HuaCun Chen
Email: hc.chenstudio@gmail.com
BRIEF HISTORY
2008 – 2009 Master Of Fine Art (MFA) – RMIT University, Melbourne
2007 Found Art Studio & Workshop
2005 Immigration to Australia
2002 Artist Academic visit in Germany
1998 Studied from the Advanced Class of Tempera technique, lectured by French
Professor A.Pincas, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts
1994 – 2014 Remained in the Fujian Normal University for teaching
1990 – 1994 Bachelor of Fine Art – Fujian Normal University, China
Selected Exhibitions and Awards
2023 Finalist – Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Melbourne
2023 ‘Pause Play’ Community Commission Program, Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Finalist of A.M.E. Bale Painting Prize, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
2022 ‘The Image Revisited’ Solo Exhibition, Chen Art Studio, Melbourne
2020 ‘In Search of Self’ Solo Exhibition, Willsmere Heritage Library, Melbourne
2019 Finalist – Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney
2019 ‘Secondhand Time’ Solo Exhibition, Chen Art Studio, Melbourne
2019 Finalist – Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Sydney
2018 Finalist – National Works on Paper, MPRG, VIC Australia
2017 ‘The Echo of Time’ Solo Exhibition, Chen Art Studio, Melbourne
2013 Finalist – Hutchins Art Prize, Tasmania Art Gallery, Australia
2011 ‘Untitled Show’ Group Exhibition, Sardam Gallery of Sulemani, Kurdistan
2010 Finalist – Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat Art Gallery, VIC Australia
2010 ‘Is What Is’ Group Exhibition, Stephen Mclaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Show, The Substation, Melbourne
2009 Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2009 RMIT MFA Graduation Exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2008 ‘The Group Therapy’ Exhibition, Immersion Therapy Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Winner of the MES Works on Paper Award, Box Hill Institute, Melbourne
2004 China Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fujian Art Museum, China
2003 China Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China
2002 ‘Silk Road’ Sino–German Artists Exhibition, Germany
2001 ‘Experiential Difference’ Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Fujian Art Museum
2000 Chinese Hundred Artists Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum
1997 The 2nd China Still Life Award, National Arts Museum of China
