我-----一个独立的军人艺术家
在穿上军装之前，我早已立下了做艺术家的理想，并对当代艺术一直保持着相当的关注。
1984年，毕业于南京晓庄师范美术系，做了几年的小学美术教师，后来就考了南京艺术学院的版画系。
1991年，毕业后我就进了部队文工团，从事舞台美术的工作。在部队一干就是近二十年。
从此我就成了“部队里的业余画家”。此后多年，我的生活大致可划分为两大块，一边是军营的稳定生活，一边是多种类型的艺术尝试——从架上作品到观念摄影、行为艺术等等，此外，自1994年起，我还时常以策展人的身份出现，其中以1995年开始的《百家姓系列》系列活动最为令人瞩目。
部队里的文艺团体相对还是比较宽松的，对我没有太多的限制。当然这肯定跟当代艺术还是有矛盾，但就看你怎么协调，我个人是把工作和艺术分开处理。
1997年我在做《百家姓系列》作品的同时开始《英雄系列》的创作，这件作品的创作纯属偶然。
这一年我们团排演话剧，出于好玩我穿上演员穿的五十年代的道具军装拍了一张照片，没有想到效果很好，很像作品，于是我就把它放的很大，参加了同年在南京的一个展览。
之后1997年——2002年，正直中国观念摄影热的时期，我就带着它参加了国内外不少展出，参加各种展览时又让观众在前面留影，然后再把许多的留影合在一起再次展出。同时也根据照片复制了大大小小不少油画作品。
2002年我又把“穿军装的我”做成了雕塑，为了把一个平凡的人塑造成可爱的英雄，我想到了毛泽东，想到了雷锋，想到了小时侯看过的木偶小八路，想到了兵马俑，想到了无锡的大阿福，想到了泥人张，想到了卡通艺术。但更多的是想到自己，其实我想要表达的是对自己的怀疑，对身份的怀疑，甚至是对“人”的怀疑。在完成这雕塑作品时，我抛弃了一切技术手段，完全像小孩玩泥巴一样，因为我没有学过雕塑，所以一切反而变得简单了。
2003年，取名《英雄系列》的雕塑参加了一个群展，首次在上海多伦美术馆亮相。
2004年，我开始尝试着把这组雕塑画成油画。
2004年6月，做为红门画廊的第一位中国访问艺术家来到北京，后留在北京从事艺术创作。
到了北京后，我继续把这组《英雄系列》雕塑画成了油画。
2005年这项工作得到了全面的展开，手法上越来越成熟，面貌也越来越明确，得到绝大多数人的认可和好评。
2006年底在北京798的千年时间画廊Beijing Millennium Time Gallery做了个展-----《英雄的造像》。同年，作品《英雄NO.12》被中国美术馆（China national Museum of Fine Arts）收藏。
2007年分别在北京想象画廊（Beijing Imagine Gallery）和香港一画廊(Hongkong Yan Gallery)举办个展
今年2008年我又在北京今日美术馆(Beijing Today Art Museum)成功举办了大型个展-----《最可爱的人》
近年来，大家谈论最多的就是我的《英雄系列》作品，而“英雄”在很多人眼里都快要成为我的标志，不是我去找符号，而是符号找到了我。目前依然是军人的我认为这些创作有一种半自传体的性质，同时其中还包括着自己对社会理想的一种期待————
By Shen Jingdong:
In 1997, while I was making "the Book of Hundred Surnames Series" work, I simultaneously started the creation of "Hero Series", which was purely accidental. At that time I was already for the 7th year in the army cultural work group. Although these seven years served the army, psychologically, being continuously in the army’s creation way was starting to be repellent.
In 1997 our cultural group rolled the rehearsal modern drama "Tiger To be apart from Clock Mountain", which amused me as I tried a 50’s military uniform from an actor and I shoot a picture; the effect was pretty good and it turned out like a piece of art, then I printed it big.
Thereupon I did in the same year a solo exhibition in Nanjing, which I named "Image of Great Person".
Afterwards from 1997 to 2002, I participated in many local and foreign exhibitions, where the audience would take a photo souvenir in front of the image, then I would exhibit these photo souvenir in following exhibitions.
Simultaneously I had also working in many oil paintings according to the pictures done and subject.
In 2002 while in Nanjing, I made "Image of Great Person" in sculptures, in order to portray an ordinary person to lovable hero, thinking of Mao Zedong, Lei Feng, Xiao Balu puppet of my childhood, the Xian warriors, Wuxi Da Afu toy, Zhang China figurines and Japan's cartoon art.
What the most but to think by yourself; actually I wanted to express my own doubt to myself, even the general human doubt. While completing this sculpture work, I abandoned all technical methods, completely playing the mud like a child, and because I haven’t studied sculpture, everything changed to simple.
"Heroic Series" sculptures in 2003 joins "Dissimilar Same ---- China and Slovenia Art Exchange Exhibition", for the first time in the Shanghai Duolun art museum.
In 2004, I started to attempt to paint this group of sculptures.
In June 2004, I was the first artist invited for the launch of Chinese artist-in-residence program by Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, and I then kept engaged in the Beijing artistic creation.
In 2006 all of this previous work obtained comprehensive launching, as the technique became more and more mature, the appearance also more and more clear, approved and highly praised by an overwhelming majority of people.
Thinking of these 10 years, I am a serviceman, with an independent artist posture, not much cheered, not having much commercial opportunities and few exhibitions, but just keeping a deep love for art
In 1997, while I was making "the Book of Hundred Surnames Series" work, I simultaneously started the creation of "Hero Series", which was purely accidental. At that time I was already for the 7th year in the army cultural work group. Although these seven years served the army, psychologically, being continuously in the army’s creation way was starting to be repellent.
In 1997 our cultural group rolled the rehearsal modern drama "Tiger To be apart from Clock Mountain", which amused me as I tried a 50’s military uniform from an actor and I shoot a picture; the effect was pretty good and it turned out like a piece of art, then I printed it big.
Thereupon I did in the same year a solo exhibition in Nanjing, which I named "Image of Great Person".
Afterwards from 1997 to 2002, I participated in many local and foreign exhibitions, where the audience would take a photo souvenir in front of the image, then I would exhibit these photo souvenir in following exhibitions.
Simultaneously I had also working in many oil paintings according to the pictures done and subject.
In 2002 while in Nanjing, I made "Image of Great Person" in sculptures, in order to portray an ordinary person to lovable hero, thinking of Mao Zedong, Lei Feng, Xiao Balu puppet of my childhood, the Xian warriors, Wuxi Da Afu toy, Zhang China figurines and Japan's cartoon art.
What the most but to think by yourself; actually I wanted to express my own doubt to myself, even the general human doubt. While completing this sculpture work, I abandoned all technical methods, completely playing the mud like a child, and because I haven’t studied sculpture, everything changed to simple.
"Heroic Series" sculptures in 2003 joins "Dissimilar Same ---- China and Slovenia Art Exchange Exhibition", for the first time in the Shanghai Duolun art museum.
In 2004, I started to attempt to paint this group of sculptures.
In June 2004, I was the first artist invited for the launch of Chinese artist-in-residence program by Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, and I then kept engaged in the Beijing artistic creation.
In 2006 all of this previous work obtained comprehensive launching, as the technique became more and more mature, the appearance also more and more clear, approved and highly praised by an overwhelming majority of people.
Thinking of these 10 years, I am a serviceman, with an independent artist posture, not much cheered, not having much commercial opportunities and few exhibitions, but just keeping a deep love for art
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