Chen Wenji was born in Shanghai in 1954. In 1978, He graduated from the Printmaking Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 1978-1980, he worked as the teaching assistant of Printmaking Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 1981-1993, he was employed as the lecturer of Folk Fine Arts Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 1993-2014, he was appointed as the professor of Mural Painting Department, head of Basic Teaching and Researching Section of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Member of China Oil Painting Society. Chen Wenji currently works and lives in Beijing and Yanjiao, Hebei. Significant Solo Exhibitions: “( ) - CHEN WENJI ”(AYE Gallery, Beijing, 2023); “Chen Wenji ’21 Exhibition in Taipei”(Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 2021); “Chen Wenji: Solo Exhibition in Taipei”(Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, 2016); “Central Academy of Fine Arts Annual Fine Arts Nomination Exhibition - 2010 Chen Wenji” (CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, 2010); Significant Group Exhibitions:“Chen Wenji · Ma Shuqing”,(Asia Art Center, Beijing, 2023); “Detached Narration: Cai Lei, Chen Wenji, Ma Shuqing”(XY Gallery, Guang Zhou,2023 ); “Greater Than Abstraction”(Bund Art Center, Shanghai, 2022); “The Superiority of the Invisible - Abstract Painting from China”(Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen, Germany, 2021); “Abstract Plus - The New Possibility of Abstract Painting in China”(Essence Contemporary Art Museum, Chongqing, 2018); “The Concept of Form - Chinese History and Aesthetic Expression of Abstract Art”(World Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument, Beijing, 2015 ); “IN TIME - 2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale”(National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 2012). Public Collections: Great British Museum, White Rabbit Gallery, Art Museum of Hong Kong University, National Art Museum of China, Liu Haisu Art Museum, CAFA Art Museum