Qiu Zhijie      丘志杰

1969 Born in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China

1992 Graduated from the Printmaking Department, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art, CAA), Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Lives and works in Beijing and Hangzhou, China
Artistic Director, Beijing 25000 Cultural Transmission Center, Beijing
Associate Professor, Mixed Medial Art Department, CAA, Hangzhou
Co-Director, Visual Culture Center, CAA, Hangzhou

Exhibitions
 

2008

Qiu Zhijie, Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI), Singapore

2007

The Shape of Time, Chambers Fine Art, New York (Solo)

2006

Personal Space: New Perspectives from China, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Reinventing Books in Chinese Contemporary Art, China Institute Gallery, New York
The Maze of Conundrum: A mix-media live performance, Mingyuan Art Center, Shanghai
We – Zhang Peili and Qiu Zhijie, CAA Art Space, Hangzhou

2005

Light and Words, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong (Solo)

Melancholy Man, Gallery Loft, Paris (Solo)

Black and White Zoo, Gallery of Dartington Art Academy, UK (Solo)

Living in Interesting Times: A Decade of New Chinese Photography, Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai, Israel
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, USA
Trading Place, Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art, Taiwan
The Response of Today's Art to Hans Christian Andersen, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing
Traces & Omens: Noorderlicht 2005 Festival, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Fairy Tales Forever: Homage to Anderson, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
YOKOHAMA 2005: International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
In The Deep of Reality: A Case of Chinese Contemporary Art, Hangzhou
The Second Reality: Photographs from China, European Commission, Brussels
Video Zoom China, Sala 1 Gallery, Rome
Young Chinese Contemporary Art, Red Bull Hangar-7, Salzburg
A Strange Heaven: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
2004
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", ICP International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Guangzhou Photo Biennial 2005, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford, USA
Social Portraits, CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
Hua Jia Di, Art Seasons, 798, Beijing, China; Singapore
Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art From China and the US, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, USA; Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan School of Art & Design, USA
Parallel Time, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
The Logbook - An Art-Project about Communication and Cultural Exchange, Longmarchfoundation, Beijing, China
On the Edge - Contemporary Chinese Photography & Video, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA
Space anew, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
LIGHT AS FUCK. Shanghai Assemblage 2000 - 2004, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
Chinese Maximalism, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA
Group Exhibition, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Me, Me, Me! - Part I, CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
Nouvel Art Chinois, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Representación y Realidad: Fotografía China Contemporánea, Loft BCN, Barcelona, Spain

2003
Qiu Zhijie, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Art contemporain Chinois, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
A Strange Heaven - Made by Chinese // Photo, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
A Strange Heaven - Contemporary Chinese Photography, Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha, Czech Rep.
The First Guangzhou Triennial - Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Asian Parallel Times, Casa Asia, Barcelona
Alors, La Chine ?, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Chinese Maximalism, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China
Tower of Babel , Mainz City Museum, Germany
Post-sense Sensibility: Inside Story, Beijing Children Theater, Beijing, China

The Minority is Subordinate to the Majority, Bizart, Shanghai, China
Left Hand, Right Hand, Dashanzi Art Zone, Beijing, China
Trojan Horse Project, Shenghua Art Center, Nanjing, China
Leftside, Leftbank Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Experimental Realty Show, Ditan Park, Beijing, China
Two Fold Time: Asian Art Exhibition, Museum of CAA, Hangzhou, China
That’s China, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Chine[s]: Experimental Video and Cinema from China and Taiwan, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris, France
How We Live, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
2002
25th San Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Korea
Paris-Pékin, Paris, France
1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Pingyao International Photography Festival 2002, Pingyao, China
Long March: A Walking Visual Display, China

The Third Space in the Fourth World: Multimedia Art of China and Netherlands, Eastlink Art, Shanghai, China
Daydream, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
Too Much Flavour, 3H Art Center, Shanghai & Avant-Garde@Hakaren, Singapore
2001
Translated Acts, Haus Der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany ; Queens Museum, New York, USA
Hot Pot, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Post-sense Sensibility: Spree, Beijing Film Academy
1st Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China

