Shen Jing Dong
Chinese, b. 1965
Shen Jing Dong’s inspiration towards this artworks arose from his 17 years of military experience at the battlefront Art Troupe of the Political Department of Nanjing Military Region. His paintings and sculptures are currently collectively known as “Heroes”; his personal visual individuality has seen his artwork value soar in the primary and secondary markets. The hero series are originally a group of ceramic sculptures with sizes similar to a doll of a hero bust, the serious-looking soldiers have been portrayed with a kind of liveliness throughout China. Later on, paintings showcase soldiers playing the hero role in military uniform, his soldiers possess neither the characteristics of high volumes of the early revolutionary sculptures nor the irony to the political image since the 1990s. Of all the Chinese artists, contemporary and traditional, Shen Jing Dong’s uniqueness of his pop art has seen a significant surge in his artwork’s value. ​
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Had an important solo exhibition "Hidden Meanings, Colour Explosion"(2014) at Today's Art Museum, Beijing and five other solo exhibitions since 2006.
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His artworks have been exhibited worldwide in major cities, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, New York, etc.
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Shen is very active in art exchange and development
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Previously visited Spain and Belgium in 2009 & 2011 respectively.
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Popular amongst art collectors internationally.
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Actively involved in Charity events.
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Collected by famous Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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Shen was featured on many major publications, such as front cover of Asian Art News magazine.
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Education and Background
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1984
Graduated from the fine art class of Nanjing Xiaozhuang
Normal School
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1991
Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Nanjing Academy
of Art
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1991-2008
Serving in the Battlefront Art Troupe of the Political Department
of Nanjing Military Region
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Public Collection
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2017
Good Morning, Oil on Canvas. 114cm x 214cm, Songzhuang Contemporary Art Archive, Beijing, China
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2009
Hero, Oil on Canvas, 100cm X 100cm, Wurth Museum, Spain
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2008
Harmony One, Oil on Canvas,200cm X 600cm, German Aube Wright
Museum of Art
Bust of Soldier,56cm X 52cm X 35cm.
Sculpture, Gallery of Henan Province, China
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2007
Hero Series, No. 12 ,200cm X 200cm, National Art Museum of China
Hero Series, No. 42, 200cm X 200cm, Art Retreat Museum, Singapore
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2006
Ceremony of the Founding of the People's Republic of China. oil painting, 200cm X 700cm, Shanghai No. 1 Art Museum, China
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Solo Exhibitions
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2019
Shen Jing Dong Solo Exhibition New York, USA
Shen Jing Dong Was Here - Solo Exhibition, Venice, Italy
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2018
Southbound - Shen Jing Dong Solo Exhibition, Shenzhen GuoFeng Art, Shenzhen, China
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2016
Chinese New Realistic Jingdong Shen's solo show. Hudson Center
for Contemporary Arts, New York,
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2015
The Little Prince Art Collection Exhibition, Art Futures Group, Espace, Central, Hong Kong
Dawn of a New Age: Ink Redefined, Art Futures Gallery,
Central, Hong Kong
Censure, Galerie Dock Sud, France
Patheon - from yuanmingyuan to Songzhuang, Songzhuang
Art Museum, China
Montreux Biennale, Montreux, Switzerland
Beautiful China - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hebei Institute of Media
The peddler is 100 metres close to the paradise, Czech Museum of Contemporary Art, Czech Republic
Tough - the new Art Exhibition, Nanjing Art Institute, China
Tear is Like, SZ Art Centre, Beijing, China
Art Unbounded, Sunshine International Museum,
Songzhuang, Beijing, China
Asia, Talk to Asia, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
Sunbathing 30th Anniversary, Songzhuang North Temple, China
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2014
