Chen Zhichuan, was born in Chongqing, Zhejiang, China in 1940 She graduated from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Crafts and Design Department. She participated in the seminal Shen Shi exhibition back in the early 1980’s.
Since 1981, she taught at the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts as the professor of the Department of Visual Communication Design. She has had a long-term commitment of promoting the Modern heavy Color Painting style and has worked with strong ethnic characteristics and a strong personal style. Her works are characteristic of traditional beauty and modern painting language integration and presented in a new context.
Chen Zhichuan has exhibited and been collected throuhout the world, including: Japan, France, China, and the United States.