Digital Arts Festival, Loft New Medium Art Center, Beijing, China
Virtual Future, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Extreme Asia, Gallery Loft, Paris, China
Mantic Ecstasy, Hangzhou, Shanghai & Beijing, China
Asia-Pacific New Medial Art Festival, Australia
Next Wave News, Loft New Medium Art Center, Beijing, China
The 3rd Mercosul Biennial, Mercosul, Brazil
Cross: The Urban Public Environmental Solution Exhibition, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Sound Art 2, Jiezi Yuan Art Space, Beijing, China
20 Years Experiment of Ink Painting, Guangdong Fine Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Re-shuffle, Shenzhen Sculpture Academy, Shenzhen, China
Retribution, Jiezi Yuan Art Space, Beijing, China
Synchronize, Gother Institute, Hong Kong
The 16th Asian International Art Exhibition, Guangdong Fine Art Museum, Guangzhou, China

2000
Family? : Contemporary Art Project, International Furniture Center, Shanghai, China
Inside Out: New Chinese Art , Museum of Modern Art, Hong Kong
Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups from the Mcaf Foundation, BizArt, Shanghai
Unusual & Usual - Contemporary Art Exhition Yuangong Art Museum, Shanghai

Life Style of the Future, Xieyang Island, Guangxi, China
Chinese Scene: Conceptual Photography, Seasons Gallery, Beijing, China
Medial and Internet Art of China, Jilin Art Academy, Changchun, China
Sapporo Artist in Residence, CAI, Sapporo, Japan
Touch – Multimedia/Performance Arts, Guangzhou, China
Chinese Performance, J.G.M. Gallery, Paris, China
Echo Point, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Asia-Pacific New Medial Art Festival, Australia
Power of the Word, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa, USA.
1999
Post-sense sensibility: Alien bodies and Delusion, Beijing, China
Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the end of Twentieth Century, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA ; University of Oregom Museum of art, Eugene, USA ; Hood Museum of art, Dartmouth college, USA
14th Asian International Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
Beijing in London, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
Love: Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video - International Arts Festival Tachikawa, Japan

Unveiled Reality: Contemporary Photography, Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, Chicago, University of Oregon Museum of art, Eugene, Oregon, & Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth college, New Hampshire, USA
Fast>>Forward: New Chinese Video Art, Center of Contemporary Art, Macau
99' Chinese-Japanese Contemporary Art Exchange, Fuzhou Art Academy, Fuzhou, China
Power of the Word, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taizhong, Taiwan
Chinese-Hong Kong video Festival, Museum of Site, Hong Kong.
Contemporary Chinese Architecture Exhibition, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
Food for Thought: An Insight in Chinese Contemporary Art, Canvas World Art/Canvas Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chinese Contemporary Art, Gallery Loft, Paris, France Chinese Contemporary Photography and Video, International Arts Festival, Tachikawa, Japan
1998
Pervideo: Video From Artist International, Ludwig Museum, Koln, Germany
Multimedia Festival 98, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Photography as Concept - 4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Germany
Inside Out: New Chinese Art Asia Society and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

Trade of Being, Present Art Center, Beijing, China
Transmediale-98: the 11th Video Festival, Podewil, Berlin, Germany
Esperanto ’98, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
Asia-Pacific Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fuzhou Art Academy, Fuzhou, China
Videonale 8, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
0431-Video and Computer Art, Changchun, China
Is Me!: A profile of Chinese Contemporary Art in the 90s, Taimiao, Beijing, China

1997
Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague
Contemporary Photo Art from the People's Republic of China Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin; Staedtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz; Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany
Drive, Fujian Art Academy, Fuzhou, China
Demonstration of Video Art '97 China, Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

1996
In the Name of Art Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai
Phenomenon/Image - Video Art Gallery of the China Art Academy, Hangzhou
1995

From the Central Kingdom:Chinese Avant-garde Artists, Santa Monica Art Center, Barcelona, Spain Out of the National Ideology: Avant-garde Art of China, Kanpnagel, Hamburg

1994
Des del Pais del Centre: avantguardes artistiques xineses Centre d'Art SantaMonica, Barcelona, Spain

The Third Documents Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, East-China Normal University, Shanghai ,China
1993
China's New Art, Post-1989, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Marlborough Fine Arts Ltd., London, UK; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA; San Jose Museum of Art, Jan Jose, USA; Oregon Museum of Art, Portland, USA
The Third Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art Documentation Library of East China Normal University, Shanghai
1992
The Second Documentary Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
Graduation Works Gallery of the China Art Academy for Fine Arts
(former Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts), Hangzhou
China's New Art, Post-1989 Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong; Marlborough Fine Arts, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia