1957  

Born in Dalian City Liaoning Province

Now he is the professor as the College of art and design in American Alfrom Adelaide University 

Solo Exhibitions 

2009  

“Opportune Moments” , Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

“Spectacle” , The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse University, USA

“Great Smoke- Xiaowen Chen Recent Videos” , Illinois State University, USA

2005  

“Mirage" , Artist Commune, Hong Kong, China

Group Exhibitions

2011  

“ Ruins--Face of Contemporary Northeast China”, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China

“Prints Concept”-The Second Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Prints”, Today Museum, Beijing 

2010  

“Logic of Paper”, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shen Zhen, China

2007  

“Beyond/in Western New York”, Albright-Knox Gallery and El Museo Gallery, Buffalo, USA

“Identity”, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA

2006  

“Ping Yao International Photography Exhibition”, Ping Yao, China 

2005  

“Convergence at E116/N40”, 795 Dayaolu, Beijing ,China

“Chengdu International Biennial”, Chengdu, China

2004  

“Art of the Americas”, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA

“Beijing International New Media Exhibition”, China Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China

2002  

“In the Western New York”, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, USA 

“Too Much Flavor”, 3H Art Center, Shanghai, China

2001  

“Paper Works”, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA

“Digital: Revolutions in Printmaking”, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA