Jinbin Chen (b. 1994, Guangdong, China) lives and works in Oslo, Norway. Chen received his MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2021 and his BFA from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, in 2019. Selected solo exhibitions include "Prophecies of the Post-Angel Era", Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway (2023); "Returnees", Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2022); "Omega and (Anti-)Decay Atlas", Northing Space, Bergen, Norway (2022); "The Heimlichkeit of the Home", Fotogalleri Vasli Souza, Oslo, Norway (2021). Chen has participated in recent group exhibitions "Swallow Mountain, Drain Sea", Linseed Projects, Shanghai, China (2023); "Myth of the Cherry Tree", STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway (2023) and "Indoctrination: Multivalent Gestures", Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway (2023).
Chen's work is held in the collections of Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Denver Art Museum, Denver and The National Museum Norway, Oslo. "Portholes" marks the artist's first solo exhibition with the gallery.
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Photo: Kier Cooke Sandvik and Stan D'Haene
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