LIU WENQI 刘文琦
Born in Shanghai, China in 1985
Lives and works in Paris, France
Liu Wenqi graduated from the Fashion Design program at ESMOD Paris in 2011 and transitioned from a fabric designer to an artist in 2018. Since childhood, our visual, auditory, and emotional consciousness has had the ability to replicate the past, leaving image-like imprints of memories. These sensory cognitions form images that repeatedly reappear throughout our lives. Through poetic memories and a microscopic scale of perception, Liu Wenqi expresses the life imprints that are invisible but truly existent. This dual exploration of the past and present, time and eternity, consistently runs through Liu Wenqi's art practice.
Her solo exhibitions include: Streams of Treasured Memories, Gallery Where, Beijing, CN (2024); Light on White, Landblink Art Space, Shanghai, CN (2023); Rebuild Memory, Basia Embiricos Gallery, Paris, FR (2023).
Major group exhibitions include: Ceramics from Picasso to the Present Day, Galerie de la Béraudière, Brussels, BE (2024); The Shelter of The Most High, Artnutri Gallery, Taichung, CN (2024); Ephemeral Silhouette, Cub_ism Art Space, Shanghai, CN (2024); Horizons, Capazza Gallery, Nancay, FR (2024); Xiaohongshu "Youth Shining", West Bund Dome, Shanghai, CN (2023); Night is the Shadow of the Earth, Wind H Art Center, Beijing, CN (2023); Dancing with Clouds, Capazza Gallery, Nancay, FR (2023); Animism, Harmony Art Gallery, Shanghai, CN (2022); Terra Incognita, Capazza Gallery, Nancay, FR (2022); Landblink, Landblink Art Space, Shanghai, CN (2022); Childhoods, Capazza Gallery, Nancay, FR (2021); Winter Lights, Paris Horizon Gallery, Paris, FR (2020); Blue Like the Earth, Capazza Gallery, Nancay, FR (2019).
EXHIBITIONS
LIU WENQI: STREAMS OF TREASURED MEMORIES
A solo exhibition of Liu Wenqi
20 OCTOBER - 16 DECEMBER 2024 GALLERY WHERE (Courtyard Space), BEIJING