Bowen Song
About

Bowen Song 宋博文
Born in China, Dandong
Lives & works in Duisburg,Germany
My painting is grounded in a strong sense of bodily awareness.
In the act of creation, the body is not merely a tool for executing gestures, but a field of perception and thought.
The movement of the brush, the rhythm of breathing, the tension and release of muscles—all become ways for me to engage in a dialogue with the world.
This bodily awareness does not arise from an inner emotional state, but rather from a resonance with the external world.
Through my experiences across different cultures and geographies, I have become aware of the bodily differences among them—their rhythms, sense of time, perception of space, order and chaos.
These differences do not appear in the form of symbols, but manifest naturally in the structure, balance, and motion of my paintings.
CV
1993 Born in Dandong City, China. 2012 Moved to Shenyang City.Entered the animation major of Shenyang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2016 Moved to Shanghai City. 2017 Moved to Wutai Mountain and worked on murals at Zhenrong Temple. 2018 Moved to Osaka, Japan 2020 Moved to Tokyo and entered the Oil Painting Department of Musashino Art University. 2022 Graduated from Musashino Art University with a degree in oil painting. 2024 Graduated with a master's degree from Musashino Art University. Moved to Duisburg, Germany
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Tokyo National Art Center, Tokyo, group exhibition.
2022
Tokyo Omotesando Aoyama Gallery solo exhibition "Difficult to Manage"
2022
Tokyo Ginza Hayashi Gallery two-person exhibition "Young Asian artists"
2022
Tokyo Yotsuya d21gallery group exhibition "Art potluck"
2024
Tokyo National Museum of Art, Tokyo, group exhibition
2024
Tokyo Questionmark Projection solo exhibition "Gout Pot"