QIN QI

b. 1975, Xi’ an, China

 

Qin Qi graduated from the Department of Oil Painting at the Lu Xun Academy in Shenyang in 1999. He received his Master Degree from Lu Xun Academy in 2002 and teaches at Lu Xun Academy since 2002. Now He works and lives in Shenyang.

 

His works are characterized by a surreal dimension, through which he strives to depict things taken from a familiar context and represented with a reconfiguration of their concepts. His compositions are characterized by still life, real landscapes, dream-like situations and sketches from nature, all different elements that he has rationally chosen to assemble together in order to prove the coexistence of many different worlds. Qin Qi is a visual thinker and his compositions, no matter often permeated by a sense of ambiguity; appear as subtle representations of a consciousness that goes beyond forms to reach their more remote meanings.

 

Qin Qi’s recent solo exhibitions include “Qin Qi: Figures Series”, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (China, 2022); “Heavenly Bodies In The South – Qin Qi & Rodel Tapaya Duo Exhibition”, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen (China, 2020); ”Fragrance of the Night“, Tang Contemporary Art, (Hong Kong SAR, 2019); “Qin Qi”, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (China, 2017), etc. Recent group exhibitions include “Fragment with Dusty Light”, Tang Contemporary Art, Seoul (Korea, 2022);  “2021 Spring Fever”, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing (China, 2021); “Big Times”, KWM artcenter, Beijing (China, 2021); “echo among Geographies”, Tang Contemporary Art (Hong Kong SAR, 2020);  “Technology”, Hubei Museum of Art, Fine Arts Literature Art Center, Wuhan(China, 2020), etc. He was also part of Guangzhou Triennale and Nanjing Triennale.