闫占城(Yan Zhan Cheng),1984年出生于中国延安,2008年毕业于西安美术学院油画系,现生活和工作于北京。他的绘画中,人物往往处于梦境般似是而非的场景中,山、石、树、海以抽象几何形状表现,不展现任何细节;人物面目被省略或戴着面具,身体比例突兀而怪异,仿佛半人半兽、半人半神的存在。这些作品葆有叙事性,但竭力避免与任何具体时间或场景发生关系,处于情绪和意义的悬置状态。重要个展包括:2019年“向着另一个大海——闫占城个展”(作者画廊,北京)、“滑过咸苦的深海——闫占城个展”(奔放画廊,台湾);2018年“十三张脸 一首诗——闫占城个展”(作者画廊,北京)、“一张脸的许诺——闫占城个展”(美博空间,北京);2017年“丑观”(亦安画廊,上海);2015年“闫占城”(卓越艺术空间,北京)及“杂花生树”(利阿贺拿艺术空间,北京)。群展包括:2019年“Hakuna Matata 2019”(作者画廊,北京)、“艺术光州”(光州,韩国)、“艺术厦门”(作者画廊,厦门)、“艺术北京”(作者画廊,北京)、“当代肖像画群展”(红门画廊,北京)、“大地大地的”(作者画廊,北京);2018年“上海廿一当代艺术博览会”(美博空间,上海)、“艺术深圳博览会”(美博空间,深圳)、“情动的空间”(作者画廊,北京)、“隐匿的真实”(佑品空间,武汉)、“艺术北京”(作者画廊,北京);2017年“HI 21新锐艺术展”(北京)、“反向引擎”(东亿美术馆,北京)、“Y23-希娜的图卷”(圣之空间,北京)、“壹壹壹壹”(亦安画廊,北京)、“WHEN Y23 MEETS JSPACE”(君瑞汇当代艺术空间,深圳)。
Yan Zhancheng was born in 1984 in Yan’an, China. He graduated from Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts Oil Painting Department with a bachelor’s degree in 2018. He currently lives and works in Beijing, China. Yan‘s creations are rooted in subconscious depictions, which embrace memories of his hometown, his love of literature, and his intuition for color. Past experiences are silently woven into his images, forming his unique painting language. The events in his works are not given with standard answers, but rather the viewers are expected to communicate with the images based on their own experiences. His works were collected by He Art Museum, Guan Dongyuan, etc. He is the exclusive agent artist of Soka Art. 1984 Born in Yan’an 2008 B.A. Oil Painting Department of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts · Currently lives and works in Beijing, China.












闫占城,1984 年生于中国延安,2008 年毕业于西安美术学院油画系,现生活、工作于北京。平台档案收录的代表作品包括《手持铜镜的三姐妹》(2024)、《一只透明手的妄想》(2026)、《纳尔齐斯与歌尔德蒙》(2026)、《窃听》(2025)等。
创作特点可概括为:
1. **风格与媒介**
风格介于表现性具象、意象、浪漫主义与象征主义之间,常用布面油画、丙烯、综合材料。
2. **形象与场景**
画中人物常处于梦境般似是而非的场景中,山、石、树、海多以抽象几何形状出现,不展现具体细节;人物面目被省略或戴着面具,身体比例突兀怪异,带有半人半兽、半人半神的气质。
3. **叙事方式**
作品保有叙事性,但刻意避免与具体时间、地点或情节绑定,使情绪和意义处于悬置状态。结合展览“闷帘导板”的相关评论看,他的画面更像故事发生前的“序曲”:人物像尚未拿到剧本的素人,有局促感与小动作,叙事欲并不标准,更多是以人物形象本身来暗示故事潜能,而非讲述一个明确故事。
Yan Zhan Cheng (b. 1984, Yan'an, China; graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in 2008) works primarily in oil on canvas, acrylic, and mixed media.
**Representative works include:**
- *Three Sisters Holding a Bronze Mirror* (2024)
- *Delusion of a Transparent Hand* (2026)
- *Relying on Each Other Like Two Enemies* (2026)
- *Ill Intentions* (2026)
- *Two Clean People* (2026)
- *Narziss and Goldmund* (2026)
- *Three Bystanders* (2026)
- *Role 1* (2026)
- *Eavesdropping* (2025)
- *Half a Red Face* (2026)
- *Light Filling the Eyes* (2026)
- *Yellow Hard Hat* (2026)
**Creative style:**
His practice is often described as expressive figurative, imagistic, romantic, and symbolist. His paintings place figures in dreamlike, ambiguous scenes where mountains, rocks, trees, and the sea appear as abstract geometric shapes without detail. Faces are often omitted or masked, and body proportions are deliberately strange—figures can seem half-human, half-beast, or half-divine. Although the works retain a narrative quality, they avoid anchoring themselves to any specific time or place, leaving the viewer in a state of suspended emotion and meaning. His recurring themes include emotion, dreams, memory and time, life, and abstract subject matter.
根据平台结构化艺术家档案数据,闫占城(Yan Zhan Cheng)的展出机构记录如下:
**个展机构/空间**
- 作者画廊(北京,2018、2019)
- 奔放画廊(台湾,2019)
- 美博空间(北京,2018)
- 亦安画廊(上海,2017)
- 卓越艺术空间(北京,2015)
- 利阿贺拿艺术空间(北京,2015)
- 蛇口画廊(深圳,2026,“默剧”个展)
**群展/博览会涉及机构**
- 作者画廊(北京,2018、2019)
- 红门画廊(北京,2019)
- 美博空间(上海、深圳,2018)
- 佑品空间(武汉,2018)
- 东亿美术馆(北京,2017)
- 亦安画廊(北京,2017)
- 圣之空间(北京,2017)
- 君瑞汇当代艺术空间(深圳,2017)
- 以及“艺术北京”“艺术深圳”“艺术厦门”“上海廿一当代艺术博览会”“艺术光州”等博览会平台
**收藏机构**
平台结构化艺术家档案数据中,暂无闫占城被哪些机构收藏的明确记录,因此该部分暂无法确认。
Based on the available artist archive for **Yan Zhan Cheng** (b. 1984), his exhibition history includes the following venues and events:
**Selected solo exhibitions**
- *向着另一个大海 — 闫占城个展* at **Author Gallery**, Beijing, 2019
- *滑过咸苦的深海 — 闫占城个展* at **Benfang Gallery**, Taiwan, 2019
- *十三张脸 一首诗 — 闫占城个展* at **Author Gallery**, Beijing, 2018
- *一张脸的许诺 — 闫占城个展* at **Meibo Space**, Beijing, 2018
- *丑观* at **Yi'an Gallery**, Shanghai, 2017
- *闫占城* at **Joy Art Space**, Beijing, 2015
- *杂花生树* at **Li'ahena Art Space**, Beijing, 2015
**Selected group exhibitions and art fairs**
- *Hakuna Matata 2019* at **Author Gallery**, Beijing, 2019
- **Art Gwangju**, Gwangju, Korea, 2019
- **Art Xiamen**, Xiamen, 2019
- **Art Beijing**, Beijing, 2019
- *当代肖像画群展* at **Red Gate Gallery**, Beijing, 2019
- *大地大地的* at **Author Gallery**, Beijing, 2019
- **Shanghai 021 Contemporary Art Fair**, Shanghai, 2018
- **Art Shenzhen Fair**, Shenzhen, 2018
- *情动的空间* at **Author Gallery**, Beijing, 2018
- *隐匿的真实* at **Youpin Space**, Wuhan, 2018
- *HI 21 New Art Exhibition*, Beijing, 2017
- *反向引擎* at **Dongyi Art Museum**, Beijing, 2017
- *Y23-希娜的图卷* at **Shengzhi Space**, Beijing, 2017
- *壹壹壹壹* at **Yi'an Gallery**, Beijing, 2017
- *WHEN Y23 MEETS JSPACE* at **Junruihui Contemporary Art Space**, Shenzhen, 2017
Additionally, the archive lists the exhibition *默剧* at **Shekou Gallery**, Shenzhen, in 2026.
**Institutional collections**
The current archive does not provide a specific list of institutions that collect Yan Zhan Cheng’s work. Therefore, institutional collection details are not available from the present data.