EDUCATION                                                                                                                              

 

2011       Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Tyler School of Art, Temple University,Philadelphia, PA

2010       Printmaking Apprentice Training Program,The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2009       Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS  

                                                                                                                 

2023        Dual Visions, William Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad, CA   

2023        Chen: Collective Voices, Guangdong FolkArts Museum, Guangzhou, China     

2020        Light and Shadow, Canton Art Center, Guangzhou, China

2016        Art and Sustainability, Net Impact Los Angeles, Culver City, CA

2014        Sijia Chen, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA

2014        Playground, Fei Gallery, Guangzhou , China

2013        Home-New Work by Sijia Chen, Art Museum of Shantou University, Guangzhou, China 

2011        Wander- Land, Temple University Gallery, Tyler School of Art, TempleUniversity, Philadelphia, PA

2011        Wet Paint Two: Sijia Chen, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2025         Algorithms of Longing, Red on Red, Copenhagen, Denmark     

2025         Kite Sculpture Project, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2024         Moon and Stars, Marks Art Center, Palm Springs, CA

2024         Moon and Stars, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2023         Mountains, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK    

2022         Revel in Your Time, Small Projects, Tromsø, Norway       

2022         Transmogrified, Durden an Ray, Los Angeles, CA                                                                               

2022           Terra Firma, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA 

2022           Tieze, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA

2022           Quaranta, bG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2021           Qualitative Variables, Jupiter Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China

2021           Stop AAPI Hate,  33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2021           NoMad, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA 

2019         Escapism from Los Angeles, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2019         From Out of the Western Sky, Ekkisens Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland 

2018         Conversation, Red Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2018         Asian Wind and Finnish Woods, Gallery Kookos, Helsinki, Finland

2018         Dragnet, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA

2018         KÀN: The Art of Looking, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA

2018         Odd Convergences, Korean Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA

2018         Inverted Realities, Oxnard College, Los Angeles, CA

2017         Entangled Loci, HilbertRaum Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2017         The Collectives, Brand Library, Glendale, CA

2017         Formats, Shugu Museum, Shenzhen, China

2017         Formats, Shengshi Gallery, Shunde, China

2017         Round Two, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA

2016         The Newbies,Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA

2016         Start, the Abstract Art of China, Art Xiamen, Xiamen, China

2016         Mas Attack X, Fine Art Complex, Tempe, AZ

2015         Chang Jiang International Photography and Video Biennale, Chongqing, China

2015         Stay Under Sea, N+ Space, Shantou, China

2015         Art Bamboo 146, Tokyo, Japan

2016         Beyond the Ocean,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2014         Transforming Feminism, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA

2014         TBD, University of Wisconsin, White Water, WI

2013         Red Point, Art Basel Miami, FL

2013         Homing Pigeon, Gallery Lara Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 

2013         Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, China

2013         Art Nova 100,Beijing, China
2013         Symbiosis Cultural Part Two,33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013         Symbiosis Cultural, Tijuana, Mexico

2013         Top of Fashion-the Invited Female Artist Exhibition, Enjoy Museum, Beijing, China  

2012         Synergy, Art Space 191, Vienna, Austria 

2012         Art-Energy-Future,Regional Museum of Natural Science, Turin, Italy

2011         Baling Hou, Red Point Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

2011         Baling Hou Continues: Next Generation of Asian Art 2011, Goldbach Center, Zurich, Switzerland

2011         Woot! Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2011         National Wet Paint Exhibition 2011, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

2011         Juried Gallery Show, F&N Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010         I Heart Art, Wassaic Project, New York, NY

2010         PDA/PDS: Graduate Student Exhibition, Presser Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

2009         Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, China 

2009         Today National Art Student Annual Awards, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2008         Left and Right China International Art Festival, Left Right Art Zone,Beijing, China

2007         New Generation of Artists in Guangzhou, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China 

2007         Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                   

 

•        Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

•        Sculpture Park, Bohenko Gateway Park, Portsmouth, NH

•        Richards Park, North Kansas City, MO

• ​​       Voyage Beyond, Time Square Park, Shantou, China

•        City Hall, Claremont, CA

•        Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport, Jieyang, China

•        Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China  

•        Inside Out Museum, Beijing, China

•        Goldbach Center, Zurich, Switzerland

•        Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

•        Art Museum of Shantou University, Shantou, China

•        University City Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China​​

•        Voyage LA, US

•        Art and Cake, US

• ​       Studio Visit​, US

•        Fresh Paint, US

•        Artist, Taiwan

•        Artron, China

•        GDTV, China

•        STTV, China, 

•        Guangzhou Daily, China