Sheng Qi

Sheng Qi came to public attention in 1985 as a key member of China's "New Art Movement." The circle organized a series of collective performance events under the title Concept 21. Most of these involved the participants painting their bodies or wrapping themselves in white cloth while running on the Great Wall, cycling, and doing martial arts and other symbol-laden activities. The end of the 1980s was a turbulent time for performance art in China, and Sheng left Beijing for Europe where he stayed for eight years. He left some of himself behind, though. In a ceremony marking his departure, he cut off the small finger of his left hand and buried it in a flower pot. Since then he has earned a master's degree from London's prestigious St. Martin's Academy of Art and Design, and participated in exhibitions in Europe, Mexico and the United States, including the much-hyped (1998) Inside-Out exhibition in New York that showcased contemporary Chinese art. His performance works as well as his photo-collages and paintings center around issues of identity, sexuality and communication.[1]
Many of his recent photos feature the artist himself wearing a military shirt (pinned with a red ribbon), his head covered in red silk, and a bird or butterf...

1998 Graduated with an MFA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London
Email：ArtistShengQi@gmail.com

Sheng Qi solo exhibitions
2014 "Sheng Qi" Galerie Daniel Besseiche, Geneve
2012 "Post Mao" Hua Gallery, London
2011 "Square" Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Los Angeles
2010 "My painting has no colour" Poligono Gallery, Marbella 
2009 "New Paintings" F2 Gallery, Beijing
"China: Fluid Witness" Opal Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Sheng Qi" Galerie Bork Copenhagen
2008 "Most Wanted" Cramer contemporary, Geneva
Sheng Qi group exhibitions
2008
Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the collection
of Kent and Vicki Logan, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
2007
Zhu Yi! Fotografia actual en China, ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte
Contemporaneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz
2006
RedGate Gallery’s 15th Anniversary
Mobile Socialism, Contemporary Art, 798 / Beijing
2005
Observing the Senses, Red Gate Gallery
Body Scape, ARC One Gallery, Melbourne; RedGate Gallery
2004
Between Past and Future, International Center of Photography, NY
Over A Billion Served, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
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