Shen Liang (b. 1976 in Liao Ning) began painting series when he was still a child. His first consisted of variations on the entrance of the Culture House in Yingkou (provin- ce of Liaoning), where he lived with his family at the time. He painted about one hundred variations of that entrance. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the Beijing Art Academy for his secondary schooling, and subse- quently, college and graduate studies. He still lives in that megalopolis, “a place full of paradoxes and harmony” in his words. That description, a paradox in its own right, is a fitting characterization of the city today. Any big city in which established traditions and technical progress clash, faces conflicts between the world of advertising and the latest hi-tech products, and the long-grown customs that continue to shape the place just as much.
Sheng Liang’s works provide a new experience and recognition of the features of Chinese culture in the modern time: when we look at the old stuff and new shades which are sealed with marks of time, it seems as if scenes of the past leap clearly before our eyes. No matter you have experienced it yourself or just being a witness, you can always obtain a direct perception.
1976 Born in Liaoning, China
1996 Graduated from the attached high school of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.
2000 Graduated from Oil Painting department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2003 Received Master’s degree of oil painting department of Central Academy of Fine Arts. Lives and works in Beijing, China
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Material Engraving Picture – Shen Ling Solo Exhibition, Space Station, Beijing, China
Third Year Second Class, VA Gallery, Hong Kong
A Display Window, China Space, Beijing, China
2011
Far Mountain, Michael Schultz Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
Hope to see you there, Michael schultz gallery, Seoul / Korea
This is a book, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Second Look, Red Elation Gallery, Hong Kong, China
On the Cover, Michael Schultz Gallery, German, Berlin
2007
Recent works by Shen Liang, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York / U.S.A
2006
Dooding and Painting, Zi Jinxuan Gallery, Beijing / China
2005
Shen Liang, Peking Opera, LA Gallery, Frankfurt / Germany
Group Exhibitions
2013
The Best of Times, Galerie Steph, Singapore
One Country Two Creations, VA Gallery, Hong Kong
2012
Daily of Concept: A Practice of Life, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Strayed Representation, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Against Space — Eight Kinds of Attitude and Situation About Painting, China Space, Beijing, China
Negative and Positive, Gallery Yang, Beijing, China
BOAM — 2012 CYAP Exhibition, Beijing, China
Social Landscape — The First Suzhou Jinji Lake Biennale, Basel Contemporary Art Museum, Suzhou, China
2011
Experimental Painting Manual – Feizi Gallery, Shanghai
White Rabbit – Contemporary Chinese Art Collection – The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, SA
Context – Bild und Text- LA. Galerie – Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt
Eastside – Aktuelle Positionen Chinesischer Kunst – Galerie Michael Schulz, Berlin
2010
History Lessons – Group Exhibit – Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing
All the Great Modern Things – Galerie Schloss Mochental, SchloB Mochental
“Visual Flux” Easel Painting Research Exhibition 1 — Space and Energy, Nanjing Qinghe Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, China
2009
Pieces of my puzzle – Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
All the Great Modern Things – Chinese Pop – Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck
All the great modern things: CHINA TOTAL – Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
2008
Chinese Contemporary, Kunsthalle Dresden, Dresden / Germany
Works by krisrian Devantier & Shen Liang,
The Danish Art Exchange, Beijing / China
2006
N12 New Painting Show, C5 Gallery, Beijing / China
Extended Realism – The Oil Painting of China Mainland from 1978 Taipei Fin Arts museum / Taiwan
2005
N12 New Painting Show, Museum od Central
Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing / China
Art of the 20th Century, New York / U.S.A
A Return to Painting, Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery, New York / U.S.A
Contemporary Art from Greater China,
Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery, New York / U.S.A
Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai / China
China Today, Art Museum, Beijing / China
Salon du Collectionneur, Paris / France
2004
N12 New Painting Show, Museum od Central
Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing / China
China’s Photographic Painting,China Art Seasons Gallery, Beijing / China
Group Show with Artists of China and Germany,
L.A. Gallery, Beijing / China
2003
Attention One’s Native Place, China Art Seasons Gallery, Beijing / China
N12 New Painting Show, Museum od Central
Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing / China
1999
HOME, Contemporary Museum, Beijing / China
Collection Records
Museums
National Art Museum of China
White Rabbit Contemporary Chinese Art Gallery
Seattle Asian Art Museum
Mountain Arts Foundation
