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

Solo Exhibitions

2023

Hive – Becoming XLV Pei Yanqing: Beings that grow out of time,Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shanghai

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Eyes open, I breathe again, Alice Amati Gallery, London, UK

2024

Field, D.D.D.D., New York
Ode To A Beautiful Nude, Wilder Gallery, London, UK
Bracing, Latitude Gallery, New York

2023

The Shape of Time, Lindon & Co, London, UK
Fifteen Leaves, 3rd Year Exhibition of Prisma Art Prize, Contemporary Cluster, Rome, Italy
Moonlit Beings, Soka Art, Beijing, China
Terrain of the Skin, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2022

Surface Scope, Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn, Agger Fish Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York
Liminality: 2022 Visual Art Exhibition of Asian Artists in America, group exhibition, Liminality Art Space, New York
The Next: International Juried Exhibition, online group exhibition, Li Tang Gallery, New York

2021

Shin Haus: Armory Week, group exhibition, Shin Gallery, New York
Shin Haus June, group exhibition, Shin Gallery, New York
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
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
Excellent Graduation Works Exhibition of China Academy of Art, The Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Marching Lound, Graduation Exhibition of China Academy of Art, The Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
The Approach to Cyan: Art Works of Wei Xiaorong and His Students, Henglu Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China
The Spring of China: China Academy of Art Excellent Art Works Touring Exhibition, Dunkirk, France
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