Chen Dongfan graduated from the China Academy of Art in 2008 and currently lives and works in New York and Hangzhou. His painting practice is constantly experimenting with a variety of themes and forms, and incorporating many elements such as concept, action, and site, thus forming a complex and solid creative system. The easel paintings present two distinct threads. In one clue, he uses narrative themes and childish shapes to express his perception of real life; In another thread, he explores the possibilities of the pictorial language itself through expressive or abstract forms. In addition, the art of public space and the live art of painting-music-performance co-construction are all fields covered by his creative system.