Shen Jingdong (Chinese: 沈敬东; pinyin: Shěn Jìngdōng, born 1965) is a contemporary Chinese artist known for his paintings and sculptures of Chinese iconography. He currently lives in Beijing.[1]
Shen Jingdong was born in 1965 in Nanjing (province of Jiangsu), China. Shen graduated from the Nanjing Xiaozhuang Normal School in 1984 and the Nanjing Arts Institute in 1991.[citation needed]
After studying Fine art, Shen was conscripted to the Military Drama Troupe of Nanjing Military Area, where he worked for 16 years until 2007.[2]
In the 2000s, the emergence of Shen JingDong in a period of revival for Chinese Contemporary Art suggested a dawning of a new era. Previously, ideological criticism determined the direction of new contemporary art. Shen JingDong provides a definitive example of commercialized aesthetics in Chinese pop art. He attempted various conceptual and performing arts in the 1990s, influenced by Dadaism and pop art.
In 2006, Hero No.12 was collected in the National Art Museum of China.
Since 2007, his works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, Italy, the Republic of Korea, Japan, France, New York and other areas of the United States.
In 2008, his Chinese and international artistic career evolved quickly; Shen become an important contemporary artist of the new wave with his Hero series. He created into different kinds of people the image of the soldier and of the icons of Chinese life as represented in new forms, sometimes diverted in expressive colors (Blue, Green, Red or Yellow).[3]
In this work, he reveals his innermost thoughts, hidden in metaphors, humor and smiles. Amid the urbanisation and globalization occurring throughout China, Shen JingDong can be seen in his works as a witness to the changes that globalisation brings. Amid the strengthening of ideology and oppression of freedom that coincides with globalisation, his work provides a new way out. Through the harmony of the realm of both imagination and reality, he builds his own fairy tales.
His painting The Bugle[4] realized in 2012 illustrates perfectly his work, allowing each observer to have a new look on the contemporary art, but also a reflection and interpretation intellectual, sensitive and emotional.
The artworks of Shen can be seen in private and public collections worldwide. One of the most famous collectors of Shen's works is actress Zhang Ziyi.[5]
The artist's market success was displayed already on his home soil in 2013 when his painting Three Great Men, sold at Beijing Googut & Auction for £154,000 [6] – Shen's auction record price to date. Furthermore, at the international auction house Sotheby's in 2018 his painting Strength sold for over £79,000 after generating competitive bidding from an eclectic range of clients.[7]
Blooming flowers and full moon, Beiqiu Art Museum, Nanjing
Best Role, Solo Exhibition, Diyuan Art Museum, Jiaxing
2020
Shen Jingdong : The Beautiful Fairy Tales, Asia House, London, UK [9]
Small eyes-big world, XSPACE Gallery, Nanjing, China
2019
Art.Design and Home, Red Star Macalline, Guiyang, China
Shen Jingdong came here, Hôtel de l'industrie, Paris, France
Shen Jingdong is here, Chinese gallery, New York, USA
Shen Jingdong was here, Il Giardino Bianco Art Space, Venice, Italy
2018
From South to North in 2018—Shen Jingdong's Invitational Exhibition of Individual Works, Art Museum of School of Fine Arts and Design of Shenyang Normal University, China
Start from Nanjing, Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing, China.
Guns N'Roses—Shen Jingdong's Solo Exhibition, Parkview Green ART, Beijing, China
2017
International Joke: Shen Jingdong, Ross Art Museum, Maryland, USA
Art Career Record of Good Soldier Jingdong: Shen Jingdong Literature Exhibition, Songzhuang Contemporary Art Documentary Exhibition, Beijing China
Shen Jingdong Story:Shenjingdong, Art and Design Academy Art Museum, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China
2016
International Joke: Shen Jingdong Solo Exhibition, Korean Craft Museum, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
Shen Jingdong +Jon Tsoi:No head No heart, WhiteBox, New York City, USA
Let's Paint Together: Shen Jingdong and Liao Mingming Collaborative Exhibition, Yue Museum of Art, Beijing, China
New Representational Art in China, Hudson Center for Contemporary Arts, Poughkeepsie, USA
2015
The Little Prince, E Space, Hong Kong
Dawn of a New Age: Ink Redefined, Art Futures Gallery, Hong Kong
Censure, Galerie Dock Sud, Sète, France
2014
My Kingdom of Fairytales, Art Futures Group, ArtOne, Hong Kong
Hidden Meanings, Colour Explosion, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Art Paris - Art Fair, "France-Chine 50" (la Chine à l'honneur), France [10]
2013
Art Basel - Miami Beach, Exhibition Miami FL, États-Unis [11]
