QIU ZHENZHONG | studio
Qiu Zhenzhong
(b. 1947, Nanchang, China)
Education Master of Fine Arts, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Fine Arts), 1981
Bachelor of Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Hydraulic and Electricity, 1970
Present Professor, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1995-1997 Guest Professor, Nara Education University, Japan
1994-1995 Professor, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts
1981-1994 Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Jiangxi Normal University
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Words & Silence: Poetry and Philosophy in Calligraphy, Zhongguancun No.1, Beijing, China
2016 Ainai: Ink Painting by Qiu Zhenzhong, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2015 Qiu Zhenzhong: Origin and Formation, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Itinerant exhibitions in: Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
Jiangsu Modern Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Jiangxi Art Museum, Nanchang, China
Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2013 Calligraphy Works of Qiu Zhenzhong, Prince Gong’s Palace, Beijing, China
2012 From Romance of the West Chamber to Matisse: Ink Painting by Qiu
Zhenzhong, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
2010 A Possible World: Calligraphy Works by Qiu Zhenzhong, Museum of Jianxi
Normal University, Nanchang, China
2001 Calligraphy Works of Qiu Zhenzhong, Yantai Painting Academy, China
Calligraphy Works of Qiu Zhenzhong, Dongguan Keyuan Museum, China
2000 Calligraphy Works of Qiu Zhenzhong, Baotou Museum, China
1997 From Calligraphy to Contemporary Painting: Works by Qiu Zhenzhong, Nara Cultural Hall, Japan
1996 Calligraphy Works of Qiu Zhenzhong, Geneva Saint-Legar Gallery, Switzerland
1989 The First Four Series: Calligraphy Works by Qiu Zhenzhong, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
2024 THE BIENNALE ARTE 2024: The 60th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy
2022 Writing and Boundary: 6th Kunming Art Biennale, Yunnan Art Museum, China
New Impressionism: The Third Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art Masters, Cui Zhenkuan Art Museum in Xi'an, China
2020 Educating People with Aesthetics: Shenzhen Futian Art Museum Opening Invitation Exhibition, Shenzhen Futian Art Museum, China
New Impressionism: The Second Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art Masters, Cui Zhenkuan Art Museum in Xi'an, China
Community 2020- Shenzhen Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, China Shenzhen Maritime World Cultural and Art Center, China
2019 Hidden Narrative: Current Situation and Ecological Research of Contemporary Art in China, Beijing Today Art Museum, China
2018 Dimensions of Freedom (the 6th), Casares Museum, Italy
2016 Mutualism: Contemporary Ink Paintings Exhibition, China Culture Centre Sydney, Australia
2014 Writing and Silence, Mingyuan Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Words are always scarce, Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai, China
2013 Between Character and Calligraphy II: Wang Dongling, Qiu Zhenzhong and Xu Bin, OCAT Contemporary Art Gallery, Xi’an, China
Beyond Black and White: Chinese Contemporary Abstract Ink, Pearl Lam
Galleries, Shanghai, China
Hermit’s Springs: Calligraphy, Landscape Painting and Garden-making, West
Lake Expo Museum, Hangzhou, China
Calligraphy Exhibition from National Art Museum of China, National Art
Museum of China, Beijing, China
2012 Between Character and Calligraphy: Wang Dongling, Qiu Zhenzhong and Xu Bin, OCT Contemporary Art Center, Shenzhen, China
Looking Back: Chinese Abstract Ink Since 1980s, Hong Kong, Pearl Lam Galleries
Ink Prototype, Sanchuan Art Museum, Nanjing, China
2011 Alps in the Eyes of Chinese Artists, The Swiss Association for Landscaping Culture, Sw itzerland
The Art of Writing, Art Forum Kurhausplatz, Germany
2010 Sequel to Lanting Xu, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
International Exhibition of Contemporary Calligraphy, Museum of China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
2008 Impressionistic Style: 30 Years of Abstractionism in China, Caixa Forum Palma, Madrid, Spain
The 6th Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennale, Shenzhen, China
2007 Songzhuang Ink Alliance: The 2nd Exhibition of Ink Artists, Beijing, China
2006 International Exhibition of Contemporary Color Ink, San Francisco Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, China
2005 Calligraphy/Non-calligraphy: An Open Chinese Calligraphy, Museum of China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
2004 Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Asian Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2003 The First Exhibition of Best Chinese Calligraphers, Ueno Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Living Now: 29 Contemporary Artists from China, National Gallery, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum for Modern Art – Berlin, Germany
Marks: Exhibition of 10 Chinese Contemporary Artists, Cornell University, U.S.
Beijing-Dachau: Works of Chinese and German Artists, Dachau Castle, Germany
Exhibition of Eight Chinese and Korean Artists, White Mountain Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2000 At the Gate of New Century: Chinese Art 1979-1999, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China
Exhibition of Japan-China Calligraphy Works, Tokyo, Japan and Xian, China
1999 Exhibition of Works on Characters from East Asia, Seoul Art Palace, South Korea
1999 International Calligraphy Exhibition, Chollabuk-do Gallery, South Korea
’99 Neo-Waves: Exhibition of Contemporary Calligraphy, Seoul Doul Art Center, South Korea
1998 Paris-China Contemporary Calligraphy Exhibition, Paris Sorbonne University, France
Tradition and Reflection: Exhibition of Contemporary Art, German Embassy to China, Beijing, China
Awards
2014 Orchid Pavilion Award of Chinese Calligraphy, Art Award, Shaoxing, China
2013 The 10th Shanghai Literature Award, Poetry Award, Shanghai, China
2013 Chonbuk International Calligraphy Biennale, Golden Prize, Korea
2009 Selected the 35 Most Respected Calligraphy Critics and the 35 Best Calligraphy Theorists by Shupu Magazine, Hong Kong
Selected Lectures and Other Activities
2011 Lecture on Chinese traditional culture and thinking, Stanford University, Stanford, U.S.A.
2009 Keynote Speech at World Design Congress, Beijing, China
2007 Art Consultant (Ink) for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony
2001 Participated the China-Germany Joint Artists Program sponsored by the City of Dachau, Germany
Chaired a doctoral dissertation committee of Department of Philosophy, Wuhan University
1998 Attended International Symposium on Chinese Calligraphy, Paris, France