Chen Mantian

Early Life and Background

Born: Changsha, Hunan, China
Currently: Lives and works between Shanghai and New York
Medium: Oil painter and cross-media artist

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2018 · “Royalty – Court – State – Harem”, Printmaking Solo Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2017 · “Mi-Man”, Dual Solo Exhibition with Li Zhiming, Shanghai

• 2015 · “Food – Hunt”, Dual Solo Exhibition with Neal Blacker, Shanghai

• 2014 · “Play of Beauty / Vision”, Oil Painting Solo Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2014 · “Playing with Fish by the Abyss”, Dual Solo Exhibition with Zheng Yuanwu, Shanghai

• 2013 · “Goldfish Buddha”, Zen-Themed Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2013 · “Buddha / Dao / Fish”, Painting Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2011 · “Chen Mantian’s Goldfish Show”, Oil Painting Presentation, Changsha

• 2011 · “Painting Goldfish”, Oil Painting Solo Exhibition, Changsha

• 2008 · “Harmony / Women”, Oil Painting Solo Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2006 · “Hunan Women Series”, Oil Painting Solo Exhibition, Shanghai

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2025 · “EXPORT” International Art Exhibition, New York

• 2025 · “Creating Sixty Years”, ARTS MID-HUDSON Chinese Members Art Show, New York

• 2024 · “Elsewhere”, Creative Project Exhibition, New York

• 2024 · “No. 28 Hualongchi” Contemporary Art Salon, Changsha

• 2024 · “Convergence”, International Group Exhibition, New York

• 2024 · Hudson Arts Center International Artists Exhibition, New York

• 2017 · “Paper as Poetry”, Cross-Media Paper Exhibition, Changsha

• 2017 · “Sound & Image: Tribute to Beethoven”, Shanghai International Arts Festival, Shanghai

• 2016 · “Paper Connections”, Painting Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2015 · Emerging Oil Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2015 · Expo Milano 2015: Chinese Masters Exhibition, Milan

• 2015 · Oil Painting & Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2014 · 18th Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai

• 2014 · Shanghai Figurative Art Salon (Autumn), Shanghai

• 2014 · “As Expected”, Sino-Foreign Group Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2014 · “Shore of the Sea”, Oil & Sculpture Exhibition, Wuxi

• 2014 · “Contemporary Art / China in Progress”, Yuanheng Lizhen Gallery, Beijing

• 2014 · “Unity of Han and Tibetan Buddhism”, Cultural Art Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2013 · “New Chinese Painting”, Yuanheng Lizhen Gallery, Shanghai

• 2013 · “Inside Out”, Lao Wai Jie International Art Festival, Shanghai

• 2013 · “Distinguished Artists from Hunan”, Changsha

• 2013 · “Faces of Play”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2013 · “Stories of Time – Shanghai School Art Concepts”, Shanghai

• 2012 · Tibetan Art Touring Exhibition, Hamburg

• 2012 · Tibetan Art Touring Exhibition, Berlin

• 2011 · “Harmonious Tibet” Touring Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2011 · “Centennial of the 1911 Revolution” Commemorative Art Exhibition, Shanghai

• 2011 · 1st National Exhibition of “Harmonious Tibet”, Beijing

• 2009 · Poly Auction – Oil, Sculpture & Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing

• 2008 · Poly Auction – New Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing

• 2007 · “Spirit of the Times” National Portrait Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing