Chen Peng 彭 宸
b. 1989, Taiwan. Lives and works in Hoboken, NJ.

EDUCATION

2022  MFA, Painting, Boston University
2016  BFA, Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art
2012  BA, Philosophy, National Taiwan University

RESIDENCIES

Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VA
The Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025  Soft Anchors, Sally Otto Gallery, University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH
2024  The Mountains in my Living Room, Akron Soul Train, Akron, OH
2023  Meandering North, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Two-Person)
2022  Personal Space, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA (Two-Person)
2022  Waiting for the Moon to Rise, MUMU Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2018  Made in Taiwan: Young Artist Discovery, Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2025
Janus, Essex Flowers Gallery, New York, NY

2024
On Intimacy, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Solar Wind, John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee
Healing Space, Malone Art Gallery, Malone University, Canton, OH
Cosmic Glow, The Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula, OH
Various Small Fires, Yards Project, Cleveland, OH

2023
Faculty Exhibition, Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Come, Rest Here By My Side, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art
Plenty, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA
New Contemporaries, dodomu gallery (online)

2022
Faculty Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Amory Park, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Banging the Door, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Stone Gallery, Boston, MA
Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA

2021
Art@ Sloane, Sloane House: BU President’s Residence, Boston, MA
13FOREST Gallery pop-up, Gallery at 444, Provincetown, MA
IYKYK: Are You Ready for the Future?, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

2020
Encounter, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA
Ogre/Under-Whelmed, project space in the woods (curated by OOO), Akron, OH
How’ve you been?, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA
Vermont Studio Center Broadside Competition (collaboration w/Emily Pittinos), Johnson, VT
In Manual Mode, The Yard: Back Bay (curated by AREA Gallery), Boston, MA

GRANTS / AWARDS

Finalist, Kahn Careen Entry Award, Boston University
Exhibition Grant, National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
Honorarium, Cambridge Arts Council
Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center
Barr Foundation Financial Wellness Grant, The Studios at MASS MoCA
Winner of Made in Taiwan- Young Artist Discovery at Art Taipei, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Joseph McCullough '48 Scholarship for Excellence in Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art
Ted Frost '88 Scholarship for Travel, Cleveland Institute of Art
Norita Wyse Berman Scholarship for Excellence in Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art
The Gund Family Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2022 - 2024  Visiting Instructor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Foundation and Visual Arts Department
2023  Part-time Assistant Lecturer, The University of Akron, Painting and Drawing Department
2022  Instructor, Boston University, Visual Arts Summer Institute

PUBLICATION

New American Painting, No. 159
ArtMaze Magazine Issue 31
VoyageOhio: February 2024
CIRCUMFERENCE Magazine: Fall 2023
Alien Magazine (cover)
Echoverse Vol. 1 (online)

PUBLIC COMMISSION

2023   “There, There”, Art Wall Mural @ Cleveland Public Square, Cleveland, OH

COLLECTIONS (Selected)

Case Western Reserve University - Putnam Collection
Cleveland Institute of Art
Fidelity Corporate Art Collection
Cleveland Clinic
MetroHealth
Southwest General Health Center
University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Baker Hostetler