Biography:

Shen Yuan (b. 1959, Xianyou, Fujian Province) is an artist who lives and works in Paris.

Shen was in the first group of students admitted to Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art) after the Cultural Revolution. She studied Chinese painting, and on graduating in 1982, took part in many of the experimental art activities in Xiamen in the mid-1980s. In 1989, her work Water Bed was shown in the ‘China/Avant-Garde Exhibition’ at the National Art Museum of China (Beijing, 1989).

In 1990, Shen moved to Paris with her partner, Huang Yongping. Since then, she has participated in many international exhibitions, including ‘Cities on the Move’ (Vienna, Bordeaux, New York, Copenhagen, London, Bangkok and Helsinki, 1997–1999), the second Guangzhou Triennial (2005), the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007) and the ‘’85 New Wave’ (Beijing, 2007–2008).