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Chen Dongfan’s work was covered extensively by a number of media. The New York Times reported it as “painting a portrait of the entire street.”

In addition to this, the artist received special acclaim from American National and New York's House of Representatives for his exceptional contribution to the area and its community. In his painting practice Chen Dongfan emphasizes the expressive tension between brushstrokes, color and form along with other elements. His works range from small paper based pieces produced in the studio, large stretched canvases and collage works, to enormous murals created on building facades, various and yet still consistent in quality. Aside from traditional painting, Chen Dongfan has often taken spaces including libraries, second hand bookstores and a film festival as a platform for his practice, employing a combination of expanded painting, music, dance, performance and other media to achieve a unique painted visual language harmonizing narrative and poeticism, figuration and abstraction, the collective and the individual.

Chen Dongfan obtained his B.F.A. from the Total Art Studio of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou in 2008. Since 2014 he has lived and worked in New York and Hangzhou. His recent exhibitions include: Chen Dongfan: Long Past Dawn, Pirates and Poets Whistle in the Dark, Fou Gallery, New York (2020); Chen Dongfan: Forgotten Letters 2020, Platform China, Beijing (2020); Chen Dongfan: Sanctuary, The Yeh Art Gallery, New York (2020); Chen Dongfan: Heated Bloom, Inna Art Space, Hangzhou (2017). In 2011, the artist participated in Art Basel Liste. In the same year he also participated in a residency project in Torre Canavese, Turin, Italy.

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Chen Dongfan, Shangri-La, 2018. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 83 x 70 inch. Photograph by Eugene Neduv

Chen Dongfan, A BIrd, 2018, acrylic on paper, collage, size variable.

Chen Dongfan, Autumn, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 54 in.

Chen Dongfan, Waiting, 2017, Pencil, color pencil and crayon on paper, 71.7 x 49.4 in.

Chen Dongfan, Spring, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 48 in.

Chen Dongfan, Still LIfe, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 54 in.

Chen Dongfan, Untitled-16, 2017, acrylic on paper (cotton, rag with glass), 22 x 30 in. © Chen Dongfan, courtesy Fou Gallery and Inna Art Space
陈栋帆，无题－16，2017，丙烯、手工纸，55.9 x 76.2 cm © 陈栋帆，致谢否画廊和清影艺术空间

Chen Dongfan, Untitled-17, 2017, acrylic on paper (cotton, rag with glass), 22 x 30 in. © Chen Dongfan, courtesy Fou Gallery and Inna Art Space
陈栋帆，无题－17，2017，丙烯、手工纸，55.9 x 76.2 cm © 陈栋帆，致谢否画廊和清影艺术空间

Chen Dongfan, Untitled-22, 2017, acrylic on paper (cotton, rag with glass), 22 x 30 in. © Chen Dongfan, courtesy Fou Gallery and Inna Art Space
陈栋帆，无题－22，2017，丙烯、手工纸，55.9 x 76.2 cm © 陈栋帆，致谢否画廊和清影艺术空间

Chen Dongfan, Untitled-23, 2017, acrylic on paper (cotton, rag with glass), 22 x 30 in. © Chen Dongfan, courtesy Fou Gallery and Inna Art Space
陈栋帆，无题－23，2017，丙烯、手工纸，55.9 x 76.2 cm © 陈栋帆，致谢否画廊和清影艺术空间

Half a Man-17, Acrylic, newspaper, 25.79 x 22.44 inches, 2017

Half a Man-30, Acrylic, newspaper, 25.79 x 22.44 inches, 2017

Half a Man-1, Acrylic, newspaper, 27.5 x 22.5 inches, 2017

Half a Man-4, Acrylic, newspaper, 27.5 x 22.5 inches, 2017

Half a Man-19, Acrylic, newspaper, 25.79 x 22.44 inches, 2017

Half a Man-23, Acrylic, newspaper, 25.79 x 22.44 inches, 2017

Half a Man-24, Acrylic, newspaper, 25.79 x 22.44 inches, 2017.

Half a Man-27, Acrylic, newspaper, 25.79 x 22.44 inches, 2017.

Half a Man-28, Acrylic, newspaper, 25.79 x 22.44 inches, 2017.

In Bliss Until Eternity, Single channel color video, sound, continuous loop, Edition: 5+2AP, 2017.

Exhibitions

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Chen Dongfan:Long Past Dawn, Pirates and Poets Whistle in the Dark

Oct. 17, 2020–Jan. 2, 2021

Fou Gallery, New York

Chen Dongfan: Never More

Apr. 14–Jun. 24, 2018

Fou Gallery, New York

Chen Dongfan: You Know My Name, Not My Story

Apr. 1–Jun. 4, 2017

Fou Gallery, New York

Interest in Humanity: Portraits of Yesterday and Today

August 5–October 22, 2023

Fou Gallery, New York

Projects

Chen Dongfan: SanctuaryJanuary 30—May 31, 2020Yeh Art Gallery, St. Johns University, New York — ***Chen Dongfan: Sanctuary***
January 30—May 31, 2020
Yeh Art Gallery, St. Johns University, New York

Press

He’s Painting the Streets Red. And Yellow. And BlueJuly 27, 2018The New York Times — **He’s Painting the Streets Red. And Yellow. And Blue**
July 27, 2018
*The New York Times*

Chen Dongfan at Fou GalleryMay 2018Whitehot Magazine — **Chen Dongfan at Fou Gallery**
May 2018
*Whitehot Magazine*

The artist in front of The Sanctuary Club November 2020Journal of Curatorial Studies — The artist in front of *The Sanctuary Club*
November 2020
*Journal of Curatorial Studies*

Video

**Chen Dongfan: Long Past Dawn, Pirates and Poets Whistle in the Dark**

Public Art

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Chen Dongfan: The Song of Dragon and Flowers | 陈栋帆：龙与花之歌

Chen Dongfan. The Song of Dragon and Flowers, 2018. Aerial view.

Chen Dongfan, Space Painting Project (Studio 2018), 2018. Mixed media. Photograph by Li Yuhong

Cheng Dongfan Open Studio (live performance by Wang Can), New York, 2018 ©Chen Dongfan, courtesy Chen Dongfan Studio and Fou Gallery
陈栋帆工作室开放日（现场表演：王璨），纽约，2018 © 陈栋帆，致谢否画廊与陈栋帆工作室

Cheng Dongfan, Live Before You Die, Athens, 2016

Cheng Dongfan, Like A Dream, Turin, Italy, 2011

Cheng Dongfan, What is Happiness, Hangzhou, China, 2011

Cheng Dongfan, Uncertain, Hangzhou, China, 2010.

Cheng Dongfan, Fairy Tale, Hangzhou, China, 2009.

Cheng Dongfan, The Sweet Life, Hangzhou, China, 2012.