My Kingdom of Fairytales Art Futures Group, ArtOne,
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Hidden Meanings, Colour Explosion, Today Art Museum,
Beijing, China
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2011
Continue with Revolution, 3V Gallery, Nanjing, China
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2010
We could be Heroes II, The Rotunda, Exchange Square,
Central, Hong Kong
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2009
Hero, Volta Art Fair, New York, USA
Departing from Nanjing - Shen Jing Dong Solo Exhibition, Jin Ling
Art Museum, Nanjing, China
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2008
Hero, China Square Gallery, New York, USA
Guns N' Roses - Shen Jing Dong 2008 Solo Exhibition, Parkview Green Art, Beijing, China
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The Most Beloved People, Today Art Museum & New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China
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2007
Making of Heroes over 10 Years, Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
We Could Be Heroes, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong
The Art Journey of A Good Soldier - Shen Jing Dong Archival Art Exhibition, Songzhuang Contemporary Art Archive, Beijing, China
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2006
Images of Heroes, New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China
Exhibition of One Painting, 88 Art Document Storehouse,
Beijing, China
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Group Exhibitions
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​2019
ART KUNST x Original Sculpture x Silk Screen Print, Beijing, China
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2018
"Extension" After Typhoon Shanzhu Shenzhen International Art Fair
Nomination Exhibition, Guo Feng Art Centre, Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen International Art Fair 2018 Nomination Exhibition, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre, Shenzhen, China
Emerging Imagery - Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Kunstraum Villa Friede, Germany
China-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition 2018, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
My Art History Group Exhibition, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
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2017
The Person Says the Shanxi Is a Good View - Archaic Chinese rhymes about Yaodu, Art Museum of Shangxi Normal University, Linfen, China
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2016
Review and Reprise, Sunshine International Museum,
Songzhuang, China
Songzhuang New Spirit, 798 Baijiahu Art Centre
Hainan Art Biennial, Sanya, Hainan Province, China
"From China" Contemporary Art Exhibition, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, USA
Crossing Borders - San Francisco International Arts Exhibition, San Francisco International Arts Centre
The East Meets the East Coast - Asian and American Artists' Printmaking Exchange Exhibition, The Elizabeth Foundation for
the Arts
Artists' Vision. Culture Insights - Asian and American Artists Exchange Exhibition, Franck Sinatra School of the Arts, New York
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2015
Montreux International Biennale -Chinese Sculpture Exhibition, Montreux Art Gallery
The 11th MAG - He comes from China, Montreux Art Gallery
The Chinese Men, Vevey Switzerland, by Ferrari Art Gallery
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2014
Exhibition of International Representataional and abstract Art, Culture Centre, Ningbo, China
No Boundaries, 798 Top Red Art Gallery, Beijing, China
The 2nd Biennale Cina-Italia, 798 Art Factory, Beijing, China
Central Force, Songzhuang 99 Art Museum, Beijing, China
Shui Diao Ge Tou, 798 He Gallery, Beijing, China
Situation - 2014 Contemporary Art International Exhibition,
China-Czech Contemporary Art, China
Heavy Footmarks - The 1st Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing International Expo Centre, China
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2013
Flowers Blossom in Spring, Tone Gallery, Beijing, China
The 115 Artist Self Portraits, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Beijing Mini Art, Jiu Ceng Gallery, Beijing, China
Breathing Freedom, China Culture Centre, Tokyo, Japan
Su Qu Experience, Songzhuang Professional Artists Art Museum,
Beijing, China
A Night Walk Along, Heqiao, Heqiao Village, Beijing, China
The Exhibition of Artists' Plan and Sketch, Jiu Geng Gallery,
Beijing, China
Chunji Biennale, Jiu Geng Gallery, Korea
Together Again - One Teacher and Four Students' artworks show, Prince Gong's Mansion, Beijing, China
We, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
No Desire, Zhejiang Art Museum, China
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2012
The 1st Biennale Italia Cina, Villa Reale, Italy
