1962
Born in Chong Qing
1980-1984
As a student in the Architectural Department of Chongqing Jianzhu University.
1984-1992
Worked in China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute as a State Registered Architect.
Received various architectural awards.
1992
Established Chengdu House Property Development Co., Ltd.
1996
Established Sichuan Gangjia Architectural Design Co., Ltd.
1997
Established Sichuan Upriver Co., Ltd. Founded Sichuan Upriver Museum, the first private museum in China
1998
Set up Chengdu Upriver Museum and Kunming Upriver Museum
1999
Awarded by UN as one of the 12 "Outstanding Young Architects”

Exhibitions
2008
"Chen Jiagang: The Great Third Front", Edwyn Houk Gallery, New York, USA.
"The Great Third Front", Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing, China.
"Smog from Our History", Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong, China.
"Third Front", Chen Jiagang Solo Show, artparis 08, Paris, France.
"Paesaggio", Museo del Territorio, Biella, Italy.
2007
"Third Front", Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing.
Beyond "Site Specific", Beijing RedStar Gallery, Beijing.
"Seduction And Confusion, China New Art Exhibition", Keumsan Gallery, Seoul.
"Forbidden City", Chinasquare Gallery, New York.
"The Documentary Exhibition of Black And White Realism", Huantie Times Art Space, Beijing.
"Dragon’s Transformation", Chinasquare Gallery, New York.
"Diseased City", Art Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.
"Boundless Reality", China Picture, Beijing.
2006
"Seduced and Abandoned, Contemporary Sociological Images in China 2006", 798 Art Zone; Times and Signs Art Gallery, Beijing, Jakarta.
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Shanxi.
"Third front", Atelier Werner Schaarmann, Hamburg.
2005
"Genre", Blue Top Arts Center, Chengdu.
2004
"Light, Space, Time", Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing.
2002
Awarded the Excellent Works Prize in the 20th China Photographic Art Exhibition