1968 Born in Hefei, Anhui Province
2006 Graduating from the Graduate School of China Academy of Art with a doctor degree
Present Professor and Head of the School of Art, Anhui University
Group Exhibitions
2011 “Story with Zhu Da” Series, Ink and Water flowers - The Invitational Exhibition of 60 Birds and Flowers Paintings Masters, Yang Motang Art Museum, Nanjing
“Amazed Huizhou” Series, Wonderful Times—The Invitational Exhibition of 2011 Chinese Gongbi Art Masters, Anhui Provincial Museum, Hefei
“Conversation”, “Fairview Anhui -- Poetic Landscape” Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition, Rome, Italy
“Conversation”, “Fairview Anhui -- Poetic Landscape” Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition, Rome, Italy
“Travel Diary -- LanXia”, The Academic Exhibition of Chinese Gongbi Art, Sichuan Museum, Chengdu
“Subtle Love - Tie”, Natural & Contemporary Art Form- Mingyuan Art Exhibition, Mingyuan Art Gallery, Shanghai
2010 “Fan”, Hundreds of Fan Paintings by Hundreds Contemporary Chinese Artists, Houjie Art Museum, Beijing
“Travel Diary - Dance on Wheels” (and other two Paintings), “Changing View Round One – Nomination Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Gongbi Art, Times Art Museum, Beijing
2009 “Homestead” (and other 7 paintings), Familiar•Unfamiliar – Itinerant Exhibition of Chinese Art in Germany, Deloitte Art Gallery, Hannover, Germany
“Margret on the Plate” (and other 6 paintings), 2009 Floral Landscape Exhibition, Nanjing
“Banquet”, The 11th China National Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2008 “Misguided Invasion – Exploration”, National Exhibition of Well-known Floral Landscape Artist to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Guo Weiqu, Guo Weiqu Art Museum, Anhui, China
“Misguided Invasion – Doubt” (and other 3 painting), Illusion or Truth –New Trends of Contemporary Chinese Art, Beijing Fine Art Academy Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Misguided Invasion – Doubt” (and other 3 painting), Timeless: A Group Exhibition of 11 Top Young Artists, New Beijing Art Gallery, Beijing, China
“Joy of Fish – Free Spirit”, A Dialogue of the North and the South, Ya Ming Art Museum, Anhui, China
“Joy of Fish – Freedom”, Well-known Chinese Water and Ink Artists Exhibition, Yu Shun Art Museum, Ha’er Bin, China
2006 “Misguided Invasion” series, Group Exhibition of Artists from United States, China and Korea, Busan, Korea
“Xuanhe Period in Dream-Golden Pheasant” (and other 3 paintings), The First New Gongbi Art Exhibition, Nanjing, China
“On and Off the Scene” – Doubt (and other 3 paintings), The Second China Today Art Exhibition, China National Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Misguided Invasion – Doubt” (and other 5 paintings), Innovation – Chinese Art Invitation Exhibition, Guangdong
“Misguided Invasion – Keeping Watch”, (and other 3 paintings) Doctor Zhengchun’s Exhibition, Zhejiang, China
2001 “Call on Another Day” (and other 19 paintings), Five Chinese Artists Group Exhibition, Washington, United States
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Huayi Guangzhou Art Gallery, Gunagzhou, China
2009 Yantai Art Museum, Yantai, China
2008 Bo Yazhai Gallery, Anhui, China
2005 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, United States
2003 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, United States
2001 The Japanese Canadian Culture Center, Toronto, Canada
2001 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, United States
2000 The World Journal Gal Gallery, Seattle, United States
Awards
2006 “Album-Fruit”, Academic Award, the Sixth China National Gongbi Art Exhibition
2003 “Red Beans and Golden Moon”, Merit Award, 2003 National Traditional Chinese Art Exhibition
2002 ”Red Beans and Red Dragonfly”, Gold Prize, National Art Exhibition in Memory of the 60th Anniversary of Mao Zedong’s Address on the Cultural and Art Symposium in Yan’an, China
Publications
Aesthetic New Forces—Chen Lin's Meticulous Flowers and Birds Paintings
New Meticulous Painting Series—Chen Lin Volume
An Exploration of Traditional Chinese Art—Chen Lin's Fine Line Painting
Selection of Chinese Contemporary Artists-—Chen Lin
