Sheng Qi

Profile

1965 Born in Hefei
1988 Graduated from the Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing
1989-1992 Lived and worked in Roma
1998 Graduated with an MFA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London
Present Living and working in Beijing


Solo Exhibitions

2006 Salute to Artists, 798/ Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
Confidential, F2 Gallery. Beijing
2004 madness and Appropriation, Red Gate Gallery
2003 Transcription, Red Gate Gallery
2000 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Mass Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Nine Pigeons + Nurse + Sheng Qi, Beijing
Are You Willing to Shake My Hand? Tokyo
1997 Fortune Cookies, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London


Group Exhibitions
2006 Mobile Socialism, A Contemporary Art Exhibition, 798 Beijing
2004 Between Past and Future, International Center of Photography, NY
Over A Billion Served, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
China’s Photography Painting, Art Season Gallery, Beijing
2002 Beijing Afloat, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects. Beijing
2001 Clues to the Future ? Red Gate Gallery’s 10th Anniversary
2000 Post ? Material, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
1999 Departure from China, Beijing Design Museum
4th NIPAF Asian Performance Art Series & NIPAF Contemporary Art Seminar, Nagoya, Tokyo, Nagano
8th Mexican International Performance Exhibition, Mexico City
1998 Inside Out: New Chinese Art, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
1993 China Avant-Garde, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1989 China Avant-Garde, National Art Gallery of China (NAGC), Beijing
1988 Great Earthquake, Great Wall, Beijing University
1986 ?1987Concept 21 ? Tai Ji, Great Wall, Beijing University



Published works
On Newsweek, BBC, CNN etc.


Collections
International Center of Photography (ICP), The U.S embassy to P.R China, Sotheby’s Auction House Australia, UK, Canada and local private collections


Reference Material
2004 Newsweek, Aug.9, pp.45
1999 Gary Jones, Living Art the Finger: Beijing’s Avant-Garde Extremists,
2000 Sunday Morning Post (Magazine), pp. 6 - 9
Newsweek, July ? September, pp. 86 - 88
The Australian Magazine, April, pp. 27 - 29
1999 Zhang Nianchao, China New Art, pp. 36 - 41
Back-Forth and Right-Left (Catalogue)
World AIDS Day in Beijing, Beijing Scene, December 10 - 16, pg. 12