Born 1981 in Huzhou, Zhejiang, China
Lives and works in Shanghai/Hangzhou, China
Education
2012
Instructor at Oil Painting Department of China Academy of Art.
2007
Graduate from the Oil Painting Department of China Academy of Art, Conferred Master’s Degree
Solo Exhibitions
2024
'Dicoria', Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
2023
'Pose of Beauty', Song Art Museum, Beijing, China
2022
'Outline', Almine Rech, Shanghai, China
2020
'Display and Replay', Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Blow-Up, Almine Rech, London, UK
East of Eden, Galerie Eigen+Art, Berlin, Germany
2019
Li Qing: Rear Windows, Prada Rong Zhai, Shanghai, China
Li Qing: Self-Cultivation, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2017
Li Qing: Seascapes-Frame at Frieze New York 2017, New York, USA
2016
Li Qing Solo Project, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China
2015
A Suite of Eight Rooms, Arario Museum, Seoul, Korea
Cathedral, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2014
‘Blow-UP, Li Qing Independent Project, 9㎡ Museum in Goethe Institute, Department for Culture and Education of the German Consulate General, Shanghai, China
2013
In The Vicinity, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China
2012
Interweaving, The Orient Foundation, Macao, China
2010
Drift, Tomás y Valiente Art Centre, Madrid, Spain
2008
Ghosting, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2006
Finding Together, F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
2024
'On Stories', Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
'50——90: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum', Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
2023
‘Bordercrossing. Possibilities and Interactions’, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
'Follow the Rabbit. Taking stock of a collection and its reception through contemporary Chinese art', Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus, Austria
'A Leisurely Stroll - The Tenth Anniversary of The Long Museum', Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
'The Bright Side of The Desert Moon Noor Riyadh Festival', Noor Riyadh Festival, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
'A Theatre of Waiting', The Cloud Collection, Nanjing, China
'Upstairs Cities', ASE Foundation, Shanghai, China
2022
'We Paint!', Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
'Polyphonic Writing - The Group Exhibition of Four Artists Yang Shu, Qi Lan, Tu Hongtao and Li Qing', Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2020
Necessary Emptiness—Temporality: OCAT Nanjing Public Art Project 2020, OCAT Nanjing Qixia Exhibition Site, Nanjing, China
The First Day, Every Day, West Bund Art Fair: French Consulate General in Shanghai Special Exhibition, Shanghai, China
New West Lake, Aurora Museum, Shanghai, China
Flowing Space, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
As Time Goes By...New Stories from the Garden, The Surging Wave Pavilion, Suzhou, China
No Man is an Island, Almine Rech, London, UK
K11 Architecture Festival-The Resurgence of Wooden Architecture, chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
63% Rhetoric: Case Study of A Chinese Contemporary Art Collection, Golden Eagle Contemporary Art Center, Nanjing, China
Saisen Art Collection Chinese Contemporary Art 1996-2019, Saisen Art, Shanghai, China
Spring, Almine Rech, Shanghai, China
2019
Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), Musée des Beaux-arts de Tourcoing (MUba), Lille, France
New Art History: 2000-2018 Chinese Contemporary Art, MOCA Yinchuan, Yinchuan, China
From The Margins To The Middle: Urban Symbiosis Project, An Art Museum, Beijing, China
Symbiosis: The Intertextuality of Art and Poetry, OCAT Shenzhen,
Shenzhen, China
Conceptual & Disposition, Art Museum of HIFA, Wuhan, China
West Lake – Breaking Open, Galerie Eigen+Art, Berlin, Germany
Habitat, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore
2018
Brilliant City, David Zwirner, Hong Kong, China
Turning Point – 40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
Our Actions Are Our Future – A Zero Hunger World by 2030 is Possible, The Enjoy Museum of Art, Beijing, China
Dream Video 100, Shanghai, China
Encounter Asia, Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
Other Voices, Other Spaces, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Songjiang Painters, N3 Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Link of Image, Museum of Shanghai Painting and Sculpture Institute, Shanghai, China
2017
Jean-François Prat Prize, Bredin Prat Foundation, Paris, France
A New Ballardian Vision, Metro Pictures, New York, USA
Anren Biennale, Chengdu, China
Interaction: Contemporary Chinese Art in Nuremberg,
Konfuzius-Institut Nurnberg-Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany
Rip It Up: 2nd Changjiang International Photography and Video Biennale,
Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China
