Chen was born in Beijing in 1985. He has been hailed as "one the most promising young artists in China." He studied for his Bachelor of Fine Arts from 2007 until 2009 at prestigious Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and went to get his Masters from Chelsea College of Art in 2010.
Timeout Shanghai stated that, "Part of what makes Chen's work interesting is his seeming obliviousness to what is and isn't appropriate, especially in a country [China] where culture is micromanaged. There's courage in his creation of weed and masturbation icons, his celebration of bad taste, and his disregard for copyright and religious (and other) sensitivities. "I can't just stay in one thing," Chen says. "I can’t just paint the same thing again and again. I'd lose my passion. I lost my passion for fashion, so I’m not gonna do it again."
His work has been shown internationally and more recently July 2014 in Shanghai in "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test: Chen Tianzhuo."
His latest work debuted November 6, 2014 at K11 in Hong Kong supported by Adrian Cheng, one of the "Top 20 Most Innovative Collectors in the World." The show titled WAWADOLL IS X’MAS DATA – a solo exhibition by TIANZHUO CHEN is "Chen’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong is also his first large-scale installation outside of a gallery" and is curated by Leap Magazine and Art Papers Editor in Chief, Robin Peckham.
Chen currently lives and works in Beijing and London.
Solo exhibitions
2015 - TIANZHUO CHEN, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2014 - "PICNIC PARADI$E BITCH" , BANK, Shanghai
2013 - "Tianzhuo’s Acid Club" , Star gallery, Beijing
2012 - "Gas Station" Soloshow of Tianzhuo Chen and Rongrong Bi, Vanguard gallery, Shanghai
2011 - "The Great exhibition" Solo show of Tianzhuo Chen and Xinyi Liu, curated by Wei Guo & Chloe Hipeau
2014
"MEMOIRS OF AMNESIAC-!", MAISON POPULAIRE, Paris
"2014 Wuhan 3rd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts", Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan
