Chase Chen is an internationally recognized artist, renown for his virtuoso technique in creating representative works of art. Born in Shanghai in 1959, he trained at the Shanghai Art Academy, one of China's top art colleges, and later taught fine arts at the prestigious Jiao Tung University.

"My sensibility is very much from Shanghai," he observes. "I'm a perfectionist. I believe there must be some truth in what I am doing. The world of my art echoes ordinariness. I don't believe ostensible subject. I know those who shares my experience, my work will be close to their heart. "

Chen is a romantic, possessed of lofty integrity. He approaches his work with a smoldering vigor and iron discipline. His goals are an almost unattainable perfection. He is a stunning portraitist. Recent years he has been painting his friend's family. He is trying to generate a passage of time that is parallel to life. His brushwork conveys a painterliness that makes the surface appear to vibrate.

People are drawn to his method as much as to the subject depicted. Today the artist is based in Los Angeles, but he frequently travels back to China, to which he continues to feel close personal ties. His drawings and paintings have found avid collectors, and he enjoys a busy international exhibition schedule. Chen has shown at art galleries from Nina Frost in Santa Monica to the Forum Gallery in New York; from Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo to Gallery Nippon in Nagoya. His drawings and paintings have been featured in prestigious art fairs such as Art Asia in Hong Kong, Art Miami, and Art Singapore. In 2006 he was part of a group show at the noted Shanghai Art Museum.

Chase's work was often shown at Christie's auction. Many images were placed at centre fold of the catalog, one on the cover. 2007 Guardian auction, (most important auction house in China.) The image was place at center fold of the catalog. His recent travels back to Shanghai have opened his eyes to an evolving metropolis, a world-class city bursting with commerce, enterprise, and creativity. This inspired in him a desire to create something for the city, something which will be lasting, meaningful, and forward-looking. And thus the "Sprout" project.