ABOUT
Yingming Chen 陳英鳴 is a London-based artist from Guangdong, China. Born in 1997, he completed a BA in Fine Arts at City & Guilds of London Art School in 2020 and later completed a two-year postgraduate course in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art.
His work explores the relationship between power and writing, aiming to reflect and question the decisions we make within our social environment and atmosphere. By utilising various materials and techniques, as well as objects and images that mirror contemporary society, he strives to inspire viewers to reflect on their daily lives and surroundings.
E d u c a t i o n
2 0 2 0 - 2 0 2 2 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art.
2 0 1 7 - 2 0 2 0 BA (Hons) Fine Art, City & Guilds of London Art School.
E x h i b i t i o n s
2 0 2 4 The Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023, Camden Art Centre, London.
2 0 2 3 Out of The Woods, Many Zhang Art Gallery, London.
2 0 2 3 Momentary Bond, 125 New Bond Street, London
2 0 2 3 The Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023, the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool.
2 0 2 3 The Healing Power of Art and Music, Iconic Images Gallery, London.
2 0 2 3 Troubled Water, LAMPO, Milan.
2 0 2 3 The Landscape of one’s own [無我之境], 113 St George’s Square, London.
2 0 2 3 Christie’s Lates | Year of the Rabbit 大展宏兔, Christie, London.
2 0 2 2 StART Art Fair - 2022 London, Saatchi Gallery, London.
2 0 2 2 ReA! Art Fair 2022: 100 emerging artists, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan.
2 0 2 2 Fill Your Cup, Above Kitsch, London.
2 0 2 2 Royal College of Art Graduate Show 2022, Battersea Campus, London.
2 0 2 2 Brave New World, Fridge, Anderson Contemporary, London.
2 0 2 2 Lapped seams & Sliver linings, Standpoint gallery, London.
2 0 2 2 We Won’t Stop Showing, SET Woodwich, London.
2 0 2 1 ACall festival - The Politics of Physicality, Netil360, London.
2 0 2 1 The Exhibition, Hackney Downs Studios, London.
2 0 2 1 Class of 2020 BA & MA Fine Art Graduates, Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, London.
2 0 2 1 Merzbau Pavilions: Speculations and Propositions, Merz Barn, Ambleside.
2 0 2 1 First Impressions, Safe House 1&2, London.
2 0 2 1 古池塘，扑通跳入水中央，一声响, Yell Space 要空间, Shanghai.
2 0 2 1 Redirecting [正在重新规划路线], Tree Art Museum 树美术馆, Beijing.
2 0 2 0 London New Contemporaries, Hari Hotel, London.
2 0 2 0 Final, not Over, Unit 1 gallery, London.
2 0 1 9 Neo Hua Ren: New Diaspora in London, Crypt of St Pancras Church, London.
2 0 1 9 CGLAS Fine art group show, Art Hill Gallery, London.
2 0 1 8 Year 1 & 2 Interim Show, Mother Biscuit Building, London.
A w a r d s
2 0 2 3 Selected as one of the 55 artists for The New Contemporaries 2023
2 0 2 2 Selected as one of the 10 artists ReA! Art Prize 2022
2 0 2 2 Selected as one of the 50 shortlisted artists for theMartin Miller Gin X StART Emerging Artist Prize
2 0 2 2 Shortlisted as part of the Global Design Graduate Show 2022 in collaboration with GUCCI.
2 0 2 2 Selected as one of the 100 participants for the ReA! Art Fair 2022 in Milan, Italy.
2 0 2 2 Shortlisted as part of the Harlow Art Trust's Sculpture Town Artist in Residence Programme.
2 0 1 8 The Merlin Entertainments Group - Madam Tussauds’ Project Fund Award.
P r e s s
2 0 2 3 Grundy Art Gallery Autumn Exhibition
2 0 2 3 15 RCA artists selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023
2 0 2 3 Milano: ‘Troubled Waters’, la mostra collettiva dei 10 vincitori del ReA! Art Prize 2022.
2 0 2 3 “异乡人：新月之梦”
2 0 2 1 ‘ACall’ Festival: Netil360
2 0 2 0 Emerging Artists, Made In Bed.
