Chen Qi (artist)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Qi
Chen Qi in 2008
Born	Shenyang, China
Nationality	Chinese/Singaporean
Education	Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
Known for	Painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, stage design, writing
Movement	Expressionism, Surrealism

Chen Qi
Traditional Chinese	陳奇
Simplified Chinese	陈奇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Qí Wade–Giles Ch'en Ch'i

Chen Qi (pinyin: Chén Qí; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Ch'i; born as 陳奇 in 1956) is a Chinese artist and co-founder of the Amphibism Art movement in early 1990s.^[1] Chen was born in Shenyang, China, in the midst of Great Leap Forward. After 1989, he moved to Singapore, and in 2015 he moved to California. Chen is best known for his figurative oil and ink paintings, which fuse Western and Eastern painting techniques into a whole new genre.^[1]

Biography

In 1989, Chen and several Chinese artists, including Jin Shangyi and Wu Guanzhong, participated in the "Oil Paintings of Modern Day China" exhibition at the International Trade Centre in Singapore. Chen's nude painting was hailed by art critic Tan Tee Chie as "one of those with highest art value". In 1990, Chen held his first solo exhibition in Singapore with sponsorship the Hongxiang Art Centre of Singapore and the Chinese Ministry of Culture.^[2]

Style and technique

Chen's artistic style, which he terms as Amphibism, focuses on innovations in the use of light and color. His artistic ideas were inspired by Diego Velázquez, Peter Paul Rubens, and Rembrandt. In terms of his use of light, reflection, and limited space, Chen draws on 19th century painters such as Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Cézanne, as well as upon the techniques of Georges Rouault and Balthus. He has credited German Expressionism for his use of color to express thoughts and emotions.^[1]

Selected works and exhibitions

• 1989, Back of Nude, Oil Painting Art from China – International Art Show, Selected Group Show, International Trade Centre, Singapore.^[1]
• 1990, Selected Works of Oil Paintings, White Mountain and Black Water Exhibition, Selected Group Show, Sponsored by Ministry of Culture of Singapore, Singapore.^[3]
• 1990, Nudes and Still Life-Oil Paintings of Chen Qi, Solo Exhibition, Sponsored by Hongxiang Art Centre of Singapore and Ministry of Culture of China, Singapore
• 1990, Oil Paintings of Chen Qi, Solo Exhibition, Sponsored by Dragon Gate Art Gallery, Singapore
• 1994, Solo Exhibition of Chen Qi, Solo Exhibition, Sponsored by Singapore Art Gallery, Papua
• 1996, Chen Qi's Portrait Art Painting, Solo Exhibition, Sponsored by Dragon Gate Gallery, Switzerland
• 1997–2006, Plein Air Paintings of Chen Qi, Solo Exhibition, Deutschland Cruise Liner, Germany
• 2007, Chen Qi's Ink Paintings, Solo, Sponsored by ARE Groups, Singapore
• 2011 May, Lovely Child — Ink Paintings of Chen Qi, Solo Exhibition, Sponsored by Artist Association of Gansu, Gansu, China
• 2011 July, Amphibism Exploration — Chen Qi's Ink Paintings of Amphibism Movement, Solo Exhibition, Artists Association of Canton, Guangzhou, China
• 2011 July, Manchurian Dream and Echoes in Chen Qi's Ink Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Museum of Mukden Palace, Shenyang, China^[4]
• 2011 July, 90 Years of Glory — Ink paintings and Calligraphies from Great Masters of Art, Group Exhibition, Yulin, China^[5]
• 2011 Sep, Plein Air Oil Paintings and Portrait Ink Paintings of Master Chen Qi, Solo exhibition, Gansu, Tianshui, China
• 2011 Sep, Mother and Children Series, Ink Paintings, Praise to Peace Art Exhibition, as part of the World Peace Day Memorial Events And Forums of Peace and Development in North-East Asia, Sponsored by Art Gallery of Luxun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China
• 2012 Jan, Good Old Days, Golden Memories — Portrait Arts of Chen Qi, Solo Exhibition, Museum of Mukden Palace, Shenyang, China
• 2014 April, Lovely Child, Ink Paintings, Art Revolution Taipei 2014, Taipei, Taiwan^[6][7]
• 2014 July, Mother and Children, Ink Paintings, 15th Dalian International Art Show, Dalian, China^[8]
• 2015 July, Lovely Child, Ink Paintings, 16th Dalian International Art Show, Dalian, China

See also

• Culture of Singapore

References

1. 《QiaoYuan》Author: Shen Dian Cheng 2003-02 ChenQi and his amphibious painting theory 沈殿成 ． 《侨园》 2003年02期 双栖绘画理论创建者陈奇 Archived February 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
2. National Library Archive 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 7 November 1989, Page 39 Tan Tee Chie
3. National Library Archive 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 16 May 1990, Page 5
4. Xinhua News Agency 新华网 (China: Xinhua Net), 19 July 2011 ^{[dead link‍]}
5. “荣光90年”将军书画精品巡回展 人民网 (People's Daily Online), 19 July 2011
6. 台湾中央通讯社. 2014台北新艺术博览会 艺军突起 当代水墨「运水留彩」火热登场　 [N]. 中央日报，2014-3-25 (10)
7. 台湾中央通讯社. 2014台北新藝術博覽會成績傲人 藝術家成交率破全球藝博會紀錄 [N]. 中央日报，2014-4-21 (10)
8. 艺博会上翰墨香 大连日报 2014-07-14