Pei Yanqing

(born in Foshan, in 1991, living and working in New York, USA) graduated with her BFA and MFA in Chinese Painting in 2014 and 2017, from China Academy of Art, and her MFA in Painting and Drawing in 2021, from Pratt Institute. Pei works with the idea that everything exists as one simultaneously while being connected to something else independently in her paintings. Her practice is an exploration of the intimate and symbiotic relationship between human beings and their surroundings with the focus on nature, as well as imaginations of poetic spaces derived from narrative contexts composed of Chinese ideographic characters. Pei’s pictorial vision is a chaotic yet harmonious representation of human communication, both with each other and the world around us.

Education

2021   Master of Fine Arts，Pratt Institute，New York

2017   Master of Fine Arts，China Academy of Art，Hangzhou，China

2014   Bachelor of Fine Arts，Fine Art，China Academy of Art，Hangzhou，China

Selected Exhibitions:

2023   The Shape of Time, Lindon & Co, London, UK

2023   Fifteen Leaves, 3rd Year Exhibition of Prisma Art Prize, Contemporary Cluster, Rome, Italy

2023   Moonlit Beings, Soka Art, Beijing, China

2023   Terrain of the Skin, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2022   Surface Scope，Carrie Able Gallery，Brooklyn，New York

2022   Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair，Hive Center for Contemporary Art，Shanghai，China

2022   The Other Art Fair Brooklyn，Agger Fish Building，Brooklyn Navy Yard，New York

2022   Liminality：2022 Visual Art Exhibition of Asian Artists in America，group exhibition， Liminality Art Space，New York

2022   The Next：International Juried Exhibition，online group exhibition，Li Tang Gallery， New York

2021   Shin Haus: Armory Week，group exhibition，Shin Gallery，New York

2021   Shin Haus June，group exhibition，Shin Gallery，New York

2021   Unfkd，Fine Art and Photography MFA Thesis Exhibition，Pratt Institute，New York

2020   Ignition，online group exhibition，Pratt Institute，New York

2019   PLa Welcome Back Show，group exhibition，Steuben Gallery of Pratt Institute， New York

2019   I’d Rather Struggle，group exhibition，Inna Art Space，Hangzhou，China

2017   In and Outside the Door：The Second Excellent Graduation Works Exhibition，Yourun Museum of Art，Nanjing，China

2017   Excellent Graduation Works Exhibition of China Academy of Art，The Art Museum of China Academy of Art，Hangzhou，China

2017   Marching Lound，Graduation Exhibition of China Academy of Art，The Art Museum of China Academy of Art，Hangzhou，China

2017   The Approach to Cyan：Art Works of Wei Xiaorong and His Students， Henglu Art Gallery，Hangzhou，China

2017   The Spring of China: China Academy of Art Excellent Art Works Touring Exhibition，Dunkirk，France

2017   The Dream-Quest of the West Lake: Invitation Exhibition of Calligraphy and Chinese Painting，Hangzhou Chinese Painting Institute，Hangzhou，China

2016   Beautiful Zhejiang· Beautiful Hangzhou—Symphony of Urban Beauty : Invitation Exhibition of Calligraphy and Chinese Painting，Hangzhou Chinese Painting Institute， Hangzhou，China

2015   Time·Animal: 4-Man ArtWorks Group Exhibition， Songpin Tea Academy， Hangzhou， China