Chu Wei Qing

Resume
1982 Born in Shanghai
2005 Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts
2008 Masters Degree from Fine Arts College of East China Normal, majoring in contemporary art
Presently teaching in Shanghai

Solo Exhibition

2007

• One-way Street, East China Normal University Museum, Shanghai

Group Exhibitions

2008

• Women Only!, Uwantart Gallery, Shanghai
• Contemporary Chinese Art, The Shanghai Racquet Club, Shanghai
• The Flower of Velvet, Young Female Artists Exhibition, Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai
• Edelweiss, Women´s Group Exhibition, Shanghai Xuhui Art Museum

2007

• Chinese Walls , LotusArt-Walls Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• “A play of three Characters”, an exhibition of Three Young Artist, East China Normal University Gallery, Shanghai
• Creative M50. M50Creative garden, Shanghai

2006

• Reshaping Art-2006 Seal Level, Liu HaiShu Museum, Shanghai
  
  Statement
  “In my painting, I give up the shining colours and arrange the black, closest to the spirit and the unbiased white to be my hero, for I believe black and white sometimes can penetrate deeper into human soul than the shining colours. The blending of these two colours expresses a complete spiritual yet surreal mood. It reflects my feelings on the urban life, full of shadows of emptiness.
  In my Grimm’s Fable series, I try to capture the idea of surrealism. The characters are only instruments of the untruth stories, like the fables, they all ended with a moral behind every painting.
  In Grimm’s Fable no 8, I picture a girl reaching for the sky with no limits. There appears only a cluster of black ink that “breaks the silence” yet the silence still exists and the girl is still wandering in space. In the same series no 9, it reflects the memory of the youth. Youth is like an old paint on the wall, the paint is peeling but the structure of the wall and the remains of the paints are still visible. As in Grimm’s no 10, I try to show the loneliness of an empty heart. The heart is lonely but at times, it could anticipate and vision on the future. Thus, leaving the heart with full of hopes and excitement. The moral of these series is that: Everything seems to contradict its superficial outlook. Things may not turn out as it looks”