A Vision of the Times: Kong Qian’s Road of Sketch (1973-2019)
2019.4.27-2019.6.5
Shape of lovers
2020.12.5-2021.1.26
Déjà vu: Painting as the Art of Signification
2018.9.1-2018.10.7
Jinmen in Evolution: Kong Qian Solo Exhibition
2017.12.09 – 2018.1.20
Being of Evils
2020.4.11-2020.5.13
Light Profoundness: The Worldlet of East Asian Artists
2019.12.14-2020.2.21
A Ride to Combine Hive’s Special Exhibition 2016
2016.12.25- 2017.2.17
Kong Qian
1956 Born in Tianjin, a native of Shandong Province
1982 Graduated with BA from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts
1982-1985 Worked in Tianjin University Architecture Branch School
1998 Attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp in Belgium for a scholar exchange program
1986 to now Serves as postgraduate professor of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Oil Painting Department
Solo Exhibitions
2019 A Vision of the Times: Kong Qian’s Road of Sketch (1973-2019), Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2017 Jinmen in Evolution-Kong Qian Solo Exhibition, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2016 Off Time: Thirty Years of Paintings by Kong Qian (1983-2016), Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2015 Sketch of Life: Kong Qian solo exhibition, Distance Gallery, Tianjin, China
2012 Twenty Eight Pieces of Oil Painting, The Museum of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
2002 Kong Qian’s Sketch Solo Exhibition, COFCO Plaza, Beijing, China
1999 Kong Qian’s Sketch Art, COFCO Plaza, Beijing, China
1998 Kong Qian’s Sketch Solo Exhibition, The Museum of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
Group Exhibitions
2019 Shapes of Expression-Exhibition of Works by Teachers from the Oil Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2018 Déjà vu: Painting as the Art of Signification, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2016 A Ride to Combine: Hive’s Special Exhibition 2016, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
HISTORICODE: Scarcity & Supply, The 3rd Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing, China
2015 Chinese Spirit, Chinese Academy of Oil Painting & Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China
2014 Independent Regiment: Eight People Exhibition, Distance Gallery, Tianjin, China
2013 2012-2013 Paper Painting Span Years, Tianjin Exhibition Hall, Tianjin, China
2010 Cross Boundary: Art Exhibition, Cultural and Creative Industries, Tianjin, China
Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts and Keimyung University Group Exhibition, Tianjin, China
“Summer Davos” in Asia Art Exhibition, Tianjin, China
China Art Academies Group Exhibition, Shangshang Museum, Beijing, China
2009 The Same Goal, Different Forms: Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Teachers Paintings Collection, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2008 China: Paper Painting Exchange Exhibition with Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium
Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition of The National Art Museum of China, The National Art Museum of China, Tianjin, China
2007 China: Paper Printing Exchange Exhibition with Belgium, The Museum of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
2004 Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts and Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und Design Halle Group Exhibition, Germany
2003 International Modern Sketch Art Exhibition, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Xi’an, China
1997 China Contemporary Sketch Art Exhibition, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1996 Three People Chinese Painting Group Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
1994 Ink Painting and Human Being, Beijing Concert Hall Gallery, Beijing, China
1993 Tianjin Modern Oil Painting Society First Exhibition, The Museum of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
1990 Tianjin Academy of Painting Eleven People Exhibition, Beijing Concert Hall Gallery, Beijing, China
1988 Second Tianjin Youth Art Festival, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China
1984 Changzhou, Haerbin, Tianjin Three Provinces and City Art Exhibition, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China
1983 Fig: The 1st Tianjin Youth Painting Exhibition, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China