1985-90. Employed at publishing houses, research institutes and universities
1996. Moved to Berlin, Germany
1999. Moved to Boston
2004. Marriage in Beijing with Wang Shujen
He lives and works in China, Germany and the USA
Qin Feng says about himself " I have an ink complex". It is a hate-love because actually he wants to work with completely different materials. He wants to create installations as in the 80's of the chinese avant-garde. The young chinese artists considered ink painting as too traditional, obsolete and boring. However the ink keeps sneaking back into Qin Feng's heart.
Qin Feng uses his education in the traditional chinese calligraphy for his works. Additionally he paints nature, life and the universe in a spiritual way together with his experiences on travelling,openness and an expressiv style of painting.
Boisterous long channels of vey fine paper are painted with ink, then washed, single straps are cut out, initials stamped, emble over emblem, paper is put over paper, so that it is possible to acquire a piece which does not deny the trasdition but units with the spirit of the age. Qin Feng's youngest project is "CivilizationLandscapes" - painted channels of paper, folded as Leporello and bounded in leashes. Folded landscapes, thoughts and ideas, which one can carry around under his arm.
Already in 1998 the Raab Galery had displayed works of Qin Feng and we are delighted to see his works and him after six years again.
Biography
1961. Born in Xinjiang, China
1985. Graduated from the Shangdong Art Institue, Shandong, China
1985-90. Employed at publishing houses, research institutes and universities
1996. Moved to Berlin, Germany
1997. Invited by the City of Berlin to serve as the Curator for Sino-German Cultural Exchange
1999. Moved to Boston
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2003. Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York; Paragold International Art Center, Shanhai, China
2000. Tremont Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1999. Leucorea, Martin Luther University, Halle/Wittenberg, Germany
1998. Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Selected Joint Exhibitions
2003. Up Down Left Right, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York; Drawing the Line, Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, Californien; Chinese Art Today, The Millennium Building, Beijing, China
2002. Recollection Reconnection, Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; Yesterday and Other Stories, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York
2001. Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston; Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York; The Knowledge Is Power Art Exhibition, Beijing Literary Center, Beijing
2000. South Boston Art Center, Boston, Massachusetts
1999. International Art Exhibition, Cologne, Germany; Asian Modern Paintings Auction, Christie's, London, U.K.
1998. New Art from China, Enpassant Gallery, Hamburg Germany
1994. New Trends - Art Hong Kong und Avant-Garde Chinese Art Exhibition,
1993. First Joint Exhibition of Chinese Professional Art, Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China
1987. International Art Exhibition, Lucia Art Gallery, New York, New York
1985. Third Annual China Art Exhibition, Beijing, China
1984. China Anonymous Artist Association Exhibition, Chongqin, Sichuan; Selected Curated (and participated) Exhibitions
2002. Start Over, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, China
1999. Chinese face, The capital center, Hamburg, Germany
1998. Thirteen Chinese, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
1997. Chinese Art in Berlin, in cooperation with the German Humanities Association, Berlin, Germany; Poets in the Sunlight, Kuturbrauerei Berlin, Sponsored by the City of Berlin, Germany
1995. Second Annual Joint Exhibition of Chinese Professional Art, Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China
1994. Chinese Professional Painters' Works, Winter Exhibition, Shenzhen
China Avant-Garde Chinese Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
1993. Founded Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China; First Joint Exhibition of Chinese Professional Art, Ammonal Gallery, Beijing,China
1986. Founded the Artist Circle BLUE; The first 12-Artist Joint Exhibition, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, China
Ausgewählte Auszeichnungen und Vorlesungen
2001. Fellowship and Residency, MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire
2000. Award from the Vermont Art Center
1998. Art Award from the City of Berlin; Invited lectures at the Leucorea, Martin Luther University, Halle/Wittenberg; Berlin Art University HDK; International Society - Boston; Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts; Emerson College, Boston; and Mobius Gallery, Boston