Shanghai, China
Chen Hangfeng arranges the logos of the world’s brands into traditional Chinese patterns with a modern twist. As an ancient woodcarver might have used the bird he observed in his daily life, Chen Hangfeng takes the symbols in our daily view and incorporates them into his art, creating very attractive works from the more normally mundane corporate logos of our times. Notable art critic Karen Smith has commissioned works by him.
Working along these lines of appropriation and reapplication, Chen Hangfeng has over some months collected various objects out of garbage collection and redistribution centers around Shanghai. Out of these he has built a glamorous “Chandelier” from discards, discovering much about the system of garbage reclamation and trade in a city which “produces” 20,000 tons of refuse a day. Juxtaposing his highly collectible art craft with the disposable nature of most mass production or even luxury goods – in a country renowned for being the world’s factory – is not meant to make an ironic comment, but intends to illustrate the complex layers behind the processes in our daily lives and the layers of application of value to an object at various phases of use.
1974 in Shanghai
BFA, College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University
2015
The Asian Carp - Chen Hangfeng solo project, AM Art Space, Shanghai
2013
All that glitters must be gold, Center for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester
Endless Demand, Cable Gallery, Helsinki
2012
Unnatural Selection - by Chen Hangfeng, Fife Contemporary Art Center, St Andrews, (Scotland)
Prosperity, Gallery 22,48m2, Paris
2011
Unnatural Selection - works by Chen Hangfeng, Bradford Museum / Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford,
Solo show by Chen Hangfeng, Kn Studio, Verona
2010
Christmas Project – Rockbund Museum, Shanghai
2009
Christ MASS Production – window work by Chen Hangfeng, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2008
Daily Prosperity – installation work by Chen Hangfeng, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
2007
Christ MASS Production – a site specific installation project, Zendai MoMA / Radisson hotel, Shanghai
2014
Coming Soon, Dongchang cinema, Shanghai
Night Light, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
Collaboration 6, HALLE50, Munich
NeoFolk, Ikkan Gallery, Singapore
Electronic Pacific, Fei Contemporary Art Center (FCAC), Shanghai
2013
Follies of a species, OV Gallery, Shanghai
The overlapping reflection, Zhujiajiao, Shanghai
Filter the public, SWFC 5th Anniversary Art Project, Shanghai
Serve the people, White Rabbit Museum, Sydney
Transmedia, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Time of Dragon, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Just what is it about the end of the world that makes it so appealing, V-Art Center, Shanghai
2012
Casablanca Biennale, Casablanca
Facing East, Austin Tung Gallery, Melbourne
Here Today Gone Tomorrow, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
Cold Comfort, OV Gallery, Shanghai
Year of the dragon, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2011
Learning from the Literati 2, OV Gallery, Shanghai
Beyond the Frame, White Rabbit Museum, Sydney
Collective Consciousness, OV Gallery, Shanghai
+ Follow, Moca Shanghai, Shanghai
Refracted Realities, OV Gallery, Shanghai
Survival - Snowscape Moere 6, Moerenuma Park, Sapporo
2010
Post-tradition: the magnified slice - Forth Biennale of Young Artists, Duolun MoMA, Shanghai
Absolute Distance, White Space, Beijing
Double Act, DDM Warehouse, Shanghai
Learning from the Literati, OV Gallery, Shanghai
Moved, Mutated and Disturbed Identities, DDM Warehouse, Shanghai
The Big Bang, White Rabbit Museum, Sydney
Dubble Happiness: A Story of Siamese Cities, Double Happiness / Foo Tak building, Hong Kong
The Dao of Now, White Rabbit Museum, Sydney
Make Over, OV Gallery, Shanghai
2009
30 Degrees, Island 6 Art Centre, Shanghai / Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
Every Human Being is An Artist - China-Germany Contemporary Art Exhibition, Time Square, Shanghai
Rebirth - 800show Creative Center, Shanghai
Moved, Mutated and Disturbed Identities, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
Scattered times, Time Square Shopping Mall, Shanghai
In the market, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing
Music to my eyes / Fat Art (curated by Karen Smith), Today Art Museum, Beijing
A Starting Point: Intrude Art & Life 366, Dynamics of change and growth, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai
2008
Artworks – Seoul Design Festival, Coex Center, Seoul
Made in China, SoStockholm Gallery, Stockholm
Shanghai Attitude, Jing Art Gallery, Shanghai
2007
DMY: DesignCluster
Rejected Collection, Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, Shanghai
Tuning Boloni, Gallery Artside and Boloni•Ming Gallery, Beijing
NeoSpring Creative Festival, Husizhan warehouse, Shanghai
2006
Christmas is Approaching, Zendai MoMA / Radisson hotel, Shanghai
Material World, 1918 ArtSpace, Shanghai
1996
Let’s Talk About Money – 1st Fax Art Exhibition, Huashan Art School, Shanghai
2011
S-Air / Sapporo, Japan
2009
Arts Council England / Visiting Arts
Asia-Europe Foundation
2008
Arts Council England
2013
HIAP, Helsinki, Finland
2012
The Academy of Reciprocal Enlightenment / 2012 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
Ifitry Artist Residency, Contemporary Art Center, Essaouira, Morocco
2011
S-Air / Sapporo, Japan
2009
1mile² Bradford UK
Artist Workshop / Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
2008
Braziers International Artist Workshop, London
