Awards
Artist Profile
Born in Nanjing in China’s Jiangsu Province in 1965, Ge Zhen graduated from the Xiaozhuang Normal
School of Nanjing (now Xiaozhuang College) in 1984. His unique painting style, full of humanistic
thinking and profound expression, has earned him accolades at numerous exhibitions, among them
the CCTV Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition (Award for Excellence), the 1st Nominative
Exhibition for Fine Arts and Literature and the 3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition (Chinese Oil Painting
Prize). Ge’s works are also frequently seen in solo and group exhibitions in major cities across China,
including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. He currently lives and works in Nanjing.
Solo Exhibitions
2002 Life passes like light feathers: Ge Zhen’s Oil-painting Exhibition, Shanghai High-Light Art
Gallery, Shanghai, China
1999 Unreal Reality Exhibition of Ge Zhen’s Works, Yuanchuang Art Center, Nanjing, China
Group Exhibitions
2010 Free Terminology Contemporary Art Exhibition, A4 Gallery, Chendu, China
Made in Nanjing :-2010 Contemporary Exhibition, NEW B Gallery, Shanghai, China
The 25th Asian International Art Exhibition, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2009 Illustrated Nomination Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fenghuang Art Museum,
Nanjing, China
The Fifth Songzhuang Art Festival:-Community! Community!, Songzhuang Art Museum,
Beijing, China
Spirit of Context Chinese Version: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Qinghe Art Museum,
Nanjing, Yimei Foundation, Beijing , China
2008 Eye Level Art Opening Exhibition, Eye Level Art Museum, Shanghai, China
The Shape of Life Nanjing Phoenix Art Museum Opening Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum,
Nanjing, China
Research Exhibition of Modern Chinese Oil Painting, National Art Museum, Beijing, China
Corresponding:-Nanjing Chengdu Art Exchange Exhibition, Qinghe Contemporary Art
Museum, Nanjing, No.10 Konggang Gallery, Chendu, China