All Happens after Sunset, MoCA Pavilion, Shanghai, China
2016
Temporary Museum, Museum of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts,
Shanghai, China
The Decameron-BMCA Documenting Art, Beijing, China
Historicode-Scarcity & Supply: Nanjing International Art Festival,
Nanjing, China
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
New Capital, Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu, Chengdu, China
Dissensus Agitation-The Painting to Language, Today Art Museum,
Beijing, China
By Destiny, Arario Museum, Jeju, Korea
2015
Copyleft: China Appropriation Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
The System of Objects, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Within Sight: Chinese New Painting at Post Financial Crisis Era, Taylor Association of Artists, Paris, France
The 2nd “CAFAM · Future” Exhibition Tracking Program: Future Formula, Beijing, China
2014
Re-View: Opening Exhibition of Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
The Sociology of Oneself, Eslite Gallery, Taipei
2013
The 55th Biennale Di Venizia Special Invitation Exhibition: Passage to History-La Biennele di Venizia and Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
Pure Views: Transformations of Chinese Contemporary Art, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Mirror and Shadow: Contemporary Art from China, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Pure Views: New Paintings From China, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2012
Reactivation: The 9th Shanghai Biennale Thematic Exhibition,
Shanghai, China
Round Table: The 9th Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition:
Ctrl+N · Non-linear Practice, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Paesaggi Visioni Ricordi, Veneto Science & Technology & Art Museum, Venice, Italy
Forms of the Formless, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
Sub-phenomena, CAFAM · Future, CAFA Art Museum, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2011
Community of Tastes: Chinese Contemporary Art from 2000,
São Paulo Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo, Brasil
Pure Views: New Painting From China, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Urban Utopia- Deutsche Bank Collection, Hong Kong, China
Fly Through The Tropo-Sphere: Memo of The New Generation Painting, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Changing Vistas · Creative Duration: The 5th Chengdu Biennale,
Chengdu, China
2010
Reshaping History: Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
Community of Tastes: Chinese Contemporary Art from 2000, Chile Museum of Contemporary Art Santiago, Chile
São Paulo Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo, Brasil
Pure Views: New Painting From China, Louise Blouin Foundation,
London, UK
2009
Prague Biennale 4, Karlin Hall, Prague, Czech
City-net Asia 2009, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2008
Asia-the 3rd Nanjing Triennial, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
The Revolution Continues- New Chinese Art, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
55 Days in Valencia-Chinese Art Meeting, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
China Gold-Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum Maillol, Paris, France
2007
Time Difference-New Art from China and USA, Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UKEnergy: Spirit · Body · Material - The 1st Today’s Documents, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Beyond Image-Chinese New Painting, Shanghai Art Museum,
Shanghai, China
2006
Beyond Dimension-Chinese New Painting, Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
2005
Future archeology-the 2nd triennial of Chinese art, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
Young Chinese Contemporary Art, Hangar-7, Salzburg, Austria
Public Collection:
Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
IVAM/Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Rubell Museum, Miami, USA
Deutsche Bank, Germany
Arario Museum, Seoul/Jeju, Korea
Kistefos Museum：Christen Svevaas Art Collection, Oslo, Norway
Initial Access：Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton, UK
Bredin Prat Foundation, Paris, France
DSL Foundation, Paris, France
Art at Swiss Re, Zurich, Switzerland
Logan Foundation, San Francisco, USA
Australia China Art Foundation，Melbourne，Australia
Art & Culture Foundation(IAC) of Spain, Madrid, Spain
Long Museum, Shanghai, China
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
Star Museum, Shanghai, China
Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, China
CC Foundation, Shanghai, China
Fosun Foundation, Shanghai, China
New Century Art Foundation, Beijing, China
Live Forever Foundation, Taichung
Mountain Art Culture & Education Foundation, Taipei
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Awards
2017
Shortlisted for the Jean-François Prat Prize 2017
