Fine art humanity and fashion photos by Chen Man from China

Chen Man is an international photographer and visual artist from China. Chen Man  graduated from the photography department of the
design school under the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2005. Prior to her graduation, in 2003 she had already begun to lay the foundations of her career with the launch of a series of covers she produced for the Shanghai-based fashion magazine Vision—China’s first attempt at a progressive style magazine, inspired naturally at that moment by Wallpaper magazine. Between 2003 and 2007, she created a sequence of cover images that were unique within the history of Chinese magazine covers. 

Arty, manipulated, fantastical, almost over the top, the images captured the socio-cultural fascinations of the moment: a visual confluence of every nuance of glamour, surface, virtual energy and freedom of the imagination that was seeping into the bedrock of the emergent youth culture of the period. With hindsight, Chen Man’s photographs define that moment, simultaneously heralding the present, and paving the way for a future in which, courtesy of her success, this type of visual language is certain to become ubiquitous. It is amazing to reflect that half a decade ago, Chen Man was forging a brave new path through the prevailing mediocrity: that she was almost single-handedly precipitating a visual revolution.

Chen Man’s choice of field within the arena of photography—style, beauty, and fashion—dovetails with her innate fondness for glamour, and her insistence upon perfected beauty. As a photographer she is licensed to present fantastical illusions. She takes the illusions far beyond the mere moment captured in conventionally shot photographs. Her approach is first and foremost about taking total control of the image she creates: the motivation behind that control being to achieve the ultimate in beauty. Chen Man does this by accentuating every feature of her already beautiful models to a perfection that is almost unbearable, even as it defies the gaze to look away.

Awards

【2014】

“A New Attitude: Chen Man's Provocative Interpretations of Contemporary Chinese Women”Exhibition,RedLine Art Center,Denver,U.S.A, March 1-April 27,2014

【2013】

“Love & Water” for M.A.C Cosmetics by Chen Man won Broadcast and Moving Image: Short Films & Videos Bronze 2013 One Show Design//

＊ELLE女性摄影师 ELLE Female Photographer

＊搜狐时尚权利榜 SOHU Fashion Power List

＊Brown China Community And Brown Night Committee- Certificate of Recognition as the Distinguished Mentor for Brown China Community//

“Galerie Steph+Four Season Hotel”Exhibition,Four Season Hotel,Singapore,2013.3.2-31//

“Proud of Dignity 2012”,Lady Dior Exhibition,Paris,France,2013

“Artist Special Project ”,Como Hotel,Bangkok,Thailand, April,2013

【2012】

《陈漫摄影集-MAN》第63届美国印刷大奖–班尼金奖 2012 Premier Print Awards Sponsors-Best of Category- Artron Enterprise(group)Limited: MAN Stochastic Printing//

"Glamorous Futurist by Chen Man"Exhibition, Diesel Art

Gallery,Tokyo,Japan,2012.2.16-3.11//

"A new photography show by CHEN MAN",Chinese Art Centre,Manchester,UK,2012.2.10-4.7//

Chen Man Visual Art Exhibition,Museum Pecci,Milan,Italy,2012.9//

【2011】

Chen Man'solo exhibition"Elan",Today Arts Museum,Beijing,China,2011.4.23-5.8//

"MAN"Visual Arts Exhibition,Museum of Contemporary Arts,Shanghai,China,2011.11.23-2012.2.7//

Chen Man's solo exhibition,Zodak Gallery,Miami,USA,2011.11.20-12.03//

Chen Man and Ulens Europe Tour exhibition, Europe, 2011//

【2010】

Charitable auction of Chen Man’s New series “love of the Earth”has carried on by ShangHai EXPO,//

jointly with Elle China, Loft Gallery Paris, June 2010, Shanghai, China//

New series “love of the Earth” will be unfolded in France Hall at ShangHai EXPO Beijing, June 2010,//

Shanghai, Beijing, China

“Red flag” and other few works have been participated at "The Exhibition of China Photography of 100//

Years" in Shanghai Hall at Shanghai World Expo, Also documented in Mr. Liu //Xiangcheng 《Shanghai:

1842-2010, a great city portrait》, May, 2010, Shanghai.//

“ Red Beauty”, Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA, May, 28 - 30th//

Chen Man’s solo exhibition, Loft gallery, Paris, France, March 17th, 2010//

Chen Man work 2003 - 2010 publishing", 3030 press Hong Kong, China, March 13th, 2010//

Chen Man’s solo exhibition, "Unbearable Beauty", OOIBOTOS gallery, Hong Kong, China, 2010, March 12th//

Chen Man’s solo exhibition F2 Gallery, LA. USA//

【2008】

In Fashion Photo Exhibition, Miami, USA, December 1-7th 2008//

Chen Man solo exhibition, Gallery Maeght, Paris, France, November 2008//

Chinese contemporary art show, Gallery Maeght, Barcelone, Spain, October 2008//

Art Beijing, Beijing, September 2008//

Contemporary, Shanghai, September 2008//

Chen Man the Wall, Ulens Centre of Contemporary Art(UCCA), August, 2008//

Mannism, Gallery When, Shenzhen, China ,July 2008//

Atelier de Pekin, Gallery Maeght, Paris, France, July 2008//

The Demolition Party, organised by Phillip Stark for Le Royal Monceau, Paris, France//

Design China, V&A Museum, London, England, Mars to June 2008 (chosen as poster )//

Chen Man solo exhibition , Gallery Loft, Paris, France, January 24th to March 24th 2008//

【2007】

Get It Louder, China//

Salon National d’art contemporain, Espace Cardin, Paris, France//

Force of Love, Nike space 706, Beijing, China//

【2006】

Get It Louder, China [2006], China//

The Wave –– Chinese Media Art Part 1, 1997-2004 Short and Experimental

Films, Walker Art Centre, USA//

【2005】

FASHION AND STYLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA//

【2004】

“Beijing-Dezoned-Paris", Le Cube, Issy les Moulineaux, France//

"Out the Window-Spaces of Distraction", Tokyo, Japan//

"The Designed in France, Made in China" PAUL RICARD, Paris, France//

“Short is More-Emotions”, CAPALBIO International Short Film Festival

Awards//

【2001】

Macromedia “Wwwhat? Web can be flash” awards//

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