, The Saturday Mercury
2005	Joerg Andersch, Raphaelite Now, The Saturday Mercury
	Penny Thow, Painting’s Language, Sunday Arts, Sunday Tasmanian
	‘Raphaelite Now’, Issue 32, Australian Art Collector
2006	Joerg Andersch, If Turner was here, The Saturday Mercury
	Penny Thow, Local Climate, Sunday Arts, Sunday Tasmanian
2007	Tricky Walsh, Tear in Her Eyes, Art Equity Newsletter
	Ralph Hobb, Island Symphony, Art Equity catalogue
	Joerg Andersch, Figurative Language, The Saturday Mercury
	Sally Glaetzer, Interview, Stateline, ABC TV Hobart. Broadcast internationally. Transcript
	Figurative Language, Australian Art Collector, Issue 41
	Figurative Language, T42 Arts Update, Edge Radio, Hobart
2008	Peter Timms, Taking off the Masks, Catalogue, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
	David Stockdale, It's an Art Attack, Inside Arts, The Mercury, Hobart
	Katie Edwards, Chen Ping's Depiction of Humanity and Search for Identity, Essay, Bournville College of Art, Birmingham, UK
	Geoff Dyer, China Exhibition, ABC Radio, Hobart
	Preview - China Exhibition, Stateline, ABC TV, Hobart Wang Huangsheng, Oil Paintings by Three Australian Artists, Catalogue, Guangdong Museum of Art, China Bill Bleathman, Oil Paintings by Three Australian Artists, Catalogue, Guangdong Museum of Art, China Penny Thow, The Great Wall, Sunday Art, Sunday Tasmania Jan Hauters, Ruins, That's BJ, Beijing, China