Hu Weiqi (胡卫齐), born 1987 in Yiyang, Hunan Province, graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2015 and now lives and works in Guangzhou. Hu Weiqi’s works of oil painting present the complexity of China’s social environment, politically and culturally, by drawing special attention to the effects of its rapidly transitioning society. Using two bold colors, to symbolize the inner conflicts experienced by the younger generation, Hu depicts the in-between position of a generation puzzled by the constant changes in their environment.
A superficial glance at Hu Weiqi’s planes of solid red or blue might remind a viewer of the Color Field paintings from abstract expressionism, yet a closer look reveals meticulously rendered human figures and fragments of human bodies that the artist scrupulously depicts on eggshells crashed against his canvas. For his expressive and allegorical visual language, soon after completing his Master’s program in Oil Painting in Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Hu Weiqi was recognized as one of the 100 most promising young artist across China by the Art Nova 100 project in 2016.
Hu Weiqi (胡卫齐), born 1987 in Yiyang, Hunan Province, graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2015 and now lives and works in Guangzhou. Hu Weiqi’s works of oil painting present the complexity of China’s social environment, politically and culturally, by drawing special attention to the effects of its rapidly transitioning society. Using two bold colors, to symbolize the inner conflicts experienced by the younger generation, Hu depicts the in-between position of a generation puzzled by the constant changes in their environment.
A superficial glance at Hu Weiqi’s planes of solid red or blue might remind a viewer of the Color Field paintings from abstract expressionism, yet a closer look reveals meticulously rendered human figures and fragments of human bodies that the artist scrupulously depicts on eggshells crashed against his canvas. For his expressive and allegorical visual language, soon after completing his Master’s program in Oil Painting in Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Hu Weiqi was recognized as one of the 100 most promising young artist across China by the Art Nova 100 project in 2016.
2011 | Graduated with a Bachelor degree of Fine Arts from South China Normal University |
2015 | Graduated with a Master of Oil Painting from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 | Entangled in Duality, Art+ Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China |
2016 | Dislocation: Hu Weiqi Solo Exhibition, 58Art Space, Beijing, China |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 | Deeper Strata of Meaning: Hu Weiqi and Wang Haichuan Dual Exhibition, Art+ Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai |
2017 | Art Central Hong Kong, Art+ Shanghai Gallery, Hong Kong 2016 Art Nova 100 Opening Exhibition, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China |
2016 | Xun-Xun-Group Show II, The Park View Green Art Gallery, Beijing, China 100 + 1 Day Art Nova 100, WE International Donghua Hub , Shanghai, China Impermanent Sceneries: Group Exhibitio Featuring Hu Weiqi, Sun Yu, and Zhang Wenchao, Art+ Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China |
2015 | Youth Art 100 Opening Exhibition, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China Originality Creative Art 2015 by the Academics – Exhibition of the Art Students, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China Individual Phantom, Chengdu Hongkong Cadillac Center, Chengdu, China Chunse: Chongqing Young Artists Joint Exhibition, Zhongshan Art Museum, Chongqing, China Go! Young! Art Nova Invitational Exhibition, Zhang Jiang Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China |
2014 | Pluck the Laurel 2: Art Nova Invitational Exhibition, Hi Art Center, Beijing, China Realm: Art Nova Invitational Exhibition, Changjiang Art Museum, Chongqing, China |