Born
1930 Born in Chen-Mai County of Hainan Province
1949 Moved to Taipei
Education
1954 Graduated from the Department of Arts, Fu Hsing Kang. College, Taipei
Experience
1956 First prize in Peng-hu County Art Competition (western painting)
1958 Established “Four Seas Painting Association” with Sun Yin, Hu Chi-chung, Chu Beng-le, Feng Zhong-rui, and Yang Zhi-fang
1961 The Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo
1962 Joint exhibition with “Changfeng Painting Association” in Taiwan Museum
1963 Stopped all activities painting circles and had started spending 20 years in the research of media, colors, and forms
1997 The China Oil Painting Exhibition held by Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China in Liu Hai-su Arts Museum
2000 Japan Asian Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition in Tokyo Ueno Art Museum and Nanjing Museum of China
2000 An article in Fine Arts
2000 Solo exhibition in Wenlieng Art Gallery (invited by Hainan Artists Association)
2003 Tidings of Spring in Winter was selected as the cover of Fine Arts in March
2003 Consultant of Hainan Artists Association
2003 Visiting Professor in the Department of Fine Arts in Hainan University
2003 Visiting Professor in Beijing Xu Beihong College of Arts
2003 1st Beijing International Art Biennale (on behalf of Taiwan artists)
2004 Juror of visual arts of Institutional Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau
2005 2nd Beijing International Art Biennale
2006 Visiting Professor of the Department of Fine Arts in Hainan Normal University
Exhibition
1985 Back to the painting circles; 1st solo exhibition in American Cultural Center, Taipei
1991 2nd solo exhibition in Taipei Arts Center (~1992)
1997 Solo exhibition in Central Library, Taipei
1998 3rd solo exhibition in Taipei Nature Aesthetics and Art Center (~2000)
2005 Solo exhibition in The 99° Art Center, Taipei
2006 Solo exhibition in The 99° Art Center, Taipei
2007 Solo exhibition in The 99° Art Center, Taipei
2008 Solo exhibition in National Fine Arts Museum of China, Beijing, China
2008 Solo exhibition in Shanghai Art Museum, China
2008 Solo exhibition in Mei Li Dau Art Gallery of Haiko City, Hainan Province, China
2009 Simultaneous Solo exhibition in 99° Art Center of Taipei and Shanghai
Award
1999 Merit prize in the 9th National Art Exhibition of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan)
2004 Selected as an excellent work in the 10th National Art Exhibition of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing
Publications
1990 Selected Paintings by Chen Hsientung vol. 1
1997 Selected Paintings by Chen Hsientung vol. 2
2003 Selected Paintings by Chen Hsientung vol. 3
2006 Selected Paintings by Chen Hsientung vol. 4
2007 Selected Paintings by Chen Hsientung vol. 5
2008 Selected Paintings by Chen Hsientung vol. 6
2009 100 Years Taiwan Artists-Chen HsienTung
introduction
Nature is main subject of his creation, which he recombines and re-creates with his unique abstract language. His paintings are elegant and delicate with multiple textures. New media enrich his painting language while powerful colors stimulate reviewers. Differing from the Western reasonable abstract paintings, his works possess a peculiar Oriental free style and spiritual connotation.
