Overview
Nan Qi 南溪
Landscape New Character II 70x111cm Ink on Paper 2021

Nan Qi or Nan Xi is a Chinese artist based in Beijing.

He is best known for his "halo dot" paintings which conbine

traditional Chinese ink painting methodology with modern technology,

creating a "Ben-Day" dot effect.

Nan Qi's achievement in ink art is mainly to broaden the context of
contemporary art, and to make the technology of today's digital age merge
with the veins of thousands of years of traditional Chinese art, he created  set of
"Nan's three methods of ink and wash - Nan's brush path, Nan's halo point,
Nan's three-dimensional ink and wash He has created a set of "Nan's three
methods of ink painting - Nan's brush path, Nan's halo point, and Nan's three-
dimensional ink painting",  which has made ink on paper a big step forward from
the art language itself. The innovative spirit and artistic creativity as well as
the pioneering nature of Nan Xi's art have had a profound impact in the ink
painting world and the contemporary art world.

 

1960   b.Yongkang City, Zhejiang Province, China

1986   Graduated from the Chinese Painting Course at People's Liberation

          Army Fine Arts Academy, Beining

   **  Currently lives and works in Songzhuang Art District, Beijing

        Fulltime artist and the member of the Chinese Artists' Association

Accolades
Nan Qi 南溪

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022  "NanQi&YuCun: Buddies ", ARTL GALLERY, Shanghai, China

2021  "Paddy Wave under the Jiufeng Mountain: NanQi Ink Painting Art Exhibition",

          T-Art Space, Shanghai, Shanghai

2019  "Borrowed Landscapes: New Ink by NanQi", Alisan Fine Arts, Hongkong

         “Seeking LeiFeng:NanQi Art Research Exhibition”, T-Art Space, Shanghai, China 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022  Beijing Contemporary  Art Expo, Renke Art Gallery, Beijing, China

2021  Capture the Now, CM Space, Shanghai, China

          Art Xiamen Fair, ARTL GALLERY, Shanghai, China

          Innovation·Refactor Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, The Coal         

          Science&Technology Museum of China, Xuzhou, China

          Post-Epidemic Era: Involution? Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China

2020  Art Basel Live: Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong kong China

          Post-Epidemic Era: Western Classics Eastern Contemporary, Renke Art Gallery,

          Hangzhou, China

          Neo-Shanghai School Painting Ink Art Documentary Exhibition, T-Art Space,     

          Shanghai, China

          Ink Painting on Going:2000-2019, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guanghzou 

Awards

Since 1999, Nan has won many outstanding awards in the field of art at home and abroad. In 2018, he was awarded the "Samaranch Culture Award" by the Samarach Foundation in Spain.

 

 

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