Chen Zhen

Chinese | 1955 - 2000

Chen Zhen was a Chinese Postwar & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1955.

How much does a Chen Zhen cost?

Chen Zhen's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 623,400 USD for sculptures, and 168,000 USD for photographys.

What is Chen Zhen's most expensive sculpture?

Since 2005 the record price for this artist at auction is 623,400 USD for Crystal Landscape of Inner Body, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2007.

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston have featured Chen Zhen's work in the past.

Chen Zhen in the news

Chen Zhen has been featured in articles for Made In Bed, Aesthetica and Boston Art Review. The most recent article is Galleria Continua celebrates 35 years with a major homage to artist Chen Zhen written for ArtDaily in September 2025. The artist died in 2000.

At Auction

Notable Lots

Opening of a Closed Center ,1997

By Chen Zhen

+109%

above mid-estimate

Un village sans frontière (A village without a border) - Chen Zhen

Un village sans frontière (A village without a border) ,2000

By Chen Zhen

+74%

above mid-estimate

VIEW 119 ARTWORKS

Recent Auction Results

GRAND PANNEAUX (SET OF 9) ,1990

By Chen Zhen

-8%

below mid-estimate

Join to unlock sale information

Reproduction

Untitled ,1990

By Chen Zhen

-34%

below mid-estimate

Join to unlock sale information

Le Monde / Le Chaos II ,1991

By Chen Zhen

Join to unlock sale information

VIEW 119 AUCTION RESULTS

Past Exhibitions

Chen Zhen: Un Village sans frontières

Galleria Continua, San Gimignano

San Gimignano | Italy

Sep 20, 2025 - Jan 07, 2026

Pièces à vivre

Galleria Continua, Paris (Marais)

3e | Paris | France

Jun 06, 2025 - Oct 29, 2025

Time Knows The Answer to Art

Galleria Continua, Beijing

Beijing | China

May 21, 2025 - Oct 27, 2025

VIEW 73 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

Galleria Continua celebrates 35 years with a major homage to artist Chen Zhen

ArtDaily Sep 23, 2025

Galleria Continua celebrates the thirty-fifth anniversary of the opening of its first exhibition space in the medieval town of San Gimignano.

MADE IN BED in conversation with Galleria Continua’s Niurma Pérez Zerpas

Made In Bed Aug 11, 2025

Niurma Pérez Zerpas is the Director of Galleria Continua’s Cuban headquarters in Havana, where she has led over 20 major exhibitions since 2019.

Galleria Continua transforms into "house of art" with "Pièces à vivre" group exhibition

ArtDaily Jun 08, 2025

From its inception, Galleria Continua’s first Parisian space has stood out thanks to its uniquelocation : a former wholesale leather goods store, resembling a through- house, nestled in the heart of the Marais.

View All Articles

Coverage

“ ..A central theme in Chen’s work is creating harmony through difference... ”
Click for full text

Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square

“ ..Using the human body, illness, and medicine as metaphors, Chen explores the intricate and often paradoxical relationship between the material and the spiritual, community and individual, and interior and... ”
Click for full text

Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square

“ .. Largely recognized as one of the most important Chinese artists of the last two decades, Chen Zhen’s work derives from his personal experience of migrating and working across different continents and... ”
Click for full text

Rockbund Art Museum

“ ..Using his concept of the organic whole, derived from Chinese medical theory, Chen constructs complete entities from disparate components, referencing the human body or an architectural model... ”
Click for full text

Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square

“ ..Through his own lived experience of the dichotomies of health and illness, and of cultural displacement and connectedness, the artist attained a heightened sensitivity towards the complex and fragile systems... ”
Click for full text

Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square