Chen Hai-Yan

Born: 1955

The White Lotus Gallery is proud to present the works of Chen Hai-Yan.

Selected available works


Dream: January 5, 1998 Peach, Cucumber and Clothes Hanging on a Tree 5/30 1998	Dream: January 7, 1998 I Stopped the Insects Mating 5/30 1998

Dream: January 6, 1998 Rain from Outside Window 5/30 1998	Dream: January 8, 1998 Taking a Shower in the Playground 5/30 1998

Dream: January 5, 1998 Magpie and Girl Aritist Proof 1998	Dream: March 5, 1997 White Rooster 5/17 1997

Dream: July 27, 1997 Turtles Marching 5/17 1997	Dream: April 15, 1997 Flying Man 5/17 1997

Dream: March 5, 1997 Caterpillar 5/17 1997

Born 1955 in Fushun, Liaoning Province, China. Graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now known as the China Academy of Fine Arts) in 1984, where she is currently a lecturer in the printmaking department. Her works have been exhibited in England, Japan, Germany, America, Australia, Hong Kong and China.

Chen Hai-Yan began recording her dreams in the form of woodblock prints in 1986,

Selected Exhibitions

1996	“Contemporary Chinese Prints” Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
1992	“New Art From China” Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney/ Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane/City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery,Ballaarat/Canberra School of Art Gallery/ Canberra.
1991	“I Don’t Want to Play Cards with Cezanne” Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California.
1990	“Junge Kunst aus China” Galerie Vorsetzen/Saarbrucken, Stadtgalerie, Hamburg.
1987	“Beyond the Open Door – Contemporary Painting from the People’s Republic of China” Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California.

Selected Activities

1996	Speaks at the British Museum about her works in the collection.
1994	Dream exhibited at the Eighth National Art Exhibition and awarded bronze medal. Twelve more pieces from the Dream series collected by the British Museum
1993	Dream Series woodblock prints exhibited at the Print Exhibition, Northern Ireland and acquired by British Museum.
1987	Horizon exhibited and acquired by Asian-Pacific Museum, Pasadena, California
1985	Etching Horizon won third national prize in the National Youth Exhibition.