Huamn's Dream No. 2, Destination Art Space, Beijing, China
The Drunken State, Yishan Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Proper and improper, Meilun Art Museum, Hunan, China
Assemble in 798 Contemporary art exhibition with military theme, 798 Beijing, China
Grabados de la Nueva China 1949-2009 (Prints of New China 1949-2009), Convent of St. Francis of Assisi
In Love with Chinese Contemporary Art, Gallery by the Harbour, Hong Kong
Pulse, Qinhuangdao Contemporary Art Museum
Art Forefront Contemporary Art Show, Songzhuang
Art Centre, China
The 12th Edition of National Exhibition of Art of the Chinese People's
Liberation Army (PLA), The National Art Museum of China
Extended Fatique, Sanchuan Modern Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Traitors, Shangdong Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Group Exhibitions
2011
Overlapping World, Go Ahead Art Centre, Nanjing, China
From the Red Gate, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
Surrealist POP, Enjoy Museum of Art, 798 Beijing, China
Recapture - 15 Years' Retrospective Exhibition of SanBan Studio, TangArt Centre, Beijing, China
Right Now - Contemporary Art Exhibition, 798 Space, Beijing, China
Art Qingdao - 2011 First Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, China Qingdao Belle Place Art Space
People - The Power of Art, Yong Yin Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Historical New Songzhuang, Songzhuang Art Museum,
Beijing, China
Nanjing Contemporary Art Annual Exhibition, China
Nanjing Chandon Art Museum, China
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2010
Seal Tract - Contemporary Art Exhibition, China Beijing Times Art Museum
Time - Fable Contemporary Art Exhibition, 798 Space, Beijing, China
Reshaping History China art from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Centre, Beijing
East/West - Visually Speaking, Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art / Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Consideration - Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Days Gallery, Beijing, China
Nanjing Manufacturing - Contemporary Artists Exhibition, New Wave Gallery, Shanghai, China
Occasional Festival Painting Unit, Songzhuang Art Museum,
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2009
Tension at Poles - Invitational Exhibition of Works of Masters from Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu, Luodai Town, Chengdu, China
Trust - Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Star Factory Art Centre, Beijing, China
Context - Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Beijing Foundery Museum of Art, China
Memory of China - Exchange Exhibition of Chinese and Spanish Artists' Works.Time Space in 798 Factory, Beijing, China
Strength of Practice, the Third Documents of Contemporary
Chinese Prints, Nanjing Museum, China
Red Memory, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
China-Korean Exchange Exposition, 798 Yan Gallery, Beijing, China
Invitational Exhibition of Experimental Contemporary Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
Chengdu Biennale, New International Convention & Exposition Centre, Chengdu, China
Visual Presentation of Identity, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
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2008
Multiple Perspectives - Exhibition of 11 Chinese Contemporary Artists' Works, Beijing You Gallery, Beijing, China
Assembling under the Five Rings, Legend Hotel, Beijing, China
Up North - Exhibition of Jiangsu Artists' Works, Egret Art Centre Beijing, China
Up North, Down South, Art for All Society, Beijing , China
Post-Modern Expression of Red Classics, Dong Coffee Event in 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
Strength of Practice - the Second Documenta of Contemporary Chinese Prints, Nanjing Museum, China
Drifting - China - Korean Exchange Exposition, Top Gallery,
798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
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2007
China Today Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China
Body · Impression - The Human Body in Contemporary Chinese Art, Red Gate Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
Revolution, China Square Gallery, New York, USA
Tie - Path, You Gallery, Beijing, China
Progressive Tense, New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China
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2006
Ash and Red - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing New Art
Project, China
Consumerist Time, Sart Gallery, Beijing, China
Qingzhou International Plastic Arts Exhibition, Museum of
Qingzhou, Shandong, China
Under the Rainbow - Exhibition of Contemporary Asian Art,
South Korea
The Breadth of Painting Determines Attitude, Photography Bi ennale, Pingyao, China
You Gallery Group Exhibition in September, You Gallery,
Beijing, China
Exhibition 3N Group Works, Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
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2005
The Second Dashangzi International Art Festival, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
Look Ahead, March On - Exhibition of Four Contemporary Soldiers' Works, Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China
String - Exhibition of Works of 5 Visiting Artists at Red Gate Gallery, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
I Love Beijing, Suojia Village International Arts Camp, Beijing, China
Produce Clouds with One Turn of the Hand and Rain with Another: Contemporary Art Exhibition, TS! Art Museum, Beijing, China
Illness - Our Todays Art ,Nanjing Art Museum, China
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2004
Art Exhibition to Mark the 30th Anniversary of Jiangsu Art Monthly, Nanjing Museum, China
Exhibition of Works of William J. Andersen and Shen Jingdong, Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China
Eight Minus One Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibtion, 88 Art Document Storehouse, Beijing, China
UN World Peace Art Exhibition, South Korea
Angle - Exchange Exhibition of Works of Artists of Three Places, Red Classic Art Gallery in Nanjing, Andres Gallery in Shanghai, China Blue Gallery in Beijing
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2003
Shadow Art Exhibition, Art Storehouse, Kunming, China
Measuring Pupil Distance - Video Exhibition, Shenzhen, China
Are You Familiar with Them? - Modern Oil Painting Exhibition,
Nanjing Shenghua Art Centre, China
China Today Art Exhibition, China Millennium Altar, Beijing, China
Chatting - Chinese and Belgian Artist Exchange Exhibition, European Cultural Exchange Center, Xiamen, China
Dissimilar Sameness - Chinese and Slovenian Artist Exchange Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China
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2002
Basking in the Sun, Nanjing, China
Open Platform - The Third International Performance Art Festival, Xi'an, China
Daydream - Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Nanjing Museum, China
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2001
The Second Asian-Pacific International Contemporary Art Biennale, Genoa National Modern Art Gallery, Italy
China Plan - Circumrotating 360°C, Haishangshan Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
N Roles Exhibition, Nanjing Navy Commanders' Academy,
Nanjing, China
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2000
Sea Horizon Conceptual Photography Exhibition, Xiamen, China
Partial Clicking Conceptual Photography Exhibition, Daguangming Mall, Nanjing, China
Ink, Ink, Ink Art Exhibition, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Asian International Peace Modern Art Exhibition 2000, Nanjing Museum, China
Communication of Intentions - Chinese Conceptual Photography Exhibition, Asian-Pacific Contemporary Art Archive, Italy
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1999
Circumstance and the Art of Today, Shanghai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
The Third Itinerant Exhibition of "Borderline Vision", East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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1997
Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China
The Second Itinerant Exhibition of " Borderline Vision", Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
1996
The First Itinerant Exhibition of"Borderline Vision", Jiangsu Gallery, Nanjing, China
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1995
Period of Time '95 - Breaking through" Exhibition, Exhibition Hall of Nanjing Arts Institute, Nanjing, China
Art Exhibition to Mark the 20th Anniversary of Jiangsu Art Monthly, Nanjing Arts Institute, Nanjing, China
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1994
New Face" Art Exhibition, Exhibition Hall of Nanjing Arts Institute, Nanjing, China
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Events Organised
2013
The Exhibition of Artists' Plan and Sketch, Jiu Geng Gallery,
Beijing, China
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2011
In Ten Years - One Hundred Artists Face, Beijing, China
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2009
Let's Play Together, Original Life Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
Contemporary Artists' Studio, Beijing, China
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2005
Cards of a Hundred Artists, Beijing, China
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2003
One Hundred Artists Telling Their Own Stories, Nanjing, China
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2001
Faces of a Hundred Artists, Orange Gallery, Nanjing, China
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1999
A Hundred People, a Hundred Names over a Hundred Years, School of Fine Arts, Nanjing Normal University and Yi Bo Hall in Shanghai
