WEN Zhongyan Chinese, b. 1971

WEN Zhongyan (b. 1971 in Yuncheng, China) received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1997 and his Master of Arts from Tsinghua University in 2010. Since 1997, he has been teaching at the Tsinghua University Department of Painting, where he is a department head, doctoral supervisor, and professor. WEN is also a member of the China Artists Association, vice chairman of the Printmaking Art Committee of the Beijing Artists Association, and more. He currently lives and works in Beijing, China. 

WEN has exhibited widely internationally with a focus in China at National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Today Art Museum, Beijing; National Museum of China, Beijing; The Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing; China Art Museum, Shanghai; Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai; China Woodcut Museum, Shenzhen; Hubei Museum of Art, Hubei; Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Hubei; CAA Art Museum, Hangzhou; Futian Art Museum, Shenzhen; Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Sichuan; Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing; Tanggu Museum, Tianjin; among many others and abroad at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Berlin, Germany; Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

WEN’s work is in the collections of internationally renowned art museums and institutions National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Today Art Museum, Beijing; National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing; CAFA Art Museum, Beijing; China Artists Association; Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai; Shanghai University, Shanghai; Jiangsu Art Museum, Jiangsu; Hubei Art Museum, Hubei; Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing; Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot; Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen; Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; among many others.