Qiu Zhijie (b. 1969)
Qiu Zhijie
Date and place
of birth:1969, Fujian Province
Education:
1992 BFA Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou
Teaching:
Professor, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
An experimental artist that explores a vast array of media, Qiu Zhijie is
also a curator, art critic, and professor at Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts.
Some media that Qiu has explored with great success include performance, photography,
video, painting and print making. Creating works that are often theoretical
based, Qiu explores notions of individuality and invisibility. Some of his
better-known works include photographic works such as Tattoo I and Tattoo
2 (1997) in which he examines the body and its transformation through information
processes. Qiu has regularly exhibited with solo exhibitions such as Qiu Zhijie:
Invisibility (2001), at the Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, USA, the 1992 exhibition
Concern To the New Life, Museum of National Academy of Fine Art, Huangzhou,
China, and group exhibitions such as the 2004 touring exhibition, Between
Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, International Center
of Photography, New York, USA and the 50th Venice Biennial, Italy in 2003.
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