Zhong Chen
Zhong Chen arrived in Australia from China in 1989, graduating from the University of South Australia in 1996. He was awarded a Samstag scholarship to study a Master of Arts at the Chelsea College of the Arts in London, which he completed in 1998.
Zhong has exhibited throughout Australia and has been awarded two Australia Council grants for residencies in New York in 2001 and 2006.He has exhibited internationally in New York, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Zhong was awarded the SBS Federation Art Award and is represented in many collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia, BHP and Macquarie University.
Zhong has been a finalist in the Wynne Prize ( AGNSW )in 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Sulman Prize ( AGNSW ) in 2008 and the Archibald Prize ( AGNSW ) in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 he won the Holding Redlich People's Choice Award at the 2009 Salon de Refuses at the National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
Zhong has exhibited throughout Australia and has been awarded two Australia Council grants for residencies in New York in 2001 and 2006.He has exhibited internationally in New York, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Zhong was awarded the SBS Federation Art Award and is represented in many collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia, BHP and Macquarie University.
Zhong has been a finalist in the Wynne Prize ( AGNSW )in 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Sulman Prize ( AGNSW ) in 2008 and the Archibald Prize ( AGNSW ) in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 he won the Holding Redlich People's Choice Award at the 2009 Salon de Refuses at the National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.