Background
Her mother ensured her development, sending her to a drawing class and to a high school specialising in art
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Education
She then attended the Central Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied graphic design.
Career
Her photos are widely exhibited globally. Born in Beijing, she quickly demonstrated her artistic talent, drawing a mouse when she was only two. When only 23 and still a student, her self-styled photographs were published on the covers of China"s Vision Magazine, bringing her immediate prominence.
Handling all her post-production work herself, she makes extensive use of digital tools including Photoshop and 3D Max.
In addition to cover photographs for Vision Magazine over a number of years, she has also contributed to Chinese features in Vogue, Elle, Harper"s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire. She frequently works with the makeup artist Toni Lee.
She now runs her own company, providing photographs for the advertising campaigns of Motorola, Adidas and Gucci while presenting her work at exhibitions in Chinese cities. Married to American-born Raphael Ming Cooper, cofounder of Society Skateboards, she has two small children.
Achievements
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Chen"s work has been widely exhibited: 2004: Out of the Window Space of Distraction, Tokyo 2005: Fashion and style in photography", Moscow 2006: Wave Chinese media Art, 1997-2004, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 2007: Galerie Loft, Paris 2008: Galerie Maeght, Paris 2008: China Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2010: Red Beauty, Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Los Angeles 2010: Unbearable Beauty, Ooi Botos Gallery, Hong Kong 2011: Today Art Museum, Beijing 2012: Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom.
