Wang Chuan was born in Chengdu in 1953. He graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 1982 with BA Degree. Solo Exhibitions: 2007, My Landscape, Si Heyuan Gallery, Beijing, China; 2006, Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen PR. Of China, Shenzhen, China; 2001, Trace of Life – a retrospective exhibition of Arts Paintings by Wang Chuan, He Xiangning Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China; 2000, Diary of a Reflective life – Wang Chuan Ink Paintings, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China.

Group Exhibitions: 2009, Where the Spirit Lives: Exhibition on the Occasion of 100th Anniversary of Abstract Paintings, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China; 2008, Yi School 30 Years of China, Towards the Post – abstract, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China; 2007, Ink Had Five Colors, Beijing PIFO New Art Studios, Beijing, China; 2006, Tow Artists Exhibition – Wang Chuan and Yan Shanchun, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong; 2005, Retrospection of Experimental Ink and Wash(1985-2000), Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China.

Born in 1953 in Chengdu, Wang Chuan started realistic painting in 1960s. He received a Bachelor's degree in Chinese painting from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 1978 and moved to Shenzhen in 1984. The city, undergoing rapid development and bursting with urban vibrancy, witnessed Wang Chuan's representational style transition from realistic to abstract.

A health problem forced the artist to move to the United States in 1997, and he began practicing Buddhism soon after. After moving back to China in 2002, the artist has been based mainly in Shenzhen and Beijing.

His works are in the collections of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Norway National Art Museum, the Guangdong Art Museum, and the Hong Kong Museum of Art.