Chen Qiulin (b. 1975, Yichang, Hubei Province) belongs to a generation of younger artists whose work articulates the social repercussions of China’s ever-constant push for political and economic reform. Visualising the many contradictions inherent to the condition of contemporary living in a country where the tension and conflict between tradition, custom and ritual are consistently challenged, Chen Qiulin’s carefully considered photographic and video compositions are powerful provocations of progress and ambition.

Chen Qiulin has participated in numerous exhibitions in China and abroad, recently featured in 7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea, 2008; ‘Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art’, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, USA, 2008; ‘China Power Station II’, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Olso, Norway, 2007; ‘THIS IS NOT FOR YOU – Sculptural Discourses’, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, 2006-2007; and ‘The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art’, Millenium Art Museum, Beijing, China and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, USA (touring), 2005 and a number of influential solo exhibitions in Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Max Protetch Gallery, Long March Space, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.

Her works have been collected by many important art galleries, collections and private collectors in the United States and Europe, for example Astrup Fearnley Museum (Norway), Denver Art Museum (USA), Logan Collection (USA), T-BA21, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Austria), Hammer Museum (USA), the Bohen Foundation (New York, USA), Worcester Art Museum (USA), Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (Australia), Today Art Museum (Beijing, China).

陈秋林（ 1975年生于湖北省宜昌市）作为中国年轻一代艺术家，其作品关注中国不断推进的政治和经济改革带来的社会影响。陈秋林运用摄影和摄像手段进行创作，将现代生活与传统价值观的冲突矛盾以视觉形象表现出来。

陈秋林从小生长在重庆市万州城，然而这里的大部分地区在建设三峡大坝扬子江河段时淹没。于2001年启建的三峡工程规模浩大，致使百万的居民背井离乡，陈秋林著名的作品《迁移》便着眼于这项大工程带来的生理、心理双重影响。她不断探索三峡移民无处安放的生活与情感，以及从故乡记忆中产生的文化认同感。陈秋林的创作始终处于探索推进的状态，广泛应用视频，行为表演，摄影，装置等创作媒介，始终保持其独特的社会敏感性，对社会改革进程的勃勃野心提出了有力质疑，并为热点议题引入了崭新的观点及视角。

陈秋林作品参与的国内国外展览众多，近期展出包括：2008年在韩国举办的第七届光州双年展（7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju）；同年在美国芝加哥大学David and Alfred Smart 美术馆展出的《位移－三峡大坝与中国当代艺术》（Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art）；2007年于挪威奥斯陆Astrup Fearnley现代艺术博物馆展出的《中国电站II》（China Power Station II）；2006-2007年奥地利维也纳Thyssen-Bornemisza当代艺术馆呈现的《这不是给你的－雕塑语境》（THIS IS NOT FOR YOU – Sculptural Discourses）；2005年于北京中华世纪坛美术馆和纽约诺克斯美术馆巡回展出的《墙－重构中国当代艺术》（The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art）。其个展在世界各地多家艺术机构亮相，其中包括洛杉矶翰墨博物馆、纽约Max Protetch画廊、北京长征空间、Eli and Edythe Broad艺术博物馆等。

陈秋林的作品被美国、欧洲等多地画廊、机构及个人收藏，例如Astrup Fearnley博物馆（挪威）、Denver艺术博物馆（美国）、Logan收藏（美国）、Thyssen-Bornemisza当代艺术馆T-BA21收藏（奥地利）、翰墨博物馆（洛杉矶）、Bohan基金会（纽约）、Worcester艺术博物馆（美国）、昆士兰现代艺术馆（澳大利亚）、今日美术馆（北京，中国）等。