Wei Qingji

1971, Qingdao Shandong China

Introduction

Wei Qingji was born in Qingdao, Shandong, China in 1971. In 1995, he graduated from Chinese Art Department, Nankai University, Bachelor of Arts. In 2003, he graduated from, Mural Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, Postgraduate. In 2006, he received Dr. Joseph K.W. Li Arts Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council, Hong Kong. Finally, in 2008, he graduated from the Wuhan University of Technology, College of Art and Design, Master of Arts. He is currently an Associate Professor in the College of Fine Arts, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020   

  • Image and Beyond, XY Gallery, Guangzhou, China

2008   

  • Wei Qingji 2005 – 2007, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2006  
  • Thing-Form 2005-2006, Marseille III University, France
  • The Property of Memory, High Land Gallery, Beijing, China
1999  
  • Wei Qingji Painting Exhibition, Brush Work Gallery, San Francisco, USA 


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024                       

  • The Glory of Ink Painting: From Lingnan School pf Painting to Greater Bay Area Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition, Inaugural Project, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

2023-2024  

  • The 7th Anniversary Cross-Year Exhibition of Annual Review of Chinese Contemporary Ink: Five Solos in One ABCDE, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China

2023        

2019        

  • Spearhead: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Ink Wash, Shanghai Ming Yuan Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2017        

  • In Flux: Chinese Contemporary Art, Alisan Fine Arts, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2013       
  • The Eternal Tao: New Dimensions in Chinese Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
  • Venice Biennale Satellite Exhibition: The Persistence of Impermanence, Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italy
2012 
  • Ink:The Art of China, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
  • Research Exhibition on the Post-70s Generation: Rejoice in Distinctive Creation, Wuhan Museum of Art, China
  • 100 Years of Chinese Ink Painting, Louvre, Pairs, France
2011 
2010
  • Dragon-from Museum Collections and Sigg Collections, Sankturbanhof Sursee, Switzerland
2006
  • The Exhibition of Chinese Painting Documentaries, Museum of Nanjing, Nanjing, China
  • 1st Annual Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • Meditation and Narration-Contemporary Ink Exhibition, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
  • International Modern Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition, Asian Cultural Centre, New York, USA
  • China International Gallery Exposition 2006, Exhibition Hall of China World Trade Center, Beijing, China
  • Shanghai New Ink Painting Exhibition, Zhe Qizhan Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
  • Un Peu D’Alice II, Marseille/Aix, France
  • Expressions of Contemporary Chinese Ink and Wash, Gallery of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
2005
  • Ink and Paper-Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Kunsthalle Weimar, Germany
  • 2nd Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China
  • Exhibition of Contemporary Ink and Wash Painting, Art Museum of Seoul, Korea
2004
  • Dot/Proliferation and Penetration, National Gallery of Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 19th Asian International Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Museum of Asia Art, Japan
  • Democracy Forever, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA
2003
  • Moving On - Contemporary Art from China, NUS Museum, Singapore
  • Made in China, Daniel and Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation, France
2002
  • 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
  • 2002 4th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2001
  • City Slang, He Xiangning Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
  • Human Scenery, China Art Archives, and Warehouse, Beijing, China
  • China:20 Years of Ink and Wash Experiment, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
  • Dusseldorf International Exhibition of Arts, Dusseldorf Trade Centre, Germany
  • Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Mantova Young Museum, Italy
  • 1st Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China
2000
  • New Chinese Painting Exhibition, Liu Haisu Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
1999
  • The Interaction of Ink Painting and Installation, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
1997
  • Chinese Art Exhibition, Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
1993
  • 2nd Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition, Yangzi River Museum of Art, Wuhan, China

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Mantova Young Museum, Italy
Daniel and Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation, France
Conseil General des Yvelines, France
Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
NUS Museums, Singapore
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Nankai University, Nanjing, China
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Chen Yi Art Foundation, Hong